With the ERASMUS+ program of the European Commission, students of the UdK Berlin can go abroad for studies or internships.

The focus of the current generation of programmes is on social inclusion, the green and digital transformation, promoting young people's participation in democratic life, and continuing to address the issue of academic recognition.

The European Union's scholarship program promotes student mobility and cooperation between universities in Europe. In addition, it primarily strengthens international skills, personal development and employability of students.

Students have the opportunity to participate in a financially supported exchange for study purposes at a partner university. Funding is only possible if an Erasmus+ agreement already exists between the participating universities.

The UdK has been awarded the "Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2021-2027" as part of the ERASMUS+ program. 

ERASMUS Code: D BERLIN03

ERASMUS ECHE: 28395

OID: E10052772

Erasmus+ partner universities of the UdK Berlin are located in Austria, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Ireland, Greece, Iceland, Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Romania and Turkey.

At the UdK Berlin, all degree programs participating in the program have their own partnerships. In the overview of all partners you can see which valid partnerships exist for your study program. It is not possible to apply for places in other study programs.

The rights and obligations of Erasmus+ participants are summarized in the Erasmus+ Charter for Students. This is valid for the complete program generation from 2021 to 2027.
The UdK Berlin describes all mobility measures in more detail in the European Policy Statement (EPS).

The ERASMUS+ scholarship offers:

• waiver of tuition fees at the host university
• simplified admission procedure at the host university
• temporary enrollment at the host university
• financial support for additional costs incurred abroad
• support in the preparation and implementation of the project abroad by the UdK Berlin and the host university
• special grants for parents with children, persons with disabilities (>20 GdB), and persons with chronic illnesses
• special grants for parents
• special grants for environmentally friendly and sustainable travel
• special grants for working students
• special grants for first-time academics
• improvement of foreign language skills through the OLS online linguistic support for the working language at the host university
• simplified recognition procedure of academic achievements with the help of the Learning Agreement

StudyAbroad information events:

Every year in November / December we start a new application round with the StudyAbroad events in each degree programme. Exact dates will be published here in October at the latest

Dates

Application period:

Annually 1 December to early January for mobilities in the following academic year. The next application deadline is January 2024 for mobility in the academic year 2024/25.

Possible exchange places depending on the degree programme can be found here: Exchange places

Detailed information on the application process can be found here.

After a successful application within the program, nominated students will be contacted by the International Office of the UdK Berlin by mid-February at the latest. In addition, nominated students will be informed about further documents required by the partner university (e.g. language test, transcript of records, copy of passport) as well as the local application deadline by which all documents must be received by the partner university.

You are impatient? All partner universities have information for ERASMUS Incomings on their websites. There you will also find initial information about the further application process.

A nomination does not automatically mean admission to the host university. In most cases, you will go through a simplified admission procedure there, in which a decision will be made about your application.

Depending on the application deadline of the partner university, you can expect an acceptance or rejection between March and July.

The Learning Agreement is an important part of the ERASMUS+ scholarship contract. It bindingly regulates the study project at the host university and the recognition of the work done abroad.

Under the heading ERASMUS WITHOUT PAPERS (EWP), the ERASMUS+ programme will undergo a considerable digitalisation process in the next few years. The digital Learning Agreement was implemented in the winter semester 2023/24.

Instructions on how to work with it, can be found in our dowload center.

Since the LISBON CONVENTION, students have the right to recognition of ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE from abroad. This is additionally regulated in the "Landeshochschulgesetz Berlin" and the examination regulations of each degree programme.

Participation in the ERASMUS+ programme obliges the UdK Berlin to recognise credits earned abroad and to integrate them into the course of study. Scholarship holders should not be exempt from this obligation when they go abroad.

You can submit an informal APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION to your degree programme after receiving the Transcript of Records. In addition to the original Transcript of Records, you should enclose the signed Learning Agreement and other relevant documents, papers, portfolios, results or module overviews with the application.

Depending on the degree programme, you will need to contact different offices for the recognition of achievements. In the first instance, you will also receive information from the respective exchange coordinators or from the International Office.

Recognition of achievements at the Faculty of Fine Arts

Recognition of achievements in the Design degree programme

List of module tutors responsible for recognition in the Design degree programme 

Recognition of achievements in the degree programme Architecture - Dates