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ERASMUS
The ERASMUS programme (EuRopean Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) is a funding programme of the European Union that enables students to study abroad at a host university within the EU. Bachelor’s and Master’s students can study at a partner university with financial support for one or even two semesters abroad during their studies. All 27 EU member states and five other European countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Turkey) participate in the programme. Find out more about whether an ERASMUS study programme is suitable for you, which ERASMUS partner universities the Faculty of Business and Economics has and how you can apply.
The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration cooperates with over 60 ERASMUS partner universities in more than 20 countries. An overview of our ERASMUS partner universities can be found here, along with the current application deadlines here. For further details on the ERASMUS exchange, our global exchange programmes, and international activities, please refer to the presentation „Wege ins Ausland WiWi 2025“.
Application
We look forward to receiving your application for an ERASMUS semester at one of our partner universities!
Administrative information on the application
- You can find an overview of the deadlines here. Unfortunately, applications not received by the deadlines cannot be considered.
- You can only apply for an exchange via our online application form. We do not accept applications by email or by post.
- To access the online application form, you must log in with your RUB login ID.
- For the success of your application it does not matter when you submit it – as long as you do it within the given deadline. All applications will be reviewed collectively after the deadline. So you don’t have to hurry and submit your application as soon as possible.
- Our aim is to give you feedback on whether we can offer you an ERASMUS place within 8 weeks of the submission deadline. You will then still have enough time to process and submit the documents necessary for your official nomination. You will receive more detailed information on these documents at the information event for ERASMUS outgoings; you will be informed of the exact date if you are accepted.
Contents of the application
- The online application form asks you for some personal and contact information. In addition, you will be asked to upload some documents. Please note that the online form only accepts PDFs with a maximum file size of 1 MB. The following documents should be uploaded:
PDF documents
- Curriculum vitae (including photo)
- Letter of motivation in English, approx. 1-2 pages long. In it you should briefly explain why you are applying for the ERASMUS programme, why you should be admitted and why you have chosen (a) specific host university(ies).
Current Transcript of Records and previous degree certificates; Bachelor students should upload their current Transcript of Records and their Abitur certificate, Master students their current Transcript of Records and Bachelor certificate.
Please note that your current RUB Transcript of Records should be verifiable. To do this, select the option “generate (checkable)” under the menu item “data sheet” in your Flexnow access. The verifiable data sheet contains a password with which the authenticity can be checked. - Most host universities do not require an official certificate, but only recommend a certain language level. Accordingly, we do not necessarily require official certificates for your application either. If you have already taken a language test in English or the otherwise relevant national language and have a corresponding certificate, please add it to your application. If you don’t have an official certificate, you don’t have to spend money on it; we know that official certificates can cost several hundred euros and we don’t want you to spend money on an application that may or may not be successful. In this case, you can argue in your motivation letter that you already know the language for other reasons (e.g. because you have studied the language for many years at school or have spent a few months in the country, etc.) or how you plan to learn the language before you start your possible stay abroad.
- Our Centre for Foreign Language Education (ZFA) offers various language courses as well as international tests, such as IELTS for English, DELE for Spanish, DELF/DALF for French and Swedex for Swedish.
The ZFA also offers a DAAD language certificate, which is accepted by most universities as proof of language proficiency. Please check the ZFA website for information on official tests and language certificates and make sure you take the test in good time.
You must specify at least one and up to five preferences for host universities. Here you will find a list of all current ERASMUS partner universities. When selecting your preferences, you should consider the following points: compatibility of the host university’s semester dates with those of RUB, possible (official) language requirements, course offerings at the host university (are you interested in the modules offered? Do you meet the necessary prerequisites? etc.). In addition, you can find further information on the International Office website. In addition, you can access the testimonials of former ERASMUS exchange students here to get an impression of their experiences on site.
Financing options
As an ERASMUS student, you do not pay tuition fees at your host university and also receive a financial allowance for the stay abroad from RUB. This grant is intended to cover the extra costs you incur during a stay abroad. The ERASMUS participating countries are divided into three groups. The following grant rates will be paid for a study visit in the academic year 2025/2026:
600 EUR/month for country group 1:
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Sweden, UK.
540 EUR/month for country group 2 and 3:
Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czechia, Cyprus; Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Hungary
Extra support for students with special needs
Students with children or disabilities can apply for additional funding.
Testimonials
Here you will find testimonials from former ERASMUS students at the respective host universities.
Information material
Every student enrolled in one of the degree programmes offered at our faculty can apply for an ERASMUS exchange. Even if you are studying a degree programme that is partly taught at our faculty, you can apply for an ERASMUS exchange at our faculty (this applies e.g. to ECUE Master students).
