Applying for a stay abroad

Find all the information you may need concerning the application for a trip abroad. Whether you are in the core curriculum or in one of the majors, the application procedure is the same.

Steps in the application process

Step 1: To apply

You must express 3 wishes for destinations in line with:

your academic results,
your language level,
your professional project,
the number of places in relation to the number of applications.

Step 2: Selection

The selection is made by a jury composed of the UTC Training and Pedagogy Department, the international mobility managers and the International Relations Department, as per different criteria:

your academic results,
your language level,
the number of places in the partner university,
your motivation,
equity between majors.

Step 3: The application file

After confirmation of your selection by UTC, you will have to fill in an application file, the "Student Application Form", which will be sent to the partner university for deliberation. You will have to hand in this file in compliance the given deadline.

This is also the time to apply for scholarship grants..

Step 4: Instruction et Décision

The partner University decides whether to accept or reject your application

Step 5: Risk of cancellation

There are two possible cases in which registration can be cancelled:

the end-of-semester assessment panel considers that your academic results are not satisfactory;
some problem at the partner university imposes a “force majeure” cancellation.

Validating and finalising

Once International Relations informs you of your possible destination university, you have one week to validate the choice (except if the partner universities has shorter deadlines).

Be careful! Once you have accepted your departure, you cannot refuse it.

Moreover, you must wait for the partner university's reply to find out whether you have really been accepted to study there. It is then up to you to prepare your trip.

Administrative documents

You need to find out if you need a visa, what documents are required to be able to study at the partner university (residence permit, for example) or if you need insurance, a bank account, transport cards, etc.

We strongly advise you to take out cancellation insurance as it is difficult to foresee what can happen at the destination university (strike, sudden refusal of the university, local strife and/or violence in the country…).

Your arrival at the partner university

We strongly advise you to prepare well for your arrival by thinking in particular about

the transport means to be used to go from the airport to the city where you will stay (bus, taxi, car…);
the exchange rate if you are going to be outside the euro zone;
at least temporary accommodation, so as not to find yourself without a roof over your head for the first few days.

During and after your stay abroad

Your role as Ambassador

Do not forget that from the moment you go abroad, you become an ambassador of UTC-Compiegne. It is therefore important to give a good image of yourself and UTC during your studies and your exchanges with foreigners. Indeed, in the contrary case, it is possible that the university of destination refuses to extend the partnership which binds it with the UTC.

Should a problem arise in respect to your studies abroad

If the courses you have chosen are no longer taught during your semester of study, the programme has been modified, the courses are given in another language than planned, there is an incompatibility in the timetable, etc.: please inform the person in charge of your course (core curriculum, major branch or stream) of these changes and copying in your contact person at the DRI Departure Office (see below).

Should an “admin” problem arise

Before, during or after the stay abroad, if you have any administrative problem, do not hesitate to contact your referent in the partner university but also at UTC (see the tab "Contact" below). These persons will address your question as soon as possible.