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Enjoy a general introduction as a teaser on our “your-stay-abroad” pages. It is useful to inform yourself thoroughly in advance about semesters abroad. You should think about where you would like to go, and what alternative destinations would also be possible for you. If you already have specific questions, write them down and bring them with you to your consultation talk.

If you have found foreign universities that interest you, check out their websites since they contain up-to-date information from the respective university, e.g:

• What courses are on offer?
• When are the application deadlines?
• How many semesters are there per year (not always two), and when do they take place?

On the web pages of the h_da International Office you will also find experience reports from returnees, which provide valuable information for preparing and organizing your semester abroad.

The h_da is a member of a European university alliance by the name of EUT+ (European University of Technology) with the following partners:

• Технически университет – София TUS (Bulgaria)
• Université de technologie de Troyes UTT (France)
• Technological University Dublin TUD (Ireland)
• Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale UNICAS (Italy)
• Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte RTU (Latvia)
• Universitatea Tehnică din Cluj-Napoca UTCN (Romania)
• Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena UPCT (Spain)
• Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου CUT (Cyprus)

The EUT+ partners are also linked in a Computer Science Cluster (except CUT Cyprus), where so-called mobility maps are stored. The mobility maps provide information on many courses, if they can be recognized in principle. At https://info-mobility.univ-tech.eu/en/ you can view these - check semester 4 for a summer semester and semester 5 for a winter semester. Please note the purely informative and possibly incomplete nature of this presentation. Contact the international teams directly, in good time before finalizing your own plans!

Consultation sessions

Please arrange a consultation talk with the international affairs commissioners (see contact details below); this consultation with your cs faculty is mandatory. Here you will receive information e.g. on partner universities, on required documents, on funding opportunities, and on the next steps, among other things. In particular, you will be informed about the recognition process.

You should also visit the International Office at h_da and seek advice there as well. You will receive further valuable information about partner universities, procedures, etc.

Application documents

The application documents you need to complete include

• Application to the partner university
• Application to the relevant funding program (usually a letter of nomination, a declaration of acceptance)

The application documents can be found on the h_da website. All documents must be signed by the international affairs commissioners (see contact) of the computer science faculty.

The application deadlines at the universities can be found on the websites of the (partner) universities. The application deadlines for the scholarships can be found on the websites of the funding bodies, or via the h_da International Office.

Please note that additional forms, e.g. on request from the partner university, often have to be completed. These can be e.g. a registration, an application for a place in a hall of residence, a valid visa, language certificates, etc.

You can find out exactly what you need on the website of the relevant university, the international representatives and the International Office can provide guidance (see contact).

Pre-recognition of courses

Have all courses that you wish to complete abroad recognised in advance by your degree program coordinator. With the pre-recognition, work you have done abroad can be recognised for your course outline here at the computer science faculty, provided you complete it successfully. Without pre-recognition, you must be aware that some credit points may not be recognised.

For your pre-approval, fill out the relevant form and take it to the responsible degree program coordinator. Together, you will go through the courses to be recognised and, the overall application must be signed together in the end. If clarification is required regarding recognition, the program coordinators will inform you of any further steps that may be necessary. 

If changes to the courses become necessary at the partner university, please inform the program coordinator in due time (by email) and discuss these changes. 

For universities that are not partners of the cs faculty, you are responsible for obtaining the necessary information (such as e.g. module descriptions including program assignment, number of credits, the grading system) from the host university and submitting it to the international affairs commissioners (see contact) and the respective program coordinators.

Please note that you cannot be credited with more than the credit points prescribed in your curriculum (in total, in the respective specializations and other requirements and upper limits). Additional credit points may be recognised under "voluntary additional credits".

Learning Agreement

You will receive the Learning Agreement (LA) from the International Office of the h_da. Which version you should use depends, among other things, on whether you are travelling within the framework of Erasmus (i.e. within the EU), where these pages pages provide more detailed information.

The entire process is also available in the form of a routing slip.

You will usually be given the opportunity to take part in an orientation event at the partner university at the beginning. All important points concerning the partner university will be explained to you there.

Letter of Arrival / Letter of Confirmation

After your arrival at the host university, please have your enrollment confirmed. Please send this so-called Letter of Arrival or Letter of Confirmation to the international commissioners (see contact). They will then forward the Letter of Arrival as required.

Change of Learning Agreement

The Learning Agreement (which you prepared before your stay, see "Before travelling") is taken to the foreign university and signed there by the supervisor after it is clear which courses will actually be attended. Please send the LA to the international commissioners (see contact) and to your degree program coordinator at the computer science faculty.

If there are any changes to the courses attended, these must be noted on the Learning Agreement. It is important to discuss this change with your degree program coordinator (key reason: recognizability). Please also send this new version of the Learning Agreement to the international commissioners and the degree program coordinators at the computer science faculty.

Transcript of Records

Before your return and after all examinations have been written, ask the host university how you can obtain a Transcript of Records (ToR) of your achievements. This ToR is your proof of your achievements abroad and the basis for later recognition.

Recognition of the foreign credit points

Please contact your degree program coordinator. Further information on the recognition process can be found on the respective degree program pages.

Experience report

After your stay, write a report about your study abroad experience so that other students can find out more.

Write a report (see below)