On our website you will find all relevant information on the different funding programmes and opportunities. Please consider what a stay abroad means to you personally:
- Getting to know new countries and cultures
- Advancing your career
- Improving your language skills
- Furthering your personal development
- Experiencing new teaching and learning methods
- Networking
- ...
Depending on what your personal priorities are, you decide on a destination and institution where you would like to spend your time abroad.
Important criteria when choosing a partner university:
- Courses offered at the partner university - Do they match the courses you would have to take at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland this semester?
- Approval by the programme director - Does the programme director agree to the choice of courses and the partner university?
Apply for a semester abroad online here: Web Application Service
Application deadline for Erasmus+ funding:
30 January (following academic year)
After the application deadline, places will be allocated and the International Office will inform you by e-mail.
For details on the recommended timelines for a semester abroad, download the presentation with up-to-date information. Outgoing - University of Applied Sciences Burgenland
If you have any questions, please contact the International Office or your degree programme director.
Apply for an internship abroad by sending an email to:
berufspraktikum(at)hochschule-burgenland.at
Attach the signed internship agreement
For compulsory internships, the required times differ depending on the degree programme and must be agreed with the programme director. Voluntary internships can be completed during the non-teaching period.
A minimum duration of 2 months is required for Erasmus+ funding.
Application deadline for Erasmus+ funding:
- at least 8 weeks before the start of the internship
- Application deadline for international internships (= outside ERASMUS+):
30 March for the following winter semester, 30 September for the following summer semester
The easiest way is, of course, to study at a partner university of the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland. Within Europe, you have the opportunity to have these mobilities funded with Erasmus+. What is more, you do not have to pay tuition fees at the respective host university.
In the Central and Eastern European countries of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, funding through CEEPUS is also possible - please contact our International Office.
In exceptional cases, funding is also available for international partner universities outside the EU - please contact the International Office.
As a free mover (without funding), the whole world is basically open to you - provided that you find courses that are recognised for your degree programme by your programme director.
The core of your stay is the Learning Agreement, regardless of whether you do an internship or a semester abroad. In this agreement, you define in good time before your stay how and which contents (courses, activities) will be counted towards your degree programme here at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland. This Learning Agreement is - as its name suggests - an agreement between you, your programme director and the host institution (i.e. the host university or company where you are doing your internship). This applies to both funded stays and free movers.
The Learning Agreement contains
- all courses that will be counted towards your degree programme at UAS Burgenland and
- the courses you will take at the partner university (including ECTS credits).
The following is important for studying abroad with Erasmus+: For each month that you spend abroad, at least 3 ECTS credits must be obtained, otherwise you will not receive any funding.
Credits for courses will be transferred after you completed your stay and the programme management office uploaded your Transcript of Records.
Bachelor's programmes
- Semester abroad (supported for 5 months)
- Application deadline:
30 January (following academic year)
- Application deadline:
- (COMPULSORY) internship
- Application deadline: at least 8 weeks before the start date (as early as possible!)
- Application deadline for international internships:
30 March for the following winter semester, 30 September for the following summer semester - Duration: at least 2 months (maximum duration corresponding to the compulsory duration according to the curriculum)
- Short-term mobility (e.g. summer school at another university)
- Duration: max. 2 weeks
- Prerequisite: can be counted towards the curriculum
- Traineeship for recent graduates
- Duration: max. 2 months (longer in exceptional cases)
- Within the EU
- Applications must be filed before completion of the Bachelor’s programme
- The traineeship must be completed within one year of graduation
- You may not be enrolled in another degree programme during the traineeship
- Funding is possible for a maximum total of 12 months per person
Master's programmes
- Semester abroad (supported for 3 months)
- Application deadline:
30 January (following academic year)
- Application deadline:
- Short-term mobility (e.g. summer school at another university)
- Duration: max. 2 weeks
- Prerequisite: can be counted towards the curriculum
- No funding for internships
There are different funding programmes depending on how long you want to study abroad and where you want to go. Students who study at one of our partner universities are exempt from paying the tuition fees there.
The monthly funding amount varies depending on the host country. Students with fewer opportunities receive an additional monthly grant. Detailed information about the current Erasmus+ funding rates can be found here: Students and Graduates | National Agency for Erasmus+ and ESC (erasmusplus.at)
Payment is made in 2 instalments:
- 80 % of the total funding amount in advance (upon presentation of the confirmation of arrival)
- 20 % after completion of the internship/semester
CEEPUS: current funding amounts and information can be found at www.ceepus.info.
The website www.grants.at/en provides a good overview of funding opportunities in Austria.
Information on grants abroad can be found at www.stipendium.at.
Different language levels in English and/or the national language are required for a degree programme or an internship. Mostly B2, sometimes C1 - it depends on the respective institution.
Before starting your semester abroad, please check if the partner university requests proof of your language skills.
The following options for learning a language are offered:
- Online Language Support: The OLS online tool is made available by Erasmus+ during the application process.
- Tandem Language Programme: Tandem Programme – University of Applied Sciences Burgenland
Semester abroad:
Application deadline for Erasmus+ funding:
30 January (following academic year)
Traineeship abroad:
Application deadline for Erasmus+ funding:
- At least 8 weeks before the start of the traineeship
- Application deadline for international internships (= outside ERASMUS+):
30 March for the following winter semester, 30 September for the following summer semester
As a student of University of Applied Sciences Burgenland you are covered by accident and liability insurance (in principle also abroad) by paying the Austrian National Union of Students (ÖH) fee, but only in the context of your studies - not in your free time. Being nominated for an Erasmus+ stay does not automatically mean that you are covered by insurance.
If you are going abroad, you must also deal with the issue of insurance cover in good time - health, accident and liability insurance are absolutely essential. Please make the necessary preparations in good time before you start your stay abroad (e.g. obtain information about any co-insurance, the scope of the insurance benefits of the e-card, travel insurance via credit cards, possibly take out additional health, travel or accident insurance).
With your e-card you are also covered by health insurance in other European countries. Nevertheless, it is advisable and in some (especially non-European) countries necessary to take out comprehensive additional insurance that also includes repatriation in case of illness, accident or even death.
Find out about the entry and residence regulations of the host country in good time. You can find information on this on the website of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, for example: Reiseinformation - BMEIA, Außenministerium Österreich.
When travelling to non-European countries or if you are not an EU citizen, you may have to apply for a visa in due time. If you have any questions, please contact your host university.
During your stay abroad, you remain enrolled at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland. Therefore, you also have to continue paying the Austrian National Union of Students (ÖH) fee.
If you study at one of our partner universities within the framework of Erasmus+, you are exempt from paying the tuition fees there.
As a free mover, you have to pay all tuition fees as required by the partner university.
This depends on your curriculum. In principle, you must take 30 ECTS credits per semester, but you do not have to complete all of them abroad. Please clarify this with your programme director as part of the learning agreement.
The following is important for Erasmus+ stays: For each month that you spend abroad, at least 3 ECTS credits must be obtained, otherwise you will not receive any funding.
