The tabular curriculum vitae as well as the answers to the questions in the online form must be completed in English.

Some universities in Latin America require application documents in the language of the country. It is possible that after your nomination, the documents will have to be completed in the local language.

Within the RWTHworldwide program, you can apply to up to four universities. Please make sure that you submit only one application within the application portal, but write a separate letter of motivation for each desired study abroad opportunity.

Via MoveON, you can also apply for an ERASMUS spot or to partner universities of your faculty within and outside of Europe.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with your faculty's International Office.

No, this requirement is valid for Bachelor’s students – as a Master’s student, you have already spent three semesters at university to complete your degree. Thus Master’s students can apply in the first semester of their Master’s course.

The selection committee awards placements based on multiple criteria, one of which is your average grade for yur current course of study. You must provide documentation of this grade by submitting a transcript of records, which lists all of the completed semesters of your current course of study. For the application deadline at August 15 the record date of the transcript of records from Campus Office is May 1 in the same year. The record date for the application deadline at December 15 is November 1 in the same year. Academic performance from the semester during which you apply cannot be taken into consideration. An exception to this are Master's students, who are applying during their first Master's semester and thus do not have a completed semester for their current course of study. In these cases, the final grade for the Bachelor's studies is used and must be documented and submitted.

This depends on the number of applications and on the university itself, since the number of exchange placements vary from university to university.  Some countries and universities are also in higher demand than others. We highly recommend you apply for more than one university and country.

Please use the list of previous selection quotas as an initial guide. As a rule, above-average grades are required for partner universities whose selection quota is low.

In the application portal, you can only select winter or summer semester. Please select the term where the most time of your study abroad falls.

You will also be asked to enter the specific time of your stay abroad as part of the online form.

An example: You will be studying abroad from August to December. The winter semester at RWTH runs from October to March. Thus three months of your stay abroad are during the winter term, and only two in the summer term. You would therefore select winter semester in your online application.

You can choose whether to follow the European or American type of CV and whether to include a photo or not. However, applications to the Internation Office the CV must be written in English.

Please note: The CV is one of the documents that in most cases must be submitted to the host university as well, even if you have been nominated by the International Office for a stay at the partner institution. Thus you save time and work when you prepare a CV that you can use later on as well. A number of universities in Latin America and Russia require you to provide application documents in the langugage of the host country. Thus it is possible that in case of nomination, you must prepare your documents in the langugae of the country as well.

You have to list all lectures and seminars you wish to attend at the host university. Please refer to the university's website to find out what courses are offered. For a stay within the framework of RWTHweltweit, we recommend that you take courses amounting to 20 ECTS per semester.

For a stay within the framework of RWTHweltweit, we recommend that you take courses amounting to 20 ECTS per semester. The Board of Examiners of your RWTH course of study decide on whether or not the coursework and assessments taken at the host institution are recognized and count towards your degree at RWTH.

To learn about the details, please contact the study abroad / international relations coordinators of your faculty or department. RWTH’s recommendations concerning the conversion of grades can be found at Recalculation of Grades Earned for Studies and Exams Abroad.

The Abitur certificate (at least five or six years school lessons, or an Abitur after the twelfth or thirteenth grade respectively) is initially sufficient as language documentation for programs in English. In certain circumstances, further documentation of your language skills such as the TOEFL test or documentation from the Language Center is required after your nomination.

Documentation of language skills for other languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, or Russian can be acquired through a language test in the Language Center. Certificates from other language courses are also recognized.

Native speakers are able to demonstrate their language skills through the certificate of a secondary school in their home country or a language course.

Students who would like to participate in an exchange with a Brazilian university, must submit proof of Portuguese language skills corresponding to level A2 at the time of application. By the time they are nominated at the partner university - typically in October - students must be able to submit proof that they have completed level B1. The RWTH Language Center offers an intensive course at the B1 level during the lecture-free period after August 15, making it possible to complete level B1.

You have the opportunity to apply for a PROMOS or Voss scholarship via the application portal by March 15 or September 15. For detailled information please refer to the PROMOS Study or Internship Abroad Scholarships page.

An interdisciplinary selection committee will select the most suitable applicants.

Applications are evaluated on the basis of the candidates' academic performance, academic and extracurricular motivation, and additional qualifications, such as advanced language skills in the language of the host university.

The final decision will be made by the partner university.

Case A

If you have completed additional requirement classes only last semester and did not complete any exams/assessments from the regular Master’s course, please apply on the basis of your Bachelor’s degree.

Case B

If you have completed both additional requirement and regular classes from the Master’s course, please provide the total number of credits gained in both the additional requirement and regular Master’s classes. When specifying the average grade achieved (GPA), please only provide the averaged grade from the regular Master’s modules/classes.

You will be informed of the outcome of the selection process at RWTH within eight weeks after submission of your application. Please refrain from inquiring about the status of your application.

The partner universities have widely differing nomination deadlines. You will be informed of the outcome of your application within three months after your nomination and application to the host university.

If you are staying abroad as part of RWTHweltweit, you must attend courses amounting to 20 ECTS each semester.

(Recognition of the full amount of credits earned abroad is not required).

The winter semester (November) application deadline is the most important application deadline, as you can apply for both one- and two-semester stays beginning in the winter semester of the following academic year and for one-semester stays in the summer semester of the following academic year then.

When it comes to the application deadline in the summer semester (June), you can only apply for places that are left over for the summer semester of the following academic year.