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Erasmus+ · Outgoing Students

Outgoing Students.

A complete guide to an Erasmus+ exchange from the Faculty of Law and Administration, UW — from recruitment to settlement.

01 · Recruitment

Going abroad.

Students of the Faculty of Law and Administration can take part in numerous international mobility programmes organised by the Faculty and other institutions. The most popular are Erasmus+ exchanges, lasting one semester or a full academic year.

The Faculty has more than 110 Erasmus+ agreements, hosting more than 230 students annually. Beyond Erasmus+, students and graduates can use bilateral agreements signed by the Faculty with universities worldwide (including China).

02 · During your stay

On exchange.

Changing the Learning Agreement (e-LA)

During Erasmus+ exchanges the e-LA often needs to be amended — most often because of a cancelled course, schedule clashes or a change of interests.

  1. Within the deadline set by the host university, agree the changes with its coordinator and with the WPiA UW coordinator (erasmus@wpia.uw.edu.pl).
  2. Once approved, you will get edit access to e-LA in USOSweb. Apply changes and ask the coordinators to approve them.
  3. After approval, present the LA (without the "Draft Version" label) to the host coordinator.

All e-LA changes should be made within the first 3–4 weeks of the host semester (exceptions apply where the issue is not the student's fault).

Users of the electronic e-LA do not need a WPiA UW coordinator's signature — approval in the system is equivalent to a signature. If your host university requires a physical signature, send the e-LA in PDF to erasmus@wpia.uw.edu.pl and we will return a signed scan.

Shortening the stay

Possible only for full-year exchanges (shortened to one semester). Contact the BWZ UW (International Office) for these matters.

Extending the stay

Possible only for one-semester exchanges held in the winter semester. Contact the BWZ UW for these matters.

Urgent matters: in case of any problems during your stay, contact the BWZ UW and the WPiA UW Mobility Coordinators immediately (erasmus@wpia.uw.edu.pl).
03 · Before departure

Step by step.

Students from Faculty-level recruitment

  1. After recruitment closes, coordinators "assign" mobilities in USOS. You'll receive a request to complete your data. Once approved, you'll print and sign the form and submit it to the Mobility Section (during duty hours or at the porter's desk). Coordinators and the Dean then sign it; forms go to the BWZ UW.
  2. Since the summer semester of 2018/19, only the electronic LA Before the Mobility is used. The list of outgoing students is sent to the WPiA UW IT Section, which creates the e-LA decision in USOS.
  3. The full e-LA filling process is explained in a guide prepared for WPiA UW students.
  4. After approval of the e-LA in USOSweb, you do not need to print it for the coordinator's signature.
  5. Nomination of students at the host university is handled by the BWZ UW — not by the WPiA coordinators.
  6. The BWZ UW organises meetings for outgoing students — check your email and the BWZ UW website.
If your USOS data are incorrect (e.g. expired document, address), contact the Faculty's dean's office. Do not contact the Dean directly for a signature, nor the IT Section directly.

Students from university-wide recruitment

The procedure is the same as for Faculty recruitment, with one exception: after being granted a mobility, contact the Mobility Section at erasmus@wpia.uw.edu.pl and request the e-LA decision to be created.

04 · Settlement

Step by step.

Procedure

  1. Immediately after returning, contact the BWZ UW to settle the mobility formally.
  2. To settle the mobility within your WPiA UW study programme, come to a coordinator's duty hours with:
    • the application form for settlement (filled in except the "WPiA grades" column, signed and scanned),
    • your Transcript of Records.
  3. The coordinator converts grades and enters them into the e-LA.
  4. The document with converted grades is passed to the dean's office, which checks and "flags" the courses as completed and then approves the whole decision.
  5. Check USOSweb to see whether the grades have been approved ("The learning agreement has been approved.") and inform the BWZ UW.

