Are there funding opportunities for teaching stays at ERASMUS+ partner universities?

There are opportunities for teachers to receive a guest lectureship abroad with Erasmus+.

Who can apply??

The funding line is available to the following groups of people:

  • Lecturers with a contractual relationship with the university

  • artistic teaching staff

  • Personnel from foreign companies and organizations (can be invited to German universities for teaching purposes)

What is funded??

Funding is available for guest lectureships at partner universities in Erasmus+ program countries and partner countries. Guest lecturers should strengthen the European dimension of the host university through their stay, complement its teaching offer and impart their expertise to students who do not want to or cannot study abroad. If possible, the development of joint study programs of the partner universities as well as the exchange of teaching content and methods should play a role.


Grantees receive...…

  • destination country-dependent, financial subsidies for their stay abroad,

  • f applicable, subsidies for the use of sustainable means of transport,,

  • if applicable, special grants for participants with disabilities or chronic illnesses.

Duration of funding

Teaching stays last between at least 2-5 days for program countries or 5 days for partner countries (in each case excluding travel time). The required teaching load per stay is eight hours.

If teaching and further education are combined, the teaching load is reduced to 4 hours per week. There is no minimum teaching load for invited staff from companies.

Financial benefits for mobility

Financial support is based on the different costs of living in the destination countries:

https://kh-berlin.de/studium/internationales/austauschprogramme/erasmus



Contact und Information 

Head of Student Affairs/Academic International Office

international(at)kh-berlin.de, Tel: 030-47705-232


Created by: Head of Study Affairs, 14.04.2022