Application Erasmus+

Before you start filling in your application, you should inform yourself thoroughly about the different partner universities, especially on matters of study possibilities and restrictions. As a reminder: As Erasmus+ agreements are made between departments, it is not possible to study interdisciplinary at every university. If and to what extent studying at another department is possible, you will learn on the homepages of the respective universities (mostly on the websites of the International Office, in the Erasmus+ incoming student guides or the ECTS guides). We linked to those pages on our overview of partner universites of our departments. Please pay attention to information about the languages of instruction at the individual institutions, especially at partner universities in Spain, France, Italy und Portugal, as well as the minimum language requirements for Erasmus+ applicants before choosing a university.

About the application form / tips for filling in the document:

The form has to be filled in German or in English if your German isn't sufficient enough. All fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory and must be filled in or the form cannot be sent. If a mandatory field does not apply to you, please fill in "-". The document consists of the following parts:

• Your personal details
• Information on your studies and degree in Konstanz
• Application details: Department, through which you are applying, information about academic calendar and desired university, other applications
  You can apply for a total of four universitie, the order in the application form corresponds to your priorities (University I = highest priority, University II = second highest priority, etc.).  As several of the most popular universities only offer few places, you should use this opportunity.
  For every university you have to specify from when until when you want to study there. Plan the time (winter and/or summer semester) and the duration of your stay carefully and fill in the application form accordingly and unambiguously. Do not refer to the term dates of the University of Konstanz but the ones from the respective universities of your choice.
  Please indicate if and where you have applied in parallel to this application (e.g. for a place in the Global Programme through our International Office) so that places can be designated quickly (and not twice).
• Information on your language skills
  For the application within the University of Konstanz you will only have to give a self-assessment. However, we expect you to inform yourself about the language requirements of the universities stated in your application and, in case of a nomination, to be able to provide the necessary proof on time.
• Letter of motivation
  Explain in complete sentences why you want to complete a stay abroad (maximum of 1500 characters including blank spaces).The letter of motivation does not necessarily have to be country-specific.
• Study proposal for each university that you are applying for
  Considering the study opportunities on site, explain in complete sentences which courses you want to take at each university and the extent of your studies there. You can also mention how those courses fit the modules of your degree in Konstanz for a possible recognition. Please be aware that you have a maximum of 1800 characters (including blank spaces) for each study plan. As course catalogues for the coming academic year normally will not be available yet, you will have to orient yourself in past course catalogues. If you want to study abroad in the first semester, consult course catalogues of past winter terms (semester 1), if you want to study abroad in the second semester, consult the ones of past summer terms (semester 2). 
•  Further information relevant for your application (max. 500 characters including spaces, bullet points or continous text)
  Here you have the option to write down information that is relevant to your application and is not requested in any of the other fields. This could be, for example, information about a longer stay abroad or former education or a first degree at another university. Please also explain here how you intend to make up for any language skills you are still lacking or how you have already acquired them outside the university! If you intend to stay in semester 2 of the academic year, you should also explain how you will handle the overlapping academic calendars. 
• Information about your voluntary social commitments (max. 500 characters including spaces, bullet points or continous text)
  e.g. active membership in a department or similiar. No paid employments or student assisstant jobs. 
• Your consent
  You will not have to hand in more documents, provided that you agree to the Erasmus+ coordinators printing out your preliminary grade overview from ZEuS. Should you not agree to this or if you are studying in another faculty than the Faculty of Humanities (e.g. Economics), you have to hand in a print-out of your ZEuS account as a PDF document via email, which also includes registered assessments of the winter semester 2024/25, in addition to the application form. If you are in your master's degree and completed your bachelor's degree at a university other than the University of Konstanz, you need to send a transcript of records, listing your bachelor courses and grades, as a PDF document via email to erasmus.humanities[AT]uni-konstanz.de as well. If you agree to your e-mail address being passed on to fellow students who are going abroad with you or who would like to ask you questions in relation to your stay, you can say yes to this in the form.

To submit the form, you just have to hover your mouse pointer over the button "Submit application". You will then have the opportunity to check your information and correct it if necessary. You must then click "Submit application" again, then click "Yes-Submit" to actually submit your application. You will then receive an automatically generated confirmation of receipt by email listing your application details. Please make sure to save the application form before submitting in case you want to save it for your own documentation or in case there are technical problems during submission. 

Important: The application form is mask in which you can simply click on many things, but copy in longer text passages (please note the character limit). This way you avoid that the forms stay open too long and possibly cannot be sent. Please note that you cannot save the form temporarily! This is another reason why it makes sense to prepare your letter of motivation and study proposals in advance so that you only have to copy them in.

If you receive the notifcation that spam has been detected and you cannot submit the form because of that, it might be because you copy-pasted website links into the form. Please delete those links you should then be able to submit the form. 

Should there be technical problems with sending the application form electronically, save the document as a PDF file on your computer and send it as an e-mail attachment to erasmus.humanities[AT]uni-konstanz.de.

You will usually hear from us within a month. If we receive a very high number of applications, it may take a little longer.

The selection is based on the following criteria:

1. Eligibility (satisfying the formal criteria, e.g. study level and language competencies)
2. Quality of the letter of motivation
3. Quality of the study plan
4. Academic qualification, voluntary work
5. Form of the application, overall impression