Aktualności | Gdańsk University of Technology

1. How long does it take for an application to be reviewed?

The formal verification of an application by the International Relations Office takes up to 5 working days. The Evaluation Committee expresses its opinion within 20 working days after the date of receiving the application. The final decision on granting or refusing to grant funding for the internship is made by the Rector. In case the Rector decides that the application needs to be corrected, the Applicant is obliged to submit a corrected application within 5 working days.

Departure procedure

Step 1 – submitting the application for substantive and formal review

1. the applicant submits a completed and signed application to the International Relations Office (by sending a scan to marta.wojcieszenko@pg.edu.pl and submitting the original document in paper form to the International Relations Office; it is mandatory to file the application in both forms)

Americium International Career Development is a programme which fulfils the tasks of IDUB (the Polish acronym for The Excellence Initiative – Research University) when it comes to increasing the quality of research activities at the university as part of Action II.1. (Activities for the development of cooperation with scientific institutions of high international reputation).

This procedure applies both to mobilities for training purposes, teaching and mixed mobilities (teaching + training). Depending on the type of the mobility - training, teaching, mixed trip, one shall select the appropriate type of documents to be completed (in the case of mixed mobilities, documents regarding teaching should be completed). The procedure applies to mobilities to countries covered by the program and partner countries. 

Types of trips

Erasmus+ enables academic staff to travel abroad to:
1. conduct classes 
2. participate in training 
3. conduct classes and participate in training (mixed mobility)
The departure procedure is the same in all cases (no matter what country you are going to).

Departure procedure 

The departure procedure needs to be finished at least two weeks before the trip. The procedure should be completed as follows: 

1. complete the Mobility Agreement – Individual Training Programme signed by you and the host institution and send it (a scan will be enough) to the following address: malgorzata.swirydo@pg.edu.pl
 

For international guests planning to stay at GUT
Current information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the functioning of Gdańsk University of Technology, including mobility programmes and the arrivals of international guests, is published on the News page of the International Relations Office. 

International staff and guests are eligible to apply for temporary accomodation in Gdańsk Tech dormitory. For this purpose they need to fill in the application form for and send the scan of signed document to their inviting Faculty. Following, the application is submitted to Vice -Rector for Students Affair.

EU/EFTA citizens

A foreigner is considered a citizen of the European Union in the following cases:
- they are a citizen of a European Union Member State,
- they are a citizen of a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Switzerland.

Staying for up to 90 days: to enter Poland and stay in our country, the citizen of EU ora EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland) needs an identity document (identity card/passport).

An employee who is coming to Poland for more than 30 days needs to register her/his residence in one of the City Hall branches. In case of the citizens of EU or EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) there are 30 days to do the registration. The rest of the foreign employees needs to register their residence in Poland within 4 days after arrival.