© IfS
  • Application

    Only students of sociology or social sciences can be considered for the selection of applicants!

    Applicants should inform themselves on the Internet about the offers of the foreign partner universities listed below and then send a short letter of motivation (1 page) to ifsint@uni-muenster.de.

    It should contain the following information:

    • Current number of semesters
    • List of previous academic achievements (transcript of records)
    • Language certificates and previous stays abroad
    • