EXTENDED ERASMUS UNIVERSITY CHARTER (STANDARD CHARTER AND STUDENT PLACEMENTS) Application form

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1 EXTENDED ERASMUS UNIVERSITY CHARTER (STANDARD CHARTER AND STUDENT PLACEMENTS) Application form Final date for submission: 30/11/ IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Type of Erasmus University Charter applied for Standard Extended (Student placements only) Extended (Standard Charter and tudent placements) Applicant's previous EUC number (if applicable) XXXXXXIC1200X1XXERASMUSEUC1 Correspondence language: EN Erasmus Policy Statement original language: HU If the original language is not English, French or German, the Erasmus Policy Statement should also be provided in one of those three languages Erasmus Policy Statement translation language: EN IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46

2 A Institutional profile A.1. Identification of the applicant institution Full legal name of the institution in the national language Translation of this name in English Erasmus ID code of the institution (if available) Internet address SÁROSPATAKI REFORMÁTUS TEOLÓGIAI AKADÉMIA SÁROSPATAK REFORMED THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY NEW A.2. Identification of the legal representative First name and surname of the legal representative of the institution Title (optional) (e.g. Prof., Dr, etc.) Department/Unit Official function within the institution FERENC KÁDÁR Dr. Gender Male DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY RECTOR Phone (including country and area codes) +36 /47 / Fax (including country and area codes) + 36/47 / address (only one address) Legal address of the institution Street/Nr. Post code & Town Country Code, Country dekania@srta.hu RÁKÓCZI U. 1. H3950 SÁROSPATAK HU, Hungary A.3. Erasmus coordinator First name and surname Title (optional) (e.g. Prof., Dr, etc.) GABRIELLA RÁCSOK Gender Female Department/Unit Official function within the institution DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT Phone (including country and area codes) + 36/47 / Fax (including country and area codes) + 36/47 / address (only one address) Correspondence address Street/Nr. Post code & Town Country Code, Country srtaerasmus@gmail.com RÁKÓCZI U. 1. H3950 SÁROSPATAK HU, Hungary IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46

3 A.4. Statistical data on the applicant institution The data required relate solely to higher education. Foundation year of your institution 1531 Level of degrees awarded First cycle degrees Second cycle degrees Onetier degrees Third Cycle(without PhD) Doctoral degrees Yes No Yes No No Number of students enrolled in 2006/2007 on higher education courses Parttime 57 Fulltime 132 Number of students graduated in 2006/2007 First Cycle Second Cycle Onetier degrees Third Cycle(without PhD) Doctoral degrees 3 27 Number of teaching staff (total) in 2006/ Number of teaching staff (fulltime equivalent) in 2006/ Number of administrative staff (fulltime equivalent) in 2006/ Number of these administrative staff members directly working in European/international relations in 2006/2007 (fulltime equivalent) First year of participation in Erasmus Programme with funding from the European Community IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46

4 B Fundamental principles The institution agrees to comply with the following: YES 01 Mobility shall be carried out only within prior interinstitutional agreements (in the case of student placements: within prior agreements between the Institution and the organizations where the placements are carried out); 02 No university fees for tuition, registration, examinations, access to laboratory and library facilities are to be charged to incoming Erasmus students; 03 Full recognition shall be given to students for satisfactorily completed activities specified in the compulsory Learning Agreements and Placement Agreements. 04 Highest quality is ensured for the organisation of student and staff mobility; 05 Highest quality is ensured for the organisation of student placements; 06 Curriculum information is up to date, easily accessible and transparent; 07 An academic credit transfer system (ECTS or similar) gives transparency to the recognition procedures; 08 Equal academic treatment and services are ensured to home and Erasmus students; 09 The integration of visiting Erasmus students in the activities of the institution is supported; 10 Transcripts containing full, accurate and timely information are provided to incoming Erasmus students and their home institutions; 11 Erasmus teaching activities are facilitated and acknowledged; 12 The institution promotes and gives visibility to the activities supported by the Erasmus programme; 13 The Erasmus University Charter and the related Erasmus Policy Statement are publicized in the institution; 14 The institution complies with the objectives on nondiscrimination set out in the Lifelong Learning Programme. C Information on the organisation of mobility 1.a Recognition matters: Is your institution using ECTS (ECTS credits, learning agreement, transcript of records) to facilitate academic recognition of Erasmus study periods abroad? in all faculties/departments Yes in some faculties/departments No 1.b Recognition matters: Will your institution use ECTS as an internal credit accumulation system? in all faculties/departments Yes in some faculties/departments No 2. Diploma Supplement Does your institution award a Diploma Supplement to students? 