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If you are interested in a guest lectureship, it is possible to have the WWU sponsor a teaching stay from 2 days to 2 months with a teaching volume of 4 or 8 hours per week within the EU or Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway and Turkey. The program aims to contribute to the optimization of teaching methods and teaching content as well as to learn from other existing approaches. Furthermore, it is intended to provide the opportunity to learn first-hand about another European educational system and to contribute to this educational system through teaching in cooperation with European colleagues. The main focus of the stay is therefore the exchange in the field of teaching.

 

 

  • Target groups

    • Professors and lecturers with a contractual relationship to the university
    • Lecturers with contracts
    • Emeritus professors and retired teachers (applications for business travel must be signed by the Dean of the department)
    • Research assistants
    • Company staff as guest lecturers at WWU

  • Requirements

    • An Erasmus agreement (interinstitutional agreement) exists between the WWU and the host university, which includes the mobility of lecturers.
    • The Erasmus coordinator of your faculty/institute agrees to the mobility.
    • The Mobility is agreed with the partner university and you have received an invitation

  • What can be funded?

    Stays lasting from 2 days to 2 months

    • Teaching must take place on at least 2 days per week
    • At least 8 hours per week must be taught
    • Countries participating in the programme are the 28 member states of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey, and Switzerland
    • An interinstitutional agreement exists between the WWU and the host university that includes the mobility of lecturers
    • Parallel funding for similar costs from funds of other EU programs, such as LEONARDO DA VINCI and the EU RTD Framework Programs, or from funds of bilateral cultural agreements, private foundations or international institutions is excluded.
    • You can find a list of Erasmus partner universities here: www.uni-muenster.de/ERASMUS/Partner/index.html

  • Application process and mobility

    Pre-Departure

    Procedure Required Documents
    1. Find a colleague at a partner university and agree on possible teaching mobility (List of partner universities: www.uni-muenster.de/ERASMUS/Partner/index.html)  
    2. Fill in the Inquiry for Erasmus Mobility and send it via your Erasmus-coordinator (List of Coordinators) to the International Office. You will then receive a funding confirmation and other documents. Inquiry for Erasmus Mobility ("Bedarfsabfrage")
    3. At least 6 weeks before departure: submit the application form (original) and the letter of invitation Application form ("Dienstreiseantrag")
     
    Letter of Invitation
    4. You receive from the IO
    • business trip approval
    • Two Grant Agreements with calculated funding (submit one signed hardcopy to the International Office before departure)
    • Mobility Agreement
    • Letter of Confirmation
    • Documents with general information
    		 Grant Agreement
    5. Agreement to teaching responsibilities (Mobility Agreement)
    • Submit the signed document (scan is fine)
    		 Mobility Agreement

    During the stay

    Procedure Required Documents
    6. Last day of stay: get your "Letter of Confirmation" signed  

    After the stay

    Procedure Required Documents
    7. After your mobility, please submit the following documents:
    • Letter of Confirmation
    • The EU will send you an email with the link to the Participant Request
    		 Letter of Confirmation

    Participant Request ("Erfahrungsbericht")

    You can find the requirements form here. All other documents will be sent to you by the International Office in due course.

  • Funding

    The participant receives a normal salary from their home university during the mobility period. The home university is always responsible for the cost of the exchange. Erasmus scholarships cover travel expenses (adjusted according to distance, for most countries 275 euros) and accommodation (140-180 euros per day until the 14th day of stay depending on the country group, from the 15th day of stay 70% of the daily rate).
    The maximum total funding amount is 1,500 €.

    Benefits in detail:

    • Travel expenses: Fixed allowances are paid for the following distances travelled. (Distance to be determined by EU online calculator)

     

    Distance (km) Fixed travel allowance Green travel
    100 - 499 180 €  
    500 - 1,999 275 €  
    2,000 - 2,999 360 €  
    3,000 - 3,999 530 €  
    4,000 - 7,999 820 €  
    8,000 or more 1,100 €  
    • Subsistence expenses: Fixed daily allowances vary according to the destination country
    Destination Country Fixed allowance/working or travel day
    Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden 180 €
    Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus 160 €
    Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary 140 €

    Please refer to your tax office or your tax advisor regarding any tax consequences that may arise, as the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster cannot provide any information on this subject.

  • Insurance

    The program participants are required to secure adequate insurance coverage during their stay themselves. Lectures, Emeriti and similar groups of persons are not covered by liability, accident or health insurance during their stay abroad by the university or the Erasmus programme.
    For this purpose, the DAAD offers a group insurance, which participants can acquire at their own expense. This includes health/accident and liability insurance:
    Further information 

  • Contact

    The responsible advisor of the International Office, Sonja Zeggel und Claudia Wennemer, will be happy to accompany you throughout the application process and can answer any questions via project.international@uni-muenster.de.