Erasmus+ student mobility

Application requirements

If you want to make use of your grant, you must at least be enrolled in the third semester of your field of study which can be counted towards your degree.

Periods abroad within the Erasmus+ programme can basically be funded for 1 semester. Eligibility of funding presupposes a minimum stay of 2 months, funding can be granted for a maximum of 6 months.

Extensions of periods abroad or applications outside the specified deadlines can, in principle, be possible. Potential availability of funding will be evaluated corresponding to the budget (no automatic confirmation of an Erasmus+ grant possible). If no financial support is possible, “zero-grant” stays can be an alternative (= stay without financial support).

The grant is an additional allowance to defray some of the costs that arise from studying abroad. Please note that said grant will not cover all the living costs and can therefore not be regarded as a full scholarship.

NEW:

Top-up of 250 Euro per month for persons with fewer opportunities:

• Persons receiving the Austrian “Studienbeihilfe” (including recipients of the “Selbsterhalter_innenstipendium”)
• Persons with a disability
• Persons with a chronic illness*
• Students with child(ren) who take the child(ren) with them on the Erasmus+ stay

* Students with a chronic illness, if it results in increased financial expenses during the stay abroad (compared to the stay in the sending country).

Students who use environmentally friendly means of transport for their journey are entitled to a one-time top-up for “green travel” amounting to 50 Euro.

Short-term mobility: The duration of stay for short-term mobilities is 5 to 30 days, supplemented by a virtual component. Doctoral students also have the possibility of carrying out a short-term mobility without a virtual component. All mobility types can be completed in “blended” form – as physical stays combined with virtual components.

Application process

• The application process begins online on the AAU campus system (Studierendenportal).
  ‘My applications’ > ‘File a new application’ > Applications related to mobility programmes > Erasmus+ for studies
• You can now apply to get a place at one of our Erasmus+ partner universities.
• Upload the following documents:

• • CV, in table format (in the teaching language used at the partner university or in English)
  • Motivation letter (in the teaching language used at the partner university or in English)
  • Transcript of Records
  • Filled-in Learning Agreement (Important: Within the framework of your application, you do not need your study programme director’s signature yet)

Recognition

When studying abroad in the Erasmus+ programme each student has to prepare a mandatory Learning Agreement (template and assistance for completing: cf end of page) which needs to be signed by both the coordinators of the home and host university and represents a prerecognition. The International Office is responsible for the formal revision of the Learning Agreement before students have it signed by the programme director (“Studienprogrammleitung”).

All Erasmus+ students must obtain 3 ECTS points per month for the duration of their studies within the programme. We recommend that students obtain 30 ECTS points in order to avoid problems in their programme of study.

If you are writing your Bachelor’s thesis, Master’s thesis, diploma thesis (Diplomarbeit) or PhD thesis you need to obtain a confirmation from your academic supervisor instead of a ECTS confirmation for each semester.

Upon your return, the formal recognition process begins.