OxPo academic exchanges

There are two OxPo schemes facilitating academic exchanges to Paris. These opportunities will open for applications every winter, with deadlines usually falling at some point in March:

• Visiting Professorships at Sciences Po (for Oxford academics)
• Opportunities for Oxford PhD Students and Junior Researchers

1. SciencesPo Research
    
2. SciencesPo's research centres
    
3. Cross-cutting programmes
    
4. School of Research

• If you are not a citizen of the European Union and you are planning to stay more than 90 days the common laws on the entry and residence of third country nationals apply. You will need to apply for a Long Stay visa (staying more than 90 days in France) to the French Consulate General London if you are a UK resident or to the French Consulate in the country you live in. It is important to apply in good time, as this can be a lengthy process.

There are three OxPo schemes facilitating academic exchanges to Oxford. These opportunities will open for applications every winter, with deadlines usually falling at some point in March:

1. Visitor Scheme to Oxford for Sciences Po doctoral students
2. Visitor Scheme to Oxford for Sciences Po young doctors
3. Visitor Scheme to Oxford for Sciences Po Faculty: SciencesPo-Nuffield Fellowship

• Department of Politics & IR, Oxford
• Department of Sociology, Oxford
• DSPI, Oxford
• OCEH, Oxford
• Maison Française d’Oxford
• Nuffield College

From 1 January 2021 all EU, EEA and Swiss nationals visiting a department/ faculty or college, that have not been resident in the UK before 31 December 2020, will need to enter the UK under the appropriate visitor route:

• Academic visitors who are non-visa nationals (Check UK visa and visa national list), visiting for less than 6 months (e.g. professors and doctoral students) must show the Academic Visitor letter to a Border Control officer on arrival to get a visitor stamp in their passport. Please email your host department in the UK to request the letter.
• Academic visitors who are visa nationals or non-visa nationals (Check UK visa and visa national list), visiting for more than 6 months (postdocs) can apply for the academic visitor visa (sub-category of the standard visitor visa) for up to 12 months. Please see Academic Visitor Visa section: (Types of Standard Visitor visas | Staff Immigration (ox.ac.uk)). Such visitors will also need the Academic Visitor letter before travelling to the UK. Please email your host department in the UK to request the letter.

PhD students will not be supported for visits of over six months. 

• Student visitors who are a non-visa national (Check UK visa and Visa national list), will not have to apply for a Standard Visitor visa, but will need to get an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) using the UK ETA app before travelling. You are advised to take the visitor for study letter with you when you travel in case you need to show this to a Border Control officer. Please email your host department in the UK to request the letter. EU, EEA and Swiss nationals (who are travelling with a biometric passport) and citizens from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the USA can normally use the eGates on arrival in the UK to enter as a visitor with a valid ETA. Other non-visa nationals are required to speak to a Border Control staff on arrival to get a visitor stamp in passports.
• Student visitors who are visa nationals (Check UK visa and Visa national list) will need a visa before travelling to the UK. Such students can apply for a Standard Visitor visa (for visits up to 6 months). In the visa application form, you should select ‘Short-term study (up to 6 months)’ as the main reason for your visit. Do not select ‘academic visit’.  A visitor for study letter can be provided by the Department to assist with the visa application.  More information about applying for a Standard Visitor visa can be found here: (Short periods of study as a Standard Visitor | University of Oxford)

Note, all visitors will need to obtain additional medical insurance for all costs not covered by the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). Please consult the UK government website for details: Healthcare for visitors to the UK from the EU - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)