Guide - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão

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Application for Student Mobility/Erasmus
How are ECTS credits transferred among
higher education institutions?
Home and host institutions have to prepare and exchange
transcripts of records for each student participating in
ECTS. This process is required before and after the period
of study abroad. Copies of these transcripts are given to
the student for his/her personal file. The home institution
recognises the amount of credit received by the students
coming from partner institutions abroad, so that the credits
for the course units replace the credits which would have
been obtained from the home institution. The Learning
Agreement provides the student a guarantee in advance
that the credits for the approved programme of study will
be transferred.
The ECTS credit system provides transparency
through the following means:
1. ECTS credits, which are a numerical value allocated
to course units in order to describe the student
workload required to complete them;
2. The transcript of records, in which the students’
learning achievements are fully displayed in a
comprehensive way, so as to be understood and
easily transferable from one institution to another;
3. The learning agreement, which covers the
programme of study to be taken by the student,
as well as the ECTS credits to be awarded in
case of satisfactory completion. This involves the
commitment of both home and host institutions, as
well as of the student;
4. The information package, which supplies written
information to students and staff of institutions,
departments/faculties, the organisation and
structure of studies and course units;
Full academic recognition is a fundamental condition
for student mobility in the framework of the Erasmus
and Socrates programmes. The study period abroad
replaces the equivalent period of study taken at the
home university (including examinations or other forms
of assessment), within the framework of the agreed
study programme between partner institutions.
in which local students voluntary offer their help and
support to new fellows.
Before your arrival at ISEG you may be allocated a Buddy
Erasmus. This means that a student from ISEG will help you
in your social and academic integration. In this procedure,
the Erasmus Office will have into consideration the course
you will be attending, so that your Buddy Erasmus can
be more helpful.
Portuguese Language Course
If you want to learn about Portuguese language and
society, why not enroll in a course of Portuguese as a
Foreign Language.There are many Portuguese language
courses to which you may apply in Lisbon. As mentioned
above, in recent years this school has provided students
with a Portuguese language course. When you arrive, you
can sign up for the course and pay a fee of 50€. At the
end of the course you will receive a certificate. If there
is a minimum of 10 students enrolled for the Portuguese
language course, it will be held at ISEG. If not, the students
will be distributed within the other schools of the Technical
University. The total duration of the course is 40 hours
(usually 4 times a week, 2 hours each day).
Buddies´s Programme
The first days in a new environment may not be easy. In
order to facilitate your integration and the contact with
local students, ISEG has set up a buddies’ programme,