Information for Bielefeld Students

Erasmus helps you to carry out a study visit and/or traineeship in Europe with financial support.

Furthermore, the Erasmus programme offers many advantages, such as

• simplified registration with partner institutions,
• simplified procedure for the academic recognition of courses,
• acquisition of language and intercultural skills,
• new contacts and international networks.

Students and doctoral candidates can be sponsored in each study cycle (Bachelor, Master, PhD) for at least 3 months up to 12 months.

Yes, students and doctoral candidates are supported for an internship with a minimum duration of 2 months per study cycle (Bachelor, Master, PhD).

Further information: International Office

Registered students of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics can apply for a study stay at one of our European partner universities.

No, we are sorry. The Faculty only considers registered students. Please contact your faculty or the International Office.

Yes, international students can also take part in the Erasmus programme provided they are not exchange students at Bielefeld University themselves.

Foreign students with a residence permit for their studies in Germany may only stay in another country of the Schengen area for up to 90 days.

Foreign students must therefore apply for a visa for the respective country of destination after their nomination for the Erasmus programme. This can mean that the German residence permit is temporarily retained during the stay abroad.

You can find a list of our cooperations under the heading Information for Outgoing Students.

Current information on scholarships and applications is regularly posted on the website of the International Office.

Further Information: International Office

Yes, in case of own failure or non-appearance a partial or complete repayment can be demanded. Force majeure or unforeseen situations are excluded.

Yes, as a free mover you organize yourself. For further information please contact the International Office.

• Questions about the exchange: Wiwi homepage, annual information event in November/December (date will be announced in time), International Office
• current informations (only available in German): ERASMUS_Info_Veranstaltung_aktuell_2021.pdf

• Questions about the course programme: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski, erasmus.wiwi[at]uni-bielefeld.de

• Questions on financing: International Office

• Contact addresses of Erasmus returnees: erasmus.wiwi[at]wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de

This mobility offer is particularly attractive for students on the Master's degree programmes in Data Science and Statistical Science. The Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Klagenfurt offers the Master's programme "Management, Economics, and Data Science"; many of the course contents taught there fit into the curriculum of our Master's students. Further information on studying at the University of Klagenfurt as part of the Erasmus+ programme can be found here.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback is not yet available, as this is a new co-operation.

 

Further information about an exchange can be found on the information pages of the University of Nicosia. There is a wide range of courses taught in English, the programme is aimed in particular at students of business administration.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback is not yet available, as this is a new cooperation.

The University of Copenhagen is very renowned and recognised worldwide. PhD students often get offers to do research at top universities in the USA (e.g. Harvard, Stanford, etc.).

The programme is aimed in particular at students of economics. English language skills at B1 level are expected.

• Orientation: very quantitative
• Necessary: very good knowledge of economic theory and methodology (mathematics, microeconomics, statistics)

Further information can be found on the information pages of the university of copenhagen.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback (contact details on request) etc.:

• Good start: preliminary language course at the partner university
• Clarify before departure: Danish health insurance is automatically included when you apply for a CPR number.
• Binding registration for lectures and exams
• Finding accommodation difficult, support by the Housing Foundation of the University (housing-list via IO), student dormitory recommended
• Generally higher price level than in Germany

The university will decide on your final confirmation/rejection independently from our nomination so please wait with your preparations until the university's notification of acceptance.

The Université Paris-Est Cretéil Val de Marne is located about 15 km east of Paris. Its main campus is located in Créteil in the Département Val-de-Marne (Marne valley). It was founded in 1989 as a branch of the University Paris VII and has been independent since 1991. At the moment about 12000 students are enrolled. On the campus, Citè Descartes, there are 18 higher education establishments used for research purposes.

Our cooperation provides for a two-semester stay but you can also apply for only one semester. It is only possible to start studying abroad in the winter semester.

Language skills in English and French at B2 level are expected.

• Orientation: Cooperation with the Faculté Administration et échanges internationaux! Only courses offered by this faculty can be selected.

Current feedback (contact details on request) etc.:

• enough courses in French and English language

For further information please click here.  

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

The Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UVSQ, is a university in the Paris area in France. The USVQ facilities are located in a historically and culturally significant location near Paris. The science campus is located in the centre of Versailles near the famous castle and many historical sites.

The UVSQ is a founding member of the Université Paris-Saclay and has thus joined forces with 17 other renowned French institutions (universities, research institutes and Grandes Écoles) under a common management.

