Semester Abroad
Mandatory Module B33
One semester abroad is a mandatory part of the Bachelor programme (preferably done in the fifth semester) and a highly recommended part of the Master programme (preferably done in the third semester). The ERM programme is offered in cooperation between the BTU Cottbus and partner universities, out of which one can be chosen for the semester abroad. The partner universities offer compatible classes, which can easily be recognised.
Each year in November/December there are informational lectures for those who want to go abroad in the following winter semester by the International office (in German) and by the ERM Administration in cooperation with the International office (in English).
Important information on how to organize and formally fullfill the semester abroad
Examples of partner universities
Country / City | Contact | Language of instruction | University |
Australia / Darwin | International Office | English | Charles Darwin University |
Austria / Vienna | International Office | English | University for Soil Sciences |
Brazil / Florianopolis | International Office | Portuguese | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina |
Cameroon / Buea | International Office | English | University of Buea |
Chile / Santiago | International Office | Spanish | Universidad Mayor (Santiago de Chile) |
China / Beijing | International Office | partly English | Beijing Institute of Technology |
China / Shanghai | International Office | partly English | University of Shanghai for Science and Technology |
China / Shanghai | International Office | partly English | Tongji University |
Colombia / Bogota | International Office | Spanish | Universidad de los Andes |
Colombia / Medelin, Bogota | International Office | Spanish | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
Czech Republic / Prague* | International Office | English | Czech Technical University in Prague |
Finnland / Kuopio* | International Office | English | University of Kuopio |
Hungary / Budapest* | International Office | English | Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
Japan / Saitama | International Office | partly English | Saitama University (Saitama) |
México / Monterrey | International Office | Spanish | Universidad Autónoma de Nueve León |
Poland / Lublin | International Office | English | Lublin University of Technology |
Poland / Wroclaw* | International Office | English | Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences |
Slovenia / Ljubljana* | International Office | English | University of Ljubljana |
Switzerland / Geneva* | International Office | English | Université Genève |
Turkey / Istanbul* | International Office | English | Bogazici University of Istanbul |
Turkey / Istanbul | International Office | English | Fatih University, Istanbul |
UK / Sheffield | International Office | English | Sheffield Hallam University |
Please consider that the international office offers a variety of exchange programmes:
The ERASMUS-programme supports studies and internships in all 27 EU Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey. With the STUDEXA- and the GE4-programme you can study at universities in North- and Latin-America as well as in Asia, Africa and Australia.
Further partner universities and the respective exchange programmes can be found on the page of the International Office: