MFU Student Exchange Programme Booklet 2018

BOOKLET

MFU STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 2018

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY 1st Floor, the President Building (AD Building) Tel: 053-916090, E-mail: warunee.kae@mfu.ac.th, Facebook Fan Page: MFU Exchange Programme and Scholarship

MFU Student Exchange Programme Have you ever wondered what it would be like to study at a university in another country? Are you looking forward to completing your degree so that you can take off and explore the world? Are you keen to experience a culture not your own? If you have ever asked these questions of yourself, an exchange programme may be just what you’re looking for!

What is the MFU Student Exchange Programme?

The MFU student exchange programme is a programme that permits you to study for one semester or up to one year at a university overseas. There are many advantages to studying part of a degree overseas:    

Experience a different culture, Make new friends and see new places, Take courses not available at MFU, Enhance your future career prospects.

What does it mean to be an exchange student?

The key part of being an exchange student is that you are still enrolled here at Mae Fah Luang University (MFU). You pay your normal MFU tuition fees and best of all, you do not pay tuition fees at the partner university! If you are eligible for a student loan/allowance here at MFU, you will continue to be eligible while on exchange. You are responsible for all of your own living expenses although scholarships may be available to help with costs. You will be graduating with a MFU degree, not with a degree from the partner university.

Experience the world!

Why should I go on exchange?

Immerse yourself in another country!! As a MFU student, you have the opportunity to study, travel and make lifelong friends around the world. Learn more about yourself, become more independent and give your MFU degree an international edge. Share your Thai culture abroad and, in return, experience the culture, lifestyle, and people of another country!

Take advantage of these opportunities to earn credit toward your degree while gaining a cultural and personal perspective in your life.

Participating on an exchange is a fun and life-changing way to broaden your horizons academically, geographically and culturally.

Where Do You Want To Go? The process of deciding which exchange destination is best for you, can often be the most exhilarating start to your international experience. With so many unique options available, it can also be a bit overwhelming. Mae Fah Luang University has many partner institutions all over the world, making it easy to find the best suitor. Follow these helpful tips when deciding on your exchange destination      

Which partner university will complement your MFU program of study?

Which university has courses that are relevant to your studies at MFU? Do you have many electives left, allowing you more flexibility in your choices?

What type of city setting do you prefer: big or small?

Would you like to learn a new language?

Does the partner university offer courses in a language you can study in?

Am I eligible to participate?

Students are eligible to participate if:    

Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPAX) is 2.50 or above Completed at least two semesters of studies at the undergraduate level Demonstrated empathy and understanding of cultural differences Possess good communicative and interpersonal skills

Where can you go on exchange?

We have over 14 country, 35 partner universities around the world, so you’re bound to find a destination that’s right for you. Many of the programmes are open to most faculties, schools; and to undergraduate as well as postgraduate students. However, some of these programmes are limited to a particular university or a major, and some programmes may require knowledge of a language other than English.

Note: International students studying for Mae Fah Luang University degree can apply to go as exchange students. International students are not permitted to attend a host institution in their home country. The selection criteria listed above also apply to international students.

Please note that both local and international students may be required to take a TOEFL/IELTS/TOEIC test at their own expense as required by certain partner universities.

Where can I go?

Exchange destinations: No

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Country

University

Qualification/Lan guage Requirements

Austria

MCIManagement Center Innsbruck Austria

Tourism Management Major ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

Mendel University in Brno

School of AgroIndustry and School of Science ONLY!

Depending on agreement

University of South Bohemia

School of Nursing ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

University of Eastern Finland

* All majors and all degree

Waive Tuition fee

AgroSup Dijon

School of AgroIndustry ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

Czech republic

Czech republic

Finland

France

France

France

Benefits

Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University

School of Management ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

IAE Pau Bayonne, University School of Management

School of Management ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

Academic Calendar

Fall semester: September - December Spring Semester: March - June

Application Deadline for MFU Students

Fall semester: April 30 Spring Semester: September 30

Winter Semester: September - February

Winter semester: December 1

Summer Semester: February - June

Summer semester: June 1

Winter semester: September- February Summer semester: February-June Autumn semester: September - December Spring semester: January - May

Winter semester: June 30 Summer semester: January 15 Autumn semester: April 30 Spring semester: September 15

