Selection process
After the application deadlines have expired, we will forward your documents to the faculties/departments to the responsible Departmental Coordinators. They may make a pre-selection and then invite you to a selection interview. However, it is also possible that the selection will be made purely on the basis of the application documents. The processes may vary depending on the Departmental Coordinator. It is possible that you will be invited to several or no selection interviews if you have named several universities in your application that are supervised by different Departmental Coordinators in your subject.
Please check your e-mail inboxes (private and university e-mail) regularly, as well as the corresponding spam and quarantine folders.
Timing: The results of the selection process will be known at approximately the following times:
| Application round 1 | approx. beginning of February |
| Application round 2 | approx. beginning of July |
Selection criteria
A survey of the Departmental Coordinators revealed the following criteria for the selection of students for semesters abroad:
- Subject-specific qualifications and achievements
- Degree of preparation
- Appearance during the selection interview
- Existing language skills
- Knowledge of the host country (culture, politics, etc.)
- Knowledge of the partner university
- Cultural commitment / interest
- Social commitment
- Extracurricular qualifications
- Involvement in academic self-administration / university politics
Acceptance
Once the procedure in the faculties has been completed and you have been selected for a stay abroad, you will be informed by the International Office by e-mail. You then have a short period of a few days to accept or decline the place. You will be accepted for the highest priority you have been selected for. You will receive a maximum of one acceptance. There is no succession procedure.
Please note: If you reject the acceptance, you will be blocked from further application rounds in that academic year.
Rejection
If the selection committee has not selected you for an exchange in an application round or if the places for your preferred university(ies) have been allocated, you will also be informed by the International Office and are invited to reapply in the following application round.
Please note that the final acceptance or rejection is only done by the International Office, not by the faculties.
Please check your e-mail inboxes (private and university e-mail) regularly, as well as the corresponding spam and quarantine folders.
Nomination and Application
If you accept the place, we will nominate you at the partner university. This usually happens in the spring/autumn. Afterwards, you will usually have to fill out the application forms of the partner university (application, accommodation forms, etc.) and submit further documents. You will receive the necessary information from us or from the partner university in good time.