Stay abroad
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Lena Bouws (3rd place): Internship at Claddagh National School in Galway

Stay Abroad Video Competition

The university's International Office runs a video competition each year for students who go abroad to work or study. This year, Lena Bouws from the English Department won third place with the video above.

For more information, visit the website of the International Office.

Stay abroad (BA programmes, modules no. 30000 and 16000)

All BA students studying to become teachers are required to go abroad to spend 12 weeks in an English-speaking country, according to the relevant legislation on teacher training in North Rhine-Westphalia (§11 LAGB). To complete the module, you will have to submit the Dossier to interdos@uni-muenster.de and upload proof of your stay on Learnweb (folder: Stay Abroad). 

You do not have to study or go on work experience. Any stay in an English-speaking country will be recognized as long as you can provide cogent proof of your stay abroad. 

Your stay may be split up into max. three parts of any length.

Any stays spent in English-speaking countries before you started studying with us will be recognized as long as you can provide cogent proof of your stay abroad.

Students may be exempt from the stay abroad in cases of hardship or if  studying two foreign languages.

Older versions of this module (17000 and 18000):

  • for the Culture & Communication Module (17000) you have to obtain 7 credit points at an English-speaking university and cannot split your stay into more than two parts.
  • for the Work Experience Abroad Module (18000) you have to work for 210 hours in an English-speaking country and cannot split your stay into more than two parts. 

  • Recognition of your stay abroad

    If you would like to have your stay abroad recognised, please upload the required documents to the LearnWeb folder "Stay Abroad, BA HRSGe, Zwei-Fach, BK (Änderungsordnungen 2025)" or "Stay Abroad Lehramt G".

    If you need recognition of your stay abroad for the older modules ("Culture and Communication" or "Work Experience Abroad") please send:

    • your name
    • study programme
    • matriculation number
    • An authenticated transcript of records/learning agreement from the university abroad OR a confirmation by your employer of 210 working hours completed 
    • Conclusive documents (e.g. boarding cards, arrival/departure stamps, work certificates confirming the duration of your stay) showing that you have spent 12 weeks abroad in an English-speaking country
    • Date of your QISPOS registration (summer/winter semester of which year) for the module
       
    • to workexp.abroad@uni-muenster.de for the Work Experience Module
    • to mobiles@uni-muenster.de for the Culture & Communication Module

  • Recognition of pre-university stays abroad

    If you would like to have your pre-university stay abroad recognized for the module "Stay Abroad", upload the required documents to the LearnWeb folder "Stay Abroad, BA HRSGe, Zwei-Fach, BK (Änderungsordnungen 2025)" or "Stay Abroad Lehramt G". 

  • Cases of hardship (Härtefälle)

    If you are a recognised case of hardship (Härtefall) you can be exempted from going abroad. You will instead do the study@home programme.

Information and guidance for your stay abroad

The International Office [de] offers students several information sessions on planning and financing a semester / year abroad.

The Career Service [de] gives information for internships abroad and financial support for this.

For internships at schools, you can also turn to the ZLB and their List of partner schools for which you can apply directly.

Please be aware that – in a changing world – the situation at borders can be stressful and difficult to navigate. For instance, post-Brexit, travel to the UK has become much more complicated, especially regarding work permits. The situation in the US is volatile as well. Make sure to read up on the current immigration policies and travel warnings for your destination country on the website of the “Auswärtiges Amt”: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender regularly and right before you leave.