Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Action 2 Strand

Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Action 2, Strand 1 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 1

EGYPT-LEBANON-EU MOBILITY EXCHANGE NETWORK (ELEMENT) http: //www. em-element. eu/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 2

WELCOME Project http: //www. emwelcome. polito. it/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 3

Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window EUROPEAN COMMISSION The Erasmus Mundus - External • Cooperation Windows (EMECWs) offer a unique higher education institutional cooperation frame and training opportunities relevant to the skilled manpower needs of the targeted regions and the EU. 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 4

Both Projects The Projects supports mobility for M. Sc. • , Ph. D. and Post-Doctorate For Fayoum University members as (Target Group 2). 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 5

http: //www. em-element. eu/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 6

http: //www. emwelcome. polito. it/application 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 7

Element Consortium from Egypt & Lebanon (TG 1) Alexandria University (Egypt) Ain Shams University (Egypt) Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (Egypt) Beni Suef University (Egypt) Sohag University (Egypt) American University of Beirut (Lebanon) Lebanese University (Lebanon) University of Saint Joseph (Lebanon) Beirut Arab University (Lebanon) Modern University of Business & Science (Lebanon) 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi • • • 8

Welecome Consortium from Egypt & Lebanon (TG 1) AUC - The American University in Cairo (Egypt) Ain Shams University (Egypt) AUN - Assiut University (Egypt) CU - Cairo University (Egypt) HUN - Helwan University (Egypt) SVU - South Valley University(Egypt) American University of Beirut (Lebanon) Lebanese University (Lebanon) UL - Universitè Libanaise (Lebanon) Notre Dame University Louiaze (Lebanon) 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi • • • 9

ELEMENT EU Partners Cardiff Metropolitan University – UWIC, UK : http: //www. uwic. ac. uk Institute National Polytechnique de Lorraine, France ; http: //www. inpl -nanc. fr Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland : http: //amu. edu. pl/en/ University of Graz, Austria ; http: //international. uni-graz. at Freie University of Berlin, Germany; http: //www. fu-berlin. de Sapienza University of Rome, Italy ; www. uniroma 1. it Vilnius University, Lithuania; http: //www. vu. lt/en The City University, London, UK; http: //www. city. ac. uk Universidad De Granada, Spain; http: //www. ugr. es Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany : http: //www. tu-berlin. de/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi • • • 10

Welcome EU Partners POLITO - Politecnico di Torino, Itali : http: //www. polito. it/ FUB - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany; http: //www. fu-berlin. de IST - Instituto Superior tecnico, Portugal : http: //www. ist. utl. pt/ KTH - Royal Institute of Technolog, Sweden : http: //www. kth. se/? l=en_UK LUND - Lunds Universitet, Sweden: http: //www. lunduniversity. lu. se/ Sciences Po - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, France: http: //www. sciencespo. fr/ SGH- Warsaw School of Economics, Poland : http: //www. sgh. waw. pl/ UGENT - Universiteit Gent, Belgium : http: //www. ugent. be/ UNEW - University of Newcastle upon, England : http: //www. ncl. ac. uk/ UPV - Universidad Politecnica, Spain: http: //www. upv. es/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 11 • • •

http: //www 3. uwic. ac. uk 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 12

http: //english. inpl-nancy. fr 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 13

http: //www. uniroma 1. it 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 14

http: //www. uni-graz. at 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 15

http: //www. fu-berlin. de 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 16

http: //www. vu. lt 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 17

http: //www. city. ac. uk 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 18

http: //www. ugr. es 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 19

http: //www. polito. it/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 20

http: //www. ist. utl. pt/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 21

http: //www. kth. se/? l=en_UK 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 22

http: //www. lunduniversity. lu. se/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 23

http: //www. sciencespo. fr/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 24

http: //www. sgh. waw. pl/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 25

http: //www. ugent. be/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 26

http: //www. ncl. ac. uk/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 27

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ELEMENT Mobility Durations Target Group 1 Flow Type Available Undergraduates Master of Science Philosophy Doctorate Post-Doctorate Academic Staff 12/3/2020 Target Group 2 Duration (month) For Fayoum 4 - 10 4 - 24 6 - 36 6 - 10 1 X Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi X 29

