Erasmus

The Faculty of Psychology offers its students exchange study places at many different partner universities as part of the Erasmus programme. The exchange places are subject-specific. Information on application, Learning Agreement and our partner universities can be found on the following pages.

Application

Here you will find information about the application process for an Erasmus+ study visit. In the RUB, fully matriculated students from the 3rd semester onwards can participate (however, a corresponding application is already possible from the 1st semester). Master's students can only complete an Erasmus+ study visit from the 2nd semester onwards.

How can I apply?

The application for an Erasmus+ study visit is made via the Moodle course “Erasmus Bewerbung Psychologie für 2026/2027”.

The password for self-enrollment is: Erasmus

In this Moodle course you will find all further information on the details and documents to be uploaded for the application.

What is the application deadline?

The application deadline is 30 November each year.

This means: If, for example, you are interested in a stay abroad in the academic year 2026/27 (= winter semester 2026/27 and/or summer semester 2027), you must submit your application by 30 November 2025.

Which partner universities are there?

Here you will find a list of our current Erasmus partners.

Selection of the partner university

There are 1-4 exchange places per partner university (most partner universities have 2 places). Thus, the supply of exchange places is in principle large enough for the demand. However, the preferences of the students are often very homogeneously distributed. This leads to the fact that sometimes not the first preference can be realized. Therefore, please deal with the different partner universities in detail and consider at which universities you could imagine an Erasmus study visit.

Exchange among students

A Moodle course with a contact list has been set up so that Erasmus students can exchange information with each other or with future Erasmus students/interested parties. You can get the password here: psy-studienberatung@ruhr-uni-bochum.de.

Learning Agreement

The Erasmus programme provides for the recognition of the academic achievements undertaken abroad in the home university. The two most important documents in the recognition process are the Online Learning Agreement and the Transcript of Records.

Your Online Learning Agreement is relevant for you before, during and after the mobility. In it, you agree with us and with the host university on the study programme you will follow abroad.

Before the mobility

In order to fill out the Learning Agreement and to be able to ensure the later recognition of your study achievements abroad, you must obtain information on the courses offered at the host university before your mobility and discuss your choice with us.

Once the courses you wish to take abroad have been determined, enter them in Table A of the Learning Agreement. You must select, take and pass courses of at least 15 to 30 ECTS per semester. In Table B you enter the courses or modules that you would attend equivalently at the RUB.

To ensure that the Learning Agreement is binding, you, we and the Erasmus coordinator of the host university sign the agreement. By signing, we confirm that the chosen courses are recognisable; the host university declares that the curriculum can be realised in this way.

Please send a PDF with the signatures of all involved parties by July 15 (for mobilities starting in the following winter semester) or December 15 (for mobilities starting in the following summer semester) to erasmus@rub.de.

During the mobility

If there are any changes to the originally selected courses on site, please enter them on the form "During the Mobility", have this form signed by us and the host university and sign it by yourself. You should also discuss the changed courses with us in advance.

After the mobility

After your stay abroad, the host university will issue you with a "Transcript of Records" which lists your academic achievements. With this document you can have your courses recognised. Please submit the Transcript of Records to the Study Coordinator and send a scan of the document to erasmus@rub.de.

Important: The Transcript of Records must be written in English or German and should contain a description of the grading system of your host university.