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Student Exchange - Erasmus+ / Europe

Erasmus+ is an educational programme run by the European Union which was initiated in 1987 to promote cross-border mobility of students within Europe. The programme enables you to study at a TUHH partner university in one of the EU states or one of the other Erasmus programme countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia or Turkey).

Study place and funding

What is special about the Erasmus programme is that the awarding of a study place at a European partner university is accompanied by financial support through an Erasmus scholarship for at least two months per semester. This pairing of a study place and financial support makes the programme especially attractive for students.
A list of TUHH's partner universities & bilateral agreements can be found on the Erasmus+ cooperations page.

Other programme benefits:

Exemption from tuition fees at the partner university
Academic recognition of credits completed abroad
Free online language courses (through OLS)
Support in preparing for and during your stay abroad
Possibility of extra funding for special needs

In addition to funding study stays, the Erasmus programme also provides financial support for internship stays of at least two months in European countries.

Within Erasmus+ multiple stays abroad are possible. For each study cycle (Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral level), up to 12 months can be spent abroad with Erasmus. These study periods can be made up of study exchanges (SMS) and Erasmus traineeship funding (SMP) as desired.

Who can apply?

To be eligible for the Erasmus student exchange programme

You must be enrolled at the TUHH. Age and nationality are irrelevant, provided you are studying at the TUHH (your main place of residence must be in Germany).
Bachelor's students must have completed one academic year (i.e. two semesters) by the start of the semester abroad. Master's students may undertake an Erasmus-funded study period abroad as early as their first semester.
you have earned at least 30 ECTS credits in your BA programme.
you meet the specific requirements of your faculty/degree programme
you have solid academic performance that enables you to successfully complete a semester of study abroad.
you have good language skills in the language of instruction at your host university (minimum language level B1-B2)
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Who can apply? Financial support

At the same time as applying for a place on the Erasmus programme, students also apply for an Erasmus+ grant.
The grant should be used to cover the additional costs associated with studying abroad.

More information about the amount of funding. .

Recognition of academic performance

Ahead of the period spent abroad, a learning agreement is written up as part of the application to the Erasmus partner university. This governs recognition of your academic performance in advance of your time abroad. The learning agreement establishes both the study programme for the period abroad (course titles and content; generally, this includes the number of ECTS credits) and the educational components at the TUHH that are replaced by your studies abroad and no longer have to be completed at the TUHH. The learning agreement is signed by the student and the participating universities. At the TUHH, it is signed first by the student and the study coordinator at the school of study. Applicants selected by the TUHH can find further information and form on the mobility portal.

When drafting the learning agreement, a 1:1 equivalence of individual courses is not expected. Instead, a full package of courses totalling around 30 ECTS credits per semester must be equivalent to the courses that you would have completed at the TUHH. The credits completed should be recognised in full. Deviations from this shall be justified by the study programme coordinator.
Necessary alterations to the learning agreement, which may first occur when at the host university, are to be instigated immediately by the student.
After the student’s return, all successfully completed study credits, for which recognition was agreed in the learning agreement, will be recorded by the examination office.

The conversion of grades depends on whether the host university has awarded ECTS grades. If this is the case, there is a table for converting ECTS grades into TUHH grades.

In all other cases, the Bavarian formula is used.