Studies Abroad
Application & Eligibilitiy Requirements
- Your study abroad must be a self-organized stay in a European or a non-European country that is related to your study program.
- Within Europe, studies abroad at Erasmus partner universities cannot be funded.
- Duration of stay must be at least one month. (1 month does not equal 4 weeks! Correct example: 01.07.2024 until 31.07.2024. Incorrect example: 01.07.2024 until 28.07.2024)
- Maximum funding period is up to six months.
- Longer studies abroad are only funded for the maximum funding period. Projects below the minimum funding period of one month cannot be funded
- Only students who are fully enrolled at Freie Universität Berlin can be funded.
- PhD students are not eligible for funding in the category of preparing final thesis, study abroad, direct exchange and internship.
- Please also read the general PROMOS grant conditions.
Required Documents
This link will take you to the application portal. There you will be able to complete your PROMOS application after registration.
Motivation letters should generally be written in German and can only be written in English in exceptions. We recommend Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and not using mobile devices to fill out the form for reasons of compatibility. Please refrain from submitting handwritten applications. Mozilla Firefox may not support the application form.
- Transcript of Records
As transcript of academic records, you can submit the printout “Übersicht Noten und Punkte” from the Campus Management system. Alternatively, you can submit a transcript which has been signed by your faculty’s examination office. Graduate students must additionally submit their undergraduate degree certificate.
- Certificate of Enrollment
You are required to submit a proof of enrollment at the FU for the period of your stay abroad.
- Proof of Nationality
We kindly ask you to submit a copy of an identity card or passport.
Letters of recommendations can be completed by a lecturer/professor of FU Berlin using our form. Please note that language teachers or non-FU researchers are not accepted. The document, written in English or German, can be enclosed in your application or sent to us directly by your assessor.
To fill in the form, we recommend downloading the form and only then entering the rating. If the ratings are entered first and the form is saved afterwards, they are often not transmitted.
Skills of the host university’s language of instruction must be proven for the application. The DAAD language certificates that are issued by the FU Berlin’s language center can be used for this purpose. Alternatively, you can submit a TOEFL or IELTS language test. If the language of your study project deviates from the national language of the host country, please see the website with important information on language certificates.
In any case, appropriate supporting documents must be included, otherwise your application will not be considered. Language certificates should not be older than two years. Native speakers can submit their high school diploma or other proof that they have completed an academic degree in the respective language.
- Proof of application or registration or a letter of acceptance from the host university abroad
A checklist with all the documents helps you properly assembling the application. Please use it to ensure the completion of your application and attach it to your documents.
Submission of application documents
Please submit the aforementioned documents in one PDF in the order indicated in the checklist via mail: promos@campus.fu-berlin.de.