The European Charter for Researchers is a set of general principles and requirements which specifies the roles, responsibilities and entitlements of researchers as well as of employers and/or funders of researchers 6. The aim of the Charter is to ensure that the nature of the relationship between researchers and employers or funders is conducive to successful performance in generating, transferring, sharing and disseminating knowledge and technological development, and to the career development of researchers. The Charter also recognizes the value of all forms of mobility as a means for enhancing the professional development of researchers. In this sense, the Charter constitutes a framework for researchers, employers and funders which invites them to act responsibly and as professionals within their working environment, and to recognise each other as such. The Charter addresses all researchers in the European Union at all stages of their career and covers all fields of research in the public and private sectors, irrespective of the nature of the appointment or employment, the legal status of their employer or the type of organisation or establishment in which the work is carried out. It takes into account the multiple roles of researchers, who are appointed not only to conduct research and/or to carry out development activities but are also involved in supervision, mentoring, management or administrative tasks.

General information

Participation

There are currently more than 4,000 higher institutions participating in Erasmus across the 33 countries involved in the Erasmus programme and over 2.2 million students have already taken part.

Requirements

To participate in the Erasmus Programme students must be studying for a degree or diploma at a tertiary-level institution and must have completed their first year.

Details

Students who join the Erasmus Programme study do an internship for a period of at least 3 months to an academic year in another European country. The Erasmus Programme guarantees that the period spent abroad is recognised by their university when they come back as long as they abide by terms previously agreed.

A main part of the Programme is that students do not pay extra tuition fees to the university that they visit. Students can also apply for an Erasmus grant to help cover the additional expense of living abroad.

There continues to be a language barrier between the countries of Europe. Lectures may be given to ERASMUS students in the native language of the university where they are taking place or in English.

Accommodation can be found using the Erasmus network, CasaSwap, Erasmate or Student Mundial which are free websites where students and young people can rent, sublet, offer and swap accommodation – on a national and international basis.

@ University of Coimbra

If you are interested on applying to this program and be a researcher at the Mobile Robotics Laboratory, please send an email to one of the contact persons below, with the following information: CV, letter of interest (please mention the preferred research topic) and contact information (e-mail, telephone and postal address).
In respect to accommodation services University of Coimbra has many residences (male and female) where the students can stay by paying a small rent. After arriving to the University you will have access to the social canteens provided with a researcher card given by the International Relations office.
More information about incoming at University of Coimbra can be found at: http://www.uc.pt/driic/mobilidade.

Contact persons:

Prof. Jorge Dias, jorge@isr.uc.pt

Prof. Rui P. Rocha, rprocha@isr.uc.pt

Prof. Jorge Lobo, jlobo@isr.uc.pt

Prof. Paulo Menezes, paulo@isr.uc.pt

Prof. João F. Ferreira, jfilipe@isr.uc.pt