In order to participate in the academic mobility program, a student has to go through a number of stages.
1. Full-time students can go to exchange studies:
- 2-3 bachelor's degree course, 2-3 semester master's degree;
- with English language proficiency / language of the selected country of study B2 and above;
- with an average score of at least 4.0 for all sessions;
- with no academic arrears;
- those not taking part in the military department;
- who are nominated by the Graduate School of Management and Business;
- having an agreed individual plan of study abroad (individual plan of academic mobility).
2. Students Graduate School of Management and Business are given the opportunity to go to study for an exchange at one of the partner universities.
One of the most important aspects of academic mobility is the correspondence of the direction of study at a foreign university to that at Institute of Industrial Management, Economics and Trade.
The majority of the courses chosen for study in a foreign university should correspond to the courses of the curriculum in SPbPU as much as possible, so that it would be possible to recalculate (recognize) them upon return. This is the main meaning of academic mobility.
In order to choose the study programme (courses), it is necessary to look through the list of courses available for exchange students in the selected semester. This information is available on official university websites, usually in the Courses for exchange students/Course catalogue/Study programs sections.
If you have any questions about the choice of university and courses, you can contact the Board of Management or the Graduate School for advice:
Board of Directors
Nikita Lukashevich, IPMEIT Deputy Director for International Affairs lukashevich@spbstu.ru.
Yulia P. Dyukareva, coordinator of the IPMEIT International Office, 16, academic building, aud. 502.
Graduate School of Management and Business
Borremans Alexandra Dirkovna alexandra.borremans@mail.ru
3. Procedure for submission of documents
3.1. Preparation of application. List of documents:
- Motivational letter - a letter in which it is necessary to motivate the desire to study for an exchange at the selected university;
- Language Certificate - an official certificate confirming the level of foreign language proficiency (TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge Sertificate, etc. or a certificate issued by the Linguistic Centre of St. Petersburg State University);
- A copy of the student's Personal Account Card or upload of the student's academic record (available from the Office);
- Application (nomination) for participation in the competitive selection, signed by the Director of the Graduate School of Management and Business;
- List of selected disciplines - individual plan of academic mobility in the priority university (agreed with the head of the educational program), attached to the application for participation in the competitive selection.
The documents are handed over independently or through the responsible person at the Higher School in 16 academic building 502, coordinator of the International office Julia Dyukareva, dyukareva.yup@edu.spbstu.ru.
3.2 The IPMEET Competitive Committee on Academic Mobility conducts the competitive selection and transmits the minutes with the results of the competitive selection to the Department of International Educational Programs and Academic Mobility.
The application for participation in the competitive selection is centrally signed by the Director of IIPMEIT and the Deputy Director for International Affairs.
Download the documents, including the scanned signed Application Form for participation in the competitive selection.
The list of marks for all sessions (Transcript of Records) can be obtained in the 16th academic building, 502, from the coordinator of the International Office of Julia Dyukareva, dyukareva.yup@edu.spbstu.ru.
Documents and applications submitted directly to the Division of International Educational Programmes and Academic Mobility will not be considered.
3.3 On the basis of received documents the Department of International Educational Programs and Academic Mobility will send a request to the selected university.
After obtaining the partner's consent, the documents should be submitted to the selected university independently.
All documents will be considered by the partner university on a competitive basis. After the submission and review period is over, the university sends a notice of admission/rejection.
4. Making business trip orders
Every student going to study abroad must issue departure and return orders.
4.1. Before departure (not later than 1 week in advance):
- Statement (signed by the Headmaster of the Graduate School of Management and Business)
- Letter of Acceptance / Visa invitation;
- Translation of Confirmation of Acceptance / Visa Invitation into Russian (translation must be done by a translation agency of St. Petersburg State University or any other translation agency. Self-executed translation is not accepted, no notarized translation is required). (https://hum.spbstu.ru/buro_perevodov/)
- When going to study for a long period of time (semester, year) all foreign citizens (having any citizenship other than that of the Russian Federation) should draw up their own bypass sheet.
On the basis of the documents provided an order to leave is formed, which is stored in the Directorate and under the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
4.2 Upon return (within 3 working days):
- Application.
- Short report (indicates the courses taken, the number of ECTS credits received, a certificate or a statement of the results of the courses taken).
All documents for business travel and return from abroad are provided to the International Office, 16 office building 502, coordinator of the international office Julia Dyukareva, dyukareva.yup@edu.spbstu.ru.
Additional information on accommodation, visa issues and so on can be found here.