Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University (ZBEU) is a public university with 100 years of history. Its main campus is located in the center of Zonguldak, a green city on the coast of the Black Sea. ZBEU is an international university with students from 82 countries all over the world. If you want to do an Exchange at ZBEU enjoying our green and 7/24 active campuses, keep reading!
Step 1: Nomination
Your home university has to nominate you according to the exchange agreement, the available spots and study area signed with ZBEU.
If you want to come to ZBEU during the Fall semester or the Full year, your nomination should be received from the 15th of February to the 30th of July at the latest. To come during the Second semester, your nomination should be received from the 15th of September to the 30th of November.
You should check the available courses at your host faculty at ZBEU to make sure that you will find similar courses in your home university to prepare your Learning Agreement.
Nomination of home university is required to initiate the acceptance process. If you have not been nominated, ask your Erasmus office to nominate you officially via e mail to: erasmus@beun.edu.tr
Step 2: Online Application
After nomination by your home institution, you will receive an e-mail with the instructions to register the online application system at https://app.erasmus.beun.edu.tr/en/incoming-students. You should fill out the application with the same information we received in the nomination and within the application period indicated in the e-mail sent to you.
Step 3: Course Selection
Prepare your LA. First you need to determine the courses you need to take during your mobility. Then you must match them with courses on our Course Catalogue. You can acces the catalogue from here: (https://obs.beun.edu.tr/oibs/bologna/index.aspx?lang=en). You need to get approval from your Home university departmental coordinator about the course contents. For further information about the courses and course availability, you can contact ZBEU departmental coordinators. A full list of ZBEU Coordinators can be accessed here: https://erasmus.beun.edu.tr/ekibimiz/fakulte-ve-bolum-koordinatorlukleri.html
Select your courses and send your LA via e-mail to erasmus@beun.edu.tr If you are issuing an OLA (Online Learning Agreement) it will be sent to our Office on our online system
We send your LA to our departmental coordinator to be confirmed. If your LA is confirmed, signed version is to be send by email to you to be signed by your University. If it is not confirmed, our departmental coordinator writes you about changes. If you are preparing an OLA, the same process will take place on the online system.
Step 4: Document Submission
To be accepted as an Erasmus+ incoming student, you must submit all required documents to our Office within the time specified. Documents are submitted online on the application system. The required documents are:
1. Online Application Form(Click to access…) (This form is submitted online as explained in Step 2)
2. Learning Agreement (LA) or Online Learning Agreement (OLA)
3. Transcript of Records-TOR
4. Health Insurance
5. Copy of Passport
6. Language Proficiency Exam Result (If available)
Step 5: The Acceptance Letter
Once we have checked your online application and submitted documents, we will send the acceptance letter if everything is correct. This process can take some time depending on the date you filled out the application and other specificities of the nomination.
Step 6: Arriving to ZBEU
You must check the Academic Calendar to check when the courses of the faculty you are visiting begin. You can access the academic calendar here: https://webapp.beun.edu.tr/akademiktakvim/?lang=en
You can come to our Zonguldak by plane or bus from Istanbul. The journey takes 1 hour by plane and 5 hours by bus. About transportation in Turkey, you can contact our Erasmus student community on Instagram account beunerasmus
The Erasmus Student Community will contact you to attend an online welcome session by the beginning of September. It is important that you attend this session.
You can demand a buddy to welcome you or to accompany you on your first time at ZBEU by contacting the Erasmus Student Community.
After arriving, you can get your "Arrival Document" signed at our Erasmus+ Office. Our Office is on Farabi (Main Campus)
For more information, or about inquiries not stated here, you can contact us at erasmus@beun.edu.tr any time.
Enjoy your time at ZBEU!
Accommodation:
Our University does not have student dormitories. However, incoming students can stay at private dormitories around the campus or rent a flat.
For sharing experiences about the campus, city life and accommodation, you are highly recommended to contact our Erasmus student community on Instagram account beunerasmus
During Your Mobility:
You are highly recommended to follow your courses and be in touch with the instructors to fulfill all course requirements.
If you need to add or drop a course, you must get approval from your home university and fill in your LA During Mobility part. The same process takes place online on OLA.
Before Leaving:
You must check which documents your home university Erasmus+ Office demands. You are responsible for providing them with all the demanded documentation for your mobility to be valid.
The documents to be provided by our Erasmus Office upon the completion of your mobility are:
Certificate of Participation (This is a document indicating the duration of your mobility at ZBEU)
Transcript of Records (TOR) (TOR is issued after all exam results are announced. You can demand it to be sent to your e-mail after you leave Turkey)