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Duty Adviser hours are 10.30am-4.30pm

Erasmus Grant

While you are abroad you continue to receive in full the normal funding (eg grant or loan) that you would have received if you had been spending that period in Belfast. In addition, you should be eligible for an Erasmus Grant.

Please note that the Erasmus grant is only supposed to be a top-up to the source of funding which you are already living on at Queen’s. It should in no way be seen as a lucrative scholarship. It is just a contribution towards additional costs, eg travel, higher cost of living, etc.

Erasmus Grants are only available for outgoing Queen’s students, never to incoming students. They are allocated according to strict guidelines laid down by the UK Erasmus National Agency. The level of funding will depend on:

• your host country and the cost of living there in relation to the UK;
• the length of your placement.

The Erasmus Grant - How much, when and how?

The Exchange and Study Abroad team (Careers, Employability and Skills) receives a block amount which is based upon the total number of student grants requested on behalf of Queen's. Queen's is notified of the total level of funding by the UK Erasmus National Agency in July.

Students must submit a Grant Application form to the Exchange and Study Abroad team. Forms are available from your Erasmus Programme Director or School Placement Co-ordinator. Eligible students will receive an initial payment and, if funds permit, may also receive a second payment. Initial payments are normally made in October/November. Second payments are normally made in May, after completion of the placement and submission of your student report form, and when funds are received from the Erasmus National Agency.

In 2011/12 the first instalment of the grant is 225 euro per complete month for students on an Erasmus Study Period or Erasmus Work Placement. If a placement is less than a full number of months, then the grant will be awarded for the part-month pro-rata.  Payment of a second instalment is at the discretion of the British Council and there is no guarantee that a second payment will be made each year.  If a second instalment is possible, it is usually in the region of 100 euro per month for both study and work placements, payable no earlier than May.

Your Erasmus grant will be deposited into your UK or Ireland bank account via a bank transfer in euros. We regret we cannot make transfers to a non-UK or Ireland account.  You must complete and return the Bank Account Details Form, which will be sent to you by the Exchange and Study Abroad team.

It is up to you to arrange how you will access these funds whilst overseas. You may wish to draw on the funds using your ATM card in your host country or you may wish to open a bank account there.

We recommend that you contact your local bank in the UK or Ireland to seek advice and guidance.

Student Loans

Students undertaking a period of study abroad are entitled to receive their normal student loan. Some students may be eligible to apply for a supplementary loan. Those students who qualify for a supplement will also be eligible for travel grants within the UK student support arrangements.

Students should apply to their Education & Library Board or Student Loan Company for a supplement to their normal level of funding.

Tuition Fees

Students who are on a full academic year Erasmus study or work placement, who are normally eligible for UK student support (loan or grant), will pay no tuition fee to Queen's and the University will be reimbursed by the Department for Employment and Learning. Students who spend part of the year on an Erasmus placement will be liable to pay the full year's tuition fee to Queen’s in the normal manner.

Note that the tuition fee waiver is only applicable to students who apply for a full year Erasmus placement in the first instance. Students who extend their placement mid year will not be eligible for a tuition fee waiver.

Students are not required to pay tuition fees to the host university. However, charges may be made for orientation programmes.