IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY Promotion Tour Tbilisi

IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY Promotion Tour Tbilisi, Yerevan, Kiev, Luhansk November 2013

Humanities Education Revitalized through Mundus Experience. S HERMES

THE PARTNERSHIP EU countries Third Countries (Lot 5) Bulgaria Estonia Germany Greece Italy Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Ukraine

EU UNIVERSITIES Ø Ø Ø Ø St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria Tallinn University, Estonia European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy University of Salerno, Italy Linköping University, Sweden

NON-EU UNIVERSITIES v Gavar State University, Armenia v Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Armenia v Azerbaijan University of Languages, Azerbaijan v Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus v Shota Meskhia State Teaching University of Zugdidi, Georgia v Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia v Crimean University for the Humanities, Yalta, Ukraine v Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University, Lugansk, Ukraine

COORDINATION Ø National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Uo. A) Ø Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU)

INDICATIVE LIST OF SUBJECTS Ø Ø Ø Classics Philosophy History Archaeology Medieval Languages & Literatures Modern Languages & Literatures General and Comparative Literature Linguistics Music and Musicology Performing Arts (Dance, Theatre & Film Studies) History of Art

RELATED SUBJECTS FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND OTHER AREAS Ø Ø Ø Translation, Interpretation Theology Education & Teacher Training Psychology, esp. Educational Psychology Communication and Information Sciences Law

TENTATIVE DISTRIBUTION BY COHORT Cohort 1 Cohort 2 total Undergraduates 23 23 46 Masters 17 16 33 Doctorates 14 14 28 Post-doctorates 3 4 7 Staff 11 10 21 Total 68 67 135 Type of Mobility

THIRD COUNTRIES Country Students Staff Total Georgia 21 4 25 Armenia 16 3 19 Azerbaijan 10 2 12 Ukraine 21 4 25 Belarus 23 4 27 91 17 108 TOTAL

OVERALL MOBILITY I

SCHOLARSHIPS PER CATEGORY Students Staff (114) (21) Undergraduates 46 Academic Graduates 68 Administrative Master’s students Doctoral students Postdoctoral students 33 28 7

OVERALL MOBILITY II

ELIGIBILITY Third country (non-EU) Students Ø must be nationals of one of the non-EU countries in Lot 5 Ø must NOT have resided or carried out their main activities (e. g. studies or employment) in an EU country for more than a total of 12 months during the last five years (this rule does not apply to TG 3 candidates) Ø must have adequate knowledge of the language required by the host university

INFORMATION www. erasmusmundus-hermes. uoa. gr Contains Ø Information on the universities and their academic offerings Ø Links and contact persons’ e-mails Ø The opening and closing date (deadline) of application submission (to be announced)

ON-LINE APPLICATION Ø Ø Applications will only be submitted on line. There will be a link to the platform on the website There will be detailed and simple instructions Applicants can ask the contact persons of their home university for help (or, for TG 2 & 3, the contact persons of the university through which they are applying)

Ø Ø Applicants can apply to one or two universities They can ask the contact persons of their target universities for information on courses etc.

SELECTION PROCEDURE Ø Ø Ø The Home University will check the eligibility of candidates and will send all eligible applications to the Host Universities The Host Universities will make their selection on criteria of academic merit and list the applications in order of preference Their lists will be forwarded to the Selection Board

THE SELECTION BOARD will make the final decision based on Ø Academic merit Ø Balance among home and host universities Ø Percentages of Target Groups Ø “Cross-cutting issues” (sex balance, financial considerations, disability issues)

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