The University of Duisburg-Essen has an excellent network across Europe: with more than 400 exchange agreements with 250 partner universities in 30 countries, Erasmus+ offers a wide variety of opportunities for studying, teaching, work placements and further training in other countries throughout Europe.

Every year, about 400 UDE students go abroad using Erasmus+, either for study purposes or for a work placement. At the same time, approximately 150 exchange students from partner universities come to UDE. Around 70 teaching staff and other UDE staff also go abroad using Erasmus+ every year, for teaching or further training purposes.

Erasmus+ supports exchanges for students and university staff within Europe – in person, online or combined in the form of blended mobility. Funding can be provided for stays for the purposes of studying and practical experience, teaching visits as well as further training and education at European partner institutions.

Erasmus+ student mobility

Through the Erasmus+ student mobility funding line, the International Office supports stays abroad at Erasmus+ partner institutions, work placements in other European countries and participation in blended intensive programmes, a combination of online and in-person mobility.

Erasmus+ teaching staff mobility

As part of an Erasmus+ teaching staff mobility, UDE teaching staff can spend a period usually lasting between one and two weeks at one of our 200 Erasmus+ partner institutions with both funding and organisational support provided. The programme specifically also addresses early career researchers who wish to expand their networks and acquire further qualifications abroad.

Erasmus+ staff mobility

The Erasmus+ staff mobility funding line serves to support further training and education for UDE staff for the purposes of further professional qualification and international collaboration at European universities or other host institutions. Possible formats include participation in an Erasmus+ staff week, job shadowing, participation in workshops and seminars or, by arrangement, participation in language courses.

Erasmus+ also allows mobilities to partner countries outside Europe, thus expanding international exchange beyond the borders of the EU. Funding is available for stays for study and teaching purposes, work placements and further training at selected partner institutions outside Europe. Similar to mobility programmes with European partners, subject-specific exchange agreements are concluded with non-European higher education institutions.

Current projects

Mobilities to and from the partner countries below can currently be funded as part of KA171. Please note that funding is restricted to individual subjects and faculties, i.e. applications from other disciplines cannot be considered.

Project 2025

Project duration:
1 August 2025–31 July 2027

Partner universities:

• University of Ghana
• University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

UDE faculty/institute
Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Political Science

Contact at the faculty:
Georg Lammich (georg.lammich@uni-due.de)

Funding for:
students, teaching staff, other staff (Faculty of Social Sciences)

Funding rates

Student mobility (Project 2025)

• from Germany to the partner country: €700 per month (outgoing students)
• from the partner country to Germany: €900 per month (incoming students)

Students who meet at least one of the funding eligibility criteria listed below can receive an additional grant of €250 per month (top-up):

• gainfully employed students (under certain conditions)
• students who are taking their child/children abroad with them
• students with a chronic illness
• students with a disability (degree of disability > 20)

Staff mobility for teaching or further training and education purposes (Project 2025)

Outgoing and incoming: up to the 14th day: €190/day, from the 15th day: €133/day

Travel cost allowances (Project 2025)

In addition to the amounts for individual grants specified above, students and staff travelling for teaching or further training and education purposes will receive a travel cost allowance. Distances are determined with the help of the distance calculator from the European Commission. The one-way distance will be used as the basis for calculating the amount of the EU allowance for the outbound and return journeys.

• 10–99 km: standard travel €28, green travel €56
• 100–499 km: standard travel €211, green travel €285
• 500–1,999 km: standard travel €309, green travel €417
• 2,000–2,999 km: standard travel €395, green travel €535
• 3,000–3,999 km: standard travel €580, green travel €785
• 4,000–7,999 km: standard travel €1,188, green travel €1,188
• 8,000 km or more: standard travel €1,735, green travel €1,735

Erasmus+ partnerships and cooperation projects (KA2) promote collaboration between education institutions, businesses and other organisations in Europe and worldwide. The objective is to sustainably strengthen innovation, quality and inclusion in the education sector. Funding is provided for joint projects to develop, test and disseminate innovative concepts, methods and materials. Thus, KA 2 supports the structured exchange of knowledge and strengthens long-term partnerships across national borders. 

Cooperation Partnerships

Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships offer higher education institutions opportunities for advancing cross-sectoral internationalisation projects. The focus here is on collaboration and exchanging good practices.

You can find further information here. 

Capacity-building projects

In the context of two to three-year capacity-building projects, European universities support the modernisation and reform of higher education institutions and systems in more than 150 partner countries to the EU.

You can find further information here.

Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters

The Erasmus+ programme offers two funding lines for institutional cooperation in higher education to promote transnational study programmes of excellence for highly-qualified students.

Erasmus Mundus Design Measures serve to support preparatory measures for developing a joint transnational master’s programme.

Transnational study programmes of excellence for highly-qualified students are funded through the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters programme.

Jean Monnet Actions

Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Actions comprise actions supporting EU-related teaching and research at higher education institutions on the one hand and actions promoting EU education in schools and vocational colleges on the other. The latter also address institutions offering teacher training and further qualification.

Please find further information here.

Alliances for innovation

With the overarching goal of enhancing Europe’s capacity for innovation, this funding line supports cooperation and knowledge transfer between higher education institutions, businesses and institutions offering professional training and further qualification.

You can find further information here.