Students interested in doing an Erasmus+ mobility period for studies in the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, must apply via their home university and there must be an agreement between the home university and IPLeiria. For a list of our Erasmus partner universities please take a look at the list of Agreements.

Nomination by the sending institution

The nomination it’s a document (can be made by e-mail), always from the home institution, which confirms that the student was selected by your institution to carry out a study period at IPLeiria. Applications received without the correspondent nomination will not be considered.

• 1st Semester: September – February
• 2nd Semester: February – July

The academic calendar changes every year and it could be different in each School.

Academic Calendar 2019/2020

The students who didn’t make their assessment in continuous evaluation have their examination period in February and July.

After IPLeiria receive your nomination you are able to start your application procedure.

Application dates:

• 1st Semester and one academic year: until May 31^th (applications after this date are accepted, but the approval of the Learning Agreement might not be ready before starting classes)
• 2nd Semester: until November 30 ^{th (applications after this date are accepted, but the approval of the Learning Agreement might not be ready before starting classes)}

IPLeiria requires a scanned copy of a language certificate which proves the language level agreed in the Inter-Institutional Agreement signed by partners institutions (according to the Common European Framework for Languages – see  http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/resources/european-language-levels-cefr.

It’s a form provided by the sending institution, which must be filled in by computer and properly signed and stamped by the home institution. All the courses taught at IPLeiria are available at https://www.ipleiria.pt/cursos/courses/.

Information about the subjects available for Erasmus+ incoming students in the School of Tourism and Maritime Technology (ESTM) in the link https://www.ipleiria.pt/estm/exchange-students/.

Information about degrees and subjects must be given by the corresponding Coordinator in IPLeiria. All schools/departments have a Departmental Coordinator which is the contact person for exchange students on all academic matters. They are assisted by the International Office in IPLeiria’s headquarters and by extensions of this office in each School (see Contacts).

The coordinator is the only person that can inform if the subjects are available or not to Erasmus students. 

Students should be aware that some changes on the LA’s will have to be done upon their arrival in Leiria depending on the instructions of the coordinators and the schedule of each subject.

Changes to the previous Learning Agreement can be made within one month after arrival, after permission of both institutions: the sending and the receiving.

• Nomination by the sending institution
• Learning Agreement
• Scanned transcript of records of the previous semesters (if not in Portuguese or English, translated, signed and stamped by the sending institution);
• 1 photo (jpeg format);
• Scanned Passport or ID document;
• Scanned of valid European health insurance card

All the required documents must be sent before arriving in IPLeiria to the following e-mails: naide.martins@ipleiria.pt; internacional.esecs@ipleiria.pt; internacional.estg@ipleiria.pt; gamci.esad@ipleiria.pt; gac.estm@ipleiria.pt; tania.mota@ipleiria.pt and International and National Mobility Coordinator – coord.mob.esslei@ipleiria.pt (originals are not necessary)

Documents that prove the acceptance of the students in IPLeiria:

• Acceptance letter – issued by IPLeiria proving that the student was accepted and which will be used for visa’s purposes only ( if required);
• Learning Agreement approved by IPLeiria – After signed and stamped by the Departmental Coordinator, Learning Agreement is sent by e-mail to the sending institution. The signature of the Learning Agreement is a sufficient proof of our acceptance. 

The acceptance letter for visa procedures will be sent only after the approval of the LA by the correspondent coordinator in IPLeiria and the reception of the language certificate.

As sooner as we receive the LA – to get it approved and signed by our coordinator – and the required certificate of language (by e-mail; original documents are not needed), early we’ll send the acceptance letter for visa procedures.

IPLeiria has seven student residences in the cities of Leiria, Caldas da Rainha and Peniche. It also has a School-Hotel and Pousadinha José Saramago, with a total of 740 beds. Any student can be lodged in the residences, although they are destined, preferably, to the scholarship students of IPLeiria’s Social Action Services.

Contacts of IPLeiria’s residences: sas@ipleiria.pt

More information: https://www.ipleiria.pt/sas/accomodations/

Accommodation in the city of Leiria:

Leiria also offers a variety of other residential options for students.

