Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP)

Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) is a mobility programme under Erasmus+.

A BIP course consists of

• a virtual part (length can vary from couple of hours to 1 semester, depends on the host institution)
• an on-site part at the host institution (5-30 days).

The course is awarded by at least 3 ECTS credits, either under the name of the BIP course or as one of the courses from the student's study plan.

A BIP must be organized as a cooperation of at least 3 partner universities (1 coordinator + partners).

STUDENTS

Students are informed about BIPs either at their home faculty / department that has an Inter-Institutional Agreement for BIP with other universities, via university newsletter or at Enlight website.

Before the mobility

Student signs up for a BIP course which consists of a virtual and on-site part, it is not possible to attend only one of these parts and the on-site part cannot be attended online. The following instructions describe the application process for outgoing students of the CU, the receiving institution may have another system where similar / the same documents must be filled in by students incoming to that institution. Always follow instructions from both Comenius University and the receiving institution.

When applying for a BIP course, make sure you know how the credits you receive would be recognized - either a new course will be added to AIS2 OR the course will be recognized as one of the courses from your study plan. Discuss this at your study department and with international relations officer at your faculty.You need this information for your Learning Agreement.

Application

1. Student needs to register into Mobility Online system, where they choose the course they're interested in. Link for registration is provided by a contact person for the specific BIP at the university / faculty / department.
2. Student applies for the mobility by uploading a CV, motivation letter and Transcript of Records into Mobility Online. Deadline for application and results are provided by the contact person. If you are - due to shortage of applicants - chosen for the BIP without selection procedure, write "already chosen / už vybraná/ý" into the motivation letter field of the application, which is mandatory.
3. Once the admission to the BIP course is confirmed, student uploads a scan of your European Health Insurance Card and a fully signed Learning Agreement into Mobility Online. The Learning Agreement can either have both Table A and Table B as with standard mobilities if the BIP course is recognized as one of the courses from the student's original study plan OR the shortened BIP version, if the course is not recognized as one of the courses from the student's study plan at Comenius University and a new course is created for them in AIS2. This depends on the faculty policy concerning course recognition. It's strongly recommended to find out how the course would be recognized at your faculty upon application for the BIP course.
4. Student can get a top-up for using green travel. Student must upload a train / bus ticket or a declaration of honour that they are sharing a car with other students into the system in order to receive the top-up and - should the distance of travel demand it - additional days for travel. Awarding additional travel days is up to the mobility administrator based on the distance, each mobility is considered individually.
5. Once all documents are in order, the student receives a Grant Agreement. This needs to be printed 2 times, manually signed and sent to the Erasmus Office at the rectorate, Šafárikovo námestie 6, 81499, Bratislava (or bring it to university mailroom at this address, ground floor - left side just behind turnstiles). The grant is sent to the bank account of the student specified in the Grant agreement within 30 days since the signature of the Agreement by both sides. To receive the money before the mobility, make sure you have all documents uploaded at least 2 weeks before the mobility. The grant is 79€/day during the first 14 days, from day 15 to day 30 it's 56€/day.

You will also receive a travel support grant based on distance to the place of mobility:

After the mobility

1. Student uploads a Transcript of Records & Certificate of Attendance from the host university into Mobility Online.
2. Student arranges recognition of received ECTS credits at IRO of their faculty - discuss this at your faculty before the mobility. See the contacts of IRO offices.
3. Mobility is formally closed by IRO.

EMPLOYEES

The process is the same as with standard STT / STA mobilities, see STT/STA Application.