SELF-ARRANGED EXCHANGE PROGRAM OR EXTERNALLY FUNDED EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Students search for their own exchange opportunities
VinUni students who would like to study at a university that does not have an exchange agreement with VinUni can choose to personally plan and finance their studies abroad. It will be their responsibility to apply to the university abroad as well as to ensure that all the practical matters are taken care of. Students will apply directly to the institution or apply for an external scholarship/grant program. Most universities accept students directly as “Visiting/Exchange Students” on a fee-paying basis or scholarship basis. In this case, the applications normally do not go through VinUni, and admission decisions are made by the host institutions or the external scholarship programs. Before committing to a program, students should research carefully the program and get a full understanding of the Leave of Absence policy or the credit transfer policy at VinUni. Students will need to get approval in advance from VinUni before joining this program. Students can apply for the credit transfer when they return to VinUni, and the review adheres to the present protocol and process.
Externally Funded Programs
Apart from programs offered by the Global Exchange Office, VinUni students can also apply for exchange programs with external source of funding such as:
2025 Summer Programs
Link: HERE
Link: http://www.glink-edu.eu/apply
Funding
- Undergraduate for 10 months (will cover return travel expenses, insurance, monthly 1000 Euro living expenses and bench fee)
- Masters for 10 months (will cover return travel expenses, insurance, monthly 1000 Euro living expenses and bench fee)
- PhD for 27 months (will cover return travel expenses, insurance, monthly 1500 Euro living expenses and bench fee)
- Post-doc for 10 months (will cover return travel expenses, insurance, monthly 1800 Euro living expenses and bench fee – if applicable)
- Academic staff for 1 month (only for academic staff of the partner universities in Asian countries; will cover return travel expenses, insurance, 2500 Euro living expenses)
Main conditions
- Applied to several fields (incl. Business Studies and Management Science)
- Must be a national of one of the third-countries covered by the relevant lot;
- 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 any of the eligible European countries at the time of submitting their application to the partnership.
- Target Group 1 (TGI): students need to be registered at one of the third-country HEIs within the partnership at the time of submitting their application to the partnership. Undergraduate students must have successfully completed at least one year of studies in their home institution;
- Target Group 2 (TGII): students need either to be registered in a HEI (not included in the partnership) of the third-country concerned by the lot or to have obtained a university degree or equivalent from a HEI of these third-countries, UG students can’t appy as TGII;
- Target Group 3 (TGIII): students need to be nationals of one of the third-countries concerned by the lot and be part of the vulnerable target groups (refugees, asylum seekers, indigenous population etc). A proof of vulnerable status will be required.Ho Chi Minh City International University is the only partner from Vietnam
