ERASMUS Study Outgoing

Information for students placed at an ERASMUS+ partner university

On this page you will find important documents and information about studying with ERASMUS+ in programme countries in EUROPE.

Attention! Important documents for studying with ERASMUS+ in the partner countries Canada, Israel, Japan, Tunisia and Vietnam can be found here.

Financial Information

1. ERASMUS+ - monthly rates:

Group 1: 600 EUR / month
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

Groups 2 und 3: 540 EUR / month
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey

2. Top-up for students with fewer opportunities:

Flat-rate payment of 250,- EUR per month for the following groups: students with child/ren, students with disabilities  (GdB 20 or higher) or chronic illness incurring additional costs abroad, students from a non-academic family background (first-generation academics). For students with children and students with a disability or chronic illness it is alternatively also possible to cover verifiable additional costs abroad of up to EUR 15,000 per semester.

A survey with regard to the top-up will be sent out by the end of May to all students who have been placed at a partner university for the coming winter and/or summer semester.

3. Travel Grant

Please note: 

  • The grant is only paid if you live in the host country during the Erasmus+ period. Cross-border commuters will not receive any financial support, nor will students already living in the host country prior to the start of their ERASMUS+ stay.

  • If the funding provided by the sponsor is not sufficient to cover the full duration of all stays, we will have to limit the funding period (e.g. to a maximum of 4 or 4.5 months per semester). Further details will be provided in June/July.

Travel Grant and Travel Days

Guidlines on Travel Grant and Travel Days 2025/26

The guidlines for 2026/27 will follow by early June 2026.

 

Grant Agreement

The grant agreement is the contract we enter into with you regarding your ERASMUS+ stay and the financial support you will receive for it. When? July, if your stay abroad begins in autumn, November if it begins in spring. 

Please read the Information Regarding Grant Agreement first

  •  2025/26
  • The information for 2026/27 will follow in early July 2026.

Before the beginning of your stay, we will send you an e-mail with the link to an online survey asking for the following details: 

  • Your bank account details
  • Your level of study (Bachelor/Master/PhD) and programme of study at Trier University at the time of your stay abroad
  • Your tax identification number (IdNo)
  • Your postal address valid during your stay abroad.
  • Your address of primary residence (in Germany if you remain registered here)
  • If applicable, information on former ERASMUS+ stays
  • The start and end dates of your mobility period (i.e. the period you you are required to be at your host university including orientation and/or language courses attended in the host country, examination periods but not travel days. Please be as precise as possible!
  • The main means of transport for travelling to your host university and back

On the basis of this information, we will issue your grant agreement and will send it to you by e-mail.

Learning Agreement

A Learning Agreement is an official document that is concluded between students, their home university and the host university abroad before studying abroad. It regulates in detail the courses to be taken abroad and ensures that these are later integrated into the degree programme and recognised.

The EU Commission has obliged all European universities to introduce ‘ERASMUS Without Paper’. This goes hand in hand with the obligation to digitise central processes in the ERASMUS programme. The creation of learning agreements is one of the processes that must be digitised. Unfortunately, not all European universities are yet ready to process learning agreements online. We ask for your understanding in this matter with regard to our partner universities.

Procedure

  • You consult with the departemental coordinator (see letter of acceptance) about possible courses at the host university and whether/in what scope they can be recognized for your studies here.
  • Clarify whether your host university uses the ONLINE Learning Agreement.
  • Read the Step by Step Guide!
  • Fill out the Learning Agreement (LA) yourself (digitally) after consulting with your coordinator and sign the document (digitally). The programme coordinator will be automatically notified by the system that a document is available for approval. As soon as your coordinator has approved the LA, the host university will be automatically informed that an LA is available for approval. PLEASE NOTE: Not all host universities are already connected to the system. If your host university does not use the OLA, download the signed document from the system, send a scan to the host university, and ask them to sign and return the LA.
  • Download the fully signed document from the system and send it to erasmus.out@uni-trier.de

  • If you wish to make any changes to your courses during your studies abroad, you must update the LA (Learning Agreement Changes) and have it signed again by your home university and the host university (so that all parties are always up to date).

     

Learning Agreement Changes (LA 2)

Please note: If you have completed an Online Learning Agreement and all parties have approved the OLA 1 in the system, please use the ONLINE platform again to complete the Learning Agreement Changes; if this is not the case, please use the paper version:

ONLINE LA Changes Step by Step Guide

Paper version LA Changes Step by Step Guide und Learning Agreement

Extension of stay

Please read the Guidelines an How to extend Your stay

The application deadline is 15th November.

Certificate of stay

The Certificate of stay is a certificate from the host university confirming the duration of your studies there, with the exact start and end dates and the university stamp.

Please note the following:

  • If the certificate was issued more than 5 days before the end of your study visit, we cannot accept it!
  • Please ensure that the certificate clearly states the period of time you spent studying abroad in the host country.
  • As a general rule, funding can only be paid if your stay at the host university lasted at least 60 days. If your stay was shorter than this, the grant must be repaid in full.

The form:

  • You can use the form from the Trier University or one from the host university.

Submission:

  • Electronically: We can only accept the document in electronic form if it can be verified online or is sent directly from the host university to the International Office of the University of Trier (i.e. scans forwarded by you without verification options will not be accepted).
  • Paper version: Only originals, certified photocopies or documents with a verification code will be accepted; uncertified copies, printouts or similar are not sufficient.
  • If you have completed a preparatory language course in the host country and its duration has been included in the grant agreement, please also submit the original certificate of attendance.

Recognition of study abroad results

The departments have their own information on the recognition process on their websites: Faculty I, Faculty II, Faculty III, Faculty IV, Faculty V, Faculty VI

 

International in Trier

Would you like to volunteer and/or share your experiences from your stay abroad?

Then the two programmes Europa macht Schule and Back to School might be just right for you! 

Or you can get involved with the international centre!

[Translate to Englisch:] Finanziert von der Europäischen Union