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Hochschule Niederrhein. Your way.

There are various financial aids available for stays abroad for studies, teaching or further education purposes. Here are some of them:

ERASMUS+
This DAAD and EU funding programme offers financial support for students staying abroad as part of studies or internships, short programmes (blended mobility) or double degree programmes. Stays at ERASMUS programme universities or companies in the EU are sponsored.

Teaching education and staff can also receive financial support via ERASMUS+ programmes for teaching and training purposes at programme universities within the EU.

PROMOS
Students who wish to complete studies or internships at partner universities or companies outside Europe can apply for this funding programme.

HAW.International
This funding programme has been specially developed for students at universities of applied sciences (HAW).

Other funding programmes
Short stays abroad by students and lecturers can be supported via short-term scholarships as part of the ThinkGlobal project. There are also programmes such as the Auslands-BAföG or Fulbright scholarships.

Please contact us for advice.

Overview of the funding programmes

The Hochschule Niederrhein (HSNR) is a signatory to the ERASMUS Charter for Higher Education.

In the ERASMUS Policy Statement, HSNR is committed to internationalisation in all areas of the university.

The ERASMUS+ Programme 2021-2027 places new specialisations on social inclusion, sustainability through green travel and digitalisation ("EWP - Erasmus Without Paper").

The following mobility measures are sponsored:

ERASMUS+ Student Mobility Studies (SMS)

ERASMUS+ Student Mobility Internship (SMP)

ERASMUS+ mobility for teaching purposes/teacher mobility (STA)

ERASMUS+ mobility for further education and training purposes/staff mobility (STT)

ERASMUS+ from 2021 »

(SMS)

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What are the advantages of ERASMUS+ studies?

ERASMUS+ offers you

Support in preparing for your stay abroad
Academic recognition of your achievements abroad
Exemption from tuition fees at the host university
Mobility grant to cover the additional costs incurred abroad

Which countries take part in ERASMUS+?

The following European countries take part in Erasmus+
The 28 EU countries, Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey.

Which stays abroad are sponsored?

Study visits within Europe at our partner universities are sponsored by the ERASMUS+ programme.

Study visits close to the border cannot usually be sponsored with a scholarship. This includes study visits to Venlo in particular.

What requirements do I have to fulfil?

Sponsors are regular students of the HSNR (of any nationality) who

have achieved good academic results;
are at least in the 3rd specialisation semester of their Bachelor studies;
have good language skills in the language of instruction (see minimum requirements of the partner university);
are planning a study period of 2 to 12 months;

Please note that there must be a bilateral agreement between the respective faculties of the HSNR and the host university.

What is the OLS test?

The European Commission has made a free online language test available for almost all European languages.

All ERASMUS+ scholarship students (except native speakers) are required to take this test in the language of instruction before the start of their stay abroad and can take it again voluntarily after their stay. The test results have no influence on participation in the programmes.

The language test makes it possible to compare the language skills before and after the stay abroad and to record any progress made by the funded participants in language acquisition.

The systematic, Europe-wide review of the development of individual language skills makes it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of Erasmus+. However, the agreements on certain language levels made in the Learning Agreement (LA) between partner universities cannot be verified with OLS test results. These language competences must be proven by other certificates when selecting participants.

Online Language Support (OLS)

Are all applications sponsored?

The HSNR has agreed a fixed number of study places with its partner universities.

If there are more applications than places, a selection must be made.

Students should therefore inform themselves about several universities and consider alternatives.

Further information on the criteria for selecting scholarship students can be found here.

What subsidy rates are available?

ERASMUS+ studies funding rates

What are additional subsidies (FO)?

Erasmus+ aims to promote equal opportunities and inclusion.

For this reason, access to the programme is made easier for students from disadvantaged backgrounds (students with fewer opportunities (FO)).

In Germany, this applies in the Erasmus+ programme for single parents studying abroad and for students with special needs:

Students from non-academic backgrounds: Students whose parents/relatives do not have a degree from a university of applied sciences are considered first-time academics:inside. They receive 250 euros (long-term stay) in addition to the regular monthly Erasmus grant.
Students with a degree of disability (GdB) of 20 or higher receive a special grant of 250 euros/month.
Students who are sponsored for a stay abroad via Erasmus+ and are travelling abroad with their child/children can apply for a monthly lump sum of 250 euros/month, which is paid in addition to the regular Erasmus+ sponsorship rate. For this purpose, the birth certificate must be submitted in the online tool during the application. In addition, proof that the child is travelling with the student (e.g. registration at school) must be provided after arrival in the host country.
Students with chronic illnesses can also receive an additional 250 euros per month (long-term stay).

Green Travel: All students also have the opportunity to receive a grant for sustainable travel. Up to 6 days of travel can be subsidised at a daily rate if you are travelling green.

