ERASMUS+ Studies abroad

• Students can receive funding several times in each study cycle (bachelor, master, doctorate)
• Study periods in other European countries of between 2 and 12 months in length
• Up to twelve months of funding per study cycle

• Regular enrolment at a German higher education institution
• Completion of the first year of studies
• Study stay at a partner university with which the home institution has concluded an ERASMUS+ cooperation agreement (Inter-Institutional Agreement)
• Both the home and host institutions hold a valid ERASMUS+ University Charter (ECHE)
• A valid identity document for the entire duration of the stay at the partner university at the time of application

Detailed, up-to-date information on HAWK’s ERASMUS+ partner universities can be found under Partner Universities.

Funding for an ERASMUS+ study period abroad is possible from the 3rd semester onwards. Application criteria are the applicant’s previous academic performance, the subject-related justification (motivation) for the study period abroad and, where applicable, existing language skills in the language of instruction of the study programme abroad.

The financial support for ERASMUS+ stays by students is based on the different costs of living in the destination countries (“programme countries”). From summer semester 2026, the following SMS funding rates of project year 2025 (per month = 30 days), set uniformly by the DAAD National Agency for all German higher education institutions, will apply:

Group 1: €600

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Sweden

Groups 2 and 3: €540

Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, Czech Republic, Hungary, Cyprus

Through ERASMUS+ International, study periods at partner universities in the United Kingdom can also be funded in project year 2025. The funding rates of Group 1 apply.

Participants funded in the ERASMUS+ programme receive access to the EU Academy, where the European Commission’s new platform for Online Language Support (OLS) can be found. The EU Academy can be used via EU Login, so that participants funded in the ERASMUS+ programme can use the placement tests and online language courses in all programme languages. The platform is being continuously expanded.

In addition, the HAWK Language Centre and its cooperation partners (such as the adult education centres, VHS) offer foreign language courses to help you prepare for your stay abroad.

The rights and obligations of students in the ERASMUS+ programme are set out in the “ERASMUS+ Student Charter”, which every student receives before the start of their stay abroad.

An essential component of the new ERASMUS+ programme is social inclusion. ERASMUS+ aims to promote equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity. A central instrument is the additional funding for students with fewer opportunities. This is intended to provide particular support for students for whom a stay abroad may be a greater challenge.

At HAWK, students with children, students with disabilities or chronic illnesses, working students and first-generation students can apply for this additional funding. The additional funding amounts to €250 per month abroad.

Real cost applications

Students with chronic illnesses or disabilities, as well as students who go abroad with a child, also have the option of submitting a so-called real cost application for costs abroad that cannot be covered by this top-up (e.g. assistive devices, personal assistants, childcare costs). Through a real cost application, additional costs of up to €15,000 per semester can be reimbursed. Applications are submitted via the International Office and require a lead time of 6–12 months.

All information on travel cost support can be found in the information sheet “Travel days and environmentally friendly travel”.

ERASMUS+ students also have the option of purchasing an Interrail Pass, which allows them to use both the outward and return journey to the host country as well as train journeys during the stay abroad. Further information is available on the page “Interrail Pass for ERASMUS+”.

All funded participants who have taken part in an ERASMUS+ mobility measure are obliged, after completing their stay, to complete an online report (EU Survey) via the Beneficiary Module and to submit it, together with further evidence (Confirmation of Stay, Transcript of Records, experience report), to the International Office at HAWK.

In the Learning Agreement (study contract), the choice of courses and the recognition of study achievements at HAWK are determined before the stay abroad. The Learning Agreement is completed digitally via the MoveON portal, to which students receive access after they have been nominated.

Final recognition and credit transfer of study achievements completed abroad at HAWK only take place once the students have submitted an application for recognition/credit transfer, including the relevant evidence (such as Learning Agreement, Transcript of Records, internship certificate, grading system of the host institution), to the responsible office of the respective faculty.

Applications for an ERASMUS+ exchange place are submitted to the respective cooperation coordinators in the faculties, who make the selection decisions. The application deadlines are:

• 15 January for the following winter semester
• 15 July for the following summer semester

The subsequent nomination at the International Office by the cooperation coordinators takes place by 31 January (winter semester) and 31 July (summer semester). Afterwards, nominated students receive a link to the online application portal MoveON from the International Office for registration. Registration and data entry in MoveON must be completed by 15 February (winter semester) and 15 August (summer semester).

Current information on HAWK’s ERASMUS+ cooperation partners and the available exchange places for outgoing students at each partner university can be found under Partner Universities.

Checkliste ERASMUS+ Auslandsstudium – vor dem Auslandsaufenthalt

ERASMUS+ Student Charter

Anerkennung von Erasmus+ Auslandsaufenthalten

Infoblatt zur Zusatzförderung im ERASMUS+ Programm

Ehrenwörtliche Erklärung (SMS) Zusatzförderung "geringere Chancen"

Vorlage Nachweis zur ERASMUS+ Zusatzförderung für Erstakademiker*innen

Vorlage Nachweis zur ERASMUS+ Zusatzförderung für Erwerbstätige Studierende

Infoblatt Reisetage umweltfreundliches Reisen

Ehrenwörtliche Erklärung (SMS) "Reisetage"

Confirmation of Stay (SMS)

Abschlussbericht (SMS)

Antrag auf Anerkennung/Anrechnung

ERASMUS+ Fördersätze SMS und SMP (PJ 2025)