Application Dead Time Applications on the web site already started and the deadline is 9 January 2012 At 23. 59 GMT 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 30

The projects funds cover; Travel Costs. • Insurance Costs up to 75€ per month. • Tuition Fees for degree students of up • to 3000€ per year. Type of mobility Monthly allowance Master 1, 000 € per month Doctorate 1, 500 € per month Post-doctorate 1, 800 € per month 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 31

Selection Documents A comprehensive list of documents that must be uploaded with your application in order for it to be considered eligible are detailed on the ELEMENT website according to the mobility level. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: v All documents attached in electronic format to the application will also have to be submitted as original signed documents at the host institution once if you are successfully selected. v You must upload scanned versions in image format (i. e. JPEG, BMP, PNG) of all your original documents (transcripts of record, diploma, degree certificates, language certificates etc. ). In addition, scanned versions of certified translations/official translations of all these documents into English or the language of your host country are obligatory! **PLEASE NOTE**: The documents listed on the website is general guidance on the documents you need to gather to upload with your application. Some Host Universities may require additional documents, or may insist on certain documents being compulsory as opposed to recommended. For this reason we ask that you read the information, in addition to the information provided by the Host University on the programme information page under Pre-requisites. If you have any doubts, please ensure you email your respective Host University. 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 32

Eligibility check by Home University • • Must have Egyptian Nationality Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses Check Is the application complete (Eligibility)? Employment / registration Has the Candidate been a beneficiary of a grant in the same project 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi • • • 33

Mobility Flows TARGET GROUP 1 – all 5 mobility levels, both mobility directions Students, and staff registered in one of the HEIs that is a member of the partnership. TARGET GROUP 2 – Masters, Doctorate and Post-Doctorate only; South-North mobility only Egyptian Nationals who are registered in a higher education institution of these countries that is not included in the partnership, or who have obtained a university degree or equivalent by an Egyptian institution. This includes the possibility of providing mobility opportunities to Egyptian nationals working in public administration, public and private enterprises. TARGET GROUP 3 – Undergraduate, Masters, Doctorate and Post-Doctorate only; South North mobility only Egyptian Nationals who are in particularly vulnerable situations, for social and Political reasons. For example: having a refugee status or asylum beneficiaries (international or according to the national (1 legislation of one of the European recipient countries) or 2) it can be proved that they have been the object of unjustified expulsion from university on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination or 3) they belong to an indigenous population targeted by a specific national policy or IDPs (Internally 12/3/2020 34 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi Displaced Persons)

Assessment of Academic Quality (Check by Host University in collaboration with Home University) Applications ranking will be based on the following criteria: U/G Item M. Sc. Ph. D. Post. Doc Staff Qualifications (Academic/Professional) ü ü ü Performance (Fulfilling Host University Requirements) ü ü ü Motivation Letter ü ü ü ü Recommendation Letter Proposal Quality Language Proficiency 12/3/2020 According to Courses Requirements Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 35

Egyptian Students To be eligible, Egyptian undergraduate and master students as well as doctoral and post doctoral candidates: 1. Must be of Egyptian nationality; 2. Must have not resided nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of the European countries; 3. For target group 1 (TGI): students need to be registered at one of the third-country HEIs within the partnership. Undergraduate students must have successfully completed at least one year of studies in their home institution; 4. For target group 2 (TGII): students need either to be registered in an Egyptian HEI (not included in the partnership) or having obtained a university degree or equivalent by an Egyptian institution. They will need to justify how this study period abroad will benefit them (and their direct socio-economical environment) and include letters of support in their individual application; 12/3/2020 36 Prof. need Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 5. For target group 3 (TGIII): students to be Egyptian nationals and be part of the vulnerable target

How to apply ? 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 37

How to apply ? Applicant should study all the information carefully before starting the application on the http: //www. em-element. eu/. All applicant from Fayoum University are considered Target group 2. Select three host institutions. Please get informed concerning study, research, teaching or training possibilities at the host institutions of your choice. Please make sure to upload all the relevant documents for your programme of choice. 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi • • 38

How to apply ? The application for External Cooperation • Window is divided into 3 steps; Registration for an account on the website . 1 Note that you are only allowed to register once. If you register and apply from several accounts the selection committee will consider only the first one. Application for course/program together . 2 with personal information. Uploading of required documents. . 3 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 39