The cooperation is aimed in particular at students of economics. It provides for a two-semester stay, but you can also apply for only one semester.

French language skills at B1 level are expected.

Current feedback (contact details on request) etc.:

• timely accommodation

You can find further information under Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

The offer is aimed in particular at students of the Statistical Sciences and Data Science degree programmes, but can also be taken up by students of economics. Further information about an exchange can be found on the information pages of the university.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback is not yet available, as this is a new cooperation.

The University of Ioannina (Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων, Panepistimio Ioanninon) was founded in 1964 and is a Greek state campus university on a modern 850-hectare campus. The Faculty of Economics was founded in 1999 and has an active research agenda.

Ioannina is the capital of the region of Epirus with about 100,000 inhabitants. It is located about 360 km southwest of Thessaloniki. The University is located about 5 kilometers south of the city centre and is easily accessible by city bus.

Further information please click here.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

The Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest has borne the name of the physicist Loránd Eötvös since 1950. With 32,000 students it is the largest university in Hungary and claims to be the successor to the University of Tyrnau. It was founded in 1635 and is considered one of the oldest universities in Hungary. English language skills at B2 level are expected.

The agreement includes one Bachelor study place for Business Administration or Economics.

Here you can find further information.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback:

• very good supervision
• interesting range of English language courses
• search for accommodation via various facebook groups: the offers on Erasmus Life are often in poor condition.

The present university was founded in 1969 as the Libera Università di Ancona, preceded in 1959 by the creation of a Faculty of Economics and Commerce as a branch of the University of Urbino. In 2003 it was renamed in Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona. As a relatively young university it has adapted to the constantly changing social, economic and cultural conditions.

Language skills in English and Italian at B1 level are expected.

Further information is available at: Università Politecnica delle Marche and Erasmus incoming students

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

The University of Bologna is state-run and is considered one of the oldest universities. It is also the third largest university in Italy after the Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Naples Federico II. 100,000 students are enrolled in the 23 faculties. Since 1989 various branches were established in Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini. In 1998 a department was opened in Buenos Aires. Famous professors of the University include Romano Prodi and Umberto Eco. Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarca also spent time studying in Bologna.

The campus in Rimini offers the degree programme Economics of Tourism in Italian and English.

Language skills in English and Italian at B1 level are expected.

Further information is available at: Università di Bologna

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback (Contact details on request) u.a.:

• Easy start, very good support, interesting introduction week, offer of language tandems

The Carlo Cattaneo University - LIUC (Libero Instituto Universitario) was founded in 1991 by the Varese Business Association in Castellanza. The Lombard town is located near Milan. The airport of Milan is about 15 minutes away. The private university is housed in the building of the former cotton spinning mill Catoni and offers with the School of Business and Management an extensive range of courses in English. As a campus university with an Anglo-Saxon-inspired structure you will find here both accommodation and leisure activities.

Language skills in English and Italian at B1 level are expected.

• wide range of courses in English

Further information can be found on the information pages of the university and in the factsheet.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

The University of Genoa (Università degli Studi di Genova) is a state university in the northern Italian port city of Genoa with a total of about 37.000 students. It was founded in 1471.

See Università di Genova for more information.

Current feedback is not yet available as this is a new cooperation.

Further information about an exchange can be found on the information pages of the UPO.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback is not yet available, as this is a new cooperation.

The Università di Pisa is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Italy. Together with the two other colleges, the Scuola Normale Superiore and the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, it is a characteristic feature of the university city of Pisa.

The cooperation is aimed at students of economics or business administration. Language skills in English and Italian at B1 level are expected.

• Wide range of courses in English, some English Master's courses are open to Erasmus students at Bachelor level

For further information see link.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback is not yet available as this is a new cooperation.

The University of Bucharest (Romanian Universitatea din București) was founded in 1694 by Constantin Brâncoveanu as the Academy of Saint Sava (Bucharest), and is today a state university with over 30,000 students, 1,477 professors and 19 faculties. Its main building is located on the University Square (Piața Universității) in the centre of the city. English language skills at B2 level are expected.

Learn more: ASE.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

 

Stefan cel Mare University Suceava (USV) is located in Bukovina, a region in northeastern Romania. It was founded in 1963 and is an innovative and complex public higher education institution with about 5,000 students. Salcea airport is located 12 km from the city (approx. 1000,000 E).

