Erasmus+ KA 171 - Information for Students (Incoming)
Through Erasmus+ KA 171, students of all levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD) are given the opportunity to study abroad or do an internship and gain international experience. They are not only granted financial support through the programme, but can also benefit from the personal support given to them by the respective international offices. This website serves to inform interested students about the Erasmus+ KA 171 scholarship in general, and provides students coming to Göttingen with practical information concerning their mobility and stay in Germany.
General Information
ApplicationThe programme is aimed at all regularly enrolled students and doctoral candidates at the University of Göttingen. Unlike the KA 131 programme line, this is a specific cooperation with universities worldwide, which is why it is only possible to apply for places that have already been allocated. Therefore, please refrain from submitting applications that have not been agreed upon.
As the requirements vary, please refer to the respective calls for further information on the specialisation, study level, funding and precise deadlines. The contact person at the home university receives all applications in order to evaluate them and make a nomination. The University of Göttingen, as the host university, in turn receives these nominations and can accept or change the nominees and finally make the final decision. If you would like to apply and have any remaining questions, please contact us at the e-mail address go-international-plus@uni-goettingen.de. If you are eligible for the funding programme and the place, we will inform you directly about the further application process, which documents you need to submit and what else you need to consider. You will be informed of all further steps when your application is accepted.
Please note that Erasmus+ also funds internships completed abroad. The so-called student mobility for internships is open to Bachelor's and Master's students as well as graduates, provided they have applied in the last academic year, and doctoral students. The mobility phase can last between 2 and 12 months, in the case of short-term or blended mobility for doctoral students 5 to 30 days.
Erasmus+ also funds internships completed abroad. The so-called student mobility for internships is open to Bachelor's and Master's students as well as graduates, provided they have applied in their final year of study, and doctoral students. The mobility phase can last between 2 and 12 months, in the case of short-term or blended mobility for doctoral students 5 to 30 days.
Travel Insurance: All grant holders are insured by a central Group Insurance (covering Health Insurance, Liability Insurance, Accident Insurance and Assistance Insurance), which will be centrally organised by the Project Coordination Team at the institution. The participant shall have adequate insurance coverage. The insurance costs (approximately 1.50 EUR per day) are deducted from the individual support.
Please note that there was a change in German legislation related to the residence title for study purposes. In the future, all incoming international students are required to get a German public health insurance in addition to the travel insurance mentioned above. The law affects all mobilities from October 2018 onwards. The German public health insurance costs approx. 125 to 150 EUR per month. All incoming students will be informed upon their arrival/during the introductory days how to get this insurance. More information can be found on this website: Health insurance coverage for international students.In preparation of the mobility, participants are required to hand in various documents. One very important document is the so-called Learning Agreement in which the courses that a student would like to attend at the host university are agreed on. Furthermore, the recognition of these courses at the student's home university is arranged in this form as well.
Here you can take a look at the Learning Agreement form: Learning Agreement Studies More information on filling in the Learning Agreement: Learning Agreement - GuidelinesThe mobility can also be organised as a so-called ‘blended mobility’, meaning a combination of physical mobility and a virtual component which makes a shorter mobility possible. The latter enables better teamwork and an online learning exchange. It should be noted that the ‘virtual’ days are not financially supported and do not count towards the Erasmus+ quota.
For the so-called long-term mobilities for study or internship purposes or as part of doctoral mobility, the virtual component is optional and has no time limit. In the shorter ‘blended’ format, on the other hand, it is mandatory, but also has no time limit. For all three forms of mobility mentioned, a 5-30 day mobility would be combined with the virtual component.
The Erasmus+ Programme aims to promote equity and inclusion by facilitating the access to participants with disadvantaged backgrounds and fewer opportunities compared to their peers whenever disadvantage limits or prevents participation in transnational activities such as:
- disability (i.e. participants with special needs): people with mental (intellectual, cognitive, learning), physical, sensory or other disabilities;
- educational difficulties: young people with learning difficulties; early school-leavers; low qualified adults; young people with poor school performance;
- economic obstacles: people with a low standard of living, low income, dependence on social welfare system or homeless; young people in long-term unemployment or poverty; people in debt or with financial problems;
- cultural differences: immigrants or refugees or descendants from immigrant or refugee families; people belonging to a national or ehnic minority; people with linguistic adaptation and cultural inclusion difficulties;
- health problems: people with chronic health problems, severe illnesses or psychiatric conditions;
- social obstacles: people facing discrimination because of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, etc.; people with limited social skills or anti-social or risky behaviors; people in a precarious situation; (ex-)offenders, (ex-)drug or alcohol abusers; young and/or single parents; orphans;
- geographical obstacles: people from remote or rural areas; people living in small islands or in peripheral regions; people from urban problem zones; people from less serviced areas (limited public transport, poor facilities).
In the field of youth support, an Inclusion and Diversity Strategy has been designed as a common framework to support the participation and inclusion of young persons.
Please note, it is possible to apply for exceptional funding available through DAAD (you can find further information here). In case you need any kind of support in this regard, please contact us at go-international-plus@uni-goettingen.de.Further information can be found on our page Equal Opportunities for International Mobility.
Practical Information
Visa- Invitation Letter
- Insurance Policy
- Enrollment Letter With these documents, you need to go to the German embassy in your home country and apply for a visa. Since we are working only with electronic signatures and not sending out the paper documents, please print all the received documents in colour and good quality for the visa services. The right type of visa for you is a student D-visa. Do not apply for a Schengen visa. That’s a tourist or business visa, not meant for studying and not extendable! When applying for the student D-visa, please mention that you will be a grantee of a publicly funded scholarship programme, and that the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen was significantly involved in the selection of candidates. On these grounds you ask for a D-visa according to § 34 without previous consent of the local Göttingen Foreigner’s Office.
Please make sure that you apply for a student visa in time. If possible, ask the embassy or consulate to issue the visa for the full time of your stay. If they do not agree and issue it for only 3 months, that is equally fine. More information on how to prolong your visa in Germany will be given to you at our first meeting in Göttingen. Furthermore, you can inform yourself on these websites: Visa and Residence Permit: Information for International Students and EU Visa policy.
If you need any further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us via email at go-international-plus@uni-goettingen.de.
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Contact:
International Office
Education and Mobility Programmes
Von-Siebold-Straße 2
37075 Göttingen
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Email: go-international-plus@uni-goettingen.de