Obligatory stay abroad
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Places to go
In general, students can go abroad for two reasons:
- To fulfil the requirements for the LABG (this only applies to future English teachers):
Für Lehramtsstudierende gilt § 11 Abs. 10 LABG: „Das Studium moderner Fremdsprachen umfasst mindestens einen Auslandsaufenthalt von drei Monaten Dauer in einem Land, in dem die studierte Sprache als Landessprache gesprochen wird; Hochschulen können im Einzelfall eine Ausnahme vom Auslandsaufenthalt zulassen, wenn eine in der Person der oder des Studierenden oder in der Person nächster Angehöriger begründete schwerwiegende Mobilitätseinschränkung vorliegt und die Ausnahmegenehmigung dokumentiert wird.“
https://bass.schul-welt.de/9767.htm [de]
This stay abroad in an English-speaking country can be realised in various ways, e.g. as a
study abroad (e.g. at a university or a language school) or
work abroad (internship, assistant teaching, Au Pair, work&travel etc.) programme and can be recognised for the Culture & Communication and Work Experience abroad module respectively.
If you have already spent at least 12 weeks in an English-speaking country in the 12 months before you started your English studies, this can be recognised. Please see "Recognition of pre-university stays abroad". - To experience a new academic environment and broaden your intercultural competences. Courses that you study at any foreign university anywhere in the world can be recognised for any module of your degree programme here, but not for the Culture & Communication module. We have several partner universities where you can study abroad.
On this website, you will find information on where to go for your obligatory stay abroad.
The information provided is not all-encompassing and it is expected that students still do their own research.