Winter semester : September - January

Winter semester : May 15

Spring semester : January - June

Spring semester : October 15

Semester 1: September - December

Semester 1: April 30

Semester 2:January - June

Semester 2: September 30

Autumn Semester: September - December Spring Semester: January - June

Autumn Semester: June 10 Spring Semester: November 15

Numbers of Students to be Exchanged per academic year

Website

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https://www.mci4me.at/en/i nternational/studyinternationally/exchangestudents

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http://www.iro.mendelu.cz/i ncomingstudents/exchangestudents/27657-bilateralagreements

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http://www.jcu.cz/study-atusb/for-internationalstudents

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https://www.uef.fi/web/adm issions/exchange-students

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https://www.agrosupdijon.fr /en/international/study-inagrosup-as-a-foreignstudents/incoming-students/

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https://www.univlyon1.fr/foreignstudent/application-formoutside-erasmus831578.kjsp?RH=1410509374 493#.Wssb8NRuaM9 https://ri.univpau.fr/en/studying-atuppa/exchangeprogrammes.html

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Country

Germany

Germany

Germany

Hungary

Japan

University

Qualification/Lan guage Requirements

Inglostadt University of Applied Science

School of Management and School of Information Technology ONLY!

Benefits

Waive Tuition fee

OsnabrĂźck University of Applied Sciences

* All majors and all degree *

Waive Tuition fee

WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management

* School of Management ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

* School of Management ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

Chiba University

* All majors and all degree *

Waive Tuition fee

Japan

Hiroshima University

* All majors and all degree *

Waive Tuition fee

Japan

Kagoshima University

School of AgroIndustry ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

Nagaoka University of Technology

* All majors and all degree *

Waive Tuition fee

Japan

Academic Calendar

Numbers of Students to be Exchanged per academic year

Website

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https://www.thi.de/en/intern ational/on-your-way-toingolstadt/exchangestudents/

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https://www.hsosnabrueck.de/en/study/stu dyofferings/international/inco ming/

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https://www.whu.edu/en/int ernationaldiversity/exchangeprograms/

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https://www.unicorvinus.hu/index.php?id=44 558

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https://cie.chibau.ac.jp/programse.html#programs01

March 20

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https://www.hiroshimau.ac.jp/en/husa/applprocedu re

First semester: May 1 Second semester: October 1

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https://www.kagoshimau.ac.jp/en/exchangestudents.html

December 10 - 13

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http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ e/annai/kouryu.html

Application Deadline for MFU Students

Winter semester: October - February

Winter semester: April 30

Summer semester: March - June

Summer semester: September 30

Winter Semester: September to February

Winter Semester: April 30

Summer Semester: March - August

Summer Semester: October 15

Fall Semester: September to December

Fall Semester: April 30

Spring Semester: January to May

Spring Semester: September 30

Fall Semester: September - December

Fall Semester: April 30

Spring Semester: January - May

Spring semester: September 30

Fall Semester: October - February

Fall Semester: April 30

Spring semester: April-August Fall Semester: October - February Spring semester: April-August First semester: April 1 to September 30 Second semester: October 1 to March 31 First term: April to August Second term: September to December Third term: January to March

Spring semester: September 30

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Country

Japan

University

Qualification/Lan guage Requirements

Meio University

* All majors and all degree * Japanese knowledge required.

Waive Tuition fee

Depending on agreement

Benefits

Japan

Shinshu University

School of AgroIndustry ONLY/Graduate Students

Japan

Yamaguchi University

School of Science ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

Ajou University

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee

Duksung Women’s University

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee

Kangwon National University

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee

Korea Aerospace University

School of Management and School of Liberal Arts ONLY! ** Korean Language knowledge required

Korea

Korea

Korea

Korea

Academic Calendar

Numbers of Students to be Exchanged per academic year

Website

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http://www.meiou.ac.jp/aboutmeio/internationalexchange.html

Spring Semester: April-August

Spring Semester: November 30

Fall Semester: October-February

Fall Semester: May 31

First Semester: April - September Second Semester: October - March

Spring Semester: September 15 Fall Semester: March 15

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http://www.shinshuu.ac.jp/institution/suic/englis h/prospective/exchangein/overview-exchangepro.html

Spring Semester: September 15 Fall Semester: March 15

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http://www.yamaguchiu.ac.jp/english/academics/no ndegree/exchange.html

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http://www.ajou.ac.kr/en/int ernational/inter17.jsp

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http://www.duksung.ac.kr/e ng/international/student.jsp

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http://www.kangwon.ac.kr/e nglish/contents.do?key=1407 &

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https://www.kau.ac.kr/englis h/international/int_03.html

