The most important facts in brief

Key facts

Study-related internships in other European countries (compulsory internship / voluntary internship)
Self-organised internship
Duration: 2 to max. 12 months (minimum duration: 60 days)
Financial support
Academic recognition of the completed compulsory internship abroad
Funding is also possible after graduation (= graduate internship)
Funding is available for full-time internships of at least 30 hours/week
Supervision by the University of Wuppertal and the host institution

Mobility grant

Monthly financial allowance for a stay abroad. As a rule, this does not fully cover the costs abroad. The amount of the grant is recalculated annually.
The amount of the grant for the 2020/21 academic year was determined nationally for the first time by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany's national agency for EU higher education cooperation. The Erasmus+ participating countries are divided into three groups.
The Erasmus+ program countries are divided into three country categories. The monthly financial grant in each category is based on the cost of living.

Erasmus+ funding at the University of Wuppertal will be provided in the academic year 2023/2024 for a maximum of 8 months (financial support) with a maximum funding period of 360 days per study period.

The Erasmus+ mobility grant will be paid to you in two instalments. You will receive 80% of the mobility grant at the beginning of your stay abroad. After submitting the required documents on time at the end (after the mobility), the remaining 20% of the mobility grant will be paid out.

all 27 EU member states: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, (Germany), Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Cyprus.
Program countries outside the EU: Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Mobilities to and from overseas countries and territories can be funded via Erasmus+. List of overseas countries and territories defined in Council Decision 2013/755/EU and 2014/137/EU can be found here.

Students who are fully enrolled in a Bachelor's/Master's/PhD program or an expiring diploma program at the University of Wuppertal are eligible for funding;
Internships are eligible for funding from the first year of study.
Full-time internships of at least 30 hours per week are eligible for funding

The internship abroad must have a minimum duration of 2 months (or 60 days) and a maximum duration of 12 months.

Public and private small, medium or large enterprises (including public service enterprises)
Local, regional or national public authorities
Social partners or another representative of the labour market (including chambers of commerce, craft or professional associations and trade unions)
Research organisations
Foundations
Schools/ institutes/ educational centers (from pre-school to upper secondary level, including institutions to vocational and adult education)
e.g. the PRIMA program or Teacher Education Primary School International (L-GrIn) of the BUW.
You can also find more information on Moodle in our courses. For example in the course: You are planning a study/work placement abroad in Europe: The Erasmus+ program at a glance or Work placement abroad.
Non-profit organisations, associations, non-governmental organisations
Career counselling, career guidance and information centres

Internships at EU institutions are not eligible for funding. Further information can be found here. Internships at German embassies, Goethe Institutes and German schools abroad are eligible for funding.

Students can be funded several times, for up to 12 months in each study cycle (Bachelor's, Master's, doctorate).
The quota of 12 months per study cycle can be flexibly divided between study abroad and internships.
For single-cycle degree programmes (e.g. diploma programmes), a total quota of 24 funding months applies.

Graduate internships abroad can be funded within the Erasmus+ programme. The following conditions apply:

Interns must be exmatriculated during the internship (the certificate of exmatriculation must be submitted as proof).
Graduates can only be funded if they were selected for funding by the University of Wuppertal during their final year of study.
The internship abroad must be carried out and completed within one year of completing the relevant study phase.
The duration of the internship is limited to a maximum of 12 calendar months and will be offset against the total quota of 12 months of the previous study phase (see "Multiple funding" above).

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Students can take a leave of absence at BUW for an internship abroad of at least three months. For further information on leave of absence, please contact the Registrar's Office.

Before you leave, you will conclude a Learning Agreement with the relevant Examination Board, in which your learning objectives and the recognition of the internship abroad are agreed.

Further information on the topic of recognition

Erasmus+ Online Language Support (OLS):

In the Erasmus+ programme, grantees also receive access to Online Language Support (OLS) to help students improve their knowledge of the language in which they are studying or doing their internship abroad. OLS makes language support accessible in a flexible and easy way and contributes to the promotion of language learning and linguistic diversity.