Erasmus FAQs

If you are studying Economics in the B.Ed. or M.Ed. programme, you can apply for exchange places at the Erasmus partner universities of the School of Business & Economics. Before submitting your application, please arrange a personal counselling appointment at exchangespam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de to clarify which of the partner universities are suitable for you.

We strongly recommend that minor students apply for Erasmus exchange places via their major subject. When allocating Erasmus places, the School of Business & Economics gives priority to students whose main subject is Business Administration or Economics. In exceptional cases, students with a minor may be nominated to selected partner universities if they are a very good subject fit. Due to subject-related restrictions, minor subject students cannot be nominated to all of our partner universities. A place cannot be guaranteed.

The School of Business & Economics also officially supports students in the M.Sc. Quantitative Data Science Methods who wish to apply for an Erasmus exchange. Information on the application and selection process as well as the available partner universities will be provided at the information event on studying abroad, which the School of Business & Economics is offering in November in cooperation with the International Office. Due to your specific academic profile, you should definitely make an appointment for a personal consultation via exchangespam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de. 

Students from other disciplines cannot apply for places at the Erasmus partner universities of the School of Business & Economics. Please contact your own department for further information.

Solid language skills in the language of instruction are required for your study exchange. You should therefore be able to prove that you have the language skills required by the partner university at the time you apply for an Erasmus place. If the language of instruction differs from the national language, knowledge in the national language is also desirable and even compulsory at some partner universities. The required language level for each partner university can be found in the overview of partner universities in the application and information portal for Erasmus in ILIAS.

Please note that a language certificate is required at two stages of the Erasmus application process:

1. For the application to the School of Business & Economics, the language certificates listed below are generally accepted, provided they meet the language requirements of the respective partner university. The School of Business & Economics does not consider an expiration date. This means, for example, that an older “Abiturzeugnis” is also accepted as proof of language proficiency.
2. After successful nomination, the application to the partner university follows. For this step, the language certificate usually has to be submitted again. The specific requirements of the respective partner university apply. These may include, for example:  
   - a maximum validity period of the certificate (e.g. not older than two years),  
   - acceptance of only certain language tests (e.g. TOEFL or IELTS),  
   - minimum scores or specific language levels.  

You can find out whether and which specific requirements the partner university has regarding the language certificate in the respective fact sheet in the application and information portal in ILIAS, as well as on the partner university’s website for incoming students.

The following language certificates are accepted for applying for an Erasmus study place at the School of Business & Economics:

• A-level certificate: if the language skills are stated according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• Passed language course at the Foreign Language Center or the Department of Modern Languages: If the language level of the passed course is explicitly stated on the transcript of records or a certificate of achievement according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, this can be recognized as proof of language proficiency. Alternatively, after passing a language course, a simple certificate of language proficiency according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages can be issued by the teacher or lecturer. Ideally, the certificate should be written in English.
• DAAD language certificate: can be issued by a teacher at the Foreign Language Center after passing a course according to the language level of the course or by the Lektor:innen at the Department of Modern Languages. External students who have not completed language courses at the Foreign Language Center or the Department of Modern Languages must arrange a test appointment in good time.
• UNICert certificate: after several consecutive language courses at the Foreign Language Center
• Official language tests: see DAAD overview page on languages and language tests
• Enrolment in an English-taught degree program: A certificate of English language proficiency can be issued if English is the only language of instruction and examination (currently for the Master's degree programs in Economics, Economics and Finance, Management and Economics and European Economics) or if only English-taught courses have been taken to date according to the transcript of records. Please contact masterspam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de for further information.
• Degree (equivalent to at least a Bachelor's degree in Germany) in the relevant foreign language from a recognized university in Germany

Further information can be found on the pages of the Foreign Language Center, the Romanisches Seminar and the Institute of English Languages and Literature.

In addition to the Department of Modern Languages, the d.a.i. also issues DAAD language certificates for English and Spanish (for a fee).

For your application for a Erasmus place at the School of Business & Economics, please submit all language certificates and information available to you that will enable us to assess your language proficiency, as the assessment of your language skills will be included in the selection process. In this case, you must obtain the official language certificate by the deadline for submission of the partner university. The completeness of your documents is a condition for acceptance at the partner university and is your own responsibility.