Yes, due to the long application process, Bachelor students planning an ERASMUS exchange in their first Masters semesters must actually apply for this exchange during their Bachelor studies. Please note that in order to participate in the ERASMUS exchange, you must be enrolled at our faculty. Therefore, if you change your mind and end up doing your Master’s at another university or are not admitted to one of our Master’s programmes, you will not be able to participate in the Erasmus exchange, even if you were nominated one semester before.
Unfortunately not, as we cannot be sure that you will change university and be admitted to our degree programmes. To participate in an ERASMUS exchange, you must be enrolled at our faculty during the application semester and during the semester abroad.
The European Culture and Economy (ECUE) degree programme is cross-faculty. If you are an ECUE student:in and would like to take mainly or exclusively economics modules during your stay abroad, you should apply accordingly to the Faculty of Economics for a stay at one of our partner universities. However, as an ECUE student, Soe do not need to prepare our faculty’s credit transfer form. Instead, you need to discuss the chosen modules with the responsible person who will approve the credit for you.
First of all, it is a formal requirement for participating in an ERASMUS exchange that you are a RUB student:r at our faculty. Since we have no way to check this before you apply, providing a RUB email address is a small check. The RUB also provides you with an email address that you can use to manage all matters concerning your studies. Just as you communicate with us via our RUB address, we also want to communicate with you via your RUB address.
Most host universities do not require an official certificate, but only recommend a certain language level. Accordingly, we do not necessarily require official certificates for your application either. We also know that these official certificates cost several hundred euros, and we don’t want you to spend money on an application that may or may not be successful. So you can simply argue that you know the language because, for example, you studied English for many years at school or you spent a few months in the country, etc.
However, if you have taken a language test and have a corresponding certificate, please add this to your application. Our Centre for Foreign Language Education (ZFA) offers various international tests, such as IELTS for English, DELE for Spanish, DELF/DALF for French and Swedex for Swedish. Of course, this also applies if you have taken language courses at the ZFA (or an analogous university language centre) and have an official certificate.
To sum it up, you don’t have to include an official test or certificate result, but otherwise an official certificate is better than just stating that you learned the language at school or on holiday.
Some of our partner universities require language certificates from incoming students. Please find out about the requirements of your host university as early as possible so that you can prepare the certificate(s) in advance. We as the ERASMUS team of the Faculty of Business and Economics cannot issue language certificates.
The Centre for Foreign Language Education (ZFA) at RUB offers a wide range of language courses and internationally recognised language tests (IELTS, DELE, CNaVT, DELF/DALF, SWEDEX and Tisus). The ZFA also offers a DAAD language diploma, which is accepted by most universities as proof of language proficiency. You can find more information on their website.
We have not personally visited most of our ERASMUS partners, so as a rule of thumb we only have the information that the host universities themselves offer on their websites. It is best to do your own research on the partners’ websites and/or in the testimonials of former exchange students to find out more. In any case, the range of English-language modules offered at the host university can change from year to year, so it is always advisable to have a command of the local language.
You can only go to one host university from our list of partners. ERASMUS agreements take a lot of time and coordination to come about. In addition, the agreements usually develop from personal contacts between the faculties/universities. Therefore, we unfortunately cannot sign an ERASMUS agreement with every university. Even if we tried to consider individual requests, it would take so long to formalise the agreement that your studies would probably be over before the agreement came into effect. If you really want to go to a particular university, your best option is to go there as a free mover, see the information here. However, you would then not receive an ERASMUS grant and would have to organise the exchange yourself.
We are the ERASMUS team of the faculty and take care of the academic matters of your exchange. For administrative and financial matters such as Bafög / Auslandsbafög or other financial matters, the International Office is the first point of contact. If you need a certificate for your Auslandsbafög application, please contact the International Office. Normally, you must state the exact dates of your stay abroad on the Auslandsbafög form. We do not have this information (only you and the International Office have this information), so even if we wanted to, we could not sign any document or form because we do not have the information.
The AKAFÖ provides useful information about BAföG and other funding opportunities abroad.
In some very rare cases, the BAföG office explicitly requires you to submit a document in which we have to certify academically that your ERASMUS stay abroad is conducive to your further studies. In this case, you can of course contact us.
