Mobility programmes

Erasmus+, here in the KA 131 version, is an EU mobility programme that enables students, teachers and administrative staff to move between universities in 28 EU member states as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. The programme contains three key actions:

1. learning mobility of individuals;

2. cooperation to promote innovation and the exchange of best practices; and

3. support for policy reform.

Erasmus+

Erasmus+ has a budget of around 23 billion euros. More than four million people will benefit from EU funding by 2027. The seven-year programme aims to improve skills and employability, and modernise education and training systems as well as child and youth services. Information on Erasmus+ can be found on the European Commission's website.

The funding for most mobility measures and the Strategic Partnerships is awarded by the National Agencies in the 33 programme countries (27 EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, FYR Macedonia, Norway, Turkey). In Germany, this task continues to be performed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

The following mobility measures are funded under the umbrella of the EU education programme Erasmus+:

• Study Abroad for Students (SMS)
• Study abroad placement for students (SMP)
• Faculty mobility (STA)
• Staff mobility (STT)

The Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) (PDF) was awarded by the EU Commission, proving that the European University Viadrina fulfils all requirements for successful participation in the Erasmus+ programme. The ECHE was applied for with the European Policy Statement (EPS) (PDF).

For further information please contact Torsten Glase.

With KA171, the Erasmus+ programme has been offering the opportunity for international mobility beyond the EU since 2015. Students, teaching staff and doctoral candidates can spend time at partner universities outside of Europe to strengthen academic cooperation and promote intercultural dialogue. Cooperations currently exist with Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo and Guinea.

Interested in Erasmus+ KA171? Find out more about your options from Ana Retsch or the International Office at your home university.

The programme serves to improve support for international students and doctoral candidates and at the same time provides scholarships for international students and doctoral candidates, which can be used by the universities as part of their internationalisation strategies. Viadrina International Affairs at the European University Viadrina focuses its activities on international students (excluding doctoral students).

For further information, please contact Bernd Schünow.

As part of the DAAD-funded Eastern Partnership Programme, the European University Viadrina strengthens its partnership relations with universities in East-Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe as well as the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia by funding short-term (up to six months) exchanges. It uses the programme to consolidate existing and initiate new long-term partnerships in the target region as well as to establish a cooperation in teaching and research in a wide range of academic fields. The programme is currently funding collaborations with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and Ivane Javakhishvili State University in Tbilisi.

For more information, please contact Kirill Repin.

With the help of the DAAD PROMOS programme, the European University Viadrina supports the international mobility of students and doctoral candidates. The programme only supports stays abroad and internships in non-EU countries.

Interested students and doctoral candidates should contact Claudia Casiano.

As part of the programme, the European University Viadrina offers highly qualified Ukrainian graduates, doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to conduct research in Germany for a short period of time. The aim of the programme is to intensify cooperation between Viadrina and Ukrainian universities and to facilitate access to German research institutions for young Ukrainian academics. At the same time, the programme supports Ukrainian universities in continuing academic operations, supports young academics and contributes to the renewal of the Ukrainian academic landscape and the reconstruction of the country.

For more information, please contact Stefan Henkel.

For more information, please visit the DAAD.

As part of the programme German Language, Literature and Culture: Institutional Partnerships Worldwide (GIP worldwide), the European University Viadrina is currently cooperating with the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland) and the Babes-Bolay University in Cluj-Napoca (Romania). The institute partnership, which is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, is focussing on the topic "German-speaking and Jewish cultures in Central Europe. Cultural, literary and linguistic interactions in a regional, national and transnational context". It enables Viadrina students, doctoral candidates and researchers to spend time at the two partner universities and viceversa.

Further information can be found at Axel Springer Chair of German-Jewish Literary and Cultural History, Exile and Migration at the Viadrina.

International Study and Education Partnerships (ISAP) are institutional cooperation structures between German and foreign universities in which groups of highly qualified German and foreign students can complete (a fully recognised) part of their studies at a partner university. The aim of the programme is to establish long-term cooperation between foreign and German universities through reciprocal student and teacher exchanges. The European University Viadrina cooperates with the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali in Colombia in this programme.

The programme supports degree programmes at universities that lead to the acquistion of two national degrees after part of the course has been completed at the German university and another at the foreign university. The European University Viadrina currently has a DAAD-funded double agreement with the Universidad Catolica de Cordoba in Argentina for the IBA Bachelor and IBWL Bachelor degree programmes.

The double master's programme is a joint programme of the European University Viadrina and the University Sciences Po Strasbourg, which has been in existence since the winter semester of 2009 and is one of the integrated degree programmes of the Franco-German University (DFH). Students receive a comprehensive education about Europe and the European Union in the disciplines of Political Science, Economics, Law and Business / Business and Law. Teaching is predominantly in German and French, but also in English.

Further information can be found here.

The DFH-funded binational Master's programme "Multimodality - Discourse - Media" (MuDiM) offers a study programme with an international orientation at two European universities: the European University Viadrina and the University Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France. It is a study option (track) of the Master "Language - Media - Society" of Viadrina and the study option (track) "Master Recherche Mention Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Étrangères et Régionales" (LLCER) of the University of Paris 3. The programme focuses on media-mediated discourses from the perspective of linguistic multimodality research. It teaches theories, methods, analytical and practical skills in the field of multimodal and multimedia face-to-face communication in a multicultural perspective.

Find more information here.

The binational track "Philosophy and Cultural Studies" is part of the Master's degree programme Literary Studies: Aesthetics - Literature - Philosophy at the European University Viadrina. It offers a double degree in the Master's programmes in Literary Studies and Philosophy. It combines the Master's programme in Literature at Viadrina with the Master's programme in Philosophy at the University of Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne. You will begin your studies at the Viadrina and transfer to the University of Paris 1 in the second year. Upon successful completion of the programme, you will receive a master's degree in literature (Viadrina) and philosophy (Sorbonne). The languages of instruction are German, French and English.

Find more information here.