Erasmus+ is the EU Programme that supports education, training, youth and sport in Europe. Its estimated budget in 2021-2027 is €26.2 billion. The programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life.

It supports priorities and activities set out in the European Education Area, Digital Education Action Plan and the European Skills Agenda. The programme also supports the European Pillar of Social Rights, implements the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 and develops the European dimension in sport

Erasmus+ offers mobility and cooperation opportunities in higher education, vocational education and training, school education (including early childhood education and care), adult education, youth and sport.The outcomes of Erasmus+ are available in reports and compendia of statistics, as well as through the Erasmus+ Projects Platform.

VŠR College of Accounting and Finance (Ljubljana, Slovenia) holds the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) for the whole Erasmus+ programme period 2021-2027.

Studying abroad is a central part of Erasmus+ Programme and has been shown to have a positive effect on graduates’ job prospects. It is also an excellent opportunity to improve language skills, gain self-confidence and independence as well as to immerse oneself in a new culture.

INCOMING STUDENTS

We welcome students from our partner higher education institutions, enterprises, and others.

Within the frame of Erasmus+ cooperation, incoming students are  exempted from fees for tuition, registration, exams and access to library facilities. As an incoming student, you are integrated in our study process and have language support, a mentor and a peer support for better inclusion in the environment. 

We invite interested foreign students to look at our  website to familiarize themselves with our courses (study programmes). We offer the following courses in Croatian and/or English language in the form of consultations (individual or in small groups), but other courses (not listed) could be arranged by individual agreement.

If you are interested in mobility at VŠR College, please contact our international office, and we will consider establishing cooperation with your sending higher education institution, school or enterprise, or will find another solution.

Time frame of Erasmus+ Mobility for students is between 2 and 12 months, with the possibility of combined mobility (physical and virtual mobility). Interested students  can apply until 15 December for the summer semester and  until 5 July for the winter semester.

OUTGOING STUDENTS 

We enable our students the mobility experience at our partner higher education institutions, enterprises, and elsewhere.

In case the study programmes of your higher education institution are compatible with ours, or your company is offering traineeship to young graduates in accounting, finance or in forensic accounting and finance, do contact the VŠR College international office to sign the Inter-institutional Agreement or arrange future traineeship.

RECOGNITION PROCESS              

Recognition of mobility in terms of counting toward the final degree is one of the most crucial factors of any student mobility. Appropriate ECTS transfer for the study or traineeship achievements during mobility will be communicated prior to any mobility and defined in agreements (inter-institutional agreements; learning and other tripartite agreements).

All participants of mobility will be well informed about the requirements for full recognition of their course work. They will be included in communication and will need to sign learning or other tripartite agreement, in which the methodology of ECTS transfer will be particularly defined. This agreement will be signed by VŠR College, receiving (or sending) partner higher education institution or enterprise, and Erasmus+ student.

The VŠR College issues the Transcript of Records at the end of each study mobility and keeps records in its archives. Following the Transcript of Records, sending higher education institution (i. e. student’s sending institution) transfers the ECTS in accordance with the agreements and counts them toward the final degree of the student participating in Erasmus+ Mobility.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT    

Incoming and outgoing students can receive an Erasmus+ grant as a contribution to their travel and subsistence costs. Grants vary according to differences in living costs between the country of sending institution and the destination country, the number of students applying for a grant, the distance between countries and the availability of other grants.

Global need for quality in management accounting, business finances, and forensic accounting demands highly skilled professionals within business and educational bodies in international and multidiscipline environments. The core of VSR College for Accounting and Finance’s vision is to contribute to this development. International cooperation, learning and research in solid quality frame have positive influence on our strategic goals. VSR College wants to increase and multiply the flows of knowledge, skills, teaching methods, entrepreneurship and good practices through international cooperation. We are connecting with partner institutions and form networks that span across West Balkan area and other parts of Europe.

Our modernisation and internationalisation objectives are incorporated in our strategic planning, and are particularly enabled by crucial tools like Erasmus+ programme. VSR participates in Erasmus+ programme for quality access to opportunities, recognition, and financing of various international activities. Programme enables us to implement individual mobility for increasing individuals’ (students, staff) development, build and maintain international network, and participate in international exchange of knowledge and cooperation.

We participate in the following actions/possibilities of Erasmus+ programme:

International partnership network building of higher education institutions and business

We pursue quality of international cooperation and increase of our international network. We are especially interested in cooperation with institutions and enterprises with similar and/or complementary fields of interests.

Individual mobility of students, staff and academics

Our students can participate in up to one year lasting study and traineeship mobility abroad, through which they gain educational and practical experience in chosen higher education institution or enterprise Non-academic staff can participate in trainings, job shadowings, or at Erasmus+ staff weeks abroad with the purpose of skills exchange, good practice sharing, and partnership building. Academic staff can participate in international teachings, trainings, or blended mobilities to strengthen international academic activities and raise the transfer of knowledge. We welcome academic

and non-academic staff through incoming mobilities, and are developing hosting capacities for incoming students.

Cooperation projects

We are interested in cooperation projects, strategic partnerships and knowledge alliances aiming at modernisation of higher education, and global economic, business, management and entrepreneurship needs, either as partners or as coordinators in later state of our International Erasmus+ development. Furthermore, we envisage a complex and longterm objective of developing joint Masters degrees programmes, and to this aim seek to establish efficient partnerships in current Erasmus+ perspective.

In implementation of Erasmus+ programme VSR ensures the level of quality agreed in Erasmus+ Charter for Higher Education. Our Erasmus+ activities are carried through non discriminative and inclusive practices in highly supportive environment and fully respect Erasmus+ financing and administrative rules.

Monitoring Erasmus+ implementation

VSR monitors its involvement in Erasmus+ Programme through the evaluation process for quality and quantity of Erasmus+ activities at yearly basis, and through institutional yearly plans, aligned with institutional strategic goals.

Quantitative indicators at yearly basis:

• At least one incoming mobility of academic and non-academic staff,
• At least one outgoing mobility of academic and non-academic staff,
• The increase of international partnerships.

Qualitative Indicators (ongoing evaluation through meetings, online surveys):

• Satisfaction of staff and students involved in international activities,
• Quality of administrative, finance and support infrastructure for Erasmus+ activities,
• Improvements in working processes and institutional environment as consequence of Erasmus+ activities.