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Teaching Abroad with Erasmus+
Become part of the European knowledge community! The University of Applied Sciences Potsdam supports you through the European Erasmus+ programme with a mobility grant for short-term teaching mobility for teaching purposes at European partner universities.
All info at a glance
What is it about?
Get an international teaching experience and share your expertise as a guest lecturer at a partner university of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Gain an insight into new forms of teaching. Exchange teaching content and methods. Expand your network and promote exchange between the partner university and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
Who can participate?
- Lecturers who have a contractual relationship with the university
- Lecturers without an endowment
- Lecturers with contracts for work and services
- Emeritus professors and retired lecturers
- Research assistants
- PhD students with a contractual relationship to the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
What is promoted?
Funding is provided for business trips to teach at the partner university for at least eight hours of teaching per week. For stays of more than 5 days, the number of teaching hours is increased by 8 hours per 5 days. Teaching events can take various forms: seminars, lectures, presentations, tutorials, supervision of doctoral students, etc.
Where to go?
The partner universities of University of Applied Sciences Potsdam have approved networks and extensive experience in the field of exchange. Feel free to contact the partner universities directly. You can also search the Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Platform database.
How long can you be abroad for?
The duration of the funding is between 2 days and 2 months (excluding travel time). Depending on the availability of funds, it is not always possible to finance the entire duration of the stay.
Financial support
You will receive a travel allowance and a country-dependent daily allowance before the start of your stay abroad.
Tips for the stay
You must book the flight and accommodation yourself.
It is not necessary to settle the actual costs incurred after the stay on the basis of receipts, as you will receive lump sums.
If necessary, you can declare the surplus mobility grant as income on your income tax return or declare additional costs. So collect bills, tickets, etc. anyway.
Take out additional insurance for abroad. Within the scope of the confirmed business trip with Erasmus funding, the statutory accident insurance for full-time employees of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam also applies abroad. Otherwise, Erasmus+ funding does not include any insurance coverage. We advise you to take out health insurance abroad, liability insurance abroad and, if necessary, travel insurance and/or life insurance.
Make a request
Before the stay
If possible, send your application to the International Office (anke.weiss@fh-potsdam.de) with the following documents 6 weeks before the start of your stay:
- Internal application
- Mobility Agreement
- Business trip application ("Dienstreiseantrag"): As purpose indicate: "Erasmus+ staff mobility, budget responsibility International Office" and at "4: Expected costs & reimbursement" select "None (only insurance cover)" - The International Office will sign as budget responsible.
After your stay abroad
- Complete EU Survey (online)
- Have the host institution sign the Confirmation of Stay.
The International Office is entitled to partially or fully reclaim the Erasmus funding if you do not provide the necessary documents to be submitted or do not provide them in time!
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