Go­ing ab­road with Eras­mus+

With the Eras­mus+ pro­gram, stu­dents of the HfMDK can be sup­port­ed du­ring their stu­dies or in­tern­ships in other Eu­ro­pean count­ries. The uni­ver­si­ty has con­cluded con­tracts with part­ner uni­ver­si­ties and thus en­ables the ex­ch­an­ge of stu­dents in Eras­mus+.

Eras­mus+ stu­dies at other Eu­ro­pean uni­ver­si­ties are also pos­si­ble in prin­ci­ple, but must be coor­di­na­ted with the In­ter­na­tio­nal Of­fice at an ear­ly stage.

Stu­dents who stu­dy with Eras­mus+ for a se­mes­ter or an aca­de­mic year at a part­ner uni­ver­si­ty (mi­ni­mum 2 months, ma­xi­mum 12 months) en­joy the fol­lo­wing be­ne­fits:

• aca­de­mic re­co­gni­ti­on of the cour­se­work com­ple­ted ab­road
• Ex­emp­ti­on from tui­ti­on fees at the host uni­ver­si­ty
• Fun­ding for ad­di­tio­nal cos­ts in­cur­red ab­road
• Sup­port with pre­pa­ra­ti­on (cul­tu­ral, lin­gu­istic, or­ga­niza­tio­nal)
• Spe­cial grants for stu­dents with child­ren
• Spe­cial grants for stu­dents with di­sa­bi­li­ties

Stu­dents can re­cei­ve mul­ti­ple grants in each stu­dy cy­cle (Ba­che­lor's, Mas­ter's, doc­to­ra­te).

• Twel­ve months can be fun­ded per stu­dy cy­cle.
• In sin­gle-cour­se de­gree pro­grams (sta­te ex­ami­na­ti­on, di­plo­ma, etc.), 24 months can be fun­ded.

• re­gu­lar en­roll­ment at a Ger­man uni­ver­si­ty
• Com­ple­ti­on of the first year of stu­dy
• Stu­dy stay at a part­ner uni­ver­si­ty with which the home uni­ver­si­ty has con­cluded an Eras­mus co­ope­ra­ti­on agree­ment (in­ter-in­sti­tu­tio­nal agree­ment)
• The home and host uni­ver­si­ties have a va­lid Eras­mus Uni­ver­si­ty Char­ter (ECHE)

With Eras­mus+, you can spend time in the pro­gram count­ries in other Eu­ro­pean count­ries du­ring each stu­dy pha­se:

• Up to twel­ve months each for Ba­che­lor's, Mas­ter's and doc­to­ral stu­dies or 24 months for sin­gle-cour­se de­gree pro­grams (sta­te ex­ami­na­ti­ons, etc.).
• Stu­dy vi­sits in other Eu­ro­pean count­ries of 2-12 months each (also se­ve­ral times)
• In­tern­ships in other Eu­ro­pean count­ries las­ting 2-12 months each (also se­ve­ral times)
• In­tern­ships wi­thin one year of com­ple­ting a stu­dy pha­se (gra­dua­te in­tern­ships) if the ap­pli­ca­ti­on was sub­mit­ted wi­thin the fi­nal year of the stu­dy pha­se.

The fi­nan­cial sup­port for Eras­mus+ stu­dent stays is ba­sed on the dif­fe­rent cos­ts of li­ving in the tar­get count­ries ("pro­gram count­ries").:

1. Group 1 (600 eu­ros per month): Den­mark, Fin­land, Ire­land, Ice­land, Liech­ten­stein, Lu­xem­bourg, Nor­way, Swe­den
2. Group 2 (540 eu­ros per month): Bel­gi­um, France, Greece, Ita­ly, Mal­ta, Net­her­lands, Aus­tria, Por­tu­gal, Spain, Cy­prus
3. Group 3 (490 eu­ros per month): Bul­ga­ria, Es­to­nia, Croa­tia, Lat­via, Lithua­nia, Pol­and, Ro­ma­nia, Ser­bia, Slo­va­kia, Slove­nia, Re­pu­blic of North Ma­ce­do­nia, Czech Re­pu­blic, Tur­key, Hun­ga­ry

Eras­mus+ trai­nees/in­terns re­cei­ve an ad­di­tio­nal €150 per month, i.e. €750 in Group 1, €690 in Group 2 and €540 in Group 3.

Spe­cial sup­port for par­ti­ci­pan­ts with fe­wer op­por­tu­ni­ties

Eras­mus+ aims to pro­mo­te equal op­por­tu­ni­ties and in­clu­si­on, which is why ac­cess to the pro­gram is made ea­sier for lear­ners from di­s­ad­van­ta­ged back­grounds and with spe­cial needs.

• Spe­cial sup­port for par­ti­ci­pan­ts with di­sa­bi­li­ties or chro­nic ill­nesses
  Useful in­for­ma­ti­on on di­sa­bi­li­ty-fri­end­ly uni­ver­si­ties from the Eu­ro­pean Agen­cy for De­ve­lo­p­ment in Spe­cial Needs Edu­ca­ti­on: www.eu­ro­pean-agen­cy.org.

• Spe­cial sup­port for stu­dents with child­ren

• Spe­cial fun­ding for em­ployed stu­dents and gra­dua­tes who are unable to con­ti­nue their em­ploy­ment du­ring their stay ab­road, sub­ject to cer­tain con­di­ti­ons

• Spe­cial fun­ding for first-time aca­de­mics

Fur­ther in­for­ma­ti­on on spe­cial fun­ding for par­ti­ci­pan­ts with fe­wer op­por­tu­ni­ties can be found here: Ad­di­tio­nal fun­ding for par­ti­ci­pan­ts with fe­wer op­por­tu­ni­ties - Na­tio­nal Agen­cy for Eras­mus+

Green Tra­vel

"Green Tra­vel" re­fers to trips whe­re low-emis­si­on me­ans of trans­port such as bus, train or car­poo­ling are used for the ma­jo­ri­ty of the jour­ney.

Fun­ding:

• top-up of 50 eu­ros for tra­vel cos­ts
• ad­di­tio­nal fun­ding days if the jour­ney ta­kes lon­ger using sus­tainable me­ans of trans­port
  etc.

Fur­ther in­for­ma­ti­on can be found at Fun­ding op­por­tu­ni­ties for "Green Tra­vel" - Na­tio­nal Agen­cy for Eras­mus+ 

The Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­si­on pro­vi­des an on­line lan­guage cour­se for most Eu­ro­pean lan­guages. You can use this cour­se in­de­pendent­ly be­fo­re and du­ring your stay.

Plea­se check with the part­ner uni­ver­si­ty if a lan­guage test is re­qui­red. Most uni­ver­si­ties ask about your lan­guage le­vel in the lan­guage of in­s­truc­tion in the ap­pli­ca­ti­on, but do not re­qui­re a test.