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Åbo Akademi University 2014/2015
ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY
Students at universities which have bilateral agreements for student exchange with Åbo Akademi
University should contact the International Office at the home university. For a list of the partner
universities please see
.
The studies are intended to form a part of the participant's degree at his/her home institution. Inmost
cases the basic requirement therefore is that the applicant is a registered student at a foreign institu-
tion of higher education. The home university must always support the application and study plan,
and the student must be officially nominated by the home university.
Application deadlines
. 30 April
at 16.00 CET+1 for studies during the autumn or full year
. 15 October
at 16.00 CET+1 for studies during the spring
Applications for extending the stay
to include the spring term have to be submitted before 15
October as well.
Applications which are submitted by the deadline 30 April, will be processed in May and students will
be notified by the end of May at the latest. Applications for the spring term, which are submitted by
15 October, will be processed in October, and students will be notified by the end of October at the
latest.
Applications arriving after the deadline will not be processed.
Nomination letter or e-mail
In order for the student to access Åbo Akademi University's online application form, the home univer-
sity must first send a nomination letter or e-mail with the following information to the International
office,
1. Student's complete name
2. Student's e-mail address
3. Duration of exchange (autumn semester, spring semester or full academic year)
4. Choice of campus: Åbo or Vasa
Online application form
When Åbo Akademi University (International office) has received the nomination sent from the home
university, the nominated student will get access to the online application form for exchange students
via an e-mail invitation. A message will be sent to the student's e-mailadress enabling the student
to request a password for the application system. It is possible to save information which has been
entered into the application system, and continue to fill in the form later. Make sure that you have
filled in all the necessary information and uploaded all enclosures before you submit your application.
Transcript of records
Applications will not be processed without an academic transcript of records in English, stating all the
individual courses the student has passed at the home institution, the level of the course, the credits
obtained and the grade achieved. This is important since many of the courses have specific prereq-
uisites. It must be possible to derive from the transcript that a student fulfils any such prerequisites.
Certificate of English proficiency
In the interest of a meaningful and useful study abroad experience at Åbo Akademi University, we ask
that incoming students have a good command of the English language, both written and spoken, so
that they will be able to follow lectures, work with English-language textbooks, participate in small-
group coursework, andwrite their assignments and examinations without undue difficulty. We expect
from all our incoming non-native English-speaking exchange students that their level of English cor-
responds to at least B2 in CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The
knowledge of English must be verified by a language certificate.
Study plan/learning agreement
Besides the personal data, a study plan or learning agreement with information onwhat courses or fields
of study the student intends to participate in is necessary. A student can list more than 30 credits in the
study plan tomake sure that he or she will be accepted to enough courses, but 30 credits constitutes a
full-time course load for one term/semester. Students should not attempt to takemore than 30 credits.