In principle, you are free to choose any module at the host university. First of all, you should check which modules are offered during your ERASMUS exchange at your host university. Please note that timetables are often created at short notice (even we at RUB do not create timetables for a year in advance). Sometimes you can only assume that a module offered in the current winter/summer semester will probably also be offered in the next winter/summer semester. After you have picked out suitable modules, you should check whether the module will be recognised when you return to Bochum (see the next questions on module recognition). We would also like to point out that it may be that some modules at your host university have participation restrictions. You should clarify this with your host university.
We only check whether your Learning Agreement is formally correct. In order to ensure that all ECTS credits are recognised when you return to RUB, please have the modules that you would like to take at the host university credited by the relevant professor of our faculty in advance. You should do this before submitting the Learning Agreement and thus before your stay abroad.
Yes, the European Union requires a minimum of 15 ECTS per semester on yourLearning Agreement. If you achieve less than 15 ECTS during your ERASMUS stay, you have to submit an informal statement to our International Office stating the reasons for the lower number of ECTS achieved. If you achieve less than 5 ECTS, the International Office may reclaim your ERASMUS grant, unless there are special circumstances beyond your control (e.g. an illness).
If you take a module at a foreign university that is equivalent to one of the modules offered at RUB, the professor teaching the comparable module at RUB must check the equivalence of the foreign module. If the foreign module is equivalent, the module will be credited with the name of the equivalent module at RUB.
If you take an economics module at the foreign university for which there is no equivalent module at RUB, the course will be credited to you as a so-called “dummy” module. To have the crediting of such a module confirmed, contact a chair that offers similar modules at our faculty.
For all foreign modules that are transferred to the RUB Transcript of Records, the grade of the module at the host university is converted into an RUB grade.
At our faculty, all modules have either 5 or 10 ECTS. It may be that your ERASMUS host university offers modules with a different number of ECTS that do not fit perfectly into this 5/10 ECTS scheme. The assessment of the ECTS credited is up to the chair that recognises the module (see also the previous question). If the module of the host university is credited to you as the equivalent RUB module, the credited ECTS correspond to the ECTS awarded for the module at RUB. If the module of the host university is credited to you as a dummy module, there are different possibilities to credit the module after consultation with the chair. For example, a 3 ECTS module at the host university can be credited to you as a 3 ECTS dummy module at RUB. In special cases, e.g. if the workload of the module at the host university is very high, it may also be possible to agree on a credit with 5 ECTS at RUB. It is also possible, for example, to have two or three 3 ECTS modules at the host university recognised together as one 5 ECTS dummy module or two 5 ECTS dummy modules at RUB, or two 7.5 ECTS modules at the host university recognised as three 5 ECTS dummy modules at RUB. The assessment and decision on appropriate crediting is the responsibility of the recognising chair.
There are different conversion systems for grading systems that do not correspond to the RUB grading system. The examination office that enters the credit in your Transcript of Records will usually use one of the available conversion tables to convert the grade fairly.
No, you do not have to. It is up to you how many modules you want to transfer to your RUB Transcript of Records.
Please refer to the footnotes of the Learning Agreement form: Study cycle: Short cycle (EQF level 5) / Bachelor or equivalent first cycle (EQF level 6) / Master or equivalent second cycle (EQF level 7) / Doctorate or equivalent third cycle (EQF level 8).
Please refer to the footnotes of the Learning Agreement form: The ISCED-F 2013 search tool is available here.
For Management, enter the code “041: Business Administration” and for Economics, enter the code “0311: Economics”. If you are in a mixed degree programme, you should enter the code that best suits you (in which of the two areas you take a majority of your courses), or you can enter both codes. If you are studying a Master’s degree only in Management or only in Economics, you should only enter the code for Management or Economics respectively.
In any case, you must always use and consistently maintain the RUB Learning Agreement. However, it may also be that your host university wants you to fill out their Learning Agreement form. In this case, you would have to keep two parallel Learning Agreements (which should of course contain the same modules). We are also happy to sign your host university’s Learning Agreement form, but only together with our RUB Learning Agreement form.
You must contact the International Office at RUB. The International Office is the right contact for all non-academic questions.
If your ERASMUS stay is only for 1 semester, it may be possible for you to extend your stay abroad by 1 semester to a total of 2 semesters:
1) First check with your local ERASMUS coordinator if the host university agrees. If yes, we are happy that you are enjoying your ERASMUS stay abroad and will usually agree, so you only need to send us an email about your intentions with proof of the host university’s agreement (e.g. a written notice, a forwarded email, etc.).
2) In order to check whether your ERASMUS grant can be extended, please also write an appropriate email to our International Office at RUB and please contact us in CC.
