Applications are open until April 28 for the new spring round of BIPs: intensive interdisciplinary, blended courses, which includes a period of online teaching and a period of physical mobility at one of the CIVIS partner universities. It is possible to choose from 25 study proposals related to 5 macro areas that will enrich the study programme with an intercultural dimension. The courses will take place in the first semester of the 2024-2025 academic year. 
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Any student or administrative or academic staff member of any CIVIS member university can participate in a BIP, and not only: under certain specific criteria, students from a university outside the European Union can also participate.
In particular, the Sapienza student

• must be regularly enrolled in one of Sapienza's Bachelor's, Master's, single cycle degree programme or PhD course;
• must maintain their student status until the end of the short-term mobility period abroad;
•  be up to date with the payment of tuition fees;
• have duly applied for participation in the BIP CIVIS (read HERE) and been selected and officially appointed by the committee.

The CIVIS BIPs are academic modules recognised by the European Commission and all CIVIS partner universities and allow the acquisition of between 3 and 6 CFUs. The recognition of CFUs will depend:

• on the number of credits provided for the BIP by the organisers;
• on the student's individual situation, i.e. on how many CFUs available for this activity there are in their study plan.

Furthermore, participation in a CIVIS BIP will be recorded in the student's CIVIS Passport. Find out more about the CIVIS Passport.

• Find a BIP that interests you in the catalogue;
• Follow the instructions on the Sapienza's CIVIS Mobility page;
• Get an e-mail notification after acceptance;
• Sign the learning agreement and complete the necessary documents.

ATTENTION: You may only submit two applications per academic year!

For more information, visit the CIVIS BIP Q&A page.

BIPs can be considered as real teaching modules, recognised by the European Commission and all CIVIS member universities. A CIVIS BIP corresponds to at least 3 and up to 6 ECTS credits, leading to a final certificate.

For both recognition and participation in these programmes, it is necessary to sign a Learning Agreement specifying the programme to be followed at the destination institution and how it will be recognised at Sapienza.

The student will not be able to follow the BIP Civis for which they have been selected if they do not have the approval of the course organisers and their RAM, through the Learning Agreement.

PhD students: In the case of PhD activities, these must be included in the Learning Agreement even if they will not be recognised with ECTS credits at the end of the mobility period.

At the end of the BIP programme, students who have completed it will receive from the destination institution a Certificate of Attendance (or a Certificate of Attendance + a Transcript of Records) which will include the title and type of activity carried out, the number of ECTS credits awarded and the grade obtained.

CIVIS BIPs will have a maximum duration of 5 days.

• Individual support (Erasmus +): students receive a fixed daily amount of EUR 79 for the duration of the physical activities (5 days) + 2 days to cover return travel days, regardless of the actual days spent and the actual departure and return date from the host institution/country. The amount is credited to the accounts before the start of the BIP mobility (virtual and physical), unless the beneficiary has fulfilled all the requirements and registered on the Erasmus Sapienza platform. In order to have BIP recognition, including funding, the duration must be 5 days and at least 3 CFU must be recognised.
• Sapienza support amounting to € 500.00 paid at the end of the mobility following the presentation of the documentation relating to the performance of the BIP and the validation in the career of the CFU obtained.

Grants will only be paid provided that: the beneficiary has carried out both the virtual and the physical part of the mobility (at least 5 days) and has obtained in their career the recognition of at least 3 CFU (including extra-curricular).

Students who have agreed to participate in a BIP programme have to comply with a number of obligations BEFORE, DURING and UPON RETURN.

BIP programmes are part of short-term Erasmus+ mobility and require the preparation of specific documentation and the completion of the necessary procedures for the stay abroad, as well as compliance with specific rules (maximum cumulative duration with regard to previous experience of 12 months per study cycle, 24 in the case of a single cycle).

BEFORE THE MOBILITY

• After receiving the notification for participation in the BIP course, the beneficiary should contact the EU Erasmus Mobility Sector by e-mail at civis_shortmobility.sapienza@uniroma1.it to notify the intention to accept or reject the mobility;
• It is then necessary to wait for the communication from the EU Erasmus Mobility Unit, which will send all the information necessary for the funding and recognition of the mobility;
• Fill in the Learning Agreement (LA): the LA is the document that includes the activities of the BIP programme, including a brief description of the online component (which is compulsory) and the credits that will be recognised by Sapienza at the end of the course. It must be signed by the student, the Academics Supervisors for International Mobility (RAMs) and the coordinator of the destination university before the start of the mobility (BIP mobility is subject to the recognition of at least 3 CFU in professional credits, including extracurricular ones).

DURING MOBILITY

Attendance at online and physical classes is compulsory for the recognition of credits and the payment of financial contributions.

ON RETURN

• Upload the certificate of attendance signed by the BIP coordinator of the destination university to your personal page;
• Upload the Transcript of Records: once the BIP Civis has been completed and passed, the BIP coordinating university will send the Transcript of Records directly to the student for academic recognition;
• Send the Certificate of Attendance and the ToR to the RAM who signed the LA for validation of the CFUs;
• Fill in the EU Survey p (the student will receive the questionnaire by e-mail as soon as the data is registered on the European Mobility Management Platform).

PLEASE NOTE

If, having accepted to participate in the programme, a student wishes to withdraw, it is the student's responsibility to inform the BIP Programme Coordinators as soon as possible, with a copy to civis_shortmobility.sapienza@uniroma1.it, well in advance of the start of the course.