general INFORMATION

CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19

1. The International Semester “Defence and Security Technical Systems” is conducted in English;
2. The semester has a duration of 15 weeks, of which 14 weeks for teaching activities, and one week for scientific project defence;
3. The participants in the international semester are undergraduate students from international and national military academies/civilian universities. Between the institutions of origin and the Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I” there must be an Erasmus inter-institutional agreement or a bilateral agreement by which the institutions of origin assume the recognition and equivalence of academic achievements and ECTS credits;
4. Students from the Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I” can participate in the International Semester, in which case the faculties of origin assume the recognition and the equivalence of academic achievements and ECTS credits;
5. The eligibility criteria for accepting Romanian and foreign students at the International Semester courses are as follows:
   – to be enrolled in a university degree program from abroad or from Romania;
   – to have an Erasmus inter-institutional agreement or a bilateral agreement signed between the institution of origin and the Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I”;
   – to prove that they have completed at least one year of study in a bachelor’s degree program;
   – to provide evidence of having at least a B2 English level;
6. The admission of candidates to fill vacancies for the international semester shall be done based on the overall average of the years of study completed;
7. The didactic activities take place at a rate of 26 hours per week; additionally maximum 4 hours for facultative disciplines (Romanian Language for International Students și Physical Education and Sports). In the case of face-to-face activities suspension, the didactic and evaluation activities can be developed using also the online education platforms agreed at institutional level, in blended-learning format.
8. The disciplines 1¸12 are planned and carried out modularly. Students can chose all disciplines or only a part of these disciplines, based on an option sheet. If a student will chose to no follow one discipline, he will take part in the activity of scientific project elaboration when this discipline is planned;
9. The activities related to the scientific project are carried out in international teams of 4-6 students, the activity being supervised by the member of the teaching staff responsible for the project;
10. Upon graduation, the Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I” issues a graduation certificate accompanied by the transcript of records.

The deadline for students nomination is the 24th of December 2020.

Please fill in the application form and send the scanned version to erasmus@mta.ro, untill the 24th of December 2020.

You can find the  Application Form here.

You will be informed about your acceptance no later than 2 weeks after submitting application.

Please send your Learning Agreement with the exact dates and courses you wish to take until the 30th of January 2021.

The Learning Agreement must be signed by the student and representative of the University/ Academy, before it is sent.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The eligibility criteria for accepting Romanian and foreign students at the International Semester courses are as follows:

– to be enrolled in a university degree program from abroad or from Romania;

– to have an Erasmus inter-institutional agreement or a bilateral agreement signed between the institution of origin and the Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I”;

– to prove that they have completed at least one year of study in a bachelor’s degree program;

– the required proficiency of English language is Level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) or Level 2 according to the NATO STANAG.