Summary of DUO-Belgium/Flanders 2019 Call for Applications

1. Application Period

 l January 7, 2019 – April 1, 2019 GMT +1
 l No applications will be accepted after the deadline of April 1, 2019 GMT +1

2. Eligibility

Your exchange project fulfills all three requirements below:

l A higher education institution in Belgium/Flanders (home institution) and an educational institution in Asia (host institution) have established an academic cooperative agreement or have the intention to set up a new cooperation agreement.
l The Flemish higher education institution, as well as the Asian partner cannot ask tuition fees to the students for the exchanges.
l The Flemish home institution has selected a Flemish student enrolled at the home institution to send to the Asian host institution, and such selection has been accepted by the Asian host institution. A Flemish student is defined as a student from any nationality, subscribed in a Flemish Higher Education Institution.
l The same Asian host institution has selected an Asian student enrolled at the host institution to send to the Flemish home institution, and such selection has been accepted by the same Flemish home institution.
l If the Flemish student has already started the exchange or the Asian student has already stayed in Belgium/Flanders before the application period for DUO-Belgium/Flanders 2019, the application is not acceptable.

3. Duration and Funding

l The selection of DUO-Belgium/Flanders 2019 is made ONLY once a year. In this respect, those who are planning to exchange in Fall Semester of 2019(August-January) and Spring Semester of 2020(January-August 2020) shall apply for DUO-Belgium/Flanders 2019.

l The duration and the amount of the scholarship are standardized as follows:
-€650/month (with a maximum of €2.600) for Flemish students and
-€800/month (with a maximum of €3.200) for Asian students
-€1.100 for BOTH the Flemish student and the Asian student for the purpose of travel costs.
-Maximum duration for application is 1 semester (4 months).
※Exchange of less than one semester is NOT allowed. If a semester is less than 4 months in the Home/Host institutions, then the scholarship will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis.

4. Documents

1) An Online Application Form ONLY
2) A copy of Cooperation Agreement
3) A copy of Passport of paired applicants
4) A copy of Transcript of paired applicants (should include the grades until fall semester 2018)
5) A Motivation Letters of paired applicants
6) A Recommendation Letter of paired applicants (Not Mandatory)

5. Application Submission

1) Click JOIN US button and find the Name of Home Institution to get an ID.
※ If you don't find the name of your institution, please contact the secretariat
2) One Institution can ONLY get one ID.
3) Home Institution should fill out the whole application including the information of Host Institution.
4) Once completed, please make sure to submit your application by clicking "submit" botton. Home Institution should get a confirmation email from the secretariat within 3 days after completion of submission. If you don't get a confirmation email in 3 working days, please contact admin2@asemduo.org promptly.

6. Contacts

For any information related to this announcement, please contact:

l Tel : +82-2-720-6712
l Email : admin2@asemduo.org