Spring Semester: April-August Fall Semester: October-February Spring Semester: March - June

November 15

Fall Semester: September-December

Fall Semester: May 15

Fall semester (August ~ December Spring semester (March ~ June) Fall Semester : September - December Spring Semester: March - June Fall Semester: August - December Waive Tuition fee

Application Deadline for MFU Students

Spring semester: February - June

Fall semester: May 10 Spring semester: December 10 Fall Semester : April 30 Spring Semester: September 30 Fall Semester: May 15

November 15

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Country

Korea

Korea

Korea

Korea

Malaysia

Malaysia

Malaysia

University

Qualification/Lan guage Requirements

Benefits

Kyonggi University

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee

Kyungnam University

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee

Sejong University

School of AgroIndustry ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

School of Science ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

Sungkyunkwan University

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee

Academic Calendar

Fall Semester: August ~ December Spring Semester: March ~ June Fall semester: August ~ December Spring Semester: March ~ June Spring Semester: March-June Fall Semester: September-December

Application Deadline for MFU Students Fall Semester: May 31 Spring Semester: November 30 Fall semester: May 10 Spring semester: December 10 Spring Semester: Mid October Fall Semester: Mid April

Spring Semester: March 2nd ~ June 21st, 2019

Spring Semester: November 1

Fall Semester: September - December

Fall Semester: May 1

First Semester: September - February

First Semester: June 1

Second Semester: February-August First Semester: September - January Second Semester: February - June Trimesters start: 1. Jan - May 2019 2. Jun – Oct 2019 3. Oct - Jan 2020

Second Semester: November 1 First Semester: May 15 Second Semester: October 15 Closing deadline: 1. 15 Sep 2018 2. 15 Feb 2019 3. 15 Jun 2019

Numbers of Students to be Exchanged per academic year

Website

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http://www.kyonggi.ac.kr/w ebService.kgu?menuCode=K 07M0203

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http://ipsi.kyungnam.ac.kr/c ampus/international.asp

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http://eng.sejong.ac.kr/cont ents/eng/cor/iprelations.htm l

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https://eng.skku.edu/eng/Int ernational/StudySKKU/Appli cation.do

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http://www.upm.edu.my/glo bal_BI/StudentMobility?LAN G=en

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http://www.imcc.usm.my/in dex.php/internationalstudent/services

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http://www.utar.edu.my/dci nternet/index.jsp?fcatid=481 0

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Country

Poland

Taiwan

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United State of America

Switzerland

Qualification/Lan guage Requirements

Benefits

School of Health Science and School of Cosmetic Science ONLY!

1. Waive Tuition fee 2. Monthly stipend (750 EU per month) 3. Travel expenses (820 EU)

School of Information Technology ONLY!

Waive Tuition fee

National Chung Hsing University

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee + Monthly stipend

University of Northumbria at Newcastle

School of Health Science ONLY! /TOEFL / IELTS, or equivalent Score: TOEFL paper based 550, internet-based 79; IELTS 6.0

Waive Tuition fee

University of WisconsinMilwaukee

* All degrees to all Majors

Waive Tuition fee

FHS. St. Gallen University of Applied Science

Business Administration Major ONLY! TOEFL / IELTS, or equivalent Score: TOEFL paper based 550, internet-based 79; IELTS 6.0

University

Vincent Pol University

Asia University

Academic Calendar

Winter semester: December - February

Application Deadline for MFU Students

Spring semester: December 31

Fall Semester: August - January

Fall Semester: April 30

Fall Semester: September - January

Spring Semester: October 31 Fall Semester: April 30

Spring Semester: February-June

Spring Semester: October 20

First Semester: September - January

First Semester: August 18

Second Semester: January- May

Fall Semester : August-December Spring Semester: January-May

Fall Semester: September to January

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http://vpu.edu.pl/student/er asmus/erasmus-incomingstudents/

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http://ciae.asia.edu.tw/inco ming-exchange-student/

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http://www.oia.nchu.edu.tw /english/03_exchange/01_ex change.php?MID=6

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https://www.northumbria.ac .uk/international/incomingstudents/

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http://www4.uwm.edu/cie/st udyabroad.cfm

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https://www.fhsg.ch/fhs.nsf/ en/degree-programmesinternational-officedepartement-of-businessadministration-incomingstudents

Second Semester: November 30 Fall Semester: March 15 Spring Semester: September 1 Fall Semester: April 30

Waive Tuition fee Spring Semester: February to June

Website

Winter semester: June 30

Spring semester: February - July

Spring Semester: February-July

Numbers of Students to be Exchanged per academic year

Spring Semester: September 30

Exchange Requirements

I'm interested...What's next?