The university has a number of partnerships with German universities and offers a wide range of courses in English.

More information can be found here.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkwoski

Current feedback is not yet available as this is a new cooperation.

Further information about an exchange can be found on the information pages of the university. Information on the study programme of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration can be found here.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback is not yet available, as this is a new cooperation.

Comenius University Bratislava is a modern European university. It is the only Slovak university that is regularly represented in the international rankings of the best universities in the world. With thirteen faculties, it offers a wide range of study programs. The Faculty of Management is a pioneer in the Slovak higher-education landscape for business management. It was founded in 1991 in collaboration with prestigious American institutions such as Cornell, University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University. The faculty's vision is to emulate the standards of the world's leading business schools and nurture a new generation of leaders in Slovakia.

Our cooperation relates to the Faculty of Management and therefore appeals in particular to the business students among you.

For more information, please visit Comenius University Bratislava - Faculty of Management.

Contact person is Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski.

The cooperation is new, so feedback from students is not yet available.

The University of Ljubljana (slovenian Univerza v Ljubljani) in Ljubljana is the oldest, largest and internationally best rated university in Slovenia. It is in the top 500 or top three percent of the world's best universities according to the Shanghai ranking. It is one of the largest universities in Europe with over 50,000 enrolled students and doctoral candidates.

Our cooperation is limited to the field of Public Administration.

Due to the course programme in English only the summer term is currently recommended. The university has a high number of students who are visiting as part of an Erasmus programme and is therefore strongly oriented towards the English language.

English language skills at B2 level are expected.

You can find further information under University of Ljubljana.

 

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback is not yet available as this is a new cooperation.

The Faculty of Economics at the University of Alicante is one of the best in Spain. Its Ph.D. program is regularly ranked among the top 3 in Spain. Spanish language skills at B1 level are expected.

• exclusively for Master students with specialisation Quantitative Economics, VWL
• Orientation very quantitative
• Degree course in Trisemesters
• necessary: very good knowledge of economic theory and methodology (mathematics, microeconomics, statistics)

You can find further information here.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback (contact details on request) etc.:

• Registration mode very bureaucratic via cloud system, fixed deadlines must be respected!
• good knowledge of Spanish is important for communication outside the teaching program
• University easily accessible by tram/bus from Alicante in 30 min
• Tip: spend your first time in a hostel and look for accommodation on site

Further information about an exchange can be found on the information pages of the university or the Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas at the Teruel Campus.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback is not yet available, as this is a new cooperation.

The state university Örebro (Swedish: Örebro universitet) with about 15.000 students and offers a wide range of studies.

Örebro has about 116.000 inhabitants and is located about 200 kilometers west of Stockholm with connections to the European rail network.

Further information can be found on the information pages of the university and here. Please note that Master's students must already have earned sufficient ECTS from the Business Administration or Economics profile area at the start of the programme.

Contact person: Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski

Current feedback is not yet available, as this is a new cooperation.

 

In November/December the current partner universities are presented at the annual information event. The application period starts on January 10 and ends on January 31 for the coming academic year (winter and/or the following summer semester). Students who plan to spend a semester abroad during their Master's studies can apply for an exchange before the completion of their Bachelor's degree.

Bachelor students should already have reached about 100 ETCS.

Detailed information can be found above by clicking on the individual universities.

Find out early on the pages of the desired host university about the respective course program and the required language competence.

• You shall use the Mobility-Online database for your online application. You may not send your application by e-mail. You find instructions here.
• You may apply for several universities at once by stating your preferences in the motivation letter.
• Your letter of motivation should not exceed the limit of 600 words and should include your ideas about the host country, the university, and the intercultural exchange.
• Include a curriculum vitae in English.
• Bachelor's programme: Certificate of general qualification for university entrance, transcript as proof of achievements to date (subject basis and possibly profile phase).
• Master's programme: Certificate of general qualification for university entrance, Bachelor's certificate and transcript as proof of achievements to date in the Master's programme.
• Proof of the necessary language skills. Depending on the requirements, early participation in a language course is strongly recommended.

Application deadline is January 31.

Yes, you can. In the letter of motivation you will state the ranking of your preferred universities and a reason for your choice.

This question cannot be answered in a general way. The awarding of contracts depends, among other things, on the number of applications and the stated preferences. The more flexible you are in choosing your partner university, the better your chances of getting a place.

