Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Business, Departments Economics, Political Science and Sociology

Application Form - Erasmus and International Exchanges 2013/2014

Please complete this form electronically and return it via emailonly tono later than 11/01/2013. Earlier applications would be appreciated.

Incomplete/ handwritten and late applications will not be considered!

Please read section 7 of this form very carefully before deciding to submit an application.

Please ensure that, when submitting your application, the structure remains exactly as it is below (i.e. that your entries do not run over into additional pages)

  1. Personal Details

Name: / Student No:
TCD E-mail: / @tcd.ie
  1. Please specify your exact degree programme

Degree programme
(e.g. BESS/PPES) / Subject 1
(e.g. Economics) / Subject 2
(e.g. Sociology)
  1. Results to Date in College

• Please list your JF modules and exact results, and provide the relevant supporting documentation

• List all of your SF modules and your results to date in each of these modules.

JF Courses / Results (%) / SF Term Tests (if applicable) / Results (%)
Language / Results (%) / Language / Results (%)
Average mark & overall grade: / Average mark (to date):

Comments (if any) on results:

Rank Ordering of Choices

Please indicate your first five preferences using rankings from 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest). Consult the table at the

end of this application form (p.4) when making your choices:

  1. ______
  1. ______
  1. ______
  1. ______
  1. ______
  1. Choice Selection Criteria

Please indicate in respect of each of your top three exchange partner choices, the main reasons (academic and other) why you would like to study there.

First Choice:

Second Choice:

Third Choice:

4.2. Choice of Study Abroad Period

Please tick when you would prefer to go on an exchange. Note that while every effort will be made to accommodate your preference, this cannot be guaranteed:

Full year
Michaelmas Term only
Hilary Term only
  1. International Language Experience

If you are NOT a BSL student, please provide details of any extended visits to France/Germany/Spain etc.

  1. Questions and Further Information

Please provide brief details regarding any additional information that you think may assist the panel in

processing your application (this may be explained in greater detail at a later stage (e.g. during interview,

if any). Also please list any questions you may have for the interview panel:

  1. Important considerations, conditions and statements

Please read these carefully, IN FULL, before signing and submitting your application

7.1 . Personal and academic challenges / obtaining II.2 while abroad

Study abroad does not suit everyone. Before applying, students should reflect carefully on their individual academic goals, learning styles, personal circumstances etc. You should have confidence in answering ‘YES’ to the following statements:

(a) I am aware of the exceptional academic and personal challenges that regularly arise during study abroad; and

(b) in acknowledging these challenges, I am not aware of any issue(s) or factor(s) that would adversely affect my ability

(i)to integrate smoothly into a different academic, cultural and – where applicable – language environment, and

(ii) to successfully complete the academic programmes and examinations, at a minimum II.2 level overall (the minimum grade necessary for proceeding to the SS year), of the institutions I have nominated in Section 4 above.

7.2 Meeting degree programme requirements and SS Subject pre-requisitEs

a)Prior to submitting this application, I have conducted extensive research (on websites, in box-files and among students) on the institutions I have selected,

and

b)on the basis of this research, I am satisfied that these institutions offer courses, at an appropriate level, that will

  1. satisfy my programme requirements [e.g. BA(Mod), BBS, BS&L etc], and
  2. act as appropriate subject pre-requisites for the specific courses I intend to choose in my Senior Sophister year in TCD.

7.3 Compliance with institutional, NATIONAL, EU & international regulations

I understand and accept that study abroad is governed by regulations and procedures set out in ERASMUS and other relevant literature published by:

• the EU, the Higher Education Authority (Ireland) and other relevant national and

supranational bodies;

• TCD - by the International Office, the BESS Course Office, Departmental offices, as well as

– for BS&L students – literature published by the Departments of French, Germanic Studies, Hispanic Studies and Russian & Slavonic Studies;

• partner universities.

  1. Student’s Signature

I confirm that I have read and accept IN FULL the content of Section 7 above and I confirm that the information provided by me in this application form is correct.

