Ed-exchange
Ed-exchange
About Ed-exchange
Ed-exchange is an Erasmus based exchange network consisting of Education Departments at six Northern-European Universities.
The collaborating Departments offer a steady programme of English-language, Bachelor-level education courses worth minimally 30 European course credits (ECT's) at each participating institution. This means that students can choose from a generous range of education courses across all of the participating universities.
The courses are scheduled to take place during the first (autumn) semester of the academic year, which means in practice that courses will run from around the start of September until the end of December/January. The Ed-Xchange courses that are offered at each of the six institutions offer a workload that is suitable for year 2-3 of a Bachelor programme in Education Studies, and in each case the programme that is offered draws on the teaching strengths of the Department concerned.
How to apply
Each participating institution organises its own registration procedures and in some instances, examination boards will stipulate particular conditions, such as a particular grade-average or having passed the exams to date in your study. Selection happens mostly early in the calendar year, roughly from January-March.
In each institution, there is an Ed-Xchange coordinator, although in most cases you are invited to contact the international exchange office in your department, faculty or institution. You find the coordinators’ names and email addresses in the Ed-exchange folder. The brochure gives you information on the study programmes for each of the five participating Education Studies' Departments.
The Network
- University of Birmingham
- University of Budapest
- University of Dortmund
- University of Groningen
- University of Oslo
- Norwegian University of Technology and Science
Advantages of Ed-exchange
- The exchange programmes are selected to enrich your study of education
- The network is aimed at preventing study delays, for example by enabling resits of guest-university exams at the home-university where needed
- Students exchange collectively in small groups and are well-supported
- The prior agreements on courses take the hassle and uncertainties out of preparations and planning
- In all but unusual cases it is straightforward to set up learning contracts and travel
- Ed-Xchange is supported by Erasmus bursaries to help you make ends meet during your stay abroad
- You do not need to register or pay tuition fees at your guest-institution
- The course credits you collect abroad are transferable to your home-institution
- There is regular collegial exchange between Ed-Xchange coordinators so problems that arise are often solved quickly