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Erasmus and Study Abroad International Student Exchange

JS Genetics and Human Genetics Students

Students interested on a student exchange should contact the Genetics Department Office (genetics@tcd.ie) if their first moderatorship choice is Genetics or Human Genetics. Students will only be allowed to go on an exchange if they are expected to obtain a high 2.1 overall grade on their 2nd year (SF) passing all modules on first attempt. Students should realise that allowing a provisional exchange is dependent on finally achieving the above mentioned grade on a first attempt. A full year exchange will be considered only for students achieving a first overall grade on their first attempt.

Exchanges with other universities are organised by students and once the exchange information is provided it will be evaluated by the School of Genetics and Microbiology. A committee will evaluate the proposal to make sure essential content is provided, the level of the modules is adequate and all proposed modules can be attended. If approved, it will be formalised on an exchange student declaration form.

Before the exchange approval the following information will have to be provided:

A full list of modules available that are being considered
Matching of international modules to Genetics/Human Genetics core modules (Genetics Department handbooks link)
Preferred modules should be highlighted for evaluation
Information on the module content
ECTS or ECTS equivalence for each module (some equivalence tables below)
Clear information of the course/year structure abroad*:
(i) Semester the module is taught
(ii) What modules are core modules and which are optional
(iii) Whether modules belong to different years (timetabling information will be required)

* As much information as possible, including timetabling information, if possible, will have to be provided to make sure that the proposed modules can actually be taken. Timetabling information is mandatory if modules belong to different years of a course.

We do not currently have pre-arranged agreements with universities in the Coimbra group, but some such as the University of Groningen, Netherlands, have a program that is quite compatible with Genetics and Human Genetics for an Erasmus exchange and lectures are in English. See Coimbra group members here. Your first point of contact would be the person listed on the link. However, specific information about modules, timetabling etc may require you to contact specific departments within each university.

JS Microbiology Students

The Department of Microbiology has an agreement with Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, whereby there is an opportunity for two Microbiology students to take Semester 2 of their Junior Sophister year there. Students are chosen based on their Senior Freshman results.

Outside of these two places, exchanges with other universities are organised by students (see above). When the exchange information is provided to our Director of Global Engagement, Dr Alastair Fleming, a committee will evaluate the proposal to make sure essential content is provided, the level of the modules is adequate and all proposed modules can be attended.