Erasmus+ Teaching

Guest lecturers should strengthen the European dimension of the host university through their stay, complement its course offerings and impart their specialist knowledge to students who do not want to or cannot study abroad.

If possible, the development of joint study programs between the partner universities as well as the exchange of teaching content and methods should play a role.
Staff from foreign companies and organizations can also be invited to German universities for teaching purposes.

Staff mobility must take place in a program country that is not the country of the sending university (except for incoming mobility, see below) and not the main country of residence of the person concerned.

University staff from a German higher education institution with an ECHE may be sent to a receiving higher education institution with an ECHE for teaching purposes (outgoing mobility) and staff from another institution based in another program country (incoming mobility) who are active in the labor market or in the fields of general and vocational education or youth may be sent to a German higher education institution with an ECHE for teaching purposes.

Teaching stays within Europe last between two days and two months (excluding travel time); the teaching workload is at least eight hours per stay or per week or part thereof.

• Professors and lecturers with a contractual relationship with the university
• Lecturers without endowment
• Lecturers with work contracts
• Emeritus professors and retired lecturers
• Research associates
• Company personnel

Contact with the foreign university or company is made by the participant themselves in consultation with the International Office.

• Funding is only available for stays at Erasmus+ partner universities of Fachhochschule Dortmund
• The partner university must be in possession of an Erasmus+ University Charter (EUC).
• An Inter-Institutional Agreement for Staff Mobility (ST) must have been concluded with the partner university. (Note: If you are planning a work placement at a European university with which no bilateral ST agreement exists, please contact the International Office).
• A written agreement on the content and scope of the program must be made with the partner university ("Work Plan"). The agreement must be signed by the employee, the supervisor, the Erasmus+ university coordinator and the host university before the start of the trip.
• Duration of stay: minimum 2 working days, maximum 2 months.
• Teaching: at least 8 hours
  Mobility for teaching purposes must comprise at least 8 teaching hours in one week or a shorter period. For each additional day of stay beyond one week (7 days), the minimum number of hours per additional day is calculated as follows: 8 hours divided by 5 days multiplied by the number of additional days.

Please submit the following documents up to 6 weeks before the start of your mobility:

• Application form (at the bottom of the Mobility Online page)
• Business trip application approved by your supervisor(s)
• Confirmation from the partner university/company (e-mail is also sufficient) that you have been accepted, stating the exact dates of your visit
• completed Staff Mobility Agreement for Teaching

You will then be sent a funding agreement, which you should sign and hand in to Ms. Klein before the start of your trip.

Please submit the final certificate of staff mobility to usno later than 4 weeks after your return.

You must also complete an EUSurvey online survey . The link will be sent directly to the employee by e-mail from the EU Commission.

• Reimbursement of travel expenses
• Reimbursement of subsistence costs at a daily EU rate graduated according to destination countries
• Special funding is available for people with disabilities and single parents

Financial support for Erasmus+ mobility for teaching purposes or for further education and training is subject to the availability of funds and is based on the different costs of living in the destination countries ("program countries"). Uniform daily rates/unit costs apply for funding by German universities.

From the 2014 project year, fixed unit costs apply for Germany for four country groups up to the 14th day of the stay; from the 15th to the 60th day of the stay, funding amounts to 70% of the stated unit costs. These are made up as follows (stated as unit costs of the activity per day per participant (excluding travel day)):

In addition to these unit costs, from project year 2024/25 there will be 1 flat-rate travel day and travel costs depending on the real distances between the place of departure and destination of the mobility, which will be determined uniformly throughout Europe using a calculation tool(Opens in a new tab) .

The following amounts are reimbursed per stay and depending on the distance

Please note that travel days, weekends and public holidays in the destination country cannot be funded.

There is no reimbursement of travel expenses under the LRKG NRW.

There is no reimbursement of travel expenses under the LRKG NRW, as you will be paid unit costs.

If you would still like to submit a business trip statement because the travel costs are higher than the Erasmus+ funding, please select "Partial" under "Reimbursement by third parties" in the business trip application. A copy of the funding agreement must then be attached to the accounting documents.

The Erasmus+ mobility grant includes accommodation and travel costs, which are subsidized by the EU Commission / DAAD as unit costs. Grant recipients are obliged to personally pay tax on any positive differences between real costs and unit costs.