3. Support for teaching staff mobility: What provision will be made to facilitate and support ERASMUS teaching staff mobility? a) Additional financial support from your institution No b) Acknowledgement of teaching activity abroad as an important part of academic career Yes c) Help with practical arrangements (travel, accomodation etc.) Yes d) Other (please specifiy) No 4. Support for disabled students/teachers: Will your institution provide special facilities for: a) Erasmus students/teachers with visual disability? Yes b) Erasmus students/teachers with hearing disability? Yes c) Erasmus students/teachers with other physical disability? No Yes IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46

5 D original language working language HU EN Erasmus Policy Statement (EPS) In order to complete this section, please refer to the instructions given below. Please note that your EPS shall be given wide visibility in your institution and must be published on the web page of your institution. The EPS should set out the overall Erasmus cooperation strategy of your institution in relation with its mission statement, underlying its Erasmus cooperation plan as well as any other activities to be proposed in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). a) Please describe clearly your institution's strategy, objectives and priorities for its Erasmus activities (mobility, multilateral projects and thematic networks, etc.) and any other actions in the context of the Lifelong Learning Programme. b) Please also provide information on the following points: What specific actions are planned to give visibility to Erasmus activities and what type of publicity will be given to the Erasmus University Charter and the EPS? What kind of arrangements, if any, does the Institution ensure to comply with nondiscrimination objectives (e.g. actions related to gender equality, integration of disabled students and staff, enhancement of social and economic cohesion and combating of xenophobia and racism)? A Sárospataki Református Teológiai Akadémia (SRTA) a Magyarországi Református Egyház akkreditált felsőfokú oktatási intézménye. Önálló jogi személy, melynek fenntartója a Tiszáninneni Református Egyházkerület. A (z 1531 ben alapított) Sárospataki Református Kollégium egyik oktatási intézményeként évszázadok óta képez lelkipásztorokat. A kommunista államvezetés alatt 1951től egy közigazgatási rendelet következtében működése szünetelt. Negyven év kényszerszünet után az Egyházkerület 1991ben újraindította a Teológiai Akadémiát. Az SRTA őrzi és továbbviszi a Kollégium a 16. századi Európában megfogalmazott református hitvallásokra épülő szellemi és lelki örökségét. Akadémiánk mindig az európai tudományos világ kontextusában működött. A tanulmányaikat magasabb szinten folytatni kívánó diákok a 16. századtól kezdve néhány szemesztert nyugateurópai akadémiákon vagy egyetemeken töltöttek. A peregrinációnak köszönhetően erős kapcsolat jött létre Sárospatak és számos európai egyetem között. A Sárospataki Református Kollégium Nagykönyvtára, mely kötet is meghaladó állományával Magyarország egyik legnagyobb egyházi gyűjteménye, többszörösen is bizonyítéka az évszázados európai kapcsolatoknak. Hagyományainak megfelelően az Akadémia ápolja és továbbviszi a magyarországi reformáció és az egyetemes keresztyénség lelki, szellemi és kulturális örökségét, ennek érdekében együttműködik magyarországi és külföldi felsőoktatási intézményekkel, kulturális és egyházi szervezetekkel. Az Akadémián négy kutatóintézet működik különböző teológiai ágak képviseletében (Egyházszociológiai Intézet, Neveléstudományi Intézet, Keresztyén Filozófiaintézet, Missziói Kutatóintézet). Ezek az intézetek nemzetközi kontextusban végzik munkájukat, különös figyelmet fordítva kutatási területük európai dimenzióira. Az Akadémia rendszeresen fogad külföldi vendégelőadókat, és nyilvánossá teszi ezeket az eseményeket. Az Akadémia saját teológiai folyóiratot (Sárospataki Füzetek) ad ki, melyben megjelenteti a vendégelőadások összegzését vagy magyar fordítását. Az Akadémia tantervében szerepel a modern idegen nyelvek oktatása (angol, német, holland). Az idegen nyelvek oktatásában anyanyelvi tanárok is részt vesznek. Az SRTA az Erasmus programon belül a már létező kapcsolatait kívánja fejleszteni és hivatalossá tenni (szerződéses alapokra helyezni), valamint további európai teológiai intézményekkel szeretne új kapcsolatokat kialakítani. Az Akadémia szeretné bővíteni és megsokszorozni a tanári és hallgatói mobilitást annak érdekében, hogy erősítse a tanárok és a hallgatók európai identitását, valamint kultúrák közötti tudományos tapasztalatokhoz segítse őket. Az SRTA azt reméli, hogy az Erasmus programban való részvétellel az európai egyetemi hálózat részévé válhat, és segíthet tájékozódni hallgatóinak és tanárainak európai egyetemeken igénybe vehető rövid és hosszú távú ösztöndíjakról, intézmények közötti csereprogramokról. Az SRTA Erasmus tevékenységei az Intézmény honlapján ( és a szokásos kommunikációs csatornákon (hirdetőtábla, hirdetés közösségi alkalmakon), is közzé lesznek téve, így biztosítva, hogy minden tanára és hallgatója hozzáférhessen az Erasmus programmal kapcsolatos információkhoz. Keresztyén értékrendje alapján az Akadémia elkötelezett minden ember igazságos és egyenlő bánásmódja iránt etnikai vagy nemzeti hovatartozásától, nemétől, életkorától, bőrszínétől, társadalmi helyzetétől vagy fogyatékosságától függetlenül. A beiratkozott hallgatók közül a hátrányos helyzetben lévők szociális ösztöndíjban részesülnek. Azáltal is küzdünk a diszkrimináció minden formája ellen, hogy szociológia, pszichológia és etika kurzusainkon a másik ember pozitív megközelítését tanítjuk IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46

6 Quality of academic mobility activities: What kind of specific measures are implemented in the institution to ensure highest quality in academic mobility activities? Details should be provided in particular on: recognition and credit systems, the provision of information on curricula, information and counselling of outgoing students, tutoring and integration of incoming students, provision of student services (in particular accommodation), preparatory and refresher language courses, facilitation and acknowledgement of staff mobility. Az SRTA szeretné, ha hallgatói és tanárai intenzívebben és még magasabb szinten vehetnének részt az európai felsőoktatásban. Ezért az SRTA Szenátusa arról határozott, hogy kidolgozza az Erasmus ügyek intézményi szervezésének struktúráját, ill. kinevezett egy intézményi Erasmus koordinátort és egy referenst. Az Akadémia világos szabályrendszert és pályázat elbírálási eljárást fogalmaz meg az Erasmus ösztöndíjra és csereprogramra jelentkező hallgatók és tanárok számára (tanulmányi teljesítmény / tudományos kritériumok, megfelelő nyelvtudás). Az Erasmus koordinátor a sikeresen pályázó hallgatókat és tanárokat ellátja a szükséges információkkal és rendelkezésükre áll külföldön tartózkodásuk ideje alatt is. Amennyiben szükséges, előkészítő nyelvi tanfolyamot biztosítunk hallgatóinknak. A más európai egyetemen teljesített tanegységeket teljes mértékben beszámítjuk a hallgatók tanulmányaiba az ECTS kreditpontrendszer alkalmazásával; az Akadémián Kreditbizottság működik. Az Erasmus koordinátor az intézménybe érkező hallgatók rendelkezésére áll itt tartózkodásuk ideje alatt, segítséget nyújt gyakorlati és tanulmányi kérdésekben. Erre négy nyelven van lehetőség: magyar, angol, német, holland. Az Akadémia tanterve megtalálható az intézmény honlapján, így hozzáférhető a vendéghallgatók és tanárok számára. Az Akadémián teljesített tanegységek az ECTS rendszernek megfelelően kerülnek értékelésre, mivel (2002 óta) saját hallgatói esetében is ezt a rendszert alkalmazza az Akadémia. Lehetőség van a cserediákok magyar kulturális és történelemi ismeretekbe való bevezetésére. Kezdeti lépések történtek egy, a magyar kultúrát, vallást /teológiát bemutató intenzív tanfolyam összeállítására. Az Akadémia gondoskodik a vendégprofesszorok elszállásolásáról. Az Akadémia saját internátusában tudja elhelyezni a cserediákokat, ezzel mintegy megteremtve a lehetőséget a kultúrák közötti tapasztalatszerzésre a vendég és saját hallgatói számára. Quality of student placement activities: What kind of specific measures are implemented to ensure high quality in student placements? Give details on how the workprogramme and the placement agreement are prepared and implemented. Please describe the practical arrangements agreed between the parties. Please specify also the monitoring and evaluation of the placement period as well as its recognition in the curriculum. Hosszú távon a Sárospataki Református Teológiai Akadémia a nemzetközi szakmai gyakorlatok lehetőségével saját programját gazdagíthatná és képzésének színvonalát emelhetné azáltal, hogy valódi nemzetközi kitekintést biztosít. A nemzetközi szakmai gyakorlatok megszervezésében az SRTA a