Notes

  1. Before leaving the host university, ensure the Transcript of Records matches the Learning Agreement — missing grades may cause the academic year not to be passed.
  2. All courses in the Transcript of Records count as your study results. ECTS points are transferred automatically as proposed by the host university.
  3. Failed courses are not included in the application form.
  4. Courses passed at the host university are treated as group C courses (see exceptions under "Course recognition").
  5. To have your foreign grades count toward your stage average, link the courses to the stage in USOSweb.
  6. See the separate section on travel reimbursement.
  7. Students who have not read the above will be served last during duty hours.
05 · Travel reimbursement

Refund after return.

After returning from your scholarship, you may apply for reimbursement of some travel costs related to Erasmus+ or bilateral exchanges. A paper application is submitted to the Vice-Dean for Finance, Prof. M. Grzybowski. Reimbursement may cover a single round trip up to 400 PLN.

The application must contain

  • the bank account number for the refund,
  • one of the accepted cost-proof bundles:
    • boarding pass + booking confirmation + bank account confirmation,
    • original paper ticket (with price stated, or without + booking confirmation) + bank account confirmation,
    • online ticket (with price stated, or without + booking confirmation) + bank account confirmation,
    • original paper invoice or online invoice + bank account confirmation (scans/copies of paper invoices do not count as online invoices).
Not reimbursed: car travel and trips made mid-semester (e.g. for the holiday break). Reimbursement is only possible after the final return.
06 · Traineeships

Erasmus+ traineeships.

About the traineeships

For students interested in Erasmus+ traineeships, the BWZ UW has prepared the section For students and PhD students — Traineeships. It contains all guides, forms and information on the recruitment process and the mobility itself.

The BWZ also runs a registry for students and PhD students interested in traineeships abroad. Registered users receive a list of companies that hosted UW students in previous years and current offers forwarded to the BWZ.

Settlement of traineeships

To have the traineeship recognised in the diploma supplement, submit the settlement application to the coordinator and then to the dean's office.

07 · Course recognition

Recognising foreign courses.

Recognition of courses and grades obtained during the stay at a foreign university is based on the rules of study adopted by the WPiA UW Faculty Council.

Students who started in the academic year 2017/2018 or later

Rules of study — from 2017/2018 (PDF, in Polish)

As a rule, courses passed by the student are treated as group I (other) courses. A student who spent one or two semesters at a partner university (including under Erasmus+) and settled the mobility may be exempted from completing one or two specialisation blocks (module S) — no more than two. The exemption is granted upon the student's application only.

Where learning outcomes are identical to those at the WPiA UW, the Dean can credit exam grades from the following courses:

  1. European Union law,
  2. political and legal doctrines,
  3. sociology of law,
  4. public international law,
  5. theory and philosophy of law.

The Dean decides on other credits and grades after obtaining the opinion of the Dean's Representative for Erasmus+.

Students who started before 2017/2018

Rules of study — from 2015/2016 (PDF, in Polish)

As a rule, courses passed by the student are treated as group C courses (specialisation module). The list of courses creditable by the Dean upon identical learning outcomes is the same as above. The Dean decides on remaining recognitions after the opinion of the Dean's Representative for Erasmus.

08 · Duty hours & contact

Get in touch.

Have a question?

Write to erasmus@wpia.uw.edu.pl. e-LA unblocking and approval requests should be sent only to this address.

Postal address

Collegium Iuridicum I, room 221
Wydział Prawa i Administracji
Uniwersytet Warszawski
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warszawa, Poland
Zespół / The Team

Mobility coordinators.

Erasmus section at the Faculty of Law and Administration — contact, duty hours and information channels.

Dawid Ziółkowski, PhD

On-site duty hours
Mondays, 8:30–9:30 a.m.
room 3.02, Collegium Iuridicum III

Piotr Słowiński, MA

On-site duty hours
Mondays, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
room 3.06, Collegium Iuridicum III
Need help?

Write to the Erasmus@WPiA team.