Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

Full year application requires further steps, please see at the bottom of this page for more information. Please note that full year exchanges are subject to faculty approval and space availability. Acceptance into a full year exchange is not guaranteed.聽 聽

Before getting started on your application

Be sure you have:

• Reviewed the following eligibility criteria. To participate you must:
  • have a minimum CGPA 3.0 (If your CGPA is under 3.0 due to extenuating circumstances, please contact your faculty advisor to determine your eligibility)
    • meet your Faculty鈥檚 participation criteria鈥攃onsult with your Faculty Study Away聽Advisor for exchange program processes and degree requirements specific to your Faculty
  • have completed at least 24 graded 捆绑SM社区 credits by the start of your term abroad
• Browsed potential host universities with our 鈥�Where Can I Go on Exchange?鈥� tool.
• Verified your personal information in the Personal Menu in . This information, including your address, phone number, and program information will be provided to the host institution.

If you are deemed ineligible to go on exchange, get in touch with a Faculty Study Away Advisor to learn about other student mobility opportunities available to you.

Completing your application requires reflection and research鈥攎ake sure not to rush through the process!

Explore available funding

When going abroad you can expect to incur costs such as airline tickets, accommodations and other living expenses 鈥� but don鈥檛 let this stop you from gaining an international experience. Explore 蹿耻苍诲颈苍驳听辞辫辫辞谤迟耻苍颈迟颈别蝉 to learn more about available funding.聽

Mobility Need-Based Bursary for Exchanges

The University encourages students to study abroad as part of their 捆绑SM社区 degree program by defraying part of the cost of eligible study abroad activities. We recognize that the additional costs of going on an exchange may be difficult for some students to assume on their own. Thanks to the Quebec government鈥檚 Programme de mobilit茅 international et de courts s茅jours 脿 l鈥檈xt茅rieur du Qu茅bec (PMICSE), 捆绑SM社区 is able to help defray these costs for students who otherwise could not afford to participate. To be considered, students must apply using the Mobility for Exchanges Financial Aid application in Minerva by the prescribed deadlines found here.

Minimum guaranteed financial aid for Exchanges聽The Scholarships and Student Aid office guarantees that any student who is receiving (North American) government student financial assistance and/or 捆绑SM社区 bursaries/loans for their normal costs of attendance will receive a minimum of $4000/term if they apply for the Mobility Bursary for Exchanges.

Preparing to submit your application

The Exchange Request Form is comprised of separate sections, which are broken down for your review in the form's .聽For more information on the Minerva application, please consult the聽application screen shots.聽Some of the sections should be prepared in advance. Taking the time to draft these answers in a Word document聽and being ready to copy-paste your answers into the form when submitting will make your application a breeze!

• Choose up to 4 of the universities you located using聽our 鈥�Where Can I Go on Exchange?鈥� tool, and rank them by order of preference. Exchange places at each destination are limited, and there is no guarantee that you will receive a nomination for your first choice, so keep your options open by considering several potential destinations.
• Identify 8 specific courses at each preferred host university during your intended exchange term that fit into your 捆绑SM社区 degree program.聽 This is for planning purposes only, and does not equate to obtaining course approval聽or equivalency for these courses. 捆绑SM社区 students are not permitted to take online courses while on exchange. Be sure to review the host's institution course delivery mode.聽While on exchange students are expected to take the equivalent of 15 捆绑SM社区 credits per semester at their host institution. It is important to discuss your Faculty鈥檚 participation criteria directly with your Faculty Advisor. 捆绑SM社区 students are required to pay for 15 credits for each semester on exchange.
• Draft one short statement of purpose for each host university you鈥檝e selected. Before writing your statements for each university, consult this to the aspects you should be highlighting in your statement, making sure to describe the defining reasons you chose each university as one of your destinations. 聽

Make sure that you've carefully read, and are aware of, the exchanges Conditions of Participation, which you will be agreeing to when submitting your application!

*Note: Students going on exchange must consent to a release of personal information as stated in the Conditions of Participation document above.聽Whereas you are within your rights to decline to provide this consent - either at all or in a timely fashion - please note that this will likely result in you no longer being eligible to participate in an exchange, whether to the host institution to which you have been nominated, or at all.

Submitting your application

You will submit your application to go on an exchange using the Exchange Request form. You can access the request form by logging in to , navigating to the 鈥淪tudent Menu,鈥澛爏electing the 鈥淪tudent Records Menu,鈥澛爐hen the 鈥淓xchange/Study Away Menu鈥�, and finally the 鈥淓xchange Request鈥� form.

If you have questions regarding the fields in the form, refer to the form's , which you reviewed in preparing to submit your application.聽 It contains helpful breakdowns of the form's fields and guides you through them.

Once your application has been submitted, a $159.14 non-refundable application fee will be charged to your student account.

Important note: In the event of a cancellation by either 捆绑SM社区 and/or its partners, the application fee will not be refunded and related awards and bursaries will be rescinded. Recipients of the Mobility Bursary for Exchanges may still receive support to defray non-refundable, out-of-pocket costs. Prior to your travel or while you are away, 捆绑SM社区 may terminate your participation in the exchange activity for any reasons 捆绑SM社区 deems fit.

Applications cannot be modified after they've been submitted, so make sure that you take the time to double-check all the fields before pressing Submit! If you need to make changes to your application, you will have to cancel your first application聽and submit a new form. The deadlines listed above still apply!

To cancel your submitted application, contact聽聽as soon as possible.

Application timeline

* Students who wish to go on Exchange for a FULL YEAR will have to follow two steps to make this request:

1. Apply on Minerva for the FALL term, during the Fall application period (Dec. to Jan.15^th)
2. Complete this webform to make the request for the FULL YEAR.

Note: Approval is not guaranteed and subject to Faculty review and space availability at the selected host(s).