IAESTE Cyprus

How to apply

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IAESTE organises trainee exchanges on a reciprocal basis. It follows that the number of students studying in Cyprus can send abroad depends entirely on how many placements we can arrange at home for foreign trainees.

If you are interested in participating in IAESTE training programme:

1. You should register your interest in IAESTE during the autumn term by completing the online application for interest form on our website. Provided you are eligible your name and address will be entered on a mailing list. You must complete the online Application by 18 December 2009 the latest and return it by e-mail to cyprus@iaeste.org. No application fees are required.

Late expressions of interest ( applications) will be accepted up until the 31st January 2010 but will be assigned second priority status.

2. After the IAESTE exchange conference in January those on the mailing list will receive details of all foreign offers of training available to students studying in Cyprus. This catalogue of placements will be sent to you in February.

3. Applicants will have until 16 February 2010 to apply for positions on the list. Students will be required to submit a CV, full course details, and a reference letter from an academic tutor. You will be asked to select three of the listed foreign IAESTE placements in order of priority and to support your choices by short paragraphs explaining why you are interested in those particular training offers.

4. Inevitably demand will be greater than the supply of training offers (about 20). A Selection panel will view all applications and one student will be chosen per placement according to application, qualifications, previous practical experience, language abilities, level of interest and general suitability for the position.

5. At the end of this selection process, one student will have been chosen for each foreign training offer available. By mid March, provided you have been selected for nomination, the actual Offer Form detailing the placement you have been chosen for will be sent to you. You will be asked to complete a Nomination Form and to return this with 100 Euros placement fee (refundable if you are not accepted or circumstances force the foreign employer to withdraw from the programme-see the section Students Studying in Cyprus).

6. IAESTE Cyprus will then forward your completed application to the IAESTE office in the host country; it will be their responsibility to liaise with the employer and ascertain whether you have been accepted. 31 March 2010 is the international IAESTE deadline for sending nominations abroad.

7. Because of the stringent matching process and the fact that ultimately only one student may be nominated for a foreign placement, at least 95% of IAESTE nominees are accepted by foreign employers. If offers are withdrawn this is usually due to economic recession or unforeseen reorganisation within companies.

8. Most applicants will be informed by late April/early May whether they have been accepted, at which point IAESTE will advise them on the need for visas, work permits, and other relevant documentation.

Summary of Important Dates:

18 December, 2009: Deadline for completing online application form
Beginning of February 2010: Period of issue of document listing all training offers available
16 February 2010: Deadline for return of full application with priority list of 3 foreign placements
Mid March 2010: Date by which IAESTE Cyprus will notify you if you have been selected for nomination for a placement abroad
End March(31/3)/Beginning April 2010: International deadline for sending completed nominations to IAESTE member countries abroad.
April/May 2010: Period in which you will be notified if the foreign employer has accepted you.

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