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Specific steps

Application

When applying for an exchange place at a partner university, a written application to your subject coordinator is required in addition to an online application at the International Office.

For the online application, please fill out all fields of the online form completely and pay attention to the notes on missing data you may receive.

After you have sent the data, the form will automatically be made available to you as a pdf document. Please print it out, sign it and hand it in to the Erasmus subject coordinator at Osnabrück Biology (examination office) together with the other application documents by the deadline.

Before departure

Leave of absence

• Discuss with the staff at the examination office whether you should take a leave of absence for the period of your stay abroad.

Application to the partner university

• Independent application to the partner university (please read all Erasmus e-mails very carefully! The application deadline of the partner university must be absolutely respected!)

Learning Agreement downloads

• The courses you are expected to take abroad are noted in the Learning Agreement. This facilitates the subsequent recognition of the achievements after your return.
• Please discuss options with the examination office and agree on which courses can be covered abroad.
• Your host university can help you find suitable courses.
• It is not uncommon to need to revise your course selection after you arrive at your host university. Please record any changes on the second page of your Learning Agreement.
• The signatures of all parties on all pages of the Learning Agreement are very important - only then is the document valid.
• After the first four weeks of your stay, please send the original of the complete Learning Agreement to the International Office in Osnabrück and a copy to the subject coordinator.

 General information

• Language courses are not eligible for funding.
  Exception: Participation in an intensive language course that takes place directly before the start of the semester abroad is covered by the Erasmus scholarship.
• Health insurance: You will receive an EU health insurance card from your health insurance company. Please discuss the details with your health insurance company.
• Liability insurance: Ask your host university whether you will be insured and how exchange students are insurable at all. In addition, you should also contact your existing liability insurance in this regard.

If you have any questions, please contact the International Office at Osnabrück University.

During your stay

• Certificate of Attendance – will be sent
• This form must be signed by the Erasmus coordinator of the host university and certifies the duration of your stay.

After your return

• Experience report (form will be sent)
• Transcript of records (a few weeks after the end of your stay abroad you will receive your transcript of records from the partner university)