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Study Abroad Opportunities
Study Abroad Opportunities for Undergraduate Students:
The School of Philosophy
& Art History now offers all of its undergraduate courses as a 4yr international
exchange course where the 3rd year is spent at an approved institution abroad.
Students can either
enrol onto the international exchange course from the beginning of their study
or transfer to it from a 3yr course (ideally, students who want to make this
switch do so after the Easter Vacation in the 1st year, though there remains the
opportunity to switch at the start of the Autumn term in the 2nd year).
Students on
3yr BA courses also have the opportunity
of spending one term abroad, but only for one term, typically in the Autumn Term
of their third year.
Details of partner
universities can be found on the
Study Abroad Office website.
Details of course structures can be found at:
·
University of Essex
Course
Finder website
·
The School of Philosophy & Art History
Undergraduate BA Courses
Outgoing undergraduate
students should contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies,
Dan Watts..
News:
Robyn Forsyth, student on BA Philosophy (International Exchange) 4yr degree
course. Awarded first ever student scholarship in China.
Study Abroad Opportunities for Postgraduate Students:
Philosophy at Essex offers a variety of study abroad opportunities: (a) Erasmus
Exchange Programme with Tübingen and Paris and (b) a two-week Intensive
Programme, taught in collaboration with a number of other European institutions.
All out-going postgraduate students should contact the Study Abroad Officer
(currently
Dr Timo
Jütten).
The School of Philosophy & Art History welcomes incoming study abroad students.
All enquiries and applications should be to the
Study Abroad Office.
Erasmus Programme: Tübingen
and Paris
Erasmus Exchange Programme: details
The Department offers you the opportunity of a visiting studentship at Tübingen
(which has a very good philosophy department and is a lovely German town with a
very active student life) or Paris (which needs no introduction). Thanks to the
EU, there is even some financial assistance for the time you spend there.
Where is the catch? There is none. It is true that you will have to spend at
least three months at Tübingen or Paris, but that is hardly a bad thing. (In
fact, you can stay for a whole year.) There are no formal requirements that you
have to attend any of the courses/modules on offer or submit coursework,
although as visiting students you will be (with the course lecturer’s
permission) allowed to sit and even to submit coursework (probably this would
have to be in German), if you choose to do so. The best time to go would be
October - January or April - July, since this is when most people are around at
the two institutions.
If you want to take up this excellent opportunity to brush up on your
German/French, to take advantage of the German/French philosophical scene, and
to have access to a good library with books which you are unlikely to get hold
off here (not to mention to enjoy Tübingen/Paris), then you need to do two
things: (a) talk to your supervisor as soon as possible and ask for his or her
permission to go; and (b) contact the Study Abroad Officer (currently
Dr Timo
Jütten) by the end of December 2011. You will then have to make a decision
by March 2012 for the next academic year (i.e. 2012/13). See below for further
information.
For more information about both
Tübingen and Paris, and student testimonials, please follow this
link.
Please also visit the
University of Essex
Course Finder
website and the
Study Abroad Office website itself.
Below are some facts and requirements about the
Erasmus Programme:
·
Study abroad for periods of 3-12 months.
·
Limited places (up to 2 per institution).
·
Suitable for PhD students and students on the MA by
dissertation.
·
No requirement to complete modules or coursework at
the host institution, though you are free to sit in or even take classes for
credit.
·
Language classes (normally provided free of charge
by host organisation).
·
Access to student housing services at the host
institution.
·
Mobility grants of up to €3,000 for EU citizens via
the ERASMUS programme.
·
Non-EU citizens can participate in the exchange, but
are not eligible to receive this grant.
Requirements:
·
Complete application BEFORE March 2012 for the
academic year 2012/13
·
Approval by PhD Supervisor and approach Study Abroad
Office (by the end of December 2011)
·
Approval by Study Abroad Officer,
Dr Timo Jütten
(by the end of January 2012)
·
Approval by Graduate Dean (by mid-February 2012)
·
Approval by funder (such as AHRC), if applicable (by
the end of February 2012).
Mathijs Peters spent the Academic
Year 2010/11 at the Institute.
Study Abroad Opportunities:
Intensive Programme in Democracy and Religion
Two-week Intensive Programme in Philosophy & Religion, 1 July - 14 July 2012 at
Middle
East Technical University (METU) in Ankara
(to be confirmed)
The Department is also currently involved in organising a two-week Intensive
Programme in Philosophy and Religion. Up to four students (Masters and Research)
and one member of staff from each of the participating universities attend this
Intensive Programme. The other universities involved are: Tilburg University
(Netherlands), Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj, Romania), Jagiellonian University
(Krakow, Poland),
Middle East
Technical University (Ankara, Turkey)
and Antwerp University (Belgium). In
past years stipends have been made available to Essex students in order to
defray travel and accommodation costs and it is hoped that this will continue in
2011-2. Once details have been finalised further information will be circulated
and students will have the opportunity to apply for a place.
For more information,
please contact the Study Abroad Officer (currently
Dr Timo
Jütten).