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Exchange programs

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology manages numerous exchange programs with universities abroad in Europe and beyond.

Erasmus

The ERASMUS Program offers students the opportunity to study at a European partner university.


Participants of this program are 25 member countries of the European Union:
Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Cypress.


Additionally, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway as well as Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Additionally, there are special agreements with Swiss universities.


The International Office provides online useful information about the prerequisites for participation in the Erasmus program [German only].


Contact person and office hours:
Andrea Morlock-Scherm, Erasmus-Hochschulkoordinatorin
Akademisches Auslandsamt des Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
International Office
Adenauerring 2, 76131 Karlsruhe


Phone: +49 (0)721 6084920, Fax: +49 (0)721 6084918
Email: andrea.morlock-scherm(at)aaa.uni-karlsruhe.de


Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 12pm

Baden-Württemberg-Program (BaWü)

On the basis of year-long bilateral exchange programs, the Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst (Ministry of Science, Research and Art) has made different agreements for the exchange of students between universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg and different state-run university systems in the USA, Canada and Australia.


Currently, the following states take part in this program:

  • University of Massachusetts System (USA)
  • Connecticut (USA)
  • North Carolina (USA)
  • Oregon (USA)
  • Ontario (Canada)
  • South Australia (Australia)

Within this program, tuition is exempt for chosen participants; this would be amounts between 10,000 and 16,000 euros per year.
The participants only have to cover the costs of travel, insurance, and living costs.


Application deadlines:
The application deadline is August 31 for a stay starting the following winter semester of the next year (with Australia, for a stay starting in February of the following year).


Length of stay: one academic year

Application prerequisite: Intermediate Diploma


You can find application forms, a list of participating universities as well as further information about this exchange program here.


You can find a detailed list of all participating universities here.

Cluster Netzwork

Under the name CLUSTER ("Cooperation Link between Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research"), several technical universities in Europe have joined together in order to support the mobility of students.
 
The following universities take part in this program:

  • Imperial College (UK)
  • Eindhoven Institute of Technology (NL)
  • Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (B)
  • Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm (SE)
  • EPFL Lausanne (CH)
  • Tekniska Högskolan Helsinki (SF)
  • Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (F)
  • Politecnico di Torino (I)
  • Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya (E)
  • Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (D)
  • Universität Karlsruhe (D)

Cluster is not directly an exchange program; however, there is the opportunity of a stay abroad at these universities.


Contact person:
Prof. Dr. D. Engelhardt
Inst. f. Experimentelle Kernphysik


Phone: +49 (0)721 608 4310

e-mail: DFHK@physik.uni-karlsruhe.de

EUCOR

EUCOR (“Europäische Konföderation der Universitäten am Oberrhein”) is a confederation of universities on the Upper Rhine River and was founded in 1989 with the goal of a closer collaboration on all levels, especially with students, by the following universities:

  • Universität Basel
  • Université de Mulhouse
  • Université Strasbourg I, II, III and the connected Grandes Ecoles
  • Universität Freiburg
  • Universität Karlsruhe

This makes possible the temporary visit at the universities named above, in which performance will be fully recognized. The students stay registered at their home universities so that tuition costs do not apply.
With this, the Karlsruhe student ID is valid as an EUCOR identity card, whose holder enjoys the same user rights and discounts as students registered there.


Contact person:
You can receive further information about EUCOR at the Akademischen Auslandsamt – International Office, Room 118 from Frau Habersaat.


Phone: +49 (0)721 608 4919

Direct cooperation

Additionally, there is a direct cooperation with the following universities which also make a student exchange possible:

  • Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • National University of Singapore (Singapore)
  • University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
  • Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela)
  • University of Waterloo (Canada)
  • University of Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)
  • National Taiwan University (Taiwan)


Application deadlines:
The application deadline for participation in these programs is August 31 for a stay starting the following winter semester of the next year.


Further programs exist with:

  • Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Chile/ Chile
  • INSA de Lyon / France
  • Purdue University/ USA (Mechanical Engineering)
  • Carnegie Mellon/ USA (Computer Science)
  • Tecnologico de Monterrey/ Mexico
  • Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Chile/ Chile
  • Tokyo University/ Japan
  • Kyoto University/ Japan
  • Qinghua University Beijing/ China
  • Polytechnical University of Tomsk/ RF
  • State Aerospace Technical University Ufa/ RF