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Information for Visiting and outgoing Students

DAAD grant information session -

click here for details http://www.daad.org.uk/en/

NUIG is one of the universities with a well frequented Socrates program. Socrates is Europe's education programme and involves around 30 European countries. Its main objective is precisely to build up a Europe of knowledge and thus provide a better response to the major challenges of this new century: to promote lifelong learning, encourage access to education for everybody, and help people acquire recognized qualifications and skills. Erasmus, the European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students, is the Higher Education part of Socrates, the EU's education programme. With Erasmus, you could study for 3-12 months in another European country and you may receive a grant towards the costs.

Between second and final year, almost all students avail of the opportunity to spend an additional year (B.A. International) studying both their subjects at a German university. The German Department currently has exchange agreements with Augsburg, Bamberg, Berlin, Bochum, Dresden, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Leipzig, Mainz and Würzburg.

Visiting students:

We welcome visiting students to our department. If you are interested in spending your time abroad at NUI Galway click here. If you have any further queries, don't hesitate to contact us.

Outgoing students:

We encourage students to spend their time abroad at one of our partner universities. Everybody who is interested in taking part in this exchange program can be provided with a place by us. Further information you can find here.

"The Erasmus year is an excellent opportunity to experience a new culture, travel around Europe and make some unforgettable friends. Without a doubt, it has been the best year of my life so far"
Martha Clancy.

DAAD FUNDING FOR STUDY AND RESEARCH IN GERMANY

The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) promotes international academic relations and cooperation,
particularly through exchange programmes for students and academic staff. DAAD grants are not only available
for students and staff of German, but for a wide variety of academic programmes at German universities,
Fachhochschulen and colleges of art and music. For information about research and scholarship opportunities,
applications and language certificates please contact Berit Carmesin, the German Department’s DAAD-Lektorin.

Among the most popular DAAD scholarships for Irish students, there are:

· UNIVERSITY SUMMER COURSE GRANTS FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS
(OPEN FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES)

Every year German universities offer a broad range of three- to four-week summer language courses
which, in addition to extensive language teaching, focus on literary, cultural, political and economic
aspects of modern and contemporary Germany. Undergraduate students of all disciplines are eligible to apply.

Value: € 850,- which contributes towards course fees and accommodation.

contact martin.rahlnuigalway.ie

· ONE-YEAR GRANTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE-COURSE STUDENTS OF GERMAN AT IRISH UNIVERSITIES

The scheme is intended for second-year Irish students of German or European Studies who wish to
spend their third year in Germany and who can submit a well defined project for the year abroad.

Value: € 650,- per month plus an initial extra payment and lump sum towards travel.

contact martin.rahlnuigalway.ie

· ONE-YEAR GRANTS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (OPEN FOR STUDENTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES)

This scholarship provides funds for graduating or graduate students for postgraduate studies and/or research at any German university, Fachhochschule, research institute, music academy or art college for one academic year.

Value: € 750,- per month plus an initial extra payment and lump sum towards travel.

contact martin.rahlnuigalway.ie

application deadline lst October 2013. For visits commencing between July and December application deadline lst April 2014

· ONE TO SIX MONTH RESEARCH GRANTS FOR PHD STUDENTS AND JUNIOR SCHOLARS (OPEN TO ALL DISCIPLINES)

The grants are offered to enable well-advanced PhD students and recent PhDs to carry out dissertation or post-doctoral research at libraries, archives, institutes or laboratories in Germany for a period of one to six months.

Value: € 1000,- per month plus an initial extra payment towards travel.

· SEVEN TO TEN MONTH GRANTS FOR PHD STUDENTS AND JUNIOR SCHOLARS (OPEN TO ALL DISCIPLINES)

This scholarship provides funds for doctoral or post-doctoral students to do research at any German university, Fachhochschule, research institute, music academy or art college for between seven months and one academic year. The stay at a German institution of higher education should be for the undertaking of PhD or post-doctoral work in Germany.

Value: € 1000,- per month plus an initial extra payment and lump sum towards travel.