PROMOS – Programme to Increase the Mobility of Students at German Universities

• min. 1 month up to max. 4 months (the actual duration of stay can exceed this length of time)
• the funding cannot cover study fees.
• doctoral candidates may not apply for this line of funding. Exception: students of medicine who are completing their doctorates during their studies.
• periods of study in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries are only possible if no Erasmus+ partnership exists. Students who have used up their full Erasmus+ mobility quota can apply for PROMOS.

• min. 1 month up to max. 4 months (the actual duration of stay can exceed this length of time)
• periods of stay abroad for completing dissertations/theses, e.g. qualitative/quantitative interviews and research projects in archives.
• can be completed either at companies or universities. dissertations/theses that are not being completed at a company or a university can only receive funding if the application contains a detailed timeline and an additional declaration of unlimited support from the subject area.

• min. 6 weeks up to max. 4 months (the actual duration of stay can exceed this length of time)
• doctoral candidates may not apply for this line of funding. Exception: students of medicine who are completing their doctorates during their studies.
• internships in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries cannot receive funding due to the conflict of interests with the Erasmus+ internship programme. Exception: students who have used up their full Erasmus+ mobility quota.
• Internships at international organisations (e.g. UN), EU institutions, institutions and organisations that administer EU programmes, German missions abroad, the German humanities research institutes, the Goethe Institutes (GI), the German Archaeological Institute, as well as German international schools (DAS) cannot receive PROMOS funding. Please send your application to the DAAD [de].

• students and doctoral candidates who would like to take part in subject courses that are related to their studies or doctorates and taking place at universities or academic organisations abroad.
• subject courses include e.g. summer schools and workshops at universities. Further information is available here.

• min. 3 weeks up to max. 4 months
• students and doctoral candidates who would like to take part in language courses that are relevant for their studies or doctorates and are provided by state-run universities abroad

Group study trips to destinations all over the world can receive funding through the PROMOS programme. Find out more here.