The University of Padua offers various opportunities to carry on part of your education abroad.

Erasmus + is certainly the most popular student mobility programme, but there are also opportunities to study in non-European countries, within the framework of bilateral inter-University agreement programmes.

For all information about mobility opportunities and procedures, please visit the following page: https://www.unipd.it/en/erasmus

Please note that applications that do not comply with this procedure (including the specified format for e-mail attachments) will not be considered. Given the many institutional activities that the members of the Student Procedure Committee are involved in, any requests for “urgent” processing of authorisation procedures will not be accepted. Any learning agreement uploaded in uniweb without the authorisation of the student procedure committee will not be considered.

When to leave and where to go

In order for your mobility experience abroad to be truly meaningful, we suggest that you enter mobility during your Master's degree programme, in particular by planning your departure during your second year of study. We also advise you to follow courses abroad that can be included as “optional” course units in your study plan.

Remember that Erasmus+ mobility places are limited. In many cases, your admission to a mobility programme means that other students have been excluded. If you decide to withdraw at the last minute, by choosing other opportunities that you may find more interesting, you are in fact preventing other students from participating in the programme, as well as wasting the time of those who managed your application here and at the foreign institution.

The currently available Erasmus+ exchanges for the Degree Programme are as follows:

  • Ghent University, Ghent (Belgium) Co-ordinator Prof. Martina Roso (2 places)
  • University of Rijeka, Rijeka (Croatia), Co-ordinator Prof. Ugo Galvanetto
  • Brno University of Technology, Brno (Czech Republic), Co-ordinator Prof. Vito Di Noto
  • Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn (Estonia), Co-ordinator Prof. Paolo Colombo
  • Åbo Akademi, Turku (Finland), Co-ordinator Prof. Paolo Canu (2 places)
  • Centrale Supélec, Paris (France), Co-ordinator Prof. Fabrizio Bezzo (2 places)
  • Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, Lille (France), Co-ordinator Prof. Roberta Bertani (3 places)
  • École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (France), Co-ordinator Prof. Mirco Zaccariotto
  • Institute National Polytechnique, Toulouse (France), Co-ordinator Prof. Paolo Canu (1 place)
  • Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg (Germany), Co-ordinator Prof. Massimiliano Barolo (2 places)
  • RWTH Aachen, Aachen (Germany), Co-ordinator Prof. Irene Calliari
  • Hochschule Aalen, Aalen (Germany), Co-ordinator Prof. Irene Calliari
  • TU Dresden, Dresden (Germany), Co-ordinator Prof. Fabrizio Bezzo (1 place)
  • TU München, München (Germany), Co-ordinator Prof. Mirco Zaccariotto
  • Universität Augsburg, Augsburg (Germany), Co-ordinator Prof. Paolo Colombo
  • Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis, Thessaloniki (Greece), Co-ordinator Prof. Fabrizio Bezzo (2 places)
  • TU Eindhoven, Eindhoven (The Netherlands), Co-ordinator Prof. Paolo Canu (2 places)
  • Norvegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim (Norway), Co-ordinator Prof. Fabrizio Bezzo (2 places)
  • University of Bergen, Bergen (Norway), Co-ordinator Prof. Roberto Turri
  • Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, Krakow (Poland), Co-ordinator Prof. Paolo Colombo
  • Rzeszow University, Rzeszow (Poland), Co-ordinator Prof. Sara Spilimbergo (2 places)
  • Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszow (Poland), Co-ordinator Prof. Fabrizio Bezzo (2 places)
  • University of Wrocław, Wrocław (Poland), Co-ordinator Prof. Paolo Sgarbossa
  • Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw (Poland), Co-ordinator Prof. Ugo Galvanetto
  • Politécnico de Lisboa - ESTeSL, Lisbon (Portugal), Co-ordinator Prof. Fabrizio Bezzo (1 place)
  • Técnico Lisboa - Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon (Portugal), Co-ordinators Prof. Fabrizio Bezzo and Prof. Roberta Bertani (2 places)
  • Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra (Portugal), Co-ordinator Prof. Massimiliano Barolo (2 places)
  • University of Niš, Niš (Serbia), Co-ordinator Prof. Anna Stoppato
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid (Spain), Co-ordinator Eng. Elena Barbera (2 places)
  • Universidad de Granada, Granada (Spain), Co-ordinator Prof. Roberto Turri
  • Universidad de León, León (Spain), Co-ordinator Prof. Mirco Zaccariotto
  • Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo (Spain), Co-ordinator Prof. Roberta Bertani (2 places)
  • Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla (Spain), Co-ordinator Prof. Paolo Canu (2 places)
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-EUITA, Madrid (Spain), Co-ordinator Prof. Mirco Zaccariotto
  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - ESEIAAT, Terrassa (Spain), Co-ordinator Prof. Mirco Zaccariotto
  • Universitat Politècnica de València - ETSIAMN, Valencia (Spain), Co-ordinator Prof. Sara Spilimbergo (2 places)
  • Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona (Spain), Co-ordinator Prof. Chiara Vianello (2 places)
  • Stockholm University, Stockholm (Sweden), Co-ordinator Eng. Alessandro Manzardo
  • Umeå University, Umeå (Sweden), Co-ordinator Prof. Paolo Canu (2 places)
  • University College London, London (U.K.), Co-ordinator Prof. Fabrizio Bezzo (1 place)

Non-Erasmus (Ulisse) exchanges:

  • - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia (USA), envisages one student exchange for Master’s degree thesis, Co-ordinator Prof. Eleonora Sforza (2 students/year);
  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo (Japan), Co-ordinator Prof. Vito Di Noto (3 students/year).

