Having finished their first year, physics students can study abroad at one of our European partner universities for one or two semesters within the program ERASMUS+.

Exchange Positions 

Erasmus Program for Bachelor's and Master's Students of Physics

At the moment, the physics department of FU Berlin has ERASMUS+ agreements with more than 30 European partner universities providing study opportunities for more than 50 students.

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Application dates

Application deadlinefor the winter semester 2025/26 and the summer semester 2025: January 31, 2025. The applicants will be informed until beginning of March.

There will be a second application corridor from Mai 1 until Mai 15, 2025 for open Erasmus+ exchange possibilities for the summer semester 2026.

Application procedure

Inform yourself about the partner universities' study programs on their respective webpages. If you plan to go abroad for the summer semester, take into account that in most countries semester starts already before the winter semester at FU ends.

For study periods of one or two semesters, please fill the online application form (activated from December 1 to January 31 and from May 1 to May 15).

List of mandatory documents

• Letter of motivation - explication of your study plans, of your choice of partner universities etc.
  
• Valid matriculation certificate
  
• Transcript of records of current studies
• Language certificates according to the demands of the partner universities. There is the possibility to get a certificate from the language center of FU Berlin. Further information can be found here.
  
• Please state three partner universities of choice in order of priority.
• The signed application form and additional documents have to be handed in either electronically as pdf document (c.gahl@fu-berlin.de) or as a paper version by postal mail (address see below)
  

The decision about the applications will be made by the departmental ERASMUS+ coordinator on the basis of language proficiency, the motivation for studying abroad and the status of the current studies.

Detailed information about Erasmus+ Student Mobilities and about applications for an Erasmus+ Internship can be found at Studying abroad.

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Contact

Dr. Cornelius Gahl
Freie Universität Berlin
Arnimallee 14, room 0.4.14
14195 Berlin
c.gahl@fu-berlin.de
+49-30-838 56065

Erasmus coordinator: Prof. Dr. Martin Weinelt