INCOMING Placement Mobility

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2017-2018 INCOMING
Student and Trainee
Guide

If you wish to carry out a placement mobility at UMONS, we kindly ask you first to get in touch with one of our UMONS teachers or with one of our faculty coordinators :
View the list of our faculty coordinators.

About clinical internships at FMP:

The curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of UMONS only covers the first three years of Bachelor's degree, focused on basic sciences. Therefore, this faculty cannot provide the conditions for the Erasmus clinical internship. For this kind of internship, please contact one of the following universities: Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Université de Liège (ULg), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL).
The section of Biomedical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy can propose Erasmus laboratory internships in the research departments of our institution.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Once you have been accepted for a placement by a teacher at UMONS, you are required to prepare and submit an application consisting of the following:

	Placement Agreement (for the academic year 2017-2018)
	A copy of your identity card or your passport
	A copy of your health insurance covering the period of your placement at UMONS.

These documents must be sent to the UMONS teacher that will supervise your placement at UMONS.

If you are a non-EU citizen and require a visa to enter Belgium, the International Relations Office will send you an acceptance letter, only after your Placement Agreement (or Learning Agreement for Traineeship) has been validated by all the parties involved.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VISAS

Non-EU Trainees

If you are a non-EU citizen, you absolutely must make sure that you have a valid visa before arriving in Belgium.

Tourist visas are not accepted for stays of a duration longer than 90 days.
In that case, you will need to apply for a D-type visa before arriving in Belgium.

All the information concerning visa applications for Belgium is available on the website of the Foreigners Department of the FPS Home Affairs.

Types of visas available for non-EU citizens

Country of residence	Duration of stay	Status	Type of visa	Fee	Required documents
non-EU	< 90 days	N/A	C	NA
non-EU	> 90 days	Regular student	D	160 €	Proof of registration
non-EU	> 90 days	Researcher	D	215 €	Proof of employment - Work permit
non-EU	> 90 days	Trainee	D	215 €	Placement (traineeship) agreement - Work permit
non-EU	> 90 days	Professor	D	215 €	Proof of employment - Work permit
non-EU	> 90 days	Guest	D	215 €	Hosting agreement - Work permit

UPON YOUR ARRIVAL IN MONS

Once you have arived in Mons, you are expected to visit the International Relations Office (IRO) in order to finalize your registration file, which will enable you to receive your access codes and UMONS student card.

When you come to the IRO, please make sure to bring the following original documents:

your identity card or passport + a valid visa;
a proof of your health insurance, valid for the duration of your stay.