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BachelorBlended Intensive Programme "Discovering opportunities of the virtual world for interculturality and multilingualism: DACADU meets Extended Reality" (January 2025)

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Overview

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany) is inviting students to take part in a Blended Intensive Program “Discovering opportunities of the virtual world for interculturality and multilingualism: DACADU meets Extended Reality”.

The project seeks to develop intercultural competences and language skills via extended realities, enhancing and developing awareness around interculturalism and plurilingualism through collaboration and engagement with students of EUt+ universities. During the online sessions students will also work on an intercultural blog and place their posts (text, videos etc.) there: DACADU (see: interculturalblog-hda.de/ ). During the offline sessions students will be introduced into language learning via virtual realities and discuss opportunities of extended realities for developing multilingualism and intercultural competences. Students will create their own examples.

Applications are open until 26.09.2024.! Places are limited.
The program will happen both online and face-to-face, participants must attend all parts of the program:
• From 15.01.2025. to 28.02.2025. remotely; Wednesdays 12.00 – 14.00 CET.
• From 20.01.2025. to 25.01.2025. face-to-face activities in Darmstadt.

Attending both online and face-to-face parts of the program, students will gain 3 ECTS (30 hours teaching / 45 autonomous work).
Languages: The course is organized in English (with multilingualism).
Assessment is based on individual and group work, project based assignments and presentations.

Students cover expenses related to travel, accommodation, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) with support from the BIP (Erasmus+ grant). Students book their accommodation on their own. Organizers suggest to book hotels in walking distance to the university. Recommendations for hotels should be asked from the organizers.

Who can apply: Bachelor and master students of all disciplines interested in a multilingual and
multicultural dimension with English level B1 and interest in extended reality. Students must have credit points available in C ( free choice) part.

By submitting application students apply for taking part in the project and also for the Erasmus+ scholarship. Scholarship will be provided for the face-to-face activity days. Scholarship for 5 days face-to-face program will be 545 EUR in total or 109 EUR per day. If the traveling to the host university takes place at least one day prior to the start of the program and returns – the next day after the program, there will be travel compensation for these 2 days (up to 218 EUR) after submitting documents confirming traveling dates. Additional funds are available to persons with different social statuses.Students are responsible for booking their own travel arrangements and accommodation.

Submit an application at OutgoingExchange.rtu.lv, uploading the RTU Transcript of records for all completed semesters, CV (in English), as well as any proof of English language skills and Study results transfer form.
Students will be able to participate only if they have confirmed the possibility to acknowledge/transfer BIP programme as C (or other) part study course. (Please confirm this with your academic advisor and programme director. Template in Latvian. Template in English .)
Applicants will be selected based on their average grade and overall criteria for participating in Erasmus mobilities, places are limited.
In case of questions regarding the scholarship, contact RTU International Mobility Unit via arturs.cernisevs@rtu.lv.

Please take into account these important rules:

  • Two Erasmus scholarship periods can’t overlap!
  • Students can participate in one BIP program only at the same time!
  • Do not apply for another BIP program if both periods overlap!
  • The full period of the BIP program means the full duration of the program – virtual learning + physical mobility!
  • Students can’t combine the semester mobility and participation in BIP within the same period of time!


All participants must make sure that their participation will not cause issues in the ongoing semester courses at RTU (please confirm this with your lecturers and academic advisors).
All participants must also fit the prerequisites. Learn more here.

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