Application for Latin America

Please complete the application form Online Bewerbung Outgoing. Here you can indicate your preferences (start and duration of your stay abroad, university preferences). You will then receive an automatic e-mail with a link to log in. Please log in and enter the final details requested. You can then upload your application documents in the system.

Please upload a scan of the image page of your passport. The passport must be valid for at least 6 months after your return from abroad.

in Spanish or Portuguese (approx. 1-2 pages).

Description of the study project (letter of motivation)

in Spanish or Portuguese (approx. 2 pages): The description of the

study plan plays a decisive role in the placement and allocation of available places. Give subject-specific reasons for choosing the university(ies) to which you wish to apply. Please focus your letter of motivation on your first choice. Second and third preferences can also be described (briefly!).

You should address the following points in your letter of motivation: What is the aim of your stay abroad?

- Why do you want to go to the country and university of your choice?

- What makes your university of choice special? Why did you choose it and not another one?

- Which courses do you want to take there and how do they fit in with your studies in

- Tübingen? How are you planning your further studies?

- What problems might there be and how have you already dealt with them? (e.g. semester times, credit transfer, financing your stay, etc.)

Form: Cover letter

To apply, you must provide proof of your current language skills in Spanish or Portuguese in the form of a language certificate. If you are currently taking a language course at Brechtbau, the Fachsprachenzentrum or the Lateinarmerikazentrum, you will usually receive such a language certificate from your lecturer.

The language certificate for Spanish is also available at the German-American Institute in Tübingen. The test costs 55 € (for d.a.i.-Mitglieder 50 €). Please make sure that the language certificate is signed and has an official seal or stamp. Ask the person issuing the certificate to note in the comments section how your language skills are assessed in relation to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (A2, A1, etc.).

Alternatively, you can also submit a UNICERT certificate. The certificate of a passed course at the Foreign Language Center is not sufficient.

At the beginning of your stay abroad, you must generally have at least a B1 level, or B2 at some universities. Further information on language certificates can be found under Sprachnachweise | University of Tübingen

Please upload a scan of the list of courses you have attended so far in German, stamped by the examination office, with the current grade point average.

If you would like to go to Latin America during your Master's degree, please upload a scan of your Bachelor's certificate.