Do you aspire to showcase your scientific and pedagogical achievements internationally, acquire leading European experience, and broaden your academic horizons at a prestigious university in neighboring Poland?
Within the framework of the European Union's Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 171: Mobility between Programme and Partner Countries), National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic” announces a competitive selection for academic and teaching staff of the University for individual grants for teaching and professional development at the University of Rzeszów (Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Rzeszów, Republic of Poland) for the spring semester of the 2026/2027 academic year!
Participation in Erasmus+ teaching mobility serves as an effective instrument for integrating the Ukrainian academic community into the European Higher Education Area. Delivering lectures in European auditoriums, engaging in professional dialogue with Polish colleagues, exchanging state-of-the-art pedagogical methods, and jointly identifying innovative solutions create a solid foundation for faculty professional development and enhance the international standing of Poltava Polytechnic.
The host institution, the University of Rzeszów (Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Rzeszów, Republic of Poland), is the largest public institution of higher education and the Subcarpathian Voivodeship’s primary research and innovation centre. The university is developing dynamically, combining classical academic traditions with state-of-the-art research infrastructure, high-tech laboratories, and technology transfer centers. Today, the University of Rzeszów serves as a reliable strategic partner of Ukrainian higher education institutions, offering extensive opportunities for interdisciplinary research, grant collaboration, and academic exchanges.
For the academic staff of Poltava Polytechnic, this visit opens substantial prospects: ranging from the implementation of interactive European teaching methodologies and the integration of artificial intelligence into the learning process to conducting joint research with Polish colleagues and co-authoring publications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.
Upon returning to their home university, mobility participants will be able to integrate European best practices into national educational programs, update course syllabi, and provide students with the most up-to-date instructional formats, while simultaneously strengthening institutional ties between the universities for future large-scale collaborative projects.
Application deadline: October 17, 2026 (until 5:00 p.m.).
Type and Field of Mobility
The call is open under the Staff Mobility for Teaching track:
- Quota: 1 academic staff member;
- Duration: 5 working days (+ travel days);
- Mandatory teaching workload: at least 8 teaching hours during the mobility period (or 4 hours if the visit combines teaching and training elements);
- Language of instruction: English (minimum B2 level) or Polish.
Approved Subject Areas
• 01 Education (Pedagogical and Educational Sciences);
• 02 Arts and Humanities / 0213 Fine Arts (Humanities, Culture, Fine Arts);
• 03 Social Sciences and Journalism (Social and Behavioral Sciences, Journalism);
• 04 Business, Administration and Law (Economics, Management, Public Administration, Law);
• 05 Natural Sciences;
• 06 Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) (Information Technologies, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering);
• 07 Engineering and Architecture (Engineering, Oil and Gas Technologies, Construction and Architecture);
• 09 Health / Rehabilitation (Healthcare, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy).
Financial Support and Cost Coverage Conditions
The Erasmus+ KA171 programme fully covers the expenses of the selected participant:
- Individual support (daily subsistence allowance for accommodation and meals): 148 EUR per day;
- Travel grant (Travel Support): calculated in accordance with the European Commission's official Distance Calculator (Poltava – Rzeszów distance):
309 EUR – standard travel;
417 EUR – environmentally friendly travel (“Green Travel”: train, scheduled bus, or car-pooling);
- Payment procedure: 100% of the grant amount is disbursed to the participant on their first working day at the University of Rzeszów in cash at the cash desk of the partner bank upon signing the individual grant agreement.
Mobility Period and Calendar
Mobility implementation period: February – June 2027 (within the host university's spring semester).
Travel logistics: arrival in Rzeszów must be scheduled at least 1 day prior to the start of activities; departure must take place at least 1 day after their completion.
Important requirement of the host institution regarding public holidays:
When selecting a specific week for the mobility visit, dates must be scheduled strictly excluding Polish official non-working days and public holidays:
March 28–29, 2027 – Easter Holidays;
May 1–3, 2027 – May Public Holidays;
May 27, 2027 – Corpus Christi.
Required Application Package
Applicants must submit the following documents to the International Relations Office:
- Curriculum Vitae (CV) in .docx format (in English, Europass format recommended);
- Motivation Letter in .docx format (in English);
- Lecture Course Plan (a structured 8-academic-hour syllabus: topics, lecture outlines/theses, and brief lecture abstracts), approved and signed by the Head of the Department (for the teaching track) or a training/professional development plan;
- Scanned copy of the international passport (first page / bio-data spread, in PDF format);
- ID-style photograph in .jpg format.
Application templates can be retrieved from the relevant institutional order or obtained directly from the International Relations Office.
Timeline and Deadlines of the Call
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Procedure Stage |
Deadline |
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Submission of documents at Poltava Polytechnic |
by October 17, 2026 (until 5:00 p.m.) |
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Official notification of nominated academic staff by the Polish side |
by October 21, 2026
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Final approval and submission of signed application forms |
by October 31, 2026
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Issuance and receipt of official Invitation Letters |
from November 2, 2026
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Processing of business travel orders, visas, and health insurance |
January 2027
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Implementation period of teaching visits |
February – June 2027
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Application Submission and Inquiries
The complete set of application documents must be submitted simultaneously to the International Relations Office:
• electronically – via email to: interoffice@nupp.edu.ua – in PDF format (as a single compressed archive or merged file);
Email subject: “Erasmus+_Staff_Rzeszow_2027_Surname”.
• in hard copy – to the International Relations Office (Room 213-C).
Erasmus+ Programme Coordinators at Poltava Polytechnic:
- Anna Pavelieva, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor – +38 (095) 910-81-92
- Oleksandr Khadartsev, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor – +38 (050) 346-49-07
We invite academic and teaching staff to contribute to the advancement of European cooperation and enhance their international professional qualifications!
Please note that academic staff of Poltava Polytechnic have the opportunity to participate in academic mobility programmes and internships, while students can pursue studies abroad under Erasmus+ credit mobility grant programmes for a semester or an entire academic year at leading universities across Austria, Greenland, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Finland, and the Czech Republic.
