Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) warmly invites BA, MA and PhD students of the University of Silesia to take part in a Blended Intensive Programme on 24 November 2025 (online) and 26-30 January 2025 (Face-to-Face).
What can you expect?
➢Virtual Component: 24 November 2025 Online lecture and preparation session with Martin Melioranski and Paco-Ernest Ulman. Participants will receive guidance and context for the January workshops.
➢Day 1: Introduction by organizers, site visits
➢Day 2: Workshop 1 – AI in Modelling: AI + Phenomenal Qualities = NeRF
➢Day 3: Sessions on Creative Research Capacities
➢Day 4: Site visits + Workshop 2 – Conceptualising Phenomenal Qualities with AR
➢Day 5: Final presentations of workshop outcomes
Topics:
➢Digital archaeology
➢Creative research approaches
➢Heritage research and preservation
➢Architecture and urban planning
Who can apply?
➢ Bachelor’s and Master’s level students of any discipline, as well as PhD students.
➢ Full academic recognition of the BIP by the participant’s home academic unit (faculty or doctoral school) is required. This includes successful completion of the programme and – in the case of students – formal inclusion of the earned ECTS credits in their academic record.
➢ The participant must have a valid student status. It means that persons who have completed their studies and defended their diplomas, cannot take part in the event – even if formally, they did not collect the diploma. The student status must be valid on the date of the event.
Programme schedule:
Programme format and ECTS:
➢ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP): Online component before the on-site event, followed by face-to-face participation in Estonia.
➢ Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will receive 3 ECTS credits.
Funding and documents:
The action is being carried out as part of the Erasmus+ program as a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP). Participation requires meeting the requirements of the Erasmus+ program.
Each Erasmus+ KA131 HED BIP must include an online component and an in-person part lasting at least 5 days (excluding travel days).
Only individuals with active student or doctoral status at the University of Silesia (UŚ) can participate in the BIP.
BIP program and participation must be approved by the participant’s educational unit, that is, their home faculty or Doctoral School/International Environmental Doctoral School – which is conducted through the acceptance and signing of a Learning Agreement for Studies.
Before departure, an individual Erasmus+ KA131 HED BIP grant agreement is signed; the settlement of the trip is based on a confirmation issued by the organizing university of the BIP, stating the completion of the entire BIP course, including the online part and the on-site part – physical presence during the entire on-site part, obtaining a minimum of 3 ECTS credits, and completing an individual participant report along with the submission of additional documents, if required, including i.a. declarations, statements, tickets, and invoices or receipts in the case of traveling by an ecological means of transport and obtaining increased flat-rate funding for travel costs (Green Travel).
Participants, after the approval by the sending educational institution and the receiving university, meeting all requirements as well as submitting the required documents, and after signing an individual Erasmus+ grant agreement, receive:
- Individual funding: 79 EUR for each day of mobility (5 days + 2 days of travel)
- Flat-rate travel costs – depending on the selected means of transport and distance:
– 417 EUR – eco-friendly travel (e.g., train, bus, carpooling)
– 309 EUR – non-eco-friendly travel (e.g., plane)
For the settlement of the flat-rate funding for travel costs, in case of eco-friendly travel (Green Travel), it will be required to present the documents mentioned above (declaration, statements about traveling using an eco-friendly means of transport, tickets, invoices/receipts (in the case of traveling by bus or train).
Individuals with fewer chances of participation (persons with disabilities or receiving a social scholarship) may receive additional funding of 100 EUR for the entire trip.
Each participant independently covers the costs of travel, accommodation and meals from the funds received as part of individual funding.
Required Erasmus+ documents (Erasmus+ BIP)
- Outgoing Mobility Application Form (WS form)
- Learning Agreement for Studies (Erasmus+ BIP)
- Signatures of the student, faculty coordinator, and dean
Concluding the grant agreement will be possible based on the documents submitted to the International Exchange Office.
Final requirements and recognition
Mobility is formally recognised based on:
- a certificate of completion issued by EKA,
- a student survey in the Beneficiary Module, and
- (if applicable) submission of Green Travel documentation.
The participant must attend both the online and on-site components and obtain at least 3 ECTS.
How to apply?
Application form available at: Application form
Application deadline: 7 November 2025
For questions, please contact: transform4europe@us.edu.pl