Erasmus Intensive Language Courses
EILC courses (Erasmus Intensive Language Courses) are language courses in the less widely used or taught European languages, including the two official languages of Finland, Finnish and Swedish.
They are targeted for incoming foreign Erasmus students who wish to study either the Finnish or the Swedish language before starting their Erasmus exchange period in Finland. The EILC courses in Finland are all beginner's level courses, so you do not need to have any prior knowledge of Finnish or Swedish to partake on these courses.
Who can apply to the EILC courses?
You can apply for these EILC courses if you are coming to Finland as an Erasmus exchange student (or if you are coming to Finland for your Erasmus practical placement) for the autumn term 2012 or the full academic year 2012-2013. Erasmus students may also be able to get a supplementary mobility grant for participating in EILC, on top of their normal Erasmus mobility grant. Please contact the Erasmus exchange office of your home university!
Comenius and Grundtvig Assistants can also participate, if there is a surplus of places available on a course. Erasmus exchange students have priority for EILC.
If you are coming to Finland as a full degree student, or through some other exchange programme than Erasmus, you are unfortunately not eligible for the EILC language courses. Please note however that your hosting Finnish university is likely to have other Finnish or Swedish language course options. Please turn to your hosting Finnish higher education institution for information on other language courses available!
EILC courses in Finland 2012
Below you can find a list of the EILC course arrangers and course dates in Finland in 2012. The EILC courses are arranged mainly in August by a number of Finnish higher education institutions, in various different locations. The course information is in pdf format - please click on each respective course title for detailed information (in pdf file format)
EILC courses in Finnish
EILC courses in Swedish
You can check the location of the above-mentioned institutions at the section "institutions" on this site!
In case you need additional information about the individual EILC courses, please contact the EILC organising institution directly. You can find the contact person of each individual EILC course in the pdf-format course descriptions above.
How to apply
Erasmus exchange students: If you wish to apply to an EILC course in Finland, please fill in the EILC course application form and submit it electronically to the Erasmus exchange office your home institution. Your home institution is then responsible for forwarding your application to CIMO. NB: it is not possible for you to apply directly to the EILC course arrangers!
Comenius and Grundtvig Assistants: You may be able to participate on EILC courses, if there is a surplus of available places. Note however that Erasmus exchange students have priority for EILC courses. You must apply directly to the EILC organising institution. Please contact the international exchanges office of your home institution or CIMO (eilc@cimo.fi) for detailed advice - note that Comenius and Grundtvig Assistant applicants also have their own EILC application form.
Application deadline
Applications for the EILC 2012 courses must be submitted electronically by 1st June 2012 to the following address: eilc@cimo.fi
Application form
The EILC application forms for EILC courses can be found on the website of the European Commission. Alternatively, you can download the appropriate application form through the link below. Please note that Erasmus students have their own application form, and there is a separate one in case you're applying as a Comenius or Grundtvig Assistant, so please make sure you are using the correct one.
EILC 2012 Application Form - Erasmus exchange students
EILC 2012 Application Form - Comenius or Grundtvig Assistants
National EILC contact point in Finland
In case you wish to clarify something, please do not hesitate to contact EILC in Finland!
eilc@cimo.fi