Exchanges in Europe

We are happy to provide advice and assistance regarding our department’s own exchange agreements with European universities within the Erasmus+ programme.

The department can help you with:

• Choice of partner university, your application and the selection procedure
• Advice on the crediting of courses and the actual crediting of courses after you return
• Signing the Learning Agreement
• Signing your application for "Auslands-BAföG" (a grant for studies abroad under the Federal Training Assistance Act) and for leave of absence
• Trouble shooting with courses and in your communication with the partner university before, during and after your stay abroad

The International Office takes care of:

• All processes related to Mobility Online: The database as well as the Learning Agreement and Grant Agreement documents
• Information on the online language test and online language courses
• Grant payments

If you have any questions about leave of absence, please contact the Student Service Centre (SSZ)

Find out more about our partner universities

• Final Reports online, older Final Reports in the Student Service Centre
• Ask former outgoing students and current incoming students. Please contact us if this is of interest to you.
• Search the partner university’s website. Since every website is different, we can’t really tell you how best to find the information you need. One of the most promising search terms is ‘Incoming exchange students X University’. You will often find semester dates under ‘Academic calendar X University’.
• Use your own search engine to find Experience Reports by students from other universities.

The Outgoing Guide All you need to know about procedures and formalities

I want to go abroad with Erasmus+ - what do I have to do? And when? How does crediting work? And tell me again about the grant? We have put lots of information together for you in our Outgoing Guide and recommend that you read it closely. There are a couple of points where the department deviates from the guide. Please check the four links below:

• Page 6 - Overview: What happens when if you go away for a semester (e.g. the winter semester)
• Page 8 - Overview: What happens when if you go away for a year
• Page 10 - Check me! – All the steps BEFORE your Erasmus+ stay | Sort out your course choice and crediting possibilities with the department
• Page 12 - Forms and formalities
• Page 13 Online language test, online language course and intensive language course in the host country
• Page 14 What is the Grant Agreement?
• Page 16 Number of ECTS
• Page 17 A model Learning Agreement
• Page 21 The crediting procedure: From what’s agreed to entry in StudIS | Procedures in the department
• Page 21 Sort out your insurance cover
• Page 22 Auslands-BAföG (German grant for studies abroad)
• Page 22 Let time stand still in Konstanz and apply for leave of absence here | Tips from the department
• Page 23 Seeking accommodation - Agencies, couchsurfing and shared apartments
• Page 24 Get going with Erasmus+ - Tips and tricks
• Page 26 Check me! - All the steps DURING your Erasmus+ stay
• Page 27 How to complete the Learning Agreement correctly Part II | Tips from the department: Please enter under “Total” in Table A all the ECTS you are collecting abroad. Those that haven’t changed plus the ‘added’ minus the ‘deleted’. Otherwise it won’t be accepted by the International Office.
• Page 32 Collect what you still need: Confirmation of Stay and Transcript of Records
• Page 33 Check me! - All the steps AFTER your Erasmus+ stay
• Page 34 It won’t happen by magic: Entry in StudIS | How does that work in the department?