1 -To start visit: http: //www. em-element. eu/ 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 40

2 - Study first the available fields of study 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 41

All the study fields are available in the attached file 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 42

3 -Where you find the contact data? 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 43

How to Apply Register as an Applicant Start the application process by registering an account on this page. It is very important that you provide a valid email address. Once you have successfully created an account, a confirmation email will be sent to the address you entered. This email will contain an activation link for your account. Follow this link to activate your account. The link will take you to the website login. 12/3/2020 When you have successfully logged in you will see the following 4 options below the Main Menu Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 44

How to Apply Register as an Applicant When you have successfully logged in you will see the following 3 options under Candidates Area. Select User Profile to register. 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi Start the application process by registering an account on this page. It is very important that you provide a valid email address. Once you have successfully created an account, a confirmation email will be sent to the address you entered. This email will contain an activation link for your account. Follow this link to activate your account. The link will take you to the website login. 45

5 - How to register ? 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 46

How to Apply 1. Basic Information Please complete all required fields in this section. Please be careful when entering the data as this information is vital for future correspondence and evaluation purposes! Please indicate in this section if you are a Target Group 3 applicant or if you have any special needs. Once completed please ensure you read and agree to the Terms & Conditions and click "Save Basic Information" button and proceed to “Available Courses" section. 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 47

How to Apply 2. Search for Program(s) Select “Available Courses” from the Candidates Area” and use this section to find the suitable program(s) for your criteria. You have the choice of applying for 3 host universities in this section. You rank your choices in priority order. Each priority has three filters; you can filter with Mobility Level, Mobility Type and Host University. 2. 1 You can also use the Add to Favourites function. This function allows you to gather several courses of interest and compare and contrast them to suit your academic strengths prior to applying. You can review the courses that you have added to your favourites by clicking on the My Courses option under the Candidates Area. 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi Please note: You may not get a relevant programs list in case that there is no program(s) offered by the Partner Universities complying with the condition(s) you applied to the filter(s). This can be double checked by viewing Fields of Study on the ELEMENT website. Once you have selected up to a maximum of 3 choices, please proceed by clicking “Apply Now”. 48

How to Apply 2. 2 Upload Document(s) Please upload all of the mandatory documents listed in this page. Please note that files must be image files such as JPEG, GIF, PNG. Once uploaded successfully a blue tick will appear next to the relevant document to confirm it has been successfully uploaded to the application. You can view what has been uploaded by selecting the document in the below table. 2. 3 Uploaded Document(s) An application cannot be submitted until all the status have blue ticks. Please ensure that you click the ‘Save Application’ button as you upload documents. Once all documents have been uploaded click on ‘Back to main course page to submit your applications’. 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 49

How to Apply 2. 4 Submitting application When you return to your applications, the ‘Application Status’ will confirm whether your application has is completed and ready for submission. 2. 5 Caution When you are happy with your application click on the ‘Submit’ Button, but once the application is submitted, you cannot amend your application or change any of the uploaded documents. Notice the buttons are greyed out once an application has been submitted. 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 50

For General Enquiries To Contact the ELEMENT Project Team for any general queries or to report technical errors, please select HELPDESK on the ‘Contact Us’ page of the website. You will then be able to complete your query ticket. If your query is course or university specific please contact the assigned contact person, details of which are found in the University Information Section under the ‘Partners’ section. www. em-element. eu 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 51

You can continue your application latter in any day as you login your username & password Deadline 9 January 2012 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 52

Assessment of Academic Quality (Check by Host University in collaboration with Home University) Qualifications (Academic/Professional) and Performance (fulfilling the Host Univ. entry requirements)… 60% Recommendation Letter (for Post Graduate)… 0% …(Yes/No) Proposal/Motivation (undergraduate: only motivation, Higher: Proposal including Motivation)… 40% – – – Language Proficiency…(Yes/No) – It is agreed that equal distribution to be tried as a starting point between institutions – 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 53

Questions and Answers You can send your questions through the Project system and you will get the answer by e-mail 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 54

Wish you successful proposal Thank you for your time! Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi mms 00@fayoum. edu. eg mmshendi@yahoo. com Tel: +2010 -05350018 Fax: +2084 -6377054 12/3/2020 Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi 55