For more information:

• Leiria Mobility Students Network
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/141408659221714/

• Erasmus Leiria 2015/2016
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/684867464957940/

• Erasmus Student Network Leiria
  • https://www.facebook.com/esnleiria/

• Hotel Leiria Classic 
  • http://www.hotelleiriaclassic.pt/ 
  • hostelleiria@gmail.com
  • https://www.facebook.com/hostel.leiria/?fref=ts

• Casullo
  • http://www.casulo.pt/en
• Atlas Hostel
  • http://www.atlashostel-leiria.com/
• Bquarto:
  • http://www.bquarto.pt/
• Airbnb
  • https://www.airbnb.pt/ 
• Housinganywhere
  
  • https://housinganywhere.com/
• Second Option
  
  • https://www.facebook.com/secondoption.leiria/?fref=ts
  • www.secondoption.pt

Coming for the Autumn/Winter semester you should arrive by the beginning of September (at least one week before the starting of classes).

Coming for the Spring/Summer semester you should arrive by the beginning of February (at least one week before the starting of classes).

At your arrival you should meet the international responsible person for incoming students in the corresponding School. 

In order to schedule the time to receive you, as soon as possible, you must inform the international responsible colleague about the date and the time of your arriving in IPLeiria.

Opening hours: 10 am- 12.30am.

IPLeiria will have a welcome day after the arrival of every students and you will be informed about the welcome day after your arrival to IPLeiria.

Please see the following link:  https://www.ipleiria.pt/blog/new-internacional-student-arrival/

After your arrival, please ask to the international responsible person for incoming students in the School which you are going to study (please see the “contacts”) to book a meeting with the correspondent Erasmus Coordinator. Together you will analyze your subjects and complete the Learning Agreement. After that, you can go to the Students Services and enroll there.

Before returning home you need to have the following documents:

• Confirmation letter – issued by IPLeiria with the respective mobility dates proving that the student completed the mobility program. It’s given to the student the day before leaving from Leiria;

• Transcript of records / Grade Certificate – issued by IPLeiria with the marks obtained which will formalize the academic recognition at the home institution. Every student is entitled to an official Transcript of Records – TOR after having completed his studies in IPLeiria (the TOR doesn’t include the Portuguese Language Course). The TOR will be send directly to the International Office of the sending institution;
• Final exchange report (provided for the effect) – must be filled before the student returns their home country.

IPLeiria organizes a Portuguese Language Course for Erasmus Students in each semester. This course, of 120 hours, will be held on a b-learning modality (listening, speaking, reading, writing and interacting) to all students who are doing an international mobility at IPLeiria.

This course isn’t a subject of any degree. It doesn’t have any code and it can’t be included in the final Transcript of Records – TOR.

When students approved the Portuguese Language Course, they receive a specific certificate with the number of hours and number of ECTS. 

All the interested students will be informed about the registration procedure and specific information about this course in the beginning of each semester (after the arrival to IPLeiria). 

It is strongly recommended that participants in transnational projects are in possession of a European Health Insurance Card. This is a free card that give access to medically necessary, state-provided healthcare during a temporary stay in any of the 28 EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, under the same conditions and of the same costs (free in some countries, like UK) as people insured in their country.

More information on the card and on how to obtain it is available at the European Commission. 

Students outside EU should have a certificate providing that are covered by a health insurance in your country.

Leiria has already a section of the ESN – Erasmus Student Network, which collaborates directly with the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria.

If you want to know more about this Association and the support that they can provide to international students, you should contact:

Facebook page: ESN Leiria

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2140807252822975/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esnleiria/

Website:  www.esnleiria.org

Email: esnleiria@esnleiria.org

Student Guidebook: Studying and Training Abroad

If you want a Buddy, you can ask for it contacting ESN (see contacts  in “ESN – Erasmus Student Network”)

The Buddy helps with practical matters when settling in and as a contact during the exchange period. The Buddy will also meet the exchange students upon their arrival in Leiria. The Buddy works on a voluntary basis.

Students that need a special assistance, please contact the IPLeiria’s International Office and the international responsible person for incoming students in the School which students are going to study. It is important that the student or the sending institution contact the IPLeiria before your arrival and in time in order to do the necessary arrangements.

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ESN – Erasmus Student Network launched a student guidebook:

Student Guidebook: Studying and Training Abroad

Consult it!