3) As soon as you have the preliminary agreement of all parties (ERASMUS coordinator of the host university, ERASMUS coordinator of the WiWi faculty of RUB, International Office of RUB), you have to prepare a new Learning Agreement for the second semester. Only when you have a completed Learning Agreement with all necessary module credits, we can sign it and confirm the extension of your stay.
1) Send an email in German briefly stating the reason for cancelling your ERASMUS exchange. This email should contain your name and your matriculation number. Please use a meaningful email subject, e.g. “Cancellation ERASMUS semester 20XX/20XX at [host university]”.
2) Also send an e-mail in English to your host university informing them of the cancellation of your ERASMUS stay and contact us in CC (wiwi-erasmus-outgoings@rub.de). Again, please use a meaningful email subject, e.g. “Cancellation ERASMUS stay in 20XX/20XX”. If the host university does not email us a copy of your reply, please forward us the confirmation reply from the host university (wiwi-erasmus-outgoings@rub.de).
You need to change your Learning Agreement and clarify one or more new module credits. Note that you do not need a new Learning Agreement! There is a “During Mobility” section to enter such changes into the existing Agreement. When we have received all the new credit forms for the new modules and the amended Learning Agreement (which should already be signed by your host university), we will also sign your amended Learning Agreement.
After your ERASMUS stay, you must submit the following documents to us:
- the Learning Agreement (with all signatures and any changes)
- the Confirmation of Stay that you received from your host university
- the Transcript of Records, which you will either receive from your host university or it will send it directly to us
You also need to write an ERASMUS report about your stay abroad for our International Office. Please also send us a copy of the ERASMUS report. Once we have received or seen the four documents (Learning Agreement, Report, Confirmation of Stay and Transcript of Records), we will return the credit transfer forms you need for the Examination Office.
Once you are back from abroad, we will give you the ECTS recognition form(s) after you have submitted all the required documents to us (see previous question). Please note that it may take a few weeks for us to receive your Transcript of Records from the host university (sometimes the transcript is sent directly to you). You have to go with the credit form(s) and the Transcript of Records to the Examinations Office, which converts the grade into German grades and officially recognises the module. There is no specific deadline for this recognition. However, we recommend that you do the recognition in the semester following your stay abroad.
As a rule, you can send your documents by email as a PDF file. The only documents that need to be printed out are the application to the RUB International Office and the Learning Agreement. However, the Learning Agreement can also be scanned and sent by email if this has been agreed with your host university.
For all questions concerning academic matters, please send an email to the ERASMUS team at wiwi-erasmus-outgoings@rub.de. For questions mainly concerning administrative matters, please contact the International Office.
In this case, please send us an e-mail in which you describe the problem. In exceptional cases, we can arrange a personal appointment on site outside office hours or a telephone appointment.
You can also apply for an ERASMUS grant for an internship. Once you have found a suitable internship (please note that we cannot offer any support in finding suitable internships), you must apply for your ERASMUS grant at the RUB International Office (online application). You also need to fill out a Learning Agreement for the internship, which contains information about the internship (dates, payment, activity, goals, etc.). With this information, the ERASMUS team of the Faculty of Business and Economics checks whether the internship fits your degree programme and then signs and stamps the departmental confirmation for the internship. To have the departmental confirmation signed, please send us the following documents as a PDF file:
- Department Confirmation Form
- Learning Agreement for the internship
- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of motivation
to wiwi-erasmus-outgoings@rub.de.Wir and we will get back to you as soon as possible. All the documents we need from you are also required for the official application for the ERASMUS grant anyway, so we do not ask you to do anything extra.
Yes, it is possible to receive an ERASMUS scholarship for an internship. Here you can find more information about the requirements and limits of the scholarship and the application procedure.
Worldwide exchange programmes
Wollongong, Australien (B.Sc.)
Student exchange with the University of Wollongong (UOW) (Australia)
Background
Each year, up to four RUB students enrolled in the Bachelor’s programme “Management and Economics” have the opportunity to spend one semester at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia.
UOW is a research-intensive university with an excellent reputation for its teaching in a wide range of disciplines. UOW is a young and vibrant university and is ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world.
The city of Wollongong is one of Australia’s larger cities and is located in New South Wales, about 80 kilometres south of Sydney. The city is also known for its surfing beaches.
Courses offered
For a list of courses offered at UOW, please visit the UOW website.
Academic calendar
Autumn term: February – June
Spring semester: July – November
Costs, scholarships and funding
RUB exchange students are exempt from tuition fees at the University of Wollongong. In order to finance your living expenses, various helpful scholarship programmes are available.
