Glossary
Bilateral Agreements: A bilateral agreement is a political commitment between two consenting parties. Bilateral agreements are negotiated between the university or a component thereof and a partner university or component.
Component agreement: Component agreements are agreements that the UFR has negotiated and signed with universities alone or with other components. These are mainly agreements with European universities. Students wishing to go to a component agreement destination will be assessed by the UFR's IR team.
Network/Multilateral Agreements: Network/multilateral agreements are agreements involving at least three universities.
Application: Application, in this case referring to the application submitted following the student's nomination by the host university.
AMI Grant: International Mobility Assistance (AMI) from the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation.
BRMI Scholarship: Regional Scholarship for International Student Mobility (BRMIE) in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region.
Erasmus grant: Erasmus+ study grant (SMS)awarded as part of the European Union's Erasmus+ program.
DGD-DIT: The Directorate for International and Regional Development at the University of Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
IELTS: The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is a paid English test required by some of our partner universities. Please check carefully which tests the universities require.
Learning Agreement: The Learning Agreement sets out the program of study or internship to be followed abroad. It is a list of the courses you will take at your host university, signed by you, your UGA advisor, and the advisor at your host university.
Move On: Move On is a platform used by UGA and other European universities to manage mobility programs. You will submit your application on this platform, accept your mobility program, and, if you are going to Europe, fill out your online learning agreement (OLA).
Nomination: Before you can go on exchange, we must notify the university we have selected for you so that they can send you the application procedure. The nomination procedure is carried out by the DGD-DIT and our UFR's RI in accordance with the agreements. For agreements outside Europe, these nominations take place early in the year after selection, starting in January. For departmental agreements, this takes place later, between February, March, and April, depending on the host universities.
OLA: Online Learning Agreement. This only applies to students going on Erasmus. The learning agreement must be completed online on Move On.
Tassep: The Transatlantic Student Exchange Program in Science is a network program bringing together universities in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language. This is a paid language test, so be sure to check which test universities require.
Transcript: Transcripts.
Partner university: Partner universities are universities with which UGA or the department has an agreement that allows for student exchanges for study abroad programs.