Scholarships for International Students at University of Porto

The MOBILE+3 project supports 144 scholarships for pursuing undergraduate,
master and doctoral programme. In order to be eligible for an Erasmus +
scholarship under this project, students must be a student/staff from the
institution which is a part of the project’s Consortium.
The MOBILE+3
project, coordinated by the University of Porto in the framework of the
European Programme Erasmus + – Key Actio
n 1 International Credit Mobility, is
aimed at student mobility at various levels as well as academic and administrative
staff, in both directions, IN and OUT, and includes institutions from more than
14 countries from outside Europe.
Course
Level:
Scholarships are available for pursuing undergraduate, master and doctoral
programme.
Study
Subject:
Scholarships are awarded to study the subjects offered by the university.
Scholarship
Award:
The MOBILE+3 project provides the following financial support to the grant
holders:

Monthly
allowance (the amount per month will depend on the Mobility’s direction);
Round
trip plane ticket between the grant holder’s home city and the host
country;
Health,
accident and travel insurance valid during the entire mobility period

Number of
Scholarship:
The MOBILE+3 project supports 144 scholarships.
Scholarship
can be taken in
Portugal
Eligibility: Applicants must meet the
following eligibility requirements:

In
order to be eligible for an Erasmus + scholarship under this project, you
must be a student/staff from the institution which are a part of the
project’s Consortium.
The
MOBILE+3 project offers grants for exchange mobility. As so, all the
students must be registered in a HEI and enrolled in studies leading to a
recognized degree or another recognized tertiary level qualification.
For
Undergraduate studies: Students must be enrolled at least in the second
year of higher education studies in order to be eligible to undertake an
exchange period abroad.
For
Master studies: Students must have completed at least one semester at the
home institution before undertaking an exchange period.
For
Doctorate studies: Students must have completed at least one year of
studies and have already a research project.
For
academic and administrative staff: Must work (full-time) at a partner
institution of the project in order to be eligible to apply for a grant.

All applicants must
receive the formal support of their home institution, through the issuing of a
support letter (this documents is mandatory at the application stage). Erasmus+
enables students to study or train abroad more than once as Erasmus+ students
as long as the minimum duration for each activity and a total maximum of 12
months per study cycle is respected.
Nationality: Students from Partner
Institutions of Algeria, Armenia, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Canada, Egypt, Georgia, Morocco, Russian Federation, Serbia, South
Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, United States and Uzbekistan.
College
Admission Requirement
Entrance
Requirement: Applicants must have previous degree.
Test Requirement: No
English Language
Requirement: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually
required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level
required by the University.
How to
Apply:
To fill in the Application Form, the following steps must be considered:

The
applicants should have a valid e-mail address and an internet connection.
As a
way to access the form, the applicants should create a new login in the
“Apply” section, selecting the type of scholarship they want to apply to
(ex: undergraduate exchange).
The
form will open with a set of questions regarding general eligibility
criteria;
The
applicants must answer truthfully to all questions so as to ensure the
fulfilment to all general eligibility criteria. In case one eligibility criteria
is not fulfilled, the system will immediately inform the applicant through
the following message: “Please verify the eligibility criteria.”
The
applicants should then fill in the online Application Form available on
the project’s website. The system will save a draft of the application
every time the “Save” button is pressed, allowing it to be revised, edited
and completed.
The
applicants should carefully prepare and revise the application before
pressing the “Submit” button. After selecting the “Submit” button, it is
not possible to make any additional change to the already submitted
proposal. Accordingly, if you would like to make any valid changes, you
must create a new register and fill in another application form.