Update October 2025

More than 20 Erasmus+ scholarships for university staff have already been approved for the 2025/26 academic year, including 13 for teaching staff and nine for administrative and technical staff. The International Office wishes these colleagues every success with the implementation and rewarding exchanges at our partner universities.

Currently, no further applications for Erasmus+ scholarships for university staff can be processed for the current academic year 2025/26. Due to austerity measures imposed on universities by the State of Berlin, capacity is limited in service departments such as the International Office.

As soon as applications for the 2026/27 academic year are being accepted again, you will find new information here.

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Update from August 2025

Funding through Erasmus+ is only available to employees of the Berlin University of the Arts. "Lehrbeauftragte" have a different status than employees, so unfortunately funding will no longer be available to them in future. Mobility programmes that have already been planned can still be completed.  

We regret this restriction, which is due to the different status of employees and "Lehrbeauftragte".

Erasmus+ sponsors guest lecturers at European partner universities which hold a valid Erasmus Charta for Universities (ECHE). The aim of guest lectureships is to consolidate the European dimension of the guest university by their presence, supplementing the teaching on offer and conveying their specialist knowledge to students who do not wish to or are unable to study abroad. Where possible, there should be some development of joint study programmes at the partner universities, as well as an exchange of teaching content and methods. Staff from foreign companies and organizations can also be invited to German universities on teaching contracts. Staff mobility must take place in a programme country that is neither the country of the dispatching university nor the main country of residence of the staff member in question. 

Staff from a German university with an ECHE can be sponsored for teaching at a receiving university with an ECHE (outgoing mobility), as well as staff from a different institution, based in a different country in the programme (incoming mobility) that operates on the labour market or in the field of general and professional training or youth work coming to a German university with an ECHE in order to teach.

Periods of teaching within Europe last from two days to two months (excluding travel times in each case). The teaching load should be at least eight hours per stay or per week or part week.

Members of the following groups can be sponsored:

• Professors and lecturers with a permanent university contract
• Lecturers without endowment  
• Scientific assistants  
• Company staff 

The funding amount for an ERASMUS+ scholarship for university members consists of fixed daily allowances for the stay, a travel allowance and, if applicable, special grants. The scholarship amount varies depending on the host country and length of stay.

Expected funding from Call 2025:

Maximum funding period: 3 days plus (green) travel allowance (if applicable) and special funding (if applicable).
In justified exceptions, financial support period of up to 5 days (only Partner Days, Staff Weeks & BIPs)
2 travel days

Funding from Call 2024:
as long as funds are available
Maximum funding period: 3 days plus (green) travel allowance (if applicable) and special funding (if applicable).
In justified exceptions, financial support period of up to 5 days (only Partner Days, Staff Weeks & BIPs)
2 travel days

Current scholarship rates

Further information and relevant forms can be found in our Download Center.

If you are interested in a mobility abroad or if you already have an invitation from a European partner university, please contact Livia Romero from the International Office of the UdK Berlin.

For business trips to an EU country or to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, the so-called A1 certificate is required. It serves as proof abroad that there is insurance coverage in Germany due to the employment. The A1 certificate is applied for by the personnel office after receipt of your application for a business trip from the health insurance company in the case of persons with statutory insurance, and from the German Federal Pension Fund (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund) in the case of persons with private insurance. The business trip may only be approved and started after the certificate has been issued. If the certificate is not issued, the trip cannot be approved. You will receive a printout of the certificate, which you must carry with you during the trip and present during inspections. In the event of a breach of the notification requirements, considerable fines are to be expected, which would have to be borne by the business traveler if the A1 certificate had not been applied for. 

Due to the required A1 certificate, business trips to an EU country or to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland must be applied for at the personnel office four weeks before the start of the trip.