Study overseas

• Bachelor's students must generally be in at least their 3rd semester at the start of the semester abroad and should already have earned 90 ECTS credits. Master's students should be in their 2nd semester at the start of the semester abroad and have already acquired 30 ECTS. The requirements may vary from department to department.
• You must have good language skills in the respective Course content of your host university.
• Age and nationality are irrelevant as long as you are regularly enrolled at our university.
• You should have a solidacademic record. The selection of PROMOS scholarship holders is merit-based.

You can spend a semester abroad in both the winter and summer semesters. The start of the summer semester abroad usually overlaps with the examination period of the winter semester here. We therefore recommend starting in the winter semester. Please also check the courses offered by the partner university.

Application deadlines for overseas programs:

January 01 for the entire academic year starting the following winter semester. Applications after the deadline are possible if places are still available and there is still enough time to nominate and organize the foreign stays (please contact the International Office!).

Application deadlines for the PROMOS scholarship:

March 01 for the winter semester (planned study stay from approx. August - December of the following year)

September 01 for the summer semester (planned study stay from approx. January to July of the following year)

1. internal application at HAW Kiel: You must first apply for a study place at HAW Kiel via the Mobility Online portal. Your application documents will then be checked.

2. place allocation and acceptance: Once you have been accepted for a study place, you must accept or reject it.

3. nomination at the partner university: After the IO and the departmental coordinator have reviewed and approved your application, you will be nominated at the partner university. For the consortium programs with China and Mexico, the nomination is made via the coordinating university in Germany.

4 Application to the host university: You must apply to the partner university assigned to you independently and on time with the required documents. The final decision on acceptance lies with the partner university.

You applyonline via the application portal Mobility Online.

1. open the portal and filter according to the partner universities.

2. click on the green circle to the left of your 1st choice. You will be automatically redirected to the registration page.

3. register with your student e-mail address and complete your details. Mobility Online will show you the next steps. You will need the following documents for your application:

• Overview of achievements and CV
• List of achievements still to be completed before the start of the foreign stays
• Letter of motivation (goal and added value of the foreign stays, intercultural and language preparation and information events, voluntary work, suitability for the PROMOS scholarship; max. 2 pages; in English)
• Proof of language proficiency or comparative proof (certificate, transcript of records, etc.)
• Letter of recommendation/review from a professor (if you would like to apply for PROMOS). The template is available in Mobility Online.
• Learning Agreement in PDF. You can find the template in Mobility Online.

The application will be reviewed by the International Office and approved by the subject coordinator. The following selection criteria apply:

• Previous academic achievements
• Language skills (Course content)
• Motivation and intercultural preparation

If there are more applicants than places at the desired partner university, a redistribution will take place.

If you complete a foreign stays at one of our partner universities, the recognition of your academic achievements is guaranteed if you follow the following steps.

1. you research possible modules that you would like to take at the host university and enter them in the Learning Agreement (LA). The LA is a contract in which the host university, the home school and you agree which credits are to be recognized. Sign it and upload it to the application portal. If you are selected, submit the form with your application to the host university, which will check and countersign it. Then upload the approved LA to the portal. This will give you certainty about subsequent recognition before you start your studies abroad.

2. if you want/need to change modules at the place of study, you can update your study plan in the second part of the LA ("During the Mobility") within four weeks of arrival. You have the changes signed at the host university and upload the amended LA to the portal. The coordinator will check the updated LA and confirm the changes in the portal.

3. before returning to Kiel, please remember the Transcript of Records. Some universities send the transcript directly to the IO in Kiel after your departure. We will inform you as soon as your transcript is available here.

4 In Kiel, the program coordinator of your department and the examination office of your degree program are responsible for the recognition and booking of the credits earned abroad. After completing your studies abroad, submit the following documents to the Examinations Office via the program coordinator:

1. the application for recognition

2. the transcript of records

3. if applicable, the original and the amended LA

Please note: The LA or amended LA and the "Transcript of Records" must match with regard to the subjects and the number of credits.

In case of doubt, the chair of the examination board may ask you to provide proof of academic achievements. In this case, you should keep all study documents such as transcripts, assignments, examination documents, module descriptions and a grading scale from your host university.

The recognition of coursework completed abroad and the conversion of grades are the responsibility of the international coordinators and examination offices. You can find a general guide to grade conversion here.

Grades are recorded by the Examinations Office. The foreign stays are also recorded in the Diploma Supplement. This is an explanation of the university degree certificate, in which the study periods spent abroad and the achievements made are documented.

HAW Kiel awards scholarships for stays overseas:

• PROMOS partial scholarships

You can also apply for funding from external organizations:

• BAföG abroad
• HAW.International(semester stays and theses for students; individual application)
• Fulbright Commission (study in the USA)
• GOstralia!, GOmerica! (study in Australia / New Zealand / Southeast Asia / America)
• Scholarship database - myStipendium.de
• Scholarship database of the DAAD
• Foundations
• Educational loan program of the Federal Government
• Other funding organizations