nemzetközi egyháztestek nyújtotta hálózatra kíván támaszkodni. Jelenleg azonban az ún. nemzetközi szakmai gyakorlatok főként azokra a szomszédos európai régiókra korlátozódnak, ahol más magyar egyházi szervezetek működnek. Előfordult, hogy nem magyarországi, magyarul beszélő egyházi közösség kereste meg az Akadémiát azzal a kéréssel, hogy segédlelkészt vagy ifjúsági munkást biztosítson számára, ill. fogadja el az így ott eltöltött időszakot a teljesítési követelményben szereplő gyakorlati évként. Más jellegű nemzetközi szakmai gyakorlatok lehetőségének kidolgozása még előttünk áll, csak úgy, mint annak kimunkálása, hogy hogyan lehet beszámítani a külföldön teljesített gyakorlatokat, ill. milyen feltételekkel lehet azokat beilleszteni az SRTAn folyó képzésbe. A hallgatók között komoly érdeklődés mutatkozik a nemzetközi szakmai gyakorlatok iránt, különösen a szociális szférában, mivel ennek a területnek a megismertetése szintén része az Akadémia tantervének. A jelenlegi rövid és hosszú távú szakmai gyakorlatok koordinálásában szerzett itthoni tapasztalataira támaszkodva szándékozik az Akadémia megfogalmazni és megvalósítani egy olyan működő rendszert, mely kialakítja, felügyeli és kiértékeli a nemzetközi szakmai gyakorlatokat IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46

7 D original language working language HU EN Erasmus Policy Statement (EPS) In order to complete this section, please refer to the instructions given below. Please note that your EPS shall be given wide visibility in your institution and must be published on the web page of your institution. The EPS should set out the overall Erasmus cooperation strategy of your institution in relation with its mission statement, underlying its Erasmus cooperation plan as well as any other activities to be proposed in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). a) Please describe clearly your institution's strategy, objectives and priorities for its Erasmus activities (mobility, multilateral projects and thematic networks, etc.) and any other actions in the context of the Lifelong Learning Programme. b) Please also provide information on the following points: What specific actions are planned to give visibility to Erasmus activities and what type of publicity will be given to the Erasmus University Charter and the EPS? What kind of arrangements, if any, does the Institution ensure to comply with nondiscrimination objectives (e.g. actions related to gender equality, integration of disabled students and staff, enhancement of social and economic cohesion and combating of xenophobia and racism)? The Reformed Theological Academy of Sárospatak (SRTA) is an accredited higher education institution of the Reformed Church of Hungary. It is an independent legal body maintained by the Tiszáninnen Reformed Church District. As an academic institution of the Reformed College of Sárospatak (founded in 1531), it has trained ministers for centuries. During the communist regime its functioning was ceased by administrative decree in After a forty year forced intermission, the Church District restarted the Theological Academy in The SRTA preserves and carries on an intellectual and spiritual legacy which is built on centuriesold creeds formulated in the European context of the 16th century and on a commitment to the Hungarian nation. The Academy has always functioned in the context of the European academic world. From the 16th century, students wanting to pursue studies at higher levels spent several semesters at Western European academies or universities. Due to this peregrination intense relations were established between Sárospatak and universities all over Europe. The Sárospatak Reformed College Library, one of the largest ecclesiastical collections in Hungary consisting of ca volumes, bears multiple evidence of the European connections throughout the centuries. According to its traditions, the Academy attends to and carries on the spiritual, intellectual and cultural legacy of the Hungarian Reformation and universal Christianity. In order to do so it cooperates with other institutes of higher education, with cultural institutions and with church organisations in Hungary and abroad. Four research institutes of diverse theological disciplines function within the Academy (ChurchSociology Institute; Pedagogical Institute; Christian Philosophy Institute; Mission Research Institute). These institutes intend to work in an international context paying special attention to the European dimension of their fields of research. The Academy regularly welcomes lecturers from abroad and makes these events public. The Academy has its own theological journal (Sárospataki Füzetek) in which summaries or translations of lectures given by foreign speakers are published as well. The teaching of modern languages (English, German, Dutch) is part of the curriculum of the SRTA. Native speakers are involved in the teaching of languages, too. The SRTA intends to improve and formalise existing relations within the context of the Erasmus project and to seek new contacts with European theological institutions. The Academy would like to widen and multiply staff and student mobility in order to strengthen the European identity of students and staff and to provide them with intercultural academic experiences. Through participating in the Erasmus Program the SRTA hopes to become a part of the European university network and to help students and staff to receive information on possibilities of short or longterm scholarships and grants in European universities, and exchange programs between institutions. Erasmus activities will be published on the homepage of the Institute ( and through the regular channels of communication (notice board, announcements at community events) at the Academy in order to ensure for all students and staff to have free access to any information related to the Erasmus program. Based on its Christian values, our Academy is committed to the fair and equal treatment of all individuals regardless of ethnic or national origin, gender, age, colour, social status or disablement. Enrolled students in socially and economically underprivileged status are supported with special scholarships. We also combat all forms discrimination by means of teaching a positive view of others in our sociology, psychology and ethics courses. Quality of academic mobility activities: IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46

8 What kind of specific measures are implemented in the institution to ensure highest quality in academic mobility activities? Details should be provided in particular on: recognition and credit systems, the provision of information on curricula, information and counselling of outgoing students, tutoring and integration of incoming students, provision of student services (in particular accommodation), preparatory and refresher language courses, facilitation and acknowledgement of staff mobility. The SRTA intends to develop the intensity and to raise the quality of the participation of its students and of its academic staff in the European network of higher education. In order to do so, the Senate of the SRTA has decided to set up the structures of management of the Erasmus affairs and has appointed an institutional Erasmus coordinator and a referent. The Academy will formulate clear regulations and selection procedures for students and staff applying for Erasmus grants. These procedures will include academic criteria and requirements on mastering foreign languages. Outgoing students and staff will be provided with the information needed and the Erasmus coordinator will be available for assistance during the whole period of their study abroad. If necessary, preparatory language courses for outgoing students can be provided for. Courses completed in other European universities will be fully accepted using the ECTS cumulative credit point system; a Credit Transfer Committee functions within the Academy. Incoming Erasmus students will be accompanied by the Erasmus staff during their stay at our campus, offering assistance in practical and academic issues. This assistance can be offered in Hungarian, English, German and Dutch. The whole curriculum of the Academy is available on its homepage and in this way available for incoming students and staff. Courses completed at our Academy will be evaluated according to the ECTS standards, since this is the internal standard at the Academy (since 2002). Cultural and historical introduction to the Hungarian context will be provided for. Initial steps have been made to construct an intensive course (short block for foreign students) on Hungarian Culture and Religion/Theology. The Academy can arrange accommodation for guest professors. The Academy provides lodging possibilities for incoming students on its own campus, providing in this way intercultural exchanges between incoming and resident students. Quality of student placement activities: What kind of specific measures are implemented to ensure high quality in student placements? Give details on how the workprogramme and the placement agreement are prepared and implemented. Please describe the practical arrangements agreed between the parties. Please specify also the monitoring and evaluation of the placement period as well as its recognition in the curriculum. On the long term, the Sárospatak Reformed Theological Academy sees the possibility of international student placements as an enrichment of its training program and as a means to raise the quality of the training program by providing it with a truly international outlook. In organizing the international