The additional grants can be combined with the Green Travel grant.

Please apply for additional funding directly when making your application in the online tool. It is not possible to apply for these funds retrospectively.

Info sheet on additional funding

Additional ERASMUS+ funding

When and for how long is mobility possible?

Mobility (studies or internship) is possible once in each study phase (Bachelor's, Master's, doctorate); it may last a maximum of 12 months per phase.

To the online application: ERASMUS+ studies

ERASMUS+ Charter for students

ERASMUS+ timetable

Confirmation of arrival / registration

Confirmation of total stay

▶ [Video tutorial] Application for a study place abroad via Mobility Online

Sample Learning Agreement for preparation (from 2021)

Video tutorials

Blended Mobility

ERASMUS+ Blended Mobility

Under certain conditions, shorter mobility in the form of a "blended mobility" (combination of virtual and physical mobility) can also be sponsored. The duration of the physical phase is a minimum of 5 days and a maximum of 30 days. The format is supplemented by any amount of virtual learning before or after the physical mobility. The duration of the virtual component is not subject to any eligibility criteria, but at least 3 ECTS credits must be awarded for the combined virtual and physical mobility.

The Hochschule Niederrhein encourages students of STEM degree programmes (Mathematics, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Engineering) and the "Fewer Opportunities" group to undertake a blended mobility (subject to sufficient funding). Please contact the HSNR International Office for information on the application procedure.

Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP) in which the HSNR is actively involved can be used by students of the participating faculties. Information on this can be obtained from the relevant departmental coordinator. Funding is also possible (subject to sufficient financial resources).

Applications must be submitted via the online tool at least 2 months before the start of the programme.

The link to the online tool will be sent to the participants by email by the International Office after nomination by the departmental coordinator.

Participants who are abroad for longer than 15 days must complete an OLS language test in advance.

(SMP)

To the online application: ERASMUS+ Internshi

ERASMUS+ Student Charter

[Video tutorial] ERASMUS+ internship application

Learning Agreement for Traineeships/Internships

Instructions for completing the form

ISCED codes

EU-wide internship platform

Language Centre

(STA) / (STT)

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You can find more information on the mobility programmes for teaching, further education and training purposes under Programme elements

Teaching stays can be combined with further education and training activities.

The programme offers you the following benefits:

Travel allowance
Reimbursement of accommodation costs

Please ensure that you upload all documents to the online portal up to 8 weeks before the start of the mobility programme.

Programme elements

Mobility for teaching purposes (STA)

Erasmus+ sponsors guest lectureships at European partner universities. Guest lecturers should strengthen the European dimension of the host university through their stay, complement its teaching programme and impart their specialist knowledge to students who do not want to or cannot study abroad.

Where possible, the development of joint study programmes between the partner universities should play a role, as should the exchange of teaching content and methods.

Participants who are abroad for longer than 15 days must complete an OLS language test in advance.

Personnel from foreign companies and organisations can also be invited to German universities for teaching purposes.

Teaching and training activities can be combined during a phase of staff mobility. Any stay abroad for teaching or training purposes can be organised as mixed mobility.

Information on staff mobility

Mobility for continuing education and trainin

Erasmus+ enables further education and training measures for university staff in programme countries to expand internationalisation.

Personnel (with a contract at the HSNR) can undertake this mobility:

A training period at a partner university, in a company or at another relevant workplace abroad. A training period abroad allows all personnel of a higher education institution to participate in a training activity abroad that is relevant to their daily work at the higher education institution. The activity can take the form of training events (with the exception of conferences) or periods of job shadowing and work shadowing.

Participants who are abroad for longer than 15 days must complete an OLS language test in advance.

Information on staff mobility

Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP)

The development of short, intensive and joint mobility curricula and activities is intended to offer students and university staff the opportunity to participate in a short physical group mobility (5-30 days) combined with a virtual phase of undefined duration. The minimum number of participants for a BIP is 15 and at least three ECHE universities from three different programme countries must be involved. Other universities or organisations from programme or partner countries can optionally participate in a BIP. The participation of participants from partner countries is not funded by the programme. The physical activity can take place at the receiving university or at another location in the country of the receiving university.

Applications for BIP must be submitted to the International Office in good time. Erasmus applications are usually submitted in January of a year and are approved from June of the same year at the earliest (this must be taken into account when planning).
Between €6,000 - €8,000 can be applied for for the organisation (€400/participant for min. 15 people + max. 20 people). Additional persons can participate. Students and personnel of the HSNR can participate as learners. German participants are not counted when organising a BIP.

Participants who are abroad for longer than 15 days must complete an OLS language test in advance.

