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Funding programmes


ERASMUS programme for visiting academics

As part of an agreement within the ERASMUS programme, visiting academics can come to teach at Münster University for between one and six weeks. Times and teaching content are always agreed with the project partner in the respective university department or with Münster University’s International Office. Financial support for the stay at Münster University has to be applied for at the visitor’s home university, as ERASMUS funding to promote mobility among lecturers is always provided by the delegating institution.

German Academic Exchange Service: visiting lecturers programme

The visiting lecturers programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) funds lectureships by particularly qualified foreign university teachers. The programme, which supports the internationalization of German universities, covers all German universities and all subjects and is open to academics from anywhere in the world.
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Short-term scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service   

Support for academics by a department at Münster University can be provided in the form of a short-term scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service, valid for a maximum of three months. Precise information on the procedure can be obtained from Münster University’s International Office.
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Project-related exchange of staff

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers 30 programmes involving a so-called project-related exchange of people. The aim of the programme is to promote collaboration between German and international academics. The programmes are open to all academic disciplines. The prerequisite for making an application is a specific academic research project on which academics from both countries wish to collaborate.
Programmes for project-related exchanges of staff

DAAD’s international study and training partnerships   

The international study and training partnerships (ISAP) organized by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) are institutional structures for cooperation between German and foreign universities. Such partnerships enable groups of foreign students to complete a fully recognized part of their studies at a partner university.
Information on international study and training partnerships

Integrated German-Brazilian courses of study (UNIBRAL)

UNIBRAL is a programme for collaboration between Brazilian and German universities. It was agreed by the Education Ministries of both countries and is run by the German Academic Exchange Service and its Brazilian partner organization CAPES. As a result of the exchange of German and Brazilian students, post-docs and professors, UNIBRAL makes wide-ranging collaboration possible between two courses of study, subjects or faculties in Brazil and Germany.
Click here for the programme on integrated German-Brazilian courses of study

Fulbright Commission

The Fulbright Commission is a German-American Commission for the exchange of students and lecturers between Germany and the USA. There are various programmes for post-docs and professors.
More information on the Fulbright programme


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