For more information on funding opportunities, please contact the International Office.
The PROMOS programme (a scholarship programme of the German Academic Exchange Service) might be of particular interest and can be found here.
Accommodation
Information on student accommodation can be found here.
Application
The application for the exchange is done via Moodle. If you are interested, please send an email from your RUB email account to wiwi-exchange-students@rub.de. We will then manually add you to the Moodle application course.
Application deadlines see table “Overview Deadlines” at the bottom of this website.
Tongji, China (M.Sc.)
Exchange with Tongji University (China)
Background
Up to ten students enrolled in one of our faculty’s master’s programmes at RUB can spend a semester at Tongji University in Shanghai, China.
Tongji University Shanghai was founded in 1907 by German physician Erich Paulin, initially as a medical school, and has maintained close ties with Germany ever since. Today, Tongji University offers its 50,000 students a comprehensive range of subjects and is one of the most prestigious universities in China.
The Bochum Faculty of Economics has been cooperating with Tongji University since the early 1980s and maintains particularly close ties with the Chinese-German College (CDHK), a joint institution of the German Academic Exchange Service and Tongji University. The CDHK covers the following academic disciplines: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, and economics.
A special feature of the CDHK are the 23 endowed chairs, which are financed by well-known companies. These donations have significantly improved the study conditions at the CDHK. In addition, the donors provide students with extensive industry contacts. In addition to funding from industry, the CDHK is also supported by funds from the German Foreign Office.
The lecturers at the CDHK are Chinese academics (most of whom studied or completed their doctorates in Germany) and German visiting professors. Lectures are held in German and English. Lectures by visiting professors usually take the form of weekly block courses. In addition to the courses offered at the CDHK, RUB students also have the opportunity to attend lectures at Tongji University’s School of Economics and Management (SEM). These courses are held entirely in English. Please note that the focus of the courses at the CDHK and SEM is on management.
Courses offered
If you are interested in the courses offered at CDHK, please check the Tongji website. A list of courses offered at SEM can be found here.
Academic calendar
Spring semester: February – July
Fall semester: September – January
Costs, scholarships, and financial aid
RUB exchange students are exempt from Tongji University tuition fees. Various helpful scholarship programmes are available to help you finance your living expenses (estimated between €350 and €500).
Further information on funding opportunities is available from the International Office.
For students interested in an exchange with Tongji University, the PROMOS program (a scholarship program offered by the German Academic Exchange Service) may be of particular interest and can be found here.
Accommodation
Information on student accommodation can be found here.
Application
Interested students are requested to send their application to Prof. Dr. Bernhard Pellens and/or Dr. Martin Seidler. The following documents are required:
- Letter of motivation
- Lebenslauf
- Official academic transcript
- bachelor’s degree certificate
- Baccalaureate certificate
- Documents about experience abroad
More information can be found on the website here.
Application deadlines see table “Overview Deadlines” at the bottom of this website.
PHBS, China (M.Sc.)
Student Exchange with Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) (China)
Background
Two of our master’s students have the opportunity to spend a semester at Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS). PHBS was founded in 2004. On August 30, 2008, HSBC Bank donated funds to support the university. This later proved to be a successful model of educational modernization in China through collaboration between a top university in China and a world-class financial institution.
PHBS is located in the emerging region of Shenzhen, directly adjacent to the financial center of Hong Kong. Together with the cutting-edge academic research of Peking University, PHBS is improving connections between Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as relations between China and the world
Costs, scholarships, and financing
Students are responsible for travel and living expenses. There are no tuition fees. Detailed information on funding opportunities during your studies abroad is provided by the International Office and can be found here. The PROMOS program (a scholarship program of the German Academic Exchange Service) may be of particular interest and can be found here.
Accommodation
PHBS offers accommodation for international students. For more information on accommodation and student life at PHBS, please visit the PHBS website.
Academic Calendar
Fall semester: September – January
Spring semester: February – July
Further information on relevant dates is provided by the HSBC Business School and can be found here.
Courses offered
Information on the courses offered can be found here.
Application process
The following documents must be submitted with the application:
bachelor’s degree certificate
Official transcripts (in English)
Letter of motivation (in English)
Curriculum vitae (in English)
Application deadlines see table “Overview Deadlines” at the bottom of this website.
Free Mover
General information
Important information for students who wish to study at a university that is not a partner university of RUB or the Faculty of Economics (free movers) can be found on the International Office website.
Learning Agreement
If your host university requires a learning agreement, please contact Katharina Haaf. The easiest way is to send the learning agreement by email. Once the document has been checked and signed, you will receive the signed agreement by email.
