An internship at a school or education-orientated institution abroad gives you a completely new perspective on different education systems and expands your pedagogical, intercultural and didactic skills.
Anyone entering the teaching profession today needs more than just specialised knowledge and pedagogical sensitivity. Multiculturalism, inclusion and integration have long been an issue in German schools. However, understanding and dealing with foreign cultures and identities is not only learnt in the German lecture hall, but above all abroad.
On this page you will find information about
Possible internship providers → DAAD scholarship (cannot be combined)
Erasmus+ supports internships abroad for students who are currently enrolled in higher education institutions in program countries for a Bachelor's, Master's or doctorate. These opportunities are also open to young graduates.
The PROMOS program is a scholarship program funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which provides universities with funding to promote student mobility. The program is intended to offer students the opportunity to spend time abroad whose projects or destinations cannot be funded under any other structured DAAD program. With scholarships for stays abroad of up to 6 months, the program makes an important contribution to increasing the mobility of students at the University of Wuppertal.
As part of the "Lehramt.International" programme, the DAAD supports student teachers with scholarships for 1 (at least 30 days) to 6-month internships at school institutions abroad.
→ Applications are open to student teachers at German universities in all subject combinations and all school types.
→ Applications must be submitted exclusively via the DAAD
Internships abroad at school institutions abroad
= institutions in primary, secondary and vocational education
≠ Internships at higher education institutions, e.g. for teaching DaF at the language centre of the foreign university, are no longer possible.
≠ Internships at private language schools
Two funding lines:
Application periods:
01.03. - 31.03. for internships starting from 01.06. - 31.08,
01.06. - 30.06. for internships starting from 01.09. - 01.12,
01.10. - 02.11. for internships starting from 01.01. - 31.05. of the following year.
!!! Simultaneous funding via Erasmus+, PROMOS and Lehramt.International is not possible (please provide notification or rejection) !!!
Quotes from teacher trainees and graduates about their experiences at schools in Colombia, Canada, Hungary and Tenerife and what added value they see for their profession as a result
Are you looking for funding for a stay abroad? Information about the scholarship programs of the DAAD
and other selected funding organisations can be found in the DAAD scholarship database.
Contact us
University of Wuppertal
INTERNATIONAL CENTER
Dept. International Office
Gaußstr. 20
D-42119 Wuppertal
For general enquiries:
teamoutgoing[at]uni-wuppertal.de
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Iris Leclaire
Mon - Thu: 3-5 pm, Tel +49 (0)202 439 5308
Marcela Oelsner
(by appointment only), Tel +49 (0)202 439 5140
Dr Katharina Vantomme
(by appointment only), Tel +49 (0)202 439 5221
Katinka Brückner
(by appointment only), Tel +49 (0)202 439 5221
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