How to apply

The application deadlines for exchange at KP are:

Autumn Semester:

• March 1st: Nursing Students
• April 1st: Students who need a visa
• May 1st: EU/EEA Students

Spring Semester:

• October 1st: Students who need a visa and Nursing Students
• November 1st: EU/EEA Students

You have to be nominated by your home institution for an exchange programme at KP.

When you have been nominated, you will receive a link from KP to an online application form that you must complete and submit. When your application has been processed, you will receive an e-mail from KP to inform you whether you have been accepted.

If you have been accepted, you will receive further information about your upcoming exchange programme at KP (this information will either be contained in the initial acceptance email or sent to you shortly afterwards).

Students can usually expect a decision on their application 14 days after the application deadline.

Before applying, prepare following attachments for your online application:

• Passport photo
• Motivational letter as PDF
• Academic transcript of records as PDF
• Certificate of Bachelor/Master Degree (if applicable) as PDF
• Photocopy of identity document (in Latin alphabet) or of your passport as PDF Your application provides the basis for the Learning Agreement and the planning on our part of your exchange period.

The Application Form also serves as the key tool for the planning and corporation between you and your clinical supervisor.

If you are doing an internship or clinical placement you will have to fill out a Training Agreement.
Send us a draft of your Learning Agreement or Training Agreement immediately after you have sent your application.

You will need to send your Learning Agreement for Traineeships or Learning Agreement for Studies soon after completing the online application

To complete your Learning agreement for traineeships/studies, you must have the following information ready:

• Contact information for ‘contact person’ (administrative) of sending institution
• List (A) of educational components equivalent of min. 30 ECTS per semester or 15 ECTS per trimester + list (B) of what components they replace
• Be aware that you must qualify for English level B2
• Contact information for ‘responsible person’ (an academic with authority to approve learning agreements).
• Signature by ‘responsible persons’ from both sending and receiving institution + yourself are required.

If you are doing an internship/clinical placement you need a Learning Agreement for Traineeships, and if you are only going to study you need a Learning Agreement for Studies. However, there are different learning agreements depending on whether you applying for exchange through Erasmus+, Nordplus or other bilateral agreements.