Links to the online application

ERASMUS+ application: Personnel - Teaching

ERASMUS+ application: Personnel - Training

With the PROMOS programme, the DAAD provides universities with funds from the BMFTR with which they can award scholarships to qualified students for study-related stays abroad (usually outside Europe).

Partial scholarships are awarded in the amount of - as a rule - 450 euros per month of funding; in addition, there may be a travel allowance, depending on the budget and applicant situation.

23,000 euros are available for 2026.

What can be sponsored by PROMOS?

Studies abroad

Study visits worldwide outside the Erasmus area
Stays at European universities with which no Erasmus agreement exists
a further stay at a partner university (if Erasmus has been exhausted)
Tuition fees cannot be financed
Duration: one month to six months

Subject-related internships abroad

Internships worldwide outside the Erasmus area (EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey)
Duration: six weeks to six months

Theses abroad

Stay abroad to write a thesis at a university, institution or company
Duration: one month to six months

Specialised courses abroad

Participation in specialised courses offered by universities or scientific institutions abroad - worldwide
A subsidy towards the course fees can be applied for
Duration: five days to six weeks

Language courses at foreign universities

Language courses at a foreign university
only rarely spoken languages
The course must be related to your studies
A subsidy for the course fees can be applied for
Duration: three weeks to six months

Who can apply?

Regular students of the HSNR who are planning a study-related stay abroad and can provide proof of the necessary language skills. Recognition must be ensured by the faculty.
Students with an international higher education entrance qualification cannot be sponsored for a stay in their "home country".

The selection criteria are
academic achievements at the HSNR, recognition of examination results, subject relevance for the studies, good language skills in the language of instruction.

Deadlines for the year 2026
01 December 2025 for the whole year 2026

You are also welcome to apply outside the deadlines; there is the possibility of being placed on a waiting list and moving up if funding becomes available or additional funds are made available.

The stay abroad must not have been completed at the time of application.

Application
The application is made via our Mobility Online Tool (see links below). The following documents must be uploaded:

Letter of motivation (1-2 pages) with statements on recognition (> to be addressed to the HSNR selection committee)

Proof of language skills in the working language, the following proofs are acceptable:

Advanced course in the Abitur
Course certificate from the HSNR Language Centre
Test at the HSNR Language Centre using the DAAD form
External official language tests
Au pair stay
Native speakers and students taught in English degree programmes are exempt from this requirement.
Placement tests and OLS language tests do not count as language certificates.

For studies abroad additionally:

Confirmation from the host university (for stays in the winter semester of the following year, please upload "placeholder", see info below)

Note on the Learning Agreement (course recognition):

Learning Agreement between student and faculty ("Learning Agreement" document) does not need to be uploaded in advance.
You can enter the digital Learning Agreement in the tool later after confirmation of the application documents / after the deadline.
We provide the document under Downloads as support and for consultation in advance with the faculty. You enter the courses
later digitally in the tool and these are then checked digitally by the faculty.

For an internship abroad additionally:

Confirmation from the company or internship contract
Confirmation from the faculty that the internship has been recognised ("Certificate of internship" document)

For theses additionally:

Detailed description of the project
Confirmation from the supervising professor at the HSNR
Confirmation/approval of the host institution or internship contract incl. period of stay

For specialised courses and language courses additionally:

Information on the planned course
Confirmation/approval from the host institution incl. duration

Internship certificate

Learning Agreement (Promos)

Guide to the letter of motivation

PROMOS online application

Please note the following information before submitting your application:

Only complete applications submitted in the Mobility Online Tool can be considered. The International Office reserves the right to reject applications if the documents are not complete and/or the deadlines have not been met.
If the stay abroad is planned from July of the year, there is usually no confirmation from the host institution by the first PROMOS application deadline and possibly no Learning Agreement with the desired courses. In this case, placeholders with a corresponding justification can be uploaded to the tool as an exception . Placeholder: A document with the current application status at the university, possibly with information on when you will be accepted.
Please upload all documents - before the stay abroad - to the online tool Mobility Online by 15 July at the latest (see link below).
Double funding through PROMOS in parallel with a DAAD scholarship is not possible. If you have applied for another DAAD scholarship (BAföG abroad is not included here, the scholarship only has to be specified there), please re-registration in good time.
There is no legal entitlement to funding.

To the online application:

- PROMOS application: Studies
- PROMOS application: Internship
- PROMOS application: Thesis
- PROMOS application: Specialised course
- PROMOS application: Language course

The DAAD's new scholarship programme "HAW.International" supports students at universities of applied sciences and universities of applied sciences during their stay abroad and the universities in cooperation projects with international partners.

In addition to full scholarships for studies or theses, the programme also offers scholarships for participation in trade fairs and conferences abroad.

While PROMOS scholarships are administered and awarded directly at the HSNR, the DAAD awards HAW scholarships nationwide following an assessment by a selection committee based on subject-specific criteria.

