In addition to the monthly allowance of 850 €, students can apply for social top-ups. The social top-ups cannot be combined with each other.

Social Top-up: Students with child

If you take your child/children abroad, you are entitled to an additional lump sum of 250 € per month.

You submit the request via Mobility Online after application and placement by uploading a declaration on honor and supporting documents (copy of the birth certificate of the child/children; supporting documents proving that the child/children will be taken abroad (e.g. travel documents, proof of care on site)). Information on how to apply will be emailed to you in a timely manner.

Social Top-up: Students with a disability or certified chronic disease

As a student with a certified degree of disability or with a certified chronic illness that results in additional financial needs abroad, you will receive an additional lump sum of 250 € per month.

You submit the request via Mobility Online after application and placement by uploading a declaration on honor and supporting documents (proof of the disability or certificate of the chronic illness including declaration of the doctor that there is an additional financial need abroad). Information on how to apply will be emailed to you in a timely manner.

If particularly high costs are incurred during the stay abroad (e.g. for barrier-free accommodation or flight or for an accompanying person), you can alternatively submit a real cost application (long application). In this application, the costs incurred must be detailed and can then be reimbursed up to a maximum of 15.000 € per semester. The application must be submitted via the IO of the TUD at least 2 months before the start of the stay abroad.

Social Top-up: First-generation students

As a first-generation student, you can apply for a monthly top-up of 250 € if no parent/relative has a degree from a university or college.

You submit the request via Mobility Online after application and placement by uploading a declaration on honor and supporting documents (declaration on honor of the parents/relatives). Information on how to apply will be emailed to you in a timely manner.

Social Top-up: Working students

As an employed student, you can apply for a monthly top-up of 250 €.

Prerequisites: The employment began at least six months before application or before the start of mobility abroad without interruption and ends at the latest with the start of the semester abroad. The activity can not be carried out during the stay abroad.

You submit the request via Mobility Online after application and placement by uploading a declaration on honor and supporting documents (employer's certificate). Information on how to apply will be emailed to you in a timely manner.

After arranging your study plan and the time of your study stay with the academic coordinator at your home university and the academic coordinator at TU Dresden, please start submitting the necessary documents at least 4 months before travelling to TUD. The application deadline for the summer semester (beginning April 1st) is January 15th, and for the winter semester (beginning October 1st) is June 15th.

First, please apply for admission to TU Dresden here. Afterwards you will receive a link to the Mobility Online Portal. In the Mobility Online Portal you complete your application for admission and the application for ERASMUS funding. Please prepare the following documents:

• Learning Agreement, signed by all parties (document may be sent as scanned copy) and listing at least 30 ECTS for a full semester
• Certificate of Enrolment from sending institution
• Transcript of Records / proof of previous academic achievements
• Language Certificate (B1 German, B1/B2 English for courses in English)
• Copy of passport

More information for exchange students can be found here.

The Erasmus+ Student Charter gives an overview of your rights and obligations as an Erasmus student.

Changes in the study programme may be made within five weeks after arrival and should be agreed upon by all parties. All changes should be indicated in Learning Agreement Tables C and D, while Tables A and B should not be modified.

One month before the end of your stay, you will be asked via e-mail (please check your spam folder) to complete and send back the final report EU Online Survey within 10 days. If you do not fill in the questionnaire, you must pay back your whole grant!

Within 30 days AFTER you leave TU Dresden, please upload the following documents in your Mobility Online Account:

• Confirmation of Attendance confirming the start and end date of your study period at TUD. These must match the dates stated in the Grant Agreement, otherwise the grant will be reduced by the time not covered. The confirmation is signed at the end of your stay if you send it to .
• Transcript of Records / alternatively Learning Agreement Table E, confirming the amount of credit points/workload which was accomplished, issued by your TUD faculty or examination office.
• Proof of Recognition / alternatively Learning Agreement Table F, confirming recognition of the academic achievements that were achieved during your stay at TUD.
• Certificate of Enrolment from your home university for the period of time spent at TUD.

Distance calculator http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources/distance-calculator_en

 You can reduce your ecological footprint in the Erasmus+ program as well and apply for a green travel top-up for travels that are predominantly low-emission, environmentally friendly and when sustainable means of transport such as bus, train or carpooling are used. In addition, up to 4 additional travel days can be funded if the travel duration is significantly extended due to sustainable travel.

If the distance exceeds 4000km, you cannot apply for a green travel top-up.

After arranging the time and activities of your teaching/training stay with the academic coordinator at TU Dresden and the academic coordinator at your home university, please send the following documents to the International Office (address below) at least one month before travelling to TUD:

• signed ERASMUS+ Application for Staff Mobility Teaching/Training
• Mobility Agreement Teaching or Mobility Agreement Training signed by all parties – document may be sent as scanned copy

Subsequently, TUD International Office will send you the Grant Agreement stating the amount of the grant awarded.

At the end of the mobility, you will be asked via e-mail (please check your spam folder) to complete and send back the EU Online Survey within 30 days.

Please also send the Confirmation of Teaching / Confirmation of Training to TUD International Office. This document confirms the start and end date of the period abroad – these must match the dates stated in the Grant Agreement, otherwise the grant will be reduced by the time not covered.

Distance calculator http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources/distance-calculator_en

 You can reduce your ecological footprint in the Erasmus+ program as well and apply for a green travel top-up for travels that are predominantly low-emission, environmentally friendly and when sustainable means of transport such as bus, train or carpooling are used. In addition, up to 4 additional travel days can be funded if the travel duration is significantly extended due to sustainable travel.

If the distance exceeds 4000km, you cannot apply for a green travel top-up.