Financing Erasmus+ worldwide
Funding rates for student mobility
The financial support for Erasmus+ stays in partner countries consists of a monthly grant and a one-off travel allowance depending on the distance traveled.
The monthly grant amounts to 700 € and is paid out as a lump sum for 3 months per semester (a total of 2,100 € for one semester or 4,200 € for two semesters).
The one-off travel allowance is calculated using the EU Commission's "Distance Calculator" and is based on the distance between the place of departure and the destination of the mobility.
Distance | Travel allowance |
500 km to 1999 km | 275 € |
2000 km to 2999 km | 360 € |
3000 km to 3999 km | 530 € |
4000 km to 7999 km | 820 € |
more than 7999 km | 1500 € |
Note on the calculation
- Stays up to 89 days: calculated on a daily basis
- One semester stays: 3 monthly installments as a lump sum
- Two semester stays: 6 monthly installments as a lump sum
Payment of the scholarship
Before the start of your stay abroad, you will receive the Grant Agreement, which informs you about the approval, the funding period and the amount of the grant.
After arriving at the partner university and submitting the Certificate of Arrival document, the first instalment and the travel grant will be paid to you. The following two monthly instalments are paid at the beginning of the respective month. The last instalment is a normal monthly instalment minus 300 Euros. The social top up is paid, if relevant, at the same time as the monthly instalments.
The remaining amount (300 Euros) will be paid out after your return, once you have submitted all the necessary documents to the Erasmus+ office or uploaded them to the Mobility-Online portal.
Incomplete or late submission of documents may result in a partial or full refund of the scholarship.
Stay without a mobility grant ('zero grant')
Participation in the Erasmus+ program is also possible without claiming the mobility grant (as a so-called 'zero grant student'), provided that the valid Erasmus+ conditions are met. Zero grant students have regular Erasmus+ status (i.e. among other things, they are exempt from tuition fees at the host university) and must register in Mobility-Online. They are required to submit all necessary documents to the Erasmus office.
Please note: Erasmus+ students at the University of Tübingen (including zero grant students) are not eligible for the Baden-Württemberg Scholarship.
Additional funding
Social Top Up
If (at least) one of the following criteria is met, participants can apply for a Social Top Up:
- Paied employment (the activity must have been carried out regularly for at least 6 months prior to the Erasmus stay and the income must be between 450 and 850 € per month)
- Students from a non-academic family
- Students with child/children
- Chronic illness (which leads to additional financial expenditure)
- Severely disabled (from GdB 20%)
Please inform yourself about supporting documents and exact conditions in the criteria catalogue (in German). The application for the Social Top Up is made via a declaration of honor, which you will receive during the application process in Mobility-Online.
The Social Top Up of an additional 250 € per month is calculated on a daily basis and can only be financed for a maximum of 90 days or 180 days.
Green Travel
The prerequisite for Green Travel is that students reach their place of stay by train, long-distance bus, ferry or carpool. The decisive factor is whether at least 51% of the outward and return journey is covered by the specified means of transportation. In addition, the mobility funding period can be extended by up to four days in this case.
IMPORTANT: you will receive the Green Travel supplement instead of the standard travel supplement and not additionally.
Distance | Green Travel |
500 km to 1999 km | 320 € |
2000 km to 2999 km | 410 € |
3000 km to 3999 km | 610 € |
4000 km to 7999 km | not applicable |
more than 7999 km | not applicable |
Eligibility for combination with other scholarships
BAföG
BAföG for stays abroad can be combined with the Erasmus+ scholarship.
As part of the BAföG reform, the entire course of study is eligible for funding within the EU member states and Switzerland, including a degree.
In addition to the requirements, the following costs are paid for a stay abroad:
- Study abroad allowances (only outside the EU)
- Health insurance abroad
- Flat-rate travel expenses (250 € within the EU, € 500 outside the EU)
50% of the BAföG international funding is granted as a grant and 50% as an interest-free loan. The Erasmus+ mobility grant remains free of charge up to 300 € per month.
The additional requirements of studying abroad can also make it possible for students who do not receive funding in Germany due to the level of their parents' income to be supported.
A list of country-specific foreign allowances (BAföG Foreign Allowances Ordinance) as well as the offices responsible for funding abroad can be found on the Internet at the following address: http://www.bafoeg.bmbf.de
Applications must be submitted at least six months before the start of the training period.
BAföG for stays abroad and Top Ups:
- Green Top Up: the amount is considered as an additional income for the calculation of the subside.
- Social Top Up: the amount is considered as an additional income in case of students from a non-academic family and students with an employment. For students with disability, chronic illness or children, the amount is not considered as an additional income.
Further scholarships
The following scholarships cannot be combined with Erasmus+:
- Baden-Württemberg scholarship (even as a zero-grant student, funding cannot be provided)
- Bachelor Plus Molecular Medicine
- Scholarships funded by the DAAD
- Scholarships from the "Begabtenförderungswerke"
Please contact the scholarship providers in good time to find out whether they can be combined with Erasmus+.
Erasmus+ worldwide:
erasmus.weltweit @uni-tuebingen.de
+49 7071 29-77490
+49 7071 29-76589
Wilhelmstraße 9
72074 Tübingen
Deutschland
Project coordination
Dr. Antonino Spinelli
+49 7071 29-77490
Administrative implementation
Sybille Hegele
+49 7071 29-76589
Student assistant
Charlotte Bochinger