Outgoing students - Other departures

If you spend a semester abroad in the framework of an inter-university agreement or as a free mover you have to:

Before you leave

• Get information about the existing inter-university agreements between the University of Luxembourg and foreign universities from the SEVE Mobility, from the contact person for mobility within your faculty, at the SEVE documentation centre or on the web sites of possible host institutions ;
• Once you have chosen your host institution, draw up with your course director the learning agreement that stipulates the programme of courses to be taken there, so that the credits earned can be validated when you return.

Please note : In any case, the SEVE Mobility must be informed about your semester abroad. Study periods abroad which do not take place within any exchange programme can be recognized, if the director of studies has given his prior approval.

These steps should be taken sufficiently early, i.e. :

For the winter semester: starting in March
For the summer semester : starting in October

• Get information about the application procedure and hand in all required documents to the SEVE Mobility;
• Once your application has been accepted, you need to register with both institutions. At the University of Luxembourg, you will enrol as an outgoing student. A University of Luxembourg student card will be issued to you for the mobility semester;
• Go to the SEVE Mobility to sign your mobility contract, which stipulates where you are going and when you are leaving;

Please note: You generally have to pay the enrolment fees to your host institution.

It is strongly recommended to keep in touch with your course director and the SEVE Mobility during your stay at the host institution.

When you arrive at the host institution

• Have your certificate of arrival, attesting that you are on mobility leave, signed by your host institution and send it to the SEVE Mobility.

When you return

• Hand in the certificate of departure, duly signed by the host institution, to the SEVE Mobility. This certificate attests to the period of your stay;
• Fill in the Rapport de fin de séjour and submit it to the SEVE Mobility. This report is an evaluation of your stay abroad. The SEVE Mobility will email it to you at the end of your mobility period;
• Go to see your course director to have your mobility semester validated. The ECTS credits earned abroad are recognized on the basis of the previously signed learning agreement.

Financial assistance by CEDIES

Financial assistance from the Luxembourg Government is granted through the CEDIES (Centre de Documentation et d'Information sur l'Enseignement supérieur) to all students who are enrolled for higher studies and fulfil one of the following conditions:

• they have the Luxembourgish nationality and reside in Luxembourg;
• they are nationals of a member state of the European Union, reside in Luxembourg and are concerned by the regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community;
• they are third-country nationals or stateless, have resided in Luxembourg for at least 5 years and hold a secondary school leaving certificate recognized by the Luxembourg Ministry of Education (Ministère de l’Education nationale et de la Formation professionnelle);
• they have the status of a political refugee in Luxembourg and reside in Luxembourg.

This financial assistance from the government can consist only of a loan or be granted partly as a loan and partly as a scholarship. If you have applied for financial aid at the CEDIES and spend a mobility semester abroad, the granted amount of money can be adapted.

For further information: http://www.cedies.public.lu/financement/index.html

Documents to download

Learning agreement outgoing

Certificates