ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

The following may apply for selection:

• Students enrolled in full-time / distance learning / part-time education at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, including Romanian citizens, citizens of other states participating in the Erasmus+ Program, or citizens of states not participating in the Erasmus+ Program; • Students in years I-II-III (IV) of undergraduate studies, I-II of master’s studies, I-II-III and PhD extension periods; • Former beneficiaries of a traineeship or study mobility in the Socrates, LLP-Erasmus, and/or Erasmus+ programs, only if they meet the above-mentioned criteria and provided that the total duration of the mobilities (Socrates / LLP-Erasmus + and Erasmus+) does not exceed 12 months per study cycle; • Students and PhD students in their final years, selected before the end of the evaluation/examination session of the second semester of the final year, or before the public defense of the doctoral thesis, for mobilities taking place in the first year after graduation, have the status of “conditionally selected”; they become “beneficiaries” once they can provide proof of graduate status by presenting a certificate issued by the faculty, or a certificate issued by the Secretariat of the Doctoral School where they were enrolled or by the Office for University Doctoral Studies. These mobilities can be carried out and completed within one year of graduation. • A student may benefit from Erasmus+ study and traineeship mobilities at each level of study (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate), totaling a maximum of 12 months of mobility (study + traineeship) per level. • Consecutive mobilities at the same host institution are not eligible.

Academic eligibility criteria

To be eligible for an Erasmus+ traineeship mobility, students must:

a) have an ECTS score at the time of selection of at least 50% of the maximum possible score at the time of application, with the exception of 1st-year/1st-semester students, for whom the admission average for the current study cycle will be considered;

b) attest to proficiency in the working language of the institution for which they are applying by presenting at least one of the following documents:

1. language certificate [1];

2. high school transcript (for students who studied a foreign language in high school);

3. language proficiency certificate obtained at the Baccalaureate exam;

4. academic record related to university studies in the foreign language studied or the study program, for those studying in a foreign language, according to the candidate’s option and depending on the foreign languages studied. The arithmetic mean of high school grades / the grade or score of the Baccalaureate language certificate / the university studies average or the minimum accepted score (for a minimum B1 level) must be equal to 80% of the maximum grade or score (e.g., min. grade 8/10, 16/20, or “Good” in the case of qualifiers). An exception is made for internationally recognized certificates (such as DELF, DALF, Cambridge, TOEFL, IELTS, DELE, Goethe), obtained for a minimum B1 level, for which any score is accepted.

c) obtain at least a grade of 7 in the interview held during the faculty-level selection process.

Calculation method for the ECTS score: To calculate the ECTS score, the results obtained by the candidate in the completed semesters of the study cycle in which they are enrolled at the time of selection are considered. The calculation is as follows: the weight of the sum of ECTS points for the semesters completed until the selection (A) divided by the maximum ECTS points for that period (B): Ax100/ B.

[1] If you do not already have a language certificate, several possibilities for taking a test in Iași are: • French Cultural Institute Iași, 26 Carol I Blvd. (French); • German Cultural Center Iași, 38 Lascăr Catargi St. (German); • Foreign Language Center of the Faculty of Letters; • EuroEd Iași, 1C Florilor St. (English, French, Italian, Spanish).