Financing

Students have the opportunity to receive financial support for an internship abroad.

The most important facts about ERASMUS funding at a glance:

• Minimum internship duration 60 days and full-time
• Funding is possible for 12 months in each study cycle (Bachelor's, Master's, doctorate)
• the 12 months do not have to be completed in one go and can be made up of ERASMUS+ studies and internship
• the internship should be meaningfully related to your degree programme.
• Both compulsory and voluntary internships can be funded.
• ERASMUS+ scholarship/mobility grant: Monthly funding via ERASMUS+ is provided via country rates with three country groups.

Programme countries

• Group 1: Belgium, Denmark, Germany Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Sweden
  • 750€ per month
• Group 2/3: Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Hungary
  • 690€ per month

A completed internship under Erasmus+ can be listed in the Diploma Supplement. Please apply for this at the Student Service Centre of Landshut University of Applied Sciences.

Funding period and payment

The funding is paid out in 2 instalments (daily settlement after completion of the mobility). The first instalment will be paid before the start of the internship, the second instalment will be paid after submission of all necessary documents (e.g. experience report).

Participating students will be informed about the exact payment modalities and other funding conditions with their Grant Agreement.

The minimum duration for an Erasmus+ internship is 2 months (= 60 days). If the minimum duration is not reached, the entire entitlement to funding expires. In the event of cancellation due to illness, proof (= medical certificate) must be submitted. In this case, even if the minimum duration is not reached, the proportion of days actually spent studying abroad can be retained and only the amounts paid in excess must be repaid.

Options for additional funding:

• Additional funding for sustainable travel (Green Travel Top Up)

Participating students can receive a one-off top-up of €50 per mobility for sustainable travel. They also have the opportunity to claim up to 4 additional days of travel as days of stay . "Green Travel" is defined as travel where the following means of transport are used for the main part of the journey (proof required!): Bus, carpooling, train, other sustainable means of transport (e.g. walking)

• Additional funding for participants with fewer opportunities (social top-up)

Participating students who meet at least one of the eligibility criteria described below can receive additional funding of €250/month for social participation (Social TOP-UP):

Gainfully employed students:

Students are considered to be in employment if they are working in order to finance their living costs or their studies.

Students in gainful employment must have worked for at least 6 months in the 12 months prior to the start of the semester abroad and have earned between €450 and €850 net per month on average.

As a rule, self-employed activities, compulsory internships and dual/part-time study programmes with a fixed salary are excluded from employment.

Cancellation is not a prerequisite; the employment contract can also be paused.

First-time graduates (students from a non-academic family:

• Both parents or carers do not have a degree from a university, university of applied sciences, university of cooperative education in Germany or abroad.

Students with child/children:

• At least one of their own children must be travelling with them during the entire stay abroad. Funding is also possible if the partner is travelling with the student; double funding for the child must be ruled out

Students with a chronic illness:

• There is a chronic illness that causes additional financial needs abroad.

Students with a disability:

• There is a disability with a degree of disability of 20 or more.

Real cost funding (from project 2022)

Participants with a disability or chronic illness and participants with children can claim real costs.

This requires an application to the DAAD National Agency. The corresponding link to the DAAD website will be published here as soon as it is available.

Students in the Zelgruppe have the opportunity to apply for a subsidy of up to 15,000 euros per semester for the real additional costs of mobility abroad as part of this application.

As various supporting documents must be provided for such an application and the processing time is usually several months, interested students should contact the International Office early (ideally at the time of their application for an Erasmus+ place).

Students whose studies or internships abroad cannot be covered by the ERASMUS programme have the opportunity to submit a PROMOS application. This programme provides funding for study and practical placements as well as short stays such as language courses and summer schools for students worldwide in the form of partial scholarships, travel allowances and course fee lump sums.

PROMOS applications for an internship abroad can be submitted via Mobility Online.

To promote the internationalisation of Bavarian universities and student mobility, the State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, Science and the Arts (StMBKWK) has made funding available for internships and study abroad, which can be granted upon application by outgoing students (as an alternative to PROMOS or ERASMUS) or foreign students (incoming students).

The respective funding depends on the total amount of funding made available to Landshut University of Applied Sciences each year and can therefore vary considerably.

Please submit your application via Mobility Online.

The selection for the scholarships that are administered directly at the university (ERASMUS/PROMOS/StaMi) takes place in accordance with the following principles:

• transparent application procedure
• qualitative selection procedure (selection committee HS management and IO)
• Information and counselling on application and possible funding amounts
• non-discriminatory selection (in the sense of the AGG). ERASMUS+ aims to promote equal opportunities and inclusion. For this reason, access to the ERASMUS+ programme is facilitated for learners from disadvantaged backgrounds and with special needs.

• Selection based on the following objective, performance-related criteria:
  • Academic performance and progress
  • Meaningfulness of the stay abroad
  • language skills
  • Only for ERASMUS: Completion of a mandatory ONLINE language test
  • only for StaMi applications: annual income (incl. parental support) on average max. 15,000 euros before the stay
• Prompt information about the decision (usually in February in the summer semester and at the beginning of August in the winter semester)

All funding recipients are obliged to submit a report of at least one page to the International Office immediately after completing the programme.

ERASMUS+ participants will also receive an ONLINE link from the DAAD at the end of their stay abroad. Please note that the reports must be completed in order to receive the total funding!

The International Office will be happy to answer any further questions you may have.

