School of Business and Economics

Studying in Europe

ERASMUS-Program for the academic year 2025/26

The School of Business and Economics offers ideal conditions for studying abroad in Europe: in addition to the School's numerous ERASMUS and CIVIS partnerships, exchange students benefit from the financial support provided by the ERASMUS mobility grant, the comparatively simple organisation, tuition fee exemption at the partner university and recognition of academic achievements from abroad.

Ideally, a stay abroad should take place in the 5th semester of Bachelor programmes or in the 3rd semester of Master programmes.


Application & Organisation

Contacts

At the School of Business & Economics:

Sarah Düring
Student Mobility Coordinator
Address: Room 113, Nauklerstraße 47, 72074 Tübingen
exchangespam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de
Phone: +49 (0) 7071 29 - 78185
Appointments: by arrangement

In the International Office:

Ms. Kurz, Ms. Mayer & Ms. Gemmel
ERASMUS-Office
Adsress: Room 12, Wilhelmstraße 9, 72074 Tübingen
outgoingspam prevention@erasmus.uni-tuebingen.de
Phone: +49 (0) 7071 29 - 77496
Appointments: Tuesday and Thursday 9.00-12.00am

Application for a Study Place

Regular applications have now closed for Erasmus exchanges for the academic year 2024/25. The deadline for applications was 31 January 2024. Applications are currently open for remaining places at Erasmus and CIVIS partner universities for the summer semester 2025. Applications can be submitted via the Application and Information Portal for Erasmus 2024/25 in ILIAS.

The application consists of two steps:

  1. Complete the application form with your details and (five) preferences for partner universities.
  2. Upload your attachments via ILIAS.

The following attachments are required for a complete application:

  • Transcript of records (current statement of your credit points account)
  • Certificate of higher education entrance qualification (Abiturzeugnis)
  • Certificates of previous degrees, if applicable (incl. grade transcripts; mandatory for Master's students)
  • Letter of motivation of approx. 1 page including a description of your study plans at the host university
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Language certificates (further information available in the Erasmus-FAQs, please take care of the necessary language certificates as early as possible)

Only applications received on time and in full (application form + attachments) can be considered.

Selection criteria for the allocation of places:

  • Professional qualifications (based on previous academic achievements and A-level results)
  • Relevance and fit of the proposed programme of study (based on the letter of motivation)
  • Language skills
  • Formal requirements (Bachelor's / Master's, etc.)

The selection is made by the Erasmus commission of the School of Business & Economics chaired by the Departmental Erasmus Coordinator of the School.

Apply now for remaining places

Application for the Erasmus Grant

If your application was successful and we were able to offer you a place at one of our partner universities, we will nominate you to the ERASMUS Office of the International Office. Students nominated by the School of Business & Economics can then submit their online application for the Erasmus mobility grant to the ERASMUS Office of the International Office (at the beginning of June for the winter semester and at the end of October for the summer semester). Further information is available on the Erasmus page of the International Office.

Erasmus page of the International Office

Pre-Departure Meeting 2025/26

With the Pre-Departure Meeting, the School of Business & Economics offers a mandatory information session for all students who are going on an Erasmus or CIVIS exchange in 2025/26. At the Pre-Departure Meeting you will receive information on:

  • Course selection & preparation of the Learning Agreement
  • Applying for Erasmus funding
  • Practical information on preparing for your studies abroad

The Pre-Departure Meeting will take place on 7 May 2025. All Erasmus and CIVIS students of the department will receive an invitation with further information.

Course Selection & Learning Agreement

All ERASMUS and CIVIS students must complete a Learning Agreement and get approval by the School of Business & Economics and their partner university. It contains the course programme at the partner university during the stay abroad.

Learning Agreement - Before the start of the stay abroad
The Learning Agreement before the start of the stay abroad is used to plan the study programme at the partner university. It can be created as an Online Learning Agreement (OLA) or manually in the Mobility Online Portal and is only valid if it has been signed by all parties (student, Departmental Erasmus Coordinator at the home university, Departmental Erasmus Coordinator at the partner university).

Please use the following information for the Learning Agreement for the School of Business & Economics:

Erasmus Code of the University of Tübingen:
D TUBINGE01

Erasmus Code of the partner University:
Please refer to the International Office's list of partner universities in Europe.

Subject Code:
0410 (Business) / 0311 (Economics)

Responsible Person:
Prof. Dr Frank Stähler, Departmental Erasmus Coordinator, exchangespam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de

Administrative Contact:
Sarah Düring, Student Mobility Coordinator, exchangespam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de

Learning Agreement Changes - During your stay abroad
If there are any changes to your study programme during your stay abroad, please get them approved by us and your partner university and then submit an updated Learning Agreement. Please use the "Changes" section in the Learning Agreement for this purpose and do not issue a new Learning Agreement. The updated Learning Agreement must be uploaded to the Mobility Online Portal no later than five weeks after arrival at your partner university.

