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For incoming staff mobility applicants outside the Erasmus+ Program, please contact the Head of the Department you are interested to visit (http://med.uoi.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=452&Itemid=580&lang=en).   

 

The Erasmus+ Program offers the following activities for incoming staff mobility:

  • Teaching periods: this activity allows HEI teaching staff or staff from enterprises to teach at a partner HEI abroad. Staff mobility for teaching can be in any subject area/academic discipline.
  • Training periods: this activity supports the professional development of HEI teaching and non-teaching staff as well as the development of involved institutions.

 

For more information please contact your home Institution Erasmus+ Office. 

 

The University of Ioannina has long been leader in international education, with a multitude of international students and programs. Likewise, the Faculty of Medicine reaches beyond Greek borders to promote global diversity in our programs for medical graduates, students and aspiring health care professionals.

We welcome international applicants that come to us through established sponsors or organizations seeking electives, placements, fellowships or professional advancement via pathways that often start with clinical or research electives.

Our mission at the Faculty of Medicine is to help international candidates find the programs that fit their educational and medical career goals, facilitate the successful completion of the application and requirements process, and make every effort – given the increasing requests – to place them in an appropriate department. The incoming students are expected to follow the activities of the visiting Department upon the discretion of the Department Head or Elective Supervisor.

For placements under the Erasmus+ Programme, additional requirements apply. Please contact your local Erasmus+ office.

Procedure

How to apply for an Erasmus+ placement/traineeship at the Medical Faculty of the University of Ioannina:

Please study carefully all the information provided by our International Relations Office regarding Incoming Erasmus+ students at the following link: https://piro.uoi.gr/erasmus/121/incoming-erasmus-students .

Then, proceed with the following steps:

1) Initial requests for placements/traineeships should be addressed to the Head of the Department the applicant is interested to attend
(http://med.uoi.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=452&Itemid=580&lang=en580&lang=en). Requests may be submitted throughout the year. It is strongly recommended that you send your request to the respective Head of Department at least three months prior to the commencement of the Erasmus+ placement/traineeship. An updated CV (including information on language proficiency) and a letter of intent should be attached. The Head of the Department may request additional information or documentation.

2) Once the applicant receives a provisional positive response from the Head of the Department, he/she must:

  1. forward it to International Relations Office (E. kakouri@uoi.gr ) informing them about the initial positive response and,
  2. ask his/her home University Erasmus+ Office to nominate him/her by completing and sending the attached excel file to kakouri@uoi.gr.

3) The applicant should collect the following and send a copy to kakouri@uoi.gr at least 1 month prior to the commencement of the Erasmus+ placement/traineeship. All supporting documents must be in English. Documents not in English must be accompanied by a certified translation.

  1. The Learning Agreement for Traineeships, which needs to be signed by all parties BEFORE the start of the mobility. For relevant guidelines, please see here:
    https://piro.uoi.gr/sites/default/files/attachment/erasmus/121-learning-agreementtraineeshguidelinesfinal2017.pdfagreementtraineeshguidelinesfinal2017.pdf
  2. An official transcript of records from their home university
  3. Documentation of their language qualifications (The recommended level of language competence English B2 and/or Greek B1 for the successful completion
    of the mobility)
  4. A copy of their passport
  5. A passport size photo
  6. The attached Student Form (which should be completed electronically, not handwritten)
  7. Health Insurance coverage or European Health Insurance Card
  8. General liability insurance coverage for third party
  9. Accident Insurance coverage

Important

  1. Upon arrival, the applicant must bring along a vaccination report including anti-HBs titres; proof of MMR vaccination or positive antibody titres for Measles, Mumps, Rubella; proof of Dtp or Td vaccination during the past 10 years; Mantoux skin test or Tuberculosis interferon test within the last 12 months.

Please NOTE that in case the applicants fail to send all the necessary documents in time, the Head of the Department has the right to cancel or postpone the collaboration until all prerequisites are fulfilled.

 

Procedure

How to apply for an elective (placement):

Initial requests for electives should be addressed to the Head of the Department the applicant is interested to attend (http://med.uoi.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=452&Itemid=580&lang=en). Requests may be submitted throughout the year. It is, however, strongly recommended to send your request at least three months before the commencement of the elective. An updated CV (including information on language proficiency) and a letter of intent should be attached. The Head of the Department may request additional information or documentation. Once the applicant receives a provisional positive response from the Head of the Department, the applicant should collect the following:

  • An official transcript of records from their home university
  • A letter of good standing from their home university confirming their current registration
  • Documentation of their language qualifications
  • A copy of their passport
  • Health Insurance coverage
  • General liability insurance coverage for third party
  • Accident Insurance coverage
  • Any other relevant documents (e.g. a letter of recommendation)
  • A vaccination report including anti-HBs titres; proof of MMR vaccination or positive antibody titres for Measles, Mumps, Rubella; proof of Dtp or Td vaccination during the past 10 years; Mantoux skin test or Tuberculosis interferon test within the last 12 months

All supporting documents must be in English. Documents not in English must be accompanied by a certified translation. The applicants need to hand the documents to the Head of the Department or Elective Supervisor upon their arrival. In case the applicants fail to present all the necessary documents upon arrival, the Head of the Department has the right to cancel or postpone the collaboration until all prerequisites are fulfilled.

After the approval of your application, A copy of all the documents must be sent to the Secretariat of the Faculty (or handed over upon the arrival) in order to be registered as an incoming elective student. 

The postal address is: University of Ioannina, Secretariat of the Faculty of Medicine, 1st floor Administration Building, 45110 Ioannina, Greece. Alternatively all the documents could be sent at the email address medgram@uoi.gr (subject: elective).

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