It shall be written in English. Explain briefly and succinctly the added value of a stay abroad for your study goals and make it clear that you have dealt with the host country and are informed about the courses offered by the partner university.

In general all students can apply for student exchanges with Erasmus.

However, they are required to provide proof of knowledge of the main language of instruction which is not always the national language. Proof is provided by a language certificate such as TOEFL, DELF, etc., a passed language course at the language centre or the Abitur certificate.

Find out in good time what the requirements are at your chosen university. In addition, solid language skills in the national language are desired which you should acquire before the semester abroad. Information and courses are offered by the Fachsprachenzentrum.

For the languages English, French, Spanish, Italian and German, an online language test is carried out to check your language skills before you start your stay abroad. If necessary, an online language course will be offered to improve your language skills. In addition, many partner universities offer free language courses.

Yes, you can. The Erasmus programme supports students in each study cycle (BA, MA, PhD) for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 12 months.

You can find further information on the International Office.

The partner university collects your data to prepare your stay and sends you your access data for online registration.

If your host university does not respond please inform either the International Office Bielefeld or our Erasmus Office, erasmus.wiwi[at].uni-bielefeld.de.

After the closing date for applications, the Erasmus coordinators evaluate all applications and allocate places following a selection procedure. Our Erasmus Office, erasmus.wiwi[at].uni-bielefeld.de, will inform you about the decision on your application with the request for your confirmation within one week.

If we could not consider any of your preferences, we will look for possible alternatives with you.

If you have not received any notification by the end of February, please contact us, erasmus.wiwi[at].uni-bielefeld.de.

The International Office Bielefeld will forward our nominations to the partner universities and inform you about the further procedure. Your host university will then send you your access data for online registration.

It is a binding agreement between students, host and home universities. They thereby confirm to attend the registered courses, the host university confirms admission to these courses and the home university confirms that the courses can be credited upon return.

You will find it here.

The learning agreement is completed online via the EWP Dashboard and digitally confirmed by the two partner universities.

Under the item "General information" please enter "Administrative contact person":

• Louisa Rahmöller, e-mail address erasmus.wiwi@uni-bielefeld.de, telephone +49 521 106-4887

Under "Commitment of the three parties", please enter your Erasmus coordinator as the "Responsible person at the Sending Institution":

• Dr. Andreas Szczutkowski, e-mail address erasmus.wiwi@uni-bielefeld.de, telephone +49 521 106-5105

Discuss your planned learning agreement well with your Erasmus coordinator before presenting it in the EWP Dashboard for signature, as such templates can no longer be changed and must therefore be rejected in order to be able to submit the amended version.

They must be requested under 'During the mobility ' as 'Changes' in the OLA and must be confirmed by the responsible persons.

IMPORTANT! All entries or changes must be noted on the original form.

Only courses from the profile phase can be recognized.

Elective Phase I: In the profile modules 31-M32 ATF, 31-M33 ECO, 31-M34 FM, 31-M35 MIM, 31-M36 MS, 31-M37 QM, 31-M38 DS for stays abroad (10 ECTS), profile-specific achievements are recognized.

Elective Area II: In the profile module International Management and Economics (31-M26), you can credit additional achievements in the field of economics (10 ETS). You should select these achievements according to your interests; there is no examination of content.

Prerequisite: Coordination with the respective module supervisor with informal proof with his/her approval.

Other study abroad achievements - also outside the economic field - can be listed in the individual supplement.

30 credit points are expected.

For the profiles ATF, MIM, FM QE, MS, credit is given exclusively in Module 20 International Management and Economics with at least 17 LP.

If less than 17 LP are achieved, no credits can be recognized.

The profile International Management and Economics is intended for a two-semester stay abroad with 2x17 LP.

At the end of your studies, you will receive a Transcript of Records from the host university, as well as any other certificates.

Please submit them to the Examination Office together with the application for recognition.

The scores are converted and booked using the Bielefeld evaluation system.

 

We ask you to send us a short experience report by e-mail at erasmus.wiwi[at]uni-bielefeld.de.

This helps to update information about the partner universities. Your practical experience will be passed on to future Erasmus students.

In addition, you can motivate your fellow students to spend an Erasmus semester abroad by giving a short presentation during the information event in November/December.

All returnees are available to answer questions from future Erasmus students; with your consent we will share your email address in case of inquiries. They also participate in the mentoring programme of Bielefeld University.