About the fellowship
DUO-Belgium/Flanders Fellowship Programme was established in 2011 with the aim of promoting exchanges of students between Belgium/Flanders and 4 Asian countries (China, India, South Korea and Vietnam) on a balanced and permanent basis. In this respect, DUO-Belgium/Flanders requires that a PAIR (two persons) of students will be exchanged in the framework of a cooperative project. Definition of ‘student’:
- Undergraduate (bachelor) and graduate (master) students who are currently enrolled in universities or university colleges in Flanders or one of the four Asian countries.
- Nationality of the student is not a criterion.
N.B.: All applicants should maintain their “student status” from the time of application until the end of their exchange period.
Eligibility
Due to the unique nature of this program, in order to be eligible, the exchange project needs to fulfill all five requirements below:
- A higher education institution in Belgium/Flanders(home institution) and an educational institution in Asia (host institution) have established an academic cooperative agreementor have the intention to set up a new cooperation agreement.
- The Flemish higher education institution, as well as the Asian partner cannot ask tuition fees to the students for the exchanges.
- The Flemish home institution has selected a Flemish student enrolled at the home institution to send to the Asian host institution, and such selection has been accepted by the Asian host institution. A Flemish student is defined as a student from any nationality, subscribed in a Flemish Higher Education Institution.
- The same Asian host institution has selected an Asian student enrolled at the host institution to send to the Flemish home institution, and such selection has been accepted by the same Flemish home institution.
- If the Flemish student has already started the exchange or the Asian student has already stayed in Belgium/Flanders before the application period for DUO- Belgium/Flanders 2017, the application is not acceptable.
Description of the Exchange Program
In this section, please describe the type, duration and purpose of the exchange as instructed on the form.
- Type of exchange: please check appropriate boxes to specify whether the students for exchange are in an undergraduate or in a graduate study.
- Duration of Exchange: As stipulated on the DUO-Belgium/Flanders General Description, the duration of DUO-Belgium/Flanders Fellowship is standardized on a semester basis.
- Purpose of Exchange: Please, specify what the purpose of the exchange is. Also fill in how many ECTS that will be recognized by home or host institution. As the duration is on semester basis, a minimum of 25 ECTS must be taken up at the host institution.
Selection Criteria
Project proposals for the exchange of students in all disciplines will be accepted. However, priority shall be given to following disciplines:
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)
- Political and social sciences
- Economy
- Communication Sciences
Very important: at least 25% of all scholarships will be awarded to students from underrepresented groups:
·Students who are entitled to a Flemish study grant, confirmed by AHOVOKS.
·Students with a disability, recognized by VAPH.
Working students in a work programme. The student must be an employee, or must be looking for a job, and the study programme must be aligned with the work programme proposed by the employment service. Moreover, the student cannot have obtained a Master degree or a second cycle diploma yet.
The date of reference to determine whether a student comes from a low socio-economic background is the deadline of 31st March 2017.
If the proposal includes a student from an underrepresented group, it is important to make this clear in the application form.
Host Institution
In this page, provide information of the host institution involved in the exchange project. The host institution shall be resided in 4 Asian countries (China, India, Vietnam, and South Korea).
- CONTACT PERSON means a regular staff of the Asian institution who arranges the exchange project and is willing to communicate with the Secretariat in such events as verifying application details, transferring fellowship, monitoring exchange and providing further information on the status of the exchange.
- ASSISTANT PERSON shall be capable of replacing the CONTACT PERSON in case of emergency. Assistant Person can be a colleague of the Contact Person who knows the process of DUO-Belgium/Flanders.
- PERSON OF EXCHANGE shall be any Asian student who will participate in the exchange.
- In a box for Institutional Criteria for selecting person to be exchanged, describe why you (or your institution) recommend the person of exchange for fellowship in detail.
- Confirmation on Agreement with Host Institution (to be signed by CONTACT PERSON at the Flemish Home Institution): since the contact person in the Flemish institution is required to complete the application on behalf of two people who will participate in the exchange between the home and the host institution (Asian institution), he/she should confirm by checking “YES” that the contact person in the host institution also agrees with this submission of the application.
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