Internships and university-wide exchange
In addition to our exchange opportunities at partner universities in our faculty, you can also go abroad or do an internship abroad through other partner universities of Ruhr University via the International Office. You can find more information here.
More
An internship abroad is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in a company, gain insight into the corporate culture of another country, and get to know the culture and language of another country. Unfortunately, we cannot directly assist you in finding an internship. However, it is possible to receive funding for an internship through the Erasmus+ program. The relevance of the internship to your field of study is important for funding. Further information can be found on the International Office website here.
If you need confirmation of the relevance of the internship for the scholarship, for example, please contact Katharina Haaf.
Summer Schools
BOCHUM INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL (BISS)
Every year in August, the Faculty of Economics invites students to attend the Bochum International Summer School (BISS) – an academic highlight at the end of the summer semester.
International guest lecturers offer excellent courses with practice-oriented and forward-looking content that enriches the academic spectrum of our faculty. The program includes a balanced mix of management and economics courses that enable students to broaden their academic profile.
All courses are conducted in English and are worth 5 ECTS credits. With a maximum of 30 participants per course, we guarantee a personal learning atmosphere – ideal for deepening knowledge and improving English skills at the same time.
Courses
The next BISS will take place from August 18, 2025, to August 30, 2025.
The latest information can be found in the Moodle course “Bochum International Summer School (BISS)”.
Preliminary Timetable (updated April 09, 2025):
Course | Lecturer | Field of study | Open for | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Introduction to the Geography of Innovation
| Tom Brökel
(University of Stavanger Business School, Norway)
| Economics / Management
| Bachelor’s and Master’s students
| August 18–22
|
Experimental and Behavioral Approaches to Environmental Economics
| Stephan Kroll
(Colorado State University, USA)
| Economics
| Bachelor’s and Master’s students
| August 18–22
|
EU Integration and Policies in a Globalized World
| Silvia Leoni
(Universitas Mercatorum, Rome, Italy)
| Economics
| Bachelor’s and Master’s students
| August 18–22
|
Ideate your Venture
| Rainer Harms
(University of Twente, The Netherlands)
| Management
| Bachelor’s and Master’s students
| August 25 –29
|
Organizational Behavior (in Practice)
| Tomas Farchi
(HEC Paris – Doha Campus, Qatar)
| Management
| Bachelor’s and Master’s students
| August 27 –30
|
Summer School an der Tongji-Universität, China (B.Sc. & M.Sc.)
RUB students studying the Bachelor’s degree programme “Management and Economics” or the Master’s degree programmes “Management”, “Management and Economics” and “Economics” at the Faculty of Business and Economics can participate in the Summer School of the Sino-German Graduate School CDHK of Tongji University in Shanghai, one of the most renowned universities in China.
Program
The Summer School is organized by the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) (contact: Dr. Sigrun Abels).
Up to 30 students from Tongji’s partner universities (TU Berlin, TU Darmstadt, TU Munich, and RUB) can participate in the program.
The Summer School takes place regularly over a period of three weeks. In the 2025 summer semester, the Summer School will take place from September 8 to 26, 2025.
The Summer School focuses on Chinese society, economics, politics, law, and culture. All lectures are held in German. The courses are also accompanied by a cultural program and excursions to various companies.
Further information on the Summer School program can be found here.
Credit Recognition
A certificate will be issued upon successful participation and completion of the course. Students enrolled in a bachelor’s program at the Faculty of Economics at RUB can earn 5 ECTS credits by successfully participating in the summer school, which will be credited by the Chair of International Accounting.
Application
Information on the application process can be found on our website. The application deadline for the Summer School in 2025 is May 5, 2025.
Costs and funding
The cost of the program (including travel and accommodation) will be approximately €2,840. Students are responsible for financing the cost of the summer school themselves.
Research stays/
Sponsorship opportunities for doctoral students and lecturers
Are you a doctoral student considering a research stay abroad? You can apply for funding for this through the RUB Research School, for example. Funding is available for research stays, as well as participation in conferences, summer schools, or workshops. Further information on the opportunities and requirements can be found on the Research School website here.
In addition to the RUB Research School, you can also apply for funding for a teaching assignment at some of our partner universities through the Erasmus+ program.
