The application deadline for ERASMUS scholarships is 01 March each academic year. Additional announcements (e.g. for remaining places) will be made in good time.

We recommend that you come to the ERASMUS office hours in advance to plan your stay abroad and to discuss the further procedure.  In addition, the colleagues in the International Office (Building 21.02) will be happy to answer your questions about ERASMUS.

If you would like to apply for an ERASMUS scholarship, two steps are necessary:

First, please fill out the online application on the pages of the International Office. Only applicants who have completed this step can be considered. Please use the option to name several possible target universities in the online application. This increases the chance that you will receive a scholarship place. 

Afterwards, please submit the pdf printout of the online application by email to erasmus-geschichte(at)hhu.de together with the following documents to the ERASMUS Officer in the Department of History:

• Letter of motivation (1-2 pages) in which you explain why you are applying for a study visit to the university you have chosen. If you can also imagine another destination, please indicate this here.
• Short curriculum vitae in table form with photo
• Overview of your academic achievements to date (e.g. printout of the LSF performance overview)

In the weeks following the application deadline, the students who will receive an ERASMUS scholarship will be selected. The selection is made on the basis of the submitted documents. You will be notified of the decision no later than one month after the application deadline. Afterwards, please get back to us within one week and let us know whether you would like to take up the stay abroad.

The ERASMUS scholarship currently amounts to approximately €540–600 per month, depending on the destination country. Information on the exact amounts of the current scholarship rates can be found in the latest fact sheets from the International Office. All students regularly enrolled at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (B.AERASMUS traineeship. and M.A. students, as well as doctoral students, depending on the partnership) are eligible for funding.

It is possible to apply for BAföG for study abroad in addition to ERASMUS scholarship. Please be sure to submit your application by the deadline: It must be submitted no later than six months before the start of your stay abroad.

We would especially like to draw your attention to the opportunity to receive funding for an internship abroad through the ERASMUS program. You can find more information on the International Office’s website.

Applications are to be submitted directly through the International Office.