Overview
In line with
the University’s Strategy to internationalise our work, the Global Mobility
Team seeks to provide opportunities for both outgoing and incoming students to
undertake a period of study overseas. The team
provides a key source of information and support to more than 700 Visiting
Students (VS) every academic year.
Who are
Visiting Students?
Visiting Students are non-graduating
students who study at the University for typically either one or two
trimesters. They do not articulate onto a named degree programme and instead
select modules form the following module catalogue.
Please note that double
degree or direct entrant students who plan to graduate from Edinburgh Napier
University are not part of the VS cohort.
There are
four categories of Visiting Students
● Study Abroad (via a
provider with whom ENU has a contractual agreement)
● Overseas Exchange
(Primarily Non-EU)
● European Exchange
(Primarily EU) *
● Free movers – ENU does
not have a formal agreement with these students’ home universities
Who are the internal stakeholders?
● School Academic Advisers
● School Support Service
● International Recruitment
● International Support
● Admissions
● Student Administration
● Student Communication
Who are the external stakeholders?
● Study Abroad Providers
● European Partner
Universities
● Overseas Partner
Universities
The Global
Mobility Team is responsible for:
- Processing
applications
- Maintaining
the VS Portal
- Communication
with Visiting Student cohort
- Providing
support to students and acts as a first point of contact for non-academic
matters.
- Keeping
the Partners and Study Abroad providers well informed and engaged with the
University
- Organising
and implementing the student welcome and induction events
- Representing
the Visiting Student cohort on relevant forums – e.g. the Institutional
Mobility Forum, the Welcome Week Coordination Group
The School
and the School Support Service will be responsible for:
- Acting
as a first point of contact for all academic matters,
- Enrolling
VS cohort on their modules before they arrive at the university,
- Checking
if there are any timetable clashes before student cohort arrives at the
university,
- Signing
Learning Agreements if necessary,
- Organising
and implementing Academic Inductions
Every school has a designated academic adviser and administrator
who support Visiting Students. Their details can be found below:
The Business School
Academic Advisor: Piotr Jaworski
Programme Administrators: Martina Orlando &
Rachel Falconer TBSVisitingStudents@napier.ac.uk
School of Applied Sciences
Academic Advisor: Alex McIntyre
Programme Administrator: Ruth Bell
School of Computing, Engineering
and Built Environment
Academic Advisor: Johnson Zhang
Programme Administrator: Leanne Clyde
School of Arts and Creative Industries
Programme Administrators: Craig
McFarlane and Shona
Richardson (design students only)
Application
procedure
Visiting
Students do not submit their applications via UCAS, but directly to the
University through the Visiting Student Portal. The online application is
available here from 15 April until 15 May for Autumn trimester
applications and from 15 September until 15 October for Spring trimester
applications.
English
language entry requirements (non-native speakers only)
If a Visiting Student is applying only for 1 trimester, then they need to
provide an endorsement letter from your home university with the following
sentence: ''We have
assessed that that the required B2 level is met in all four components
(reading, writing, listening and speaking) of the CEF as the student.. (your
first and the last name)…has been taught and examined in English''.
If a Visiting Student is applying for a full year programme, then they need to provide evidence of passing one of the
following, accepted English language tests. The requirements are
listed on the website.
Webpages
for Visiting Students
The VS Portal
Modules for Visiting Students
Fees for Visiting Students
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for
Visiting Students