Exchange opportunities for doctoral students
Doctoral students also have the opportunity to participate in an exchange program as part of the ERASMUS+ program. This applies to the following partner universities of the Faculty of Economics:
Bulgaria
Free University of Burgas [Bulgarski Swoboden Uniwersitet], Burgas
Finland
Lappeenranta University of Technology [Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto], Lappeenranta
France
University of Lorraine [Université de Lorraine], Nancy
Iceland
University of Akureyri [Háskólinn á Akureyri], Akureyri
IItaly
University of Naples Parthenope [Università degli studi di Napoli Partenope], Naples
Universität Chieti-Pescara “Gabriele d’Annunzio” [Universitá degli studi “G. d’ Annunzio” ], Chieti
Croatia
Josip Juraj Strossmayer Universität [Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku], Osijek
Juraj Dobrila Universität Pula [Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli], Pula
Universität Rijeka [Sveučilište u Rijeci], Rijeka
Portugal
Universität Évora [Universidade de Évora], Evora
Universität Minho [Universidade do Minho], Braga/Guimarães
Romania
Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest [Academia de Studii Economice din București], Bucharest
Slovakia
Comenius University Bratislava [Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave], Bratislava
Technical University Košice [Technická univerzita v Košiciach],
Czech Republic
Brno University of Technology [Vysoké učení technické v Brně], Brno
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice [Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích], České Budějovice
Technical University of Ostrava [Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava], Ostrava
Turkey
Bogaziçi University Istanbul [Boğaziçi Üniversitesi],
Hungary
University of Debrecen [Debreceni Egyetem], Debrecen
University of Szeged [Szegedi Tudományegyetem], Szeged
If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Katharina Haaf at wiwi-erasmus-outgoings@rub.de.
Exchange opportunities for lecturers
The ERASMUS+ program also supports visiting lectureships (mobility for teaching purposes) at partner universities. Funding is available for professors and lecturers with a contractual relationship with RUB, lecturers without endowed positions, adjunct lecturers with work contracts, emeritus professors and retired teachers, research assistants, and company personnel.
Depending on the agreement, teaching stays last between two days and two months; the teaching load is at least eight hours per stay or per week started
Exchanges for teaching are possible at the following partner universities of the Faculty of Economics:
Bulgaria
Burgas Free University [Bulgarski Swoboden Uniwersitet], Burgas [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University of national and world economcy [Universitet za nacionalno i svetovno stopanstvo], Sofia [2×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Denmark
University of Southern Denmark [Syddansk Universitet], Odense [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Finland
LUT University [Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto], Lappeenranta [2×10 days; min. 8 hours]
Greece
University Ioannina [Panepistimio Ioanninon], Ioannina [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Iceland
University of Akureyri [Háskólinn á Akureyri], Akureyri [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Italy
University Neapel Parthenope [Università degli studi di Napoli Partenope], Neapel [2×10 days; min. 8 hours]
University Chieti-Pescara “Gabriele d’Annunzio” [Universitá degli studi “G. d’ Annunzio”], Chieti [1×6 days; min. 8 hours]
University Padua [Universitá degli studi di Padova], Padua [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University Udine [Università degli studi di Udine], Udine [1×7 days; min. 8 hours]
Croatia
University Nord [Sveučilište Sjever], Kopreinitz [2×7 days; min. 8 hours]
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University [Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku], Osijek [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Juraj Dobrila University Pula [Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli], Pula [2×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University Rijeka [Sveučilište u Rijeci], Rijeka [2×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University Split [Sveučilište u Splitu], Split [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Norway
NHH
[Norges Handelshøskole], Bergen [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Poland
Kraków University of Economics [Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie], Krakau [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Technical University Opole [Politechnika Opolska], Opole [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University of Economics Posen [Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu], Posen [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Portugal
University Coimbra [Universidade de Coimbra], Coimbra [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University Évora [Universidade de Évora], Evora [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University Minho [Universidade do Minho], Braga/Guimarães [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Romania
Bucharest University of Economic Studies [Academia de Studii Economice din București], Bukarest [2×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Sweden
University Göteborg [Göteborgs universitet], Göteborg [1×14 days; min. 8 hours]
Switzerland
University Bern [Universität Bern], Bern [1×2-60 days; min. 8 hours]
University Neuenburg [Université de Neuchâtel], Neuenburg [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Slovakia
Comenius-Universitäy Bratislava [Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave], Bratislava [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Technical University Košice [Technická univerzita v Košiciach], Košice [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Slovenia
University Maribor [Univerza v Mariboru], Maribor [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Spain
University Jaume I [Universitat Jaume I], Castellón de la Plana [2×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University Oviedo [Universidad de Oviedo], Oviedo [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University of the Balearic Islands [Universitat de les Illes Balears], Palma [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University La Laguna [Universidad de la Laguna], San Cristóbal de La Laguna [1×7 days; min. 8 hours]
Czech Republic
Technical University Brünn [Vysoké učení technické v Brně], Brünn [2×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University of South Bohemia [Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích], Budweis [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Technical University Ostrava [Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava], Ostrava [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Turkey
Bogaziçi University Istanbul [Boğaziçi Üniversitesi], Istanbul [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Hungary
Eötvös-Loránd-University Budapest [Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem], Budapest [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University Debrecen [Debreceni Egyetem], Debrecen [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
University Szeged [Szegedi Tudományegyetem], Szeged [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
Cyprus
University of Cyprus [Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου / Kıbrıs Üniversitesi], Nikosia [1×5 days; min. 8 hours]
If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Katharina Haaf at wiwi-erasmus-outgoings@rub.de.
