UMAP Exchange Program – 1st Cycle of Program A&B 2019-2 (Spring 2020)

Dear ITS Students,

ITS as the UMAP (University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific) members would like to inform you several opportunities to do student exchange one semester through UMAP in sping semester 2020.

In this program, UMAP offers 2 kind of program list. Program A & Program B.

For Program A – Tuition waived exchange students: Institutions can nominate up to two (2) students per semester; however, institutions that have accepted additional students in the past are able to nominate additional students according to their Quota.

For Program B – Tuition non-waived exchange students: Institutions can also nominate additional students for Program B if they do not have Quotas available for nominating them additionally for Program A. Following the placement period, host institutions notify accepted students about whether they will study abroad on a tuition-waived or non-waived basis.

Through this scheme, ITS Students can do one semester exchange at universities in UMAP members list such as Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brock University Canada, Kansai University Japan, Osaka Institute of Technology Japan, Sungshin University South Korea, De La Salle University Philippines, National Taipei University Taiwan and many more.

You may check the complete list universities (complete with the requirements etc) at this link https://usco.umap.org/ –> please select spring semester code, program A&B options

Beginning the previous program, all transactions in the application procedure, such as submission of student applications, nominations by home universities/institutions, and acceptance or refusal by host institutions, have been completed using the UMAP Student Connection Online (USCO) System.

To apply, the following three steps need to be completed by July 10, 2019:

REGISTRATION — Students should create an account on the UMAP Student Connection Online (USCO) System by registering their email address and password (https://usco.umap.org/std/). For more information about the USCO System, students can check the Student User Manual through this link (http://umap.org/usco/#students-manual).

APPLICATION — Students complete the Application Form in the USCO System for up to five preferred programs by filling out necessary items and click “Save and Submit”. The USCO System will automatically inform the UMAP coordinators at the home university/institution that an application has been submitted. The application deadline for UMAP Coordinators at your home institution is July 10, 2019; therefore, you need to submit your application according to the adapted schedule of your home institution.

NOMINATION — Coordinators log into the USCO System and check the applications they have received, and nominate up to two students by clicking “Approve as Program A”. Nomination should be completed byJuly 10, 2019.
If they would like to nominate more than two students, please refer to the below notes.

For more information on USCO System, please refer to the User Manual (http://umap.org/usco/#institutions-manual).

For ITS Students who are interested with this program, please follow all the procedure above and make sure that you notify ITS International Office if you would like to join this program.

Contact person in ITS for this program is Ms. Cahyani at erasmus@its.ac.id

if you have a questions about this program, you may send your questions to Ms. Cahyani at erasmus@its.ac.id with subject: (ASK)_UMAPExchange