Erasmus Plus – Enriching lives, opening minds!

The programme offers a broad range of benefits, the most important being:

• Multiple funding opportunities (12 months of funding within each cycle [BA/MA/PhD] or 24 months for integrated single-tier (‘one-cycle’) degree courses)
• Exemption from tuition and study-related fees at the receiving institution
• Monthly grant (approx. 490–600 EUR during an Erasmus+ study period)
• Assistance with administrative procedures from the home (sending) and host (receiving) institutions
• Recognition of academic credits earned at the host institution is set out in the student’s Learning Agreement.
• Possible additional financial support for students with accompanying children, students with disabilities (degree of disability from 20) or chronic illnesses, working students, first-time graduates (financial support is depending on the budget situation in the Erasmus+ programme).
• Financial support for sustainable travel
• Students’ rights and obligations are set out in the  Erasmus+ Student Charter

You can only take up a study exchange place at an Erasmus+ partner institution that has a cooperative agreement with your department. The countries taking part in the Erasmus+ programme are the member states of the EU, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey, and North Macedonia.

To search for exchange placements within the existing academic exchange agreements, take a look in our exchange programme database[de]. The database also contains first-hand reports from students and information on:

• Application and language requirements
• Lecture timetables
• Accommodation and support services
• Number of exchange places

Further information regarding stays in Switzerland or Great Britain can be found here under "Notes".

The monthly funding rate depends on the host (receiving) country and is a grant to cover additional costs incurred when undertaking a placement abroad. The countries are split into three categories.

Depending on the allocation of financial resources from the EU Commission and from DAAD, the International Office reserves the right to restrict the funding period. The maximum funding period is 4 months (one semester) or 8 months (2 semesters).