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If you plan a visit at the PHZH please contact the PHZH International Office well in advance and inform us whether you are already in contact with members of the relevant department at the PHZH. The International Office can contact colleagues who will help you organise your stay in Zurich and find suitable accommodation.

Members of academic staff from PHZH Erasmus partner universities wishing to visit the PH Zurich / PHZH for a short period of time can benefit from Erasmus grants for a Teaching Staff Exchange. Currently, the Swiss government finances all ERasmus activities from and to Switzerland - probably until 2011 when Switzerland is expected to become a regular participant in the European Life Long Learning Programme.

A teaching staff exchange usually lasts 1–6 weeks. Each visit must contain a minimum of 5 contact hours making an essential contribution to the academic programme at the host institution.

As a prerequisite, the teaching staff exchange must be included in a bilateral Erasmus agreement of the PHZH with the partner institution and should be on a reciprocal basis. The academic staff of both partner institution are supposed to agree on the date, duration, form and content of a visit well in advance.

Application deadline at the PHZH International Office: 10 January for visits in the following academic year (between July 1 and September 30 of the following year)

After your application, you will be informed about the amount of the granted funding (max. CHF 1'300.- / approx. Euro 830.- per person for a visit of one week). We cannot provide you with additional funding for teaching assignments held during your stay. Exchange activities cannot be postponed to the following year. All teaching staff exchanges should be realised any time before the 30th of September of each academic year.

After your visit please submit your final report (cf. form above) including the list of expenses and all your original receipts (tickets, bills, invoices) so that we can and reimburse your expenses up to a max. of CHF 1'300.- per person / week.

The participation in exchange opportunities in collaboration with the PHZH is on a voluntary basis and on one's own responsibility. Staff members participating in exchange activities are responsible for their health and accidance insurances, travel and personal liability.