You can find information on planning your study programme in the:

Merkblatt für die Anrechnung ausländischer Studienleistungen

Recognition of Academic Achievements from Abroad

Please ensure that your academic achievements from abroad are recognised in good time. In the Bachelor programmes, a total of 36 ECTS credits can be recognised for the economics & business modules and 9 ECTS credits in the language and key qualifications module. A total of 30 ECTS credits can be recognised in the Master programmes. Crediting is carried out by the respective departments. As the recognition usually has to be carried out at several departments in succession and some time is required for processing, you should allow sufficient time and start the process as early as possible.

The following steps must be observed:

  1. Yellow routing slip: The Examination Office is responsible for the final recognition and entry of courses in your transcript of records. All courses must be entered on a yellow routing slip, which you can obtain from the service office of the Examination Office.
  2. On the respective homepages of the chairs you will usually find a specific list of which documents are required for credit transfer. This may vary from chair to chair.
  3. The grade conversion table and the information sheet for the recognition of foreign academic achievements can be found on the homepage of the Examination Office.
  4. For credit transfer in the Elective Studies specialisation area or "Schlüsselqualifikationen" (for Bachelor students) or Free Elective Studies (for Master students), please send an email with transcript/proof of achievement to anerkennungspam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de. Further information can be found on the website of the Examinations Office.

Please note that proof of recognition of your achievements from the partner university at the University of Tübingen must be uploaded to the Mobility Online portal by 31 May (for stays abroad in the winter semester) or 30 September (for stays abroad in the summer semester).

To the Hompage of the Examination Office

Still have questions about your Erasmus exchange? Click here for our:

Erasmus FAQs

From course programmes to leisure activities at the partner universities:

Student reports

Further information on Erasmus is available on the homepage of the:

International Office


Our ERASMUS Partner Universities

Netherlands

VU Amsterdam (B/M)

The Partner Universities in the Civis Network

Students can apply for exchange places at our partner universities from the CIVIS network as part of the selection process for ERASMUS places.

Further information on CIVIS - Europe's Civic University Alliance

France

Aix-Marseille University (B/M)
Greece National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (B)
Romania University of Bucharest (B/M)
Belgium Free University of Brussels: Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management (M)
Spain Autonomous University of Madrid (B/M)
Italy Sapienza University of Rome (B/M)
Sweden Stockholm University (B/M)
UK

University of Glasgow (B/M)
The following three places are available at the University of Glasgow for students of the School of Business & Economics Tübingen in the academic year 2024/25:

  • 1 semester place in "Accounting & Finance" at the Adam Smith Business School
  • 1 semester place in "Economics" at the Adam Smith Business School
Austria Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (B)
Switzerland University of Lausanne: HEC Lausanne (B/M)

 

Note on the legend

B: only for Bachelor students
B/M: for Bachelor and Master students
M: only for Master students


What our students say about their exchange

I have many wonderful memories of my stay abroad in Reading. I met great people, made friends that went beyond the Erasmus exchange and developed academically. The University of Reading focuses on interactivity in teaching, which was an interesting difference to the lectures in Tübingen. I am more than grateful that I was able to gain this experience and can only recommend a semester abroad!

Ellen Edel, University of Reading

I can only recommend an Erasmus semester during your studies, because it is a great experience. I chose Tallinn because of its phenomenal location and the good reputation of the highly innovative TalTech. What I enjoyed most about my stay in Estonia were the great trips that were offered to Erasmus students and the intercultural exchange with my fellow students, who came to Tallinn from all over the world.

Carla Schwehr, TalTech Tallinn

During my Erasmus exchange, I was able to expand my intercultural skills and gain an insight into teaching abroad. I chose Krakow to discover my Polish roots in a different way and to experience the cultural diversity of the city. The courses offered were completely different to those I am familiar with from and different teaching methods were used. Krakow is a beautiful and historic city that is very much underestimated.

Sarah Paziak, Jagiellonian Uni. Krakow

I decided to study abroad as an Erasmus student because I really wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to develop both professionally and personally. Aix-en-Provence was a natural choice as Tübingen's partner city and because of its fantastic location near the Cote d'Azur. I made lots of new friends from all over the world during my semester abroad and especially enjoyed trying out the many fantastic cafés in the city centre of Aix with them.

Christoph Klemmer, Uni. Aix-Marseille

Further reports from Wiwi students on their experiences at one of our Erasmus or CIVIS partner universities can be found in the information and application portal for Erasmus in ILIAS.

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