student placements, the SRTA will build on the existing networks provided by international ecclesiastical bodies. However, the system of student placement programs at this moment is mainly organised internationally in the near European region in which other (ethnic) Hungarian ecclesiastical organisations are present in the neighbouring (partly European) countries. There have been cases when Hungarian speaking ecclesiastical communities outside Hungary asked the Academy to provide them with assistant ministers or youth workers and recognise this work experience as part of the required internship. Other international student placement still has to be developed and a full recognition of the internships in a foreign country has to be planned, thus the placements will be integrated in the training program offered by the SRTA. Among the students there is serious interest in international student placement especially in the social disciplines. Getting acquainted with these disciplines is an integrated part of the Academy s curriculum. Relying on its present experience in coordinating long and short term student placements in the local context, the Academy intends to formulate and realise an effective system for the development, monitoring and evaluation of internships and student placements in the international context IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46

9 E3 ERASMUS Extended University Charter (Standard Charter and Student Placements) 2008/ /2014 The European Commission hereby awards this Charter to: UNIVERSITY of EUROPE (hereinafter "the Institution") The Institution agrees to comply with the following fundamental principles of Erasmus mobility: Mobility shall be carried out only within prior interinstitutional agreements(in the case of student placements: within prior agreements between the Institution and the organisations where the placements are carried out); No university fees for tuition, registration, examinations, access to laboratory and library facilities are to be charged to incoming Erasmus students Full recognition shall be given to students for satisfactorily completed activities specified in the compulsory Learning Agreements and Placement Agreements. The Institution also agrees: to ensure the highest quality in the organisation of student and staff mobility to ensure the highest quality in the organisation of student placements; to ensure that curriculum information is up to date, easily accessible and transparent; to ensure that an academic credit transfer system (ECTS or similar) gives transparency to the recognition procedures to ensure equal academic treatment and services to home and Erasmus students to support the integration of visiting Erasmus students in the Institution's activities to provide incoming Erasmus students and their home institutions with transcripts containing full, accurate and timely information at the end of their mobility period abro to facilitate and acknowledge Erasmus teaching activities to promote and give visibility to the activities supported by the Erasmus programme to publicise this Charter and the related Erasmus Policy Statement of the Institution to comply with the objectives on non discrimination set out in the Lifelong Learning Programme. This Charter entitles the Institution to apply to its National Agency and to the European Commission for grant support for Erasmus activities. Violation of this Charter may lead to its withdrawal by the Commission IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46

10 F Endorsement of the application "I, the undersigned, Head and legal representative of the applicant institution, certify that the information contained in this application is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. All Erasmus activities will be implemented on the basis of written agreements with the relevant authorities of the partner institutions; agree to the content of the Erasmus University Charter outlined above and commit my institution to respect and observe these obligations; confirm that the information given in the application submitted online and in this paper version is identical; agree to the publication of the Erasmus Policy Statement by the European Commission. Place: Name: Date (dd/mm/yy): Original signature of the legal representative of the Institution (as identified in section A.2 above) Original stamp or seal of the Institution Acknowledgement of receipt After submission, Applicants are invited to consult the website of the Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency EACEA to check successful receipt of their Erasmus University Charter (EUC) application. If by the application has not been listed on the website, the applicant should contact the EACEA EACEA IC120081HUERASMUSEUCX1 Imprimé le : :55:53 Soumis le : :49:46