Step 1: Discussion with Your Advisor  It would be beneficial to discuss your decision with a relevant academic staff member.  You must research your options prior to meeting your advisor and take bring the relevant documentation with you.  Your Advisor needs to approve your course selection.

Credit Transfer The credits earned by during student exchange programme at the Host University shall be transferable to MFU. Courses taken in the Host University can be transferred into equivalent courses in MFU if there is minimal 75% learning outcome equivalency and the credit is equal or bigger than the course’s credit in MFU. Note: All processes are under Mae Fah Luang University’s Notification On Undergraduate-level Courses and Credit Transfer, 2012

Here are some suggested points for discussion:  Which host institution and why?  Are the courses you wish to take overseas available in the relevant semester/study period and offered in English?  Do you have the pre-requisites to take those courses?  Is your student exchange program equivalent to a full-time load at MFU?  Does your planned program enable you to satisfy the requirements of your MFU program within the normal time-period?

Step 2: Completion of the application form Fill out the application form and don't forget:  2 recent passport size photos, with your name and Student ID number on the back  Include certified copies of your academic transcript and also any certificates that will support your application Step 3: Selection process Once you submit your application it will be processed as quickly as possible.

If your application is successful, you will be called for an interview.

Once You've Been Approved Step 1: Interview  The interview is meant for the Student Exchange Programme and MFU’s Student Exchange Programme Scholarship.  Successful candidates will be contacted.  Application form from the partner institution will then be provided and the administrative processes will be explained.

Step 2: Completing the partner university's application form You will need to:  Complete the partner university's application quickly and accurately.  Return it to the International Affairs Division and the application will be couriered internationally.  There may be other attachments required, for example: Some universities require proof of finance at the application stage and results for IELTS/TEOFL/TOEIC (depending on the universities requirements).  You will send an original copy of your academic transcript and copy of passport for your application.  It takes approximately 8-12 weeks for partner universities to respond to applications.

Step 3: Acceptance Letter from the partner institution  Once we receive notification from the partner institution, we will contact you immediately.  If the partner university contacts you directly, please advise and provide us with a copy of the acceptance letter.

Note: Once accepted by the partner institution, concurrently, ensure that you:  book your flights;  confirm your accommodation;  organize insurance; and  apply for your visa.

During your exchange programme  If you change your course selection, please email or send a formal letter to your Advisor for approval or contact International Affairs Division’s staff immediately.  If the partner university asks you to attend their Exchange Programme Fairs, kindly participate in promoting MFU. Returning home  Write a Student Report comprising commentary of pre-departure preparation, experiences while studying and suggestions to improve this programme.  You may be asked to participate in an info session to promote the student exchange program to other MFU students.

Financial advice!

Costs In many cases you will be required to prove that you have sufficient funds before travelling.

Travel & living expenses You are required to pay for your own travel and living expenses, which include your airfares, accommodation, meals, books, public transport, entertainment, etc.

Student visas for some countries may allow you to work during your stay, but advice should be sought directly from the relevant embassy in Thailand. While working part-time during your exchange can be a rewarding experience, you should not plan to support yourself solely with income derived from employment while on exchange.

Financial Support from MFU! “Travel Expense” 1. ASEAN+3 total 10,000 THB 2. Others Countries total 20,000 THB Requirements to apply 1. Achieve a minimum GPAX of 2.75 2. Good English Proficiency 2.1 TOEFL Score or  Paper-based > 550  Computer-based >213  Internet-based >79-80 2.2 IELTS > 6.0 or 2.3 TOEIC > 600 or 2.4 MFU-TEP > 60 3. Accepted from Host University

Scholarship is here!

Under the support of the external institutes: 1. ASEAN International Mobility for Students: AIMS (Thai Student Only) 2. ASEM – DUO Fellowship Programme : DUO-Thailand (Thai Student Only) 3. UMAP Student Connection Online: USCO 4. UMAP Super Short-term Student Exchange Programme 5. Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) 6. ERASMUS MUNDUS/ ERASMUS+

The World is in your hands!

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For further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact: Ms. Warunee Kaewbunruang (P’ Noi ^^) E-mail: warunee.kae@mfu,.ac.th Facebook: MFU Exchange Programme & Scholarship