International

Europe (with an Erasmus grant)

• Denmark (supervised by Roskam): University of Southern of Denmark (SDU)
• France (supervised by Roskam): Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tarbes (ENIT)
• Italy (supervised by Lippardt): University of Catania
• Lithuania (supervised by Roskam): Klaipeda University
• Norway (supervised by Roskam):Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
• Austria (supervised by Roskam): Hochschule Campus Wien
• Scotland (supervised by Roskam): University of the West of Scotland (UWS)
• Spain (supervised by Balan): Universitat Politècnica de València
• Turkey (supervised by Yagimli):  Gazi University

Asia (excluding scholarships and tuition fees)

• China, Hangzhou (supervised by Heikel):Zhejiang University of Science and Technology (ZUST)
• China, Chengdu (supervised by Liu-Henke):Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu (SWJTU)
• Japan (supervised by Stechert):Anan National College of Technology
• Taiwan (supervised by Lippardt): National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)

America (without a scholarship, Mexico with no tuition fees, USA with tuition fees)

• Mexico (supervised by Brüggemann): Instituto Tecnológico de Puebla (ITP)
• Mexico (supervised by Roskam): Tecnológico de Monterrey(TEC)
• USA (supervised by Roskam): University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

A Sneak Peek

To get to know the country, its people and our partner universities first-hand, we regularly organise excursions abroad. You’ll receive details via email – so be sure to check your Ostfalia inbox regularly.

• International excursions with an academic focus
  Every year, excursions to our partner universities take place with around 10 students.
• Look & See excursions
  Short trips to partner universities in Spain, France, etc.

Recognition

100% recognition of work completed abroad

• Coursework abroad is supervised and assessed by a lecturer from the faculty and thus recognised
• Compulsory elective modules/subject can be chosen relatively freely from the curriculum of the partner university Condition: no repetition, at least 3rd year of study
• if one of the compulsory modules is to be taken abroad, the content must correspond to the compulsory module at Ostfalia

Without fee

Europe

• Denmark: SDU, Industrial Engineering or Mechatronics Specialization, 2 spots
• France: ENIT, European Project Semester (teams of 4–5 students), recognized as a practical semester including 2 term papers and a final project, 2 spots
• Italy: University of Catania, 2 spots
• Lithuania: Klaipeda, 3 spots
• Norway: NTNU, 3 spots
• Austria: Campus Vienna, 3 spots
• Scotland: UWS, 3 spots
• Turkey: GAZI, 2 spots

Asia

• China: ZUST, SWJTU, 3 spots each
• Taiwan: NTNU, 2 spots

The Americas

• Mexico: ITP, TEC, 3 spots each

Funding

• Internship Semester: 
  Salary paid by the company; PROMOS may be available; contact the International Student Office for inquiries
• Theory Semester, Internship Semester at EU Universities (including England):
  Erasmus Grant: Amount varies; see Erasmus+ Outgoing for details; 
  No additional financial aid is available from the university.
  
  Note: Students must earn at least 15 ECTS credits while abroad.

Application deadline
Annually in September/October for the coming summer and winter semesters; remaining spots are available in March for the winter semester.
The call for applications, including the exact deadline, will be sent via email to all students.

Application Materials:
Your application must include the following documents

• Cover letter
• Letter of motivation
• Grade sheet
• Certificate of university entrance qualification
• Certificate of other achievements
  (e.g. social commitment, commitment to the university,...)

Please send your application for a semester/internship abroad in writing by e-mail to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Roskam

• Semester abroad at UPEAP, Mexico by Marius Olfe →Click
• Semester abroad at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), China by Cornelia Linke →Click
• Semester abroad at Cranfield University in central England by Henrik Wüstenberg →Click
• Semester abroad at the University of the West of Scotland by R. Gerlach →Click
• Practical semester at EDAG Inc. in Detroit/USA by E. Hinrichs →Click
• Practical semester at Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Scotland by Daniel Bachmann and Kathrin Eiserloh →Click
• European Project Semester at the École National d'Ingenieurs de Tarbes, France by Johnnes Medecke →Click
• Semester abroad at COEP India by Christopher Lisson →Click
• Semester abroad at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Sonderborg by Sören Becker →Click