UNIC European University
RUB is part of the international university consortium UNIC – European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition. This is an association of ten universities (Bilbao, Bochum, Cork, Istanbul, Liège, Łódź, Malmö, Oulu, Rotterdam, and Zagreb) dedicated to promoting student mobility, joint innovative teaching, and new perspectives in research and transfer. The focus is on addressing the challenges facing our post-industrial cities
All universities offer virtual teaching and learning opportunities as part of the UNIC Open Online Courses, which can also be attended by students from other universities. These courses provide a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow students from all over Europe, learn about new teaching styles and learning methods, and choose courses from a diverse range offered by the ten UNIC partners.
All current UNIC Alliance events are published on the UNIC Events page.
Further information can be found here:
Overview deadlines
Program | Period | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
ERASMUS Outgoings | Winter semester 2026/2027 and Summer semester 2027 | December 14, 2025 |
Worldwide programmes
| ||
– Wollongong Universität (B.Sc.) | Austral. Spring Semester 2026 Austral. Autumn Semester 2027 | February 1, 2026
August 1, 2026 |
-Tongji-Universität (M.Sc.) | Winter semester 2025/2026 Summer semester 2026 | April 27, 2025 November 7, 2025 |
– PHBS University (M.Sc.) | Summer semester 2026 | October 1, 2025 |
Summer Schools | ||
– BISS | 18.08.2025 – 30.08.2025
| May 1, 2025 – May 15, 2025
|
– Tongji-University | Summer semester 2025 | May 5, 2025 |
– UNIC Summer Course „Resilience and Sustainability”
| 25.08.2025 – 12.09.2025
| May 1, 2025
|
Crediting and recognition of credits earned abroad
There are generally two different types of credit recognition
- If you take a module at a foreign university that is equivalent to one of the modules offered at our faculty in terms of content and requirements, you can have it credited as the corresponding RUB module. You must obtain approval for the credit transfer from the chair that teaches the module at our faculty.
If you take an economics module at a foreign university for which there is no equivalent module at RUB in terms of content and requirements, you can have it credited as a so-called “dummy” module (“(Advanced) Applied Management/Economics”). In this case, the credit transfer is also carried out by a chair that offers courses with similar content
Please remember that you must obtain credit transfer confirmations for all courses you wish to take at your host university before your stay abroad. If you wish to take additional modules during your stay at the host university, you must also obtain the corresponding credit transfers for these.
After your stay abroad, you can submit the transcript of records issued by the host university together with the credit transfer forms to the Examination Office of the Faculty of Economics in order to have your modules recognized.
Please also note that the examination regulations of the Faculty of Economics stipulate that you must complete at least 60% of the total ECTS credits for your degree at RUB. Exceptions to this rule are only made for double master’s programmes.
Contact
ERASMUS
Katharina Haaf
GD 03/346
+49 (0) 234 32 23421
wiwi-erasmus-incomings@rub.de
Katharina Haaf
GD 03/346
+49 (0) 234 32 23421
wiwi-erasmus-outgoings@rub.de
Summer School
Katharina Haaf
GD 03/346
+49 (0) 234 32 23421
Bernhard Pellens
GD 02/359
+49 (0) 234 32 23832
pellens@iur.rub.de
Martin Seidler
GD 02/247
+49 (0) 234 32 22235
martin.seidler@rub.de
Worldwide Exchanges
Martin Seidler
GD 02/247
+49 (0) 234 32 22235
martin.seidler@rub.de
Katharina Haaf
GD 03/346
+49 (0) 234 32 23421
wiwi-exchange-students@rub.de
Research stays/
Funding opportunities for doctoral students & lecturers
Katharina Haaf
GD 03/346
+49 (0) 234 32 23421
wiwi-exchange-admin@rub.de