Double funding through HAW International (or another DAAD scholarship) in parallel with a PROMOS scholarship is not possible. There is no legal entitlement to funding.

We hope that you have arrived safely back at the HSNR.

Now there are still a few things to do to finalise your stay abroad.

Pass on your experience to others

After your return from abroad, we would be delighted if you could pass on your experiences:

as a buddy for newly arrived international students (more information in the Intercultural Competence chapter)
as a mentor for students who want to go abroad like you.
as an ambassador by sharing your impressions with fellow students in a report.

If you have not yet registered for the Intercultural Competence certificate, now would be a good time to do so, as you have already acquired an important building block through your stay abroad.

Participation in the Buddy Programme as an HSNR mentor

With the GLOBUS students for students Buddy Programme, we want to help newly enrolled international students to find their way around Germany and the university more quickly and easily.

In order to achieve this goal, an already enrolled student (from the 2nd specialisation semester) supports the international newcomer in settling in, for example by making contact before arrival, giving directions to the hall of residence or campus, accompanying them to registration or to the health insurance company.

The Buddy Programme creates an international network that benefits both German and international students. It enables participating students to apply and expand their language skills, gain intercultural competence and get to know new cultures. In addition, this voluntary work is a component of the Certificate for Intercultural Competence (ZIK).

The activity lasts for one semester, which can be chosen at will, and is concluded with a personal interview at the International Office.

The application deadline for the winter semester is 15 August; for the summer semester 15 February of each year.

Interested HSNR students can register using the registration form.

Further information can be found on this website.

ERASMUS+

Alexandra Howe

Coordination of ERASMUS+ Exchange Programmes (Outgoings EU)

Room: A E07B, Building A
Phone: +49 2151 822-2724
outboundexchange(at)hs-niederrhein.de
Reinarzstrasse 49
47805 Krefeld
Consultation:
For a personal counselling session, please come and see me in our offices at Krefeld South Campus.
Please use our online tool to arrange an appointment.

PROMOS & Outgoings Non-EU

Sarah Groterath

Coordinator PROMOS, Outgoings non EU

Room: A E07C, Building A
Phone: +49 (0)2151 822-2732
outboundexchange(at)hs-niederrhein.de
Reinarzstrasse 49
47805 Krefeld
Consultation:
Counselling at Krefeld SouthCampus, Room AE07C:
Please use the appointment planner to make an appointment.

ERASMUS+

Ewa Kittner, M.A.

Outgoings EU & BIP; Project HAW.International

Room: A E07C, Building A
Phone: +49 2151 822-2746
outboundexchange(at)hs-niederrhein.de
Reinarzstraße 49
47805 Krefeld
Consultation:
For a personal consultation, please come and see me in our Mönchengladbach offices (Monforts Quartier, Schwalmstrasse 301, 41065 Mönchengladbach (Room 22, 1st floor, Building W1, Entrance 23)
Please use our online tool to arrange an appointment.

Certificate for intercultural competence

Nicole Blankenhagel, M.A.

Coordination Refugee Support Programmes

Room: E 24, 1st Floor, Building W1 (Entrance 23)
Phone: +49 2161 186-2738
refugees(at)hs-niederrhein.de
Schwalmstrasse 301
41238 Mönchengladbach
Consultation:
Mondays 9 am - 12 noon and 1 pm - 4 pm and by appointment

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Planning and preparation

Partner universities

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Overview of funding programmes

ERASMUS+

What are the advantages of ERASMUS+ studies?

Which countries take part in ERASMUS+?

Which stays abroad are sponsored?

What requirements do I have to fulfil?

What is the OLS test?

Are all applications sponsored?

What subsidy rates are available?

What are additional subsidies (FO)?

When and for how long is mobility possible?

Video tutorials

Blended Mobility

Programme elements

Mobility for teaching purposes (STA)

Mobility for continuing education and trainin

Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP)

Links to the online application

PROMOS

What can be sponsored by PROMOS?

Studies abroad

Subject-related internships abroad

Theses abroad

Specialised courses abroad

Language courses at foreign universities

Who can apply?

PROMOS online application

HAW.International

Further funding programmes

Return to the HSNR

Pass on your experience to others

Intercultural competence

Participation in the Buddy Programme as an HSNR mentor

Contact: inside

ERASMUS+

Alexandra Howe

Coordination of ERASMUS+ Exchange Programmes (Outgoings EU)

PROMOS & Outgoings Non-EU

Sarah Groterath

Coordinator PROMOS, Outgoings non EU

ERASMUS+

Ewa Kittner, M.A.

Outgoings EU & BIP; Project HAW.International

Certificate for intercultural competence

Nicole Blankenhagel, M.A.

Coordination Refugee Support Programmes

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