The application portal is a dialogue system. The steps that have already been completed appear as green boxes, the next steps to be completed are marked with red boxes. If you are stuck in your application workflow, this means that you will have to wait for a response from the International Office. This will be sent either directly in the portal or by e-mail. As soon as the corresponding box is ticked "green", you can continue working on your workflow. Once you have entered the data, you must confirm this by clicking on the "Create new" button. Documents that you upload must be in pdf format.

After the online application and before the ERASMUS+ stay

The International Office will automatically send you the Erasmus+ Learning Agreement Student Mobility for Traineeships AFTER your application, as well as a form for confirming international health insurance and a link to the language test (OLS). A Grant Agreement will then be issued for the funding.

Please proceed as follows:

• Create the ERASMUS+ Learning Agreement for Traineeships (TA) in Mobility Online, print it out and have it signed by your traineeship supervisor in the destination country. Afterwards, please upload it back into the system. The TA will then be signed and approved by the International Office.
• Upload the proof of insurance in Mobility Online
• If you are entitled to top-ups (e.g. severe disability, Green Travel), please also complete the declaration on honour for top-ups and upload it to the system together with the relevant supporting documents
• If your application is successful, you will receive the ERASMUS Grant Agreement from us via the system. Sign the Grant Agreement, upload it to Mobility Online and submit the original to the International Office.

After completion of the ERASMUS+ internship

At the end of your internship abroad, you must process and submit the following documents, which will be made available to you via Mobility Online, within 4 weeks:

• Traineeship Agreement (after the mobility)
• Online Erasmus questionnaire
• a written experience report

You will receive the information no later than 2-4 weeks before the end of your stay abroad.

Please note that students can receive ERASMUS+ funding for a maximum of 12 months per study period (Bachelor / Master) for a study programme/internship.

Important: Even if you are not entitled to BAföG in Germany, it may be possible to receive financial support for a compulsory internship abroad lasting at least 12 weeks, as different guidelines apply abroad.

The application should be submitted six months before the start of the internship.

• Further information on BAFÖG abroad
• Application at the International Offices

Programme initiative HAW.International

Programme objective

Practice-orientated studies at universities of applied sciences and universities of applied sciences (HAW/FH) are highly regarded in Germany and around the world. The DAAD supports HAW/FH students during their stays abroad and the universities in co-operation projects with international partners. More information about the entire HAW.International programme initiative can be found at www.daad.de/HAW.

Under this programme, students on Bachelor's, Master's and Diploma degree courses at German universities of applied sciences/universities of applied sciences receive scholarships for a stay abroad as part of their studies or thesis.

Who can apply?

Students of all disciplines on Bachelor's, Master's and Diploma degree programmes at German universities of applied sciences/universities of applied sciences are eligible to apply.
Under certain conditions, people with foreign citizenship can also apply: Further information

What is funded?

Funding is available for study visits and stays abroad as part of a final thesis.

Application deadlines

30.06. for scholarships starting between November and February
31.10 for scholarships starting between March and June
01.03 for scholarships starting between July and October

Duration of funding

The duration of funding varies depending on the type of stay:

• Study visits 3 to 6 months
• Stays in the context of final theses 1 to 6 months.

Scholarship benefits

The scholarship includes the following benefits:

• A monthly scholarship instalment determined according to the host country,
• Travel allowance, the amount of which varies depending on the host country,
• benefits for health, accident and personal liability insurance,
• for study visits: Grant towards any tuition fees incurred up to an upper limit (depending on the destination country),
• for final theses: Allowance for travelling in the host country directly related to the project.

The Bavarian University Centres also grant scholarships for certain stays abroad:

Bavarian-French University Centre

Bavarian University Centre for Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe (BAYHOST)

Bavarian-Czech University Agency (BTHA)

Bavarian University Centre for Latin America (BAYLAT)

Bavarian-Indian University Centre

Bavarian University Centre for China (BayChina)

Launched in 2001, the Carlo Schmid Programme promotes internships at international organisations, EU institutions and selected NGOs. It familiarises highly qualified students and graduates with working methods in the international administration sector and thus improves their chances of working there later on. Further training seminars accompany the internship.

The Carlo Schmid Programme is run by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD ) in cooperation with the German National Academic Foundation and the Mercator Foundation . It is mainly funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF ).

The programme is aimed at German students and graduates from all academic disciplines. Students should have already dealt with international topics during their studies.

The scholarship benefits include country-specific monthly scholarship instalments, country-specific travel allowances as well as health, accident and liability insurance.

Programme line A: Application with existing internship confirmation

This programme line is aimed at interested parties who have independently applied for a full-time internship at an EU institution, in the UN system, in the Bretton Woods organisations, at NATO, OSCE or at one of the following non-governmental organisations.

The programme supports internships lasting between three and six months.

Programme line B: Application for specific internships offered by the DAAD

Interested parties can apply for one or two of the advertised internship programmes.

Funding is available for internships lasting between four and ten months.

In the brief overview you will find a list of the internships currently advertised in programme line B.

Further information on the application requirements, the application and selection procedure (required documents, application deadlines, etc.) for both programme lines can be found on the DAAD website (applications can only be submitted online via the DAAD scholarship database) and the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).

The DAAD is the organisation in Germany that awards the most scholarships.

Prerequisites are a stay abroad in the main study programme and above-average grades. Please note the application deadlines on the website of the German Academic Exchange Service or in the scholarship database with over 200 programmes:

www.daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/70-stipendiendatenbank/

Funding is provided for internships in high-tech start-up companies in Israel, which are organised by the AHK were arranged.

"New Kibbutz" is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and organised by
DAAD in cooperation with the German-Israeli Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK) and the
Israeli Embassy in Berlin.

Click here for the programme announcement: New Kibbutz: Internships in Israeli start-ups - DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service