Name: Date:

Exchange programme / Website / Places / Possible eligibilities
BUSINESS STUDIES
German Languagea
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany / / 2 places x 9mths
Wissenschaftl. Hochs. für Unternehmensführung, Koblenz, Germany / / 2 places x 9mths
Universität Mannheim, Germany / / 4 places x 9mths
Universität Regensburg Germany / / 3 places x 9mths
Universität Trier, Germany / / 3 places x 9mths
Leopolds-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Austria / / 4 places x 9mths
Johannes-Kepler Universität Linz, Austria / / 3 places x 9mths
French Languagea
ESCP-EAP, Paris, Francea,b / / 5 places x 9mths / BBS/JT Bus.-Econ.
EPSCI-ESSEC, Cergy-Pontoise, Francea,b / / / 3-4 places x 9 mths / BBS
Strasbourg MgmtSchool, Univ. de Strasbourg III Robert Schumann, France / / 5 places x 9mths / BBS/ Bus &Politics
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen, France / / 5 places x 9mths / BBS
Spanisha
Universidad de Alcalå / / 4-5 places x 9 mths / BBS (Spanish)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain / / 4 places x 9mths / BBS/JT Bus.-Econ/Soc
Universidad de Salamanca / / 5 places x 10 mths / BBS (Spanish)
Polish
Cracow University of Economics / / 2-3 places x 9 mths
Russian
St Petersburg State University (Graduate School of Management) / 5-7 places x 9 mths
English Language
Universiteit Maastricht, the Netherlandsb / / 2 places x 9mths / BBS/JT Bus.-Econ.
Uppsala University, Sweden / / 3 places x 5mths
(HT) / BBS/JT Bus-Econ
Erasmus University Rotterdam / / 2 places x 5 mths / BBS
Solvay Brussels School, Economics & Management / / 4 places x 5mths / BBS/JT Bus.-Econ.
North Americac
Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Georgia, USAc / goizueta.emory.edu/degree/undergra_p_int.html / 4 places x 4 mths
(min II.1 grade) / BBS only
Fisher College of Business Ohio State University, USAc / intundergrad.osu.edu/index.html / 1 place x 4 mths / BBS only/Bus & Law
(min II.1 grade)
Babson College, Massachusetts, USAc / / 2 places x 4 mths / BBS only
(min II.1 grade)
Queens School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canadac / / 2-3 places x 4 mths / BBS only
(min II.1 grade)
Asiac
Senshu University, Japan C / / 5 places x 3 mths
(MT) / BBS only
Tongji University, Shanghai, ChinaB,C / sem-int.tongji.edu.cn. / 2 places x 9mths
[or 4 x 4 mths] / BBS/JT Bus.-Econ.
CUHK, Hong KongC / / 2 places x 5 mths
[01/-06/2012] / BBS only
ECONOMICS
UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium / / 3 places x 6 mths
[HT]
IEP - Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, France / / 6 places x 9 mths / JT Hons Econ+Pol or Bus
HEC School of Management, Paris, France / / 2 places x 9 mths / JT Hons Econ + Bus
Universitätzu Köln, Germany / / 4 places x 6 mths
[HT]
KUB - KatholiekeUniversiteit Brabant - Tilburg Universiteit, Netherl. / / 5 places x 6 mths
[HT]
QUT Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia / / 2 places x 6 mths
[HT]
Political Science
IEP - Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, France / / 2 places x 9 mths / JT Hons and
Single Hons Politics
Université de Strasbourg III Robert Schuman, France / / 6 places x 9 mths / As above
University of Bologna, Italy / / 2 places x 9 mths / As above
University of Zurich (in conjunction with ETH Zurich), Switzerland / / 3 places x 10 mths / As above
Mannheim University, Germany / / 3 places x 9 mths
Sociology
Charles University Prague, Czech Republic / / 2 places x 9 mths
University of Copenhagen, Denmark / / 3 places x 9 mths
University of Helsinki, Finland / / 2 places x 9 mths
Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey / / 2 places x 9 mths
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany / / 2 places x 9 mths
University of Malta, Malta / / 2 places x 9 mths
Umeå University, Sweden / / 6 places x 9mths
University Lille 1 (Sciences et Technologies), France / / 3 places x 9 mths
University of Utrecht, Netherlands / / 2 places x 9 mths
Notes. A – preferential treatment will be given to students of BSL degree. B – preferential treatment will be given to students of Business and Economics degree. C – for BBS, Business Studies students only.