USEFUL DOCUMENTS

Information guide for international students and staff 2018-2019

Academic calendar 2018-2019

The rights of international students

Erasmus Student Charter - This document highlights your rights and obligations and informs you about what you can expect from your sending and receiving organisation at each step of your mobility.

ECTS and grading system at UPT

Academic offer in foreign languages:

• Faculty of Architecture and City Planning: http://www.arh.upt.ro/?page_id=2144
• Faculty of Automation and Computing: http://www.ac.upt.ro/internationalisation.php#top
• Faculty of Civil Engineering: http://www.ct.upt.ro/studenti/internationalisation.htm
• Faculty of Communication Sciences: http://sc.upt.ro/en/study-programmes/internationalisation
• Faculty of Electrical and Power Engineering: http://www.et.upt.ro/ro/pagina/internationalisation-offer
• Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies: http://www.etc.upt.ro/educatie/internationalisation-offer/
• Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering: http://chim.upt.ro/ro/noutati
  
• Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation: http://www.mpt.upt.ro/eng/education/internationalisation-offer.html
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering: http://www.mec.upt.ro/fisiere/2015-2016/internationalisation_offer.pdf
• Faculty of Engineering in Hunedoara: http://www.fih.upt.ro/v4/internationalisation_offer.php

ADMISSION PROCEDURES

1. Nomination.

Students must be nominated by their home university (either by the departamental coordinator, or their International Office) by e-mail at incoming@upt.ro.  The nomination e-mail must contain the following information:

a) The mobility programme (Erasmus+, CEEPUS, bilateral agreement, double-degree programme etc.)
b) Name and surname of the student
c) E-mail of the student
d) The semester in which his/ her mobility is expected to take place (1^st / 2^nd)
e) Study cycle of the student at the home university (Bachelor, Master, PhD)
f)  Study field of the student at the home university

Late nominations and student application files that arrive after the deadlines will be processed if time allows.

2. Student application.

After the student has been nominated, he/she needs to prepare and submit the following documents:
1. Application form
2. Accomodation form. Please keep in mind that if you choose to stay in the student residence you will have to comply with the regulations of this lease contract .
3. Copy of ID document
4. Copy of passport (only for non-EU citizens)
3. Learning agreement - only if you come for a study mobility. You can use the form provided by your home university or you can download it by clicking here.
4. Training agreement -  only if you come for a placement mobility. You can use the form provided by your home university or you can download it by clicking here.

The academic offer of the university can be found here: http://www.upt.ro/Upt-Timisoara_-study-programmes_32_en.html. The student may choose only courses offered in the semester in which the mobility is expected to take place. If the student chooses courses from different study cycles or from different study programmes / faculties he/she should be aware that courses may overlap in the timetable.

The application documents will be filled in and signed by each incoming student. The learning or training agreement has to be pre-approved by the home university as well.

The application documents will be submitted by e-mail to incoming@upt.ro in a single PDF file named: “SURNAME Name_University of origin” .

3. Deadlines and approval notification

The letter of acceptance and the approved learning/training agreement will be sent by e-mail to the candidate within 5 weeks of the deadline.

NOTE: Once students are accepted they must provide copies of insurances (health, accident and civil liability) valid for the entire duration of their stay in Romania. Also, students required to obtain study visas will need to submit copies of the visas before their arrival.

All incoming exchange students have to be nominated by their home university and to send their application forms before the following deadlines:

• Fall semester (and whole academic year): May 20th
• Spring semester: November 20th

Student application files that arrive after the deadlines will be processed if time allows.