Before You Go

The Erasmus+ Student Charter is required reading for students planning on participating in the Erasmus+ programme. It aims to adequately inform you, the participant, of your entitlements and obligations and ensure the successful implementation of your mobility.

The DCU Exchange Student Handbook  is a comprehensive reference for students going on Exchange.

Use the GoinGlobal country and city guides to research your destination.

For administrative purposes, contact exchange@dcu.ie

For academic purposes, contact your DCU Academic Co-ordinator and the Academic Coordinator at your host university.

You must have an EHIC card valid for your term abroad.

You must have repatriation insurance (see the handbook for more information).

You should consider travel and private health insurance, which you can buy from any provider.

You can download a full checklist of the process and the documents you need to complete here.

Key documents include:

• Certificate of Attendance From Start & End of Study 2022/2023
• Learning Agreement Outgoing Students 2022/2023

• • Helpful video on the Learning Agreement

The HEA provides grant funding to EU Exchange students to assist with additional costs of studying abroad. This should not be relied upon for living expenses.

The Erasmus grant does not affect other grants you may be entitled to. The value of the grant is determined by the country of study and the length of stay as per the certificate of attendance form.         

• Study Mobility Funding Table per Country
• Grant Agreement (will be provided to students by the Exchange office for signing)
• Grant Acknowledgement Form (will be provided to students for signing by the Exchange office once all funding has been paid) 

This Erasmus grant does not affect other grants to which you may be entitled. The value of the grant depends on which country you’ll be studying in and the duration of your stay (as on your certificate of attendance form).         

• Study Mobility Funding Table per Country
• Grant Agreement (the Exchange office will give you this to sign) 
• Grant Acknowledgement Form (the Exchange office will give you this to sign once all funding has been paid) 

You can use Erasmus+ Online Language Support while abroad (OLS). You can watch an explanatory video here. 

DCU and many of our partner universities have signed up to SafeZone.  We strongly encourage students to register with the app before travelling. 

Irish embassies keep a list of expatriate citizens in case of emergency. Sign up for Citizen Registration if you wish your presence in your host country to be noted.