Outgoing

Students on the Bachelor's degree programs in Computer Science and Media Computer Science/Applied Computer Science who would like to spend a semester abroad are recommended to complete the specialization 1, i.e. the 5th semester at a partner university (24 CP). You are not bound to the catalog of modules and courses of your degree program. Together with 6 further CP from compatible modules from the compulsory area or the Bachelor's internship, the language modules and the AQUA modules, you can earn a total of 30 CP abroad.

For Diplom Computer Science students: Semester abroad is recognized for INF-D-930! (see guidelines) "A special role is played by periods of study at foreign universities, which are also to be supported by INF-D-930, regardless of whether the studies abroad are combined with relevant practical work experience."

• Nevertheless, find out about the crediting options in advance! It is best to apply for a preliminary assessment of credit transferability (see FAQ on credit transfer below)
• Please also note that you should have already studied at TU Dresden for at least one year at the beginning of your stay abroad.

The MobilityOnline platform is the hub for your application and other tasks during your stay abroad. You will also find the online application form there. And MobilityOnline will continue to support you even after you have been accepted.

The following documents are required:

• Language certificate (English or national language, depending on the language of instruction)
  Your high school diploma is sufficient for the TU Dresden. This typically states the language level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
  Please note, however, that the partner university may require special language certificates once you have been accepted. It is therefore best to find out in advance which certificates are accepted!

• Overview of grades issued by the Examination Office
  Please note that your transcript of records will not be issued automatically! To receive this, you must first contact the Examination Office of the Faculty of Computer Science. They will provide you with the grade overview via selma. A printout from the selma website will not be accepted!

• Draft Learning Agreement
  It is essential that you familiarize yourself with the courses offered by the partner university of your choice when you apply! The required draft should contain a list of the courses you are particularly interested in from the partner university's range.

Please note: Always indicate a second or third preference for a partner university! Not every first preference can be realized.

Detailed information on participation requirements, documents and deadlines can be found here.

There is no official list of courses recommended by the TU. Therefore, check the current curriculum of your partner university for information on the courses offered and their content! Also find out about course catalogs from previous semesters if no current one is available for your exchange period! Courses from the previous winter/summer semester are often offered again during your semester abroad.

In order to have the credits you have earned credited later, you should choose courses that are as equivalent as possible to modules in your degree program. By applying for a prior approval, you can obtain confirmation in advance that the courses you have chosen can be credited to your degree program.

The Learning Agreement can still be changed during your stay. Therefore, you do not have to make a final decision about which courses you would like to take at the time of application.

With the Learning Agreement, you determine which courses you will take abroad and the number of credits you will earn. The partner university confirms in the Learning Agreement that you can participate in the selected courses. And last but not least, your Erasmus coordinator at the faculty signs the Learning Agreement to confirm that the courses are a useful addition to your studies.

At some other universities, exchange students are guaranteed by means of the Learning Agreement that the credits earned abroad will be recognized during their studies. This is not the case at the Faculty of Computer Science at TU Dresden. After your stay abroad, you can use the application for credit transfer to decide for yourself which of the courses you have completed you would like to have credited to your degree program.

The Learning Agreement is created and managed digitally via the Mobility Online platform. It can also be adjusted during your stay.
There are 3 phases in LA: before (Table A and B), during (Table C and D) and after the stay (Tables E and F).

You do not need table F at our faculty - this is replaced by the application for credit transfer (see below). This means that even courses that you have not specified in advance in the "application for preliminary examination" can be credited to you if the creditability is determined by the examination board.

You can find detailed information on this page by the International Office.

It is strongly recommended that you take a leave of absence for the duration of your stay abroad. The semester of leave is counted as a university semester, but not as a subject semester; therefore no study time is "lost". You can find more information at the Admissions Office.

If you decide not to apply for a semester of leave, you must expect that you may be upgraded by one (further) semester after courses have been credited. Your examination regulations state that credit points must also be credited for periods of study. You can find more information on credit transfer below.

During the application process, a grant agreement is drawn up which regulates the financial support. The exact amount of funding you can receive depends on the duration of your stay and the destination country.
You can find more detailed information on the website of the International Office.

Before the stay

The tables in the Learning Agreement template do not clearly assign the courses to be completed abroad to the modules for which credit is to be transferred at a later date. For this reason, the Erasmus coordinator will not sign your Learning Agreement if you have activated the "Automatic recognition" field in the Learning Agreement.

Even if the option of automatic recognition is not available, you have the opportunity to confirm in advance whether the selected courses can be credited to modules or specific examinations of a module. This gives you the security of only attending courses that you can use for credit in your degree program.

To have the preliminary examination carried out, proceed as follows:

• Complete the application for a preliminary examination for the recognition of coursework and examinations to be completed as part of an ERASMUS program in full!
• Sign the application!
• Enclose the relevant course descriptions from the course catalog of your host university and
• submit the application to your Erasmus coordinator at the Faculty of Computer Science (see contact box)!

The Erasmus coordinator will comment on the course module assignments with regard to creditability and send you back the confirmed application for your documents.

After your stay

After your return to the Faculty of Computer Science, you decide which of the courses you have completed you would like to have credited. With the help of the application for preliminary examination (see above), you can be sure that the course module assignments confirmed in the application will be credited, provided there have been no changes.

• Crediting on the basis of the application for preliminary examination is the quickest way. To do this, you can use the crediting form provided on the Examination Office website for the crediting of coursework and examinations completed as part of your studies abroad.
• If there have been changes between the application for the preliminary examination and the application for credit transfer, the general credit transfer application form provided by the Examination Office should be used to apply for credit transfer.
  In this case, processing will take longer, as the technical examination of the acquired competencies and the comparison with the corresponding module descriptions of the degree program is time-consuming.