How to apply

You can contact the mobility Co-ordinators for more detailed information on each exchange. Remember that several places in Erasmus+ / Ulisse exchanges are often vacant. It might therefore be a good idea to get some information from the Co-ordinator of these exchanges and also apply for vacant exchanges not related to Chemical Engineering (as long as there is a Chemical/Process Engineering Degree Course at the host location).

 

Before departure

If you have been accepted for a study period abroad, you must prepare a Learning Agreement before your departure and have it assessed by the Degree Programme Council for approval. As a guideline, the proposal should include course units for approximately 30 ECTS credits per semester abroad, or Master’s thesis activities. No intensive course offered by the host institution may be included among the course units.

The procedure for preparing and submitting the proposal is as follows:

●       first of all, the proposal is drawn up and agreed with the Erasmus+ / Ulisse mobility Co-ordinator, if the person in charge is a lecturer in the Master’s degree programme in Chemical and Industrial Process Engineering, otherwise it must be discussed verbally with one of the members of the Student Procedure Committee, to check its general consistency with your own educational programme;

●       then, the international study plan assessment form (in Microsoft Word format) and the syllabi of the proposed courses must be e-mailed to all members of the Student Procedure Committee (pratiche.studenti.LM.IC@dii.unipd.it) well in advance of the University deadlines. The e-mail Subject must be: “Learning Agreement proposal Surname First Name”;

●       finally, once you have obtained approval from the Student Procedure Committee, you can proceed to fill in your Learning Agreement in the Uniweb portal by carefully following the on-line instructions.

Applications that do not comply with this procedure (including the specified format for e-mail attachments) will not be considered. Given the many institutional activities that the members of the Student Procedure Committee are involved in, any requests for “urgent” processing of authorisation procedures will not be accepted. Any learning agreement uploaded in uniweb without the authorisation of the student procedure committee will not be considered. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to plan carefully when to submit your application to the Committee, keeping in mind that the Committee generally responds promptly, but it may take up to 10 working days to process the application. You will always receive a reply by e-mail. If your Learning Agreement is preliminarily approved by the Student Procedure Committee, you are required to personally verify that your proposal is officially approved by the Degree Programme Council during its first meeting following the date on which the preliminary approval e-mail was sent to you. The minutes of the Degree Programme Council (CCS) meetings can be found on this page. If you notice any discrepancies between the content of the minutes and the proposal that was preliminarily approved by the Student Procedure Committee, you must immediately notify the Co-ordinator of the Degree Programme.

 

While abroad

If you wish to modify your Learning Agreement once you are abroad, you must follow the same procedure (including sending the documents, as if you were doing it for the first time). The only difference is that in the e-mail accompanying your application you must indicate in a simplified but thorough manner any changes that you intend to make to your previously approved Learning Agreement and the reasons for such changes. If, once abroad, you are unable to take part in some of the activities included in your approved Learning Agreement, you must promptly notify the programme Co-ordinator by e-mail, providing adequate reasons. This is the only way to be sure that the remaining activities you have undertaken abroad will be properly recognised in your study plan when you return to Padua. If you send any e-mails after your first email communication, you must always include the entire email thread, so that the reader can immediately retrace all communications that have already taken place, even if some time has passed. For this reason, you must always use the REPLY button for all emails that you send after the first one (even after some time).

Upon your return to Italy

When you return from your stay abroad, you must formally submit your study plan in the first available window. Your submitted study plan must comply with your most recently approved Learning Agreement. Do not formally submit your study plan while you are abroad, unless this is incompatible with the deadlines for submitting the documents required for the Master’s degree final examination (these deadlines are the same for all students, regardless of whether or not they are participating in an international mobility programme). The study plans of Erasmus+ / Ulisse students will only be uploaded to the Uniweb portal by the Student Office when the application for Master’s degree graduation is submitted, so it is quite normal if you do not see your plan on the Uniweb portal until the very end. The activities carried out abroad, based on your most recently approved Learning Agreement and the Transcript of Records, will be recorded by the Erasmus+ / Ulisse Co-ordinator at the student’s request. If an Erasmus Co-ordinator does not belong to the Department of Industrial Engineering, a request can also be made to the Co-ordinator of the Degree Programme.

  

Other information

Further general information and forms can be obtained via the following links:

●       https://www.unipd.it/en/erasmus-studies-out
●       Certificate for Examination Recognition with Honours
Modifié le: vendredi 15 décembre 2023, 13:39