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Going abroad...

I keep being asked questions about going abroad and my experience abroad ... about where to apply, what to expect, ... so here are both a collection of links and some general notes that I think might come in useful (and that I wish I had known of/had when I went abroad that first time) while you are pondering whether/where to go.

1. Start your research early. Some study programmes have application deadlines more than a year before you actually want to leave the country.

2. Go to your local exchange office (Akademisches Auslandsamt). Your university, no matter where you study, is bound to have one. This is one of the idea first points of contact, as the people there have the best overview of what special programmes your university is taking part in, as well as what programmes are available to you in general.

--> At the Universität Flensburg, this is the International Office. Go talk to them!

 

3. Here are some useful links that should cover most questions:
- Die Auslandsseiten des Studentenpilot
- Deutsche Kultur International - lots of information
- IEC - International Education Centre: Informationen zu Bewerbungsablauf, Finanzierungs- und Stipendienübersicht, Vorbereitung, ... ich würde der Notwendigkeit sich über das IEC zu bewerben aber widersprechen.
- Semester im Ausland - hat Informationen zu Studienoptionen an ein paar Hochschulen im Ausland

4. But where do I get money from? I can't afford to pay for it all on my own!
- Auslandsbafög
- der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst: DAAD (the DAAD is by far the largest player. Go here first!)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- ERASMUS
- Want to go to the US? The German-American Fulbright Commission
- Pädagogischer Austauschdienst - for future teachers

Party and Church Organsiations:
- Diakonisches Werk der evangelischen Kirche
- die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
- die Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung
- die Hans-Seidel-Stiftung
- die Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
- Katholischer Akademischer Austauschdienst
- die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- die Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

--> this is only a selection. Again, ask your international office for a better list or use the Stipendiendatenbank the DAAD offers.

5. Often forgotten: Urlaubssemester an der Heimatuni beantragen - Auslandskrankenversicherung rechtzeitig beantragen - Learning Agreement über Anrechnung der Kurse aus dem Ausland - ...

This page is very much work in progress.
Questions? Suggestions? Email me.

 

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This website is (c) Sibylle Machat. To contact me, send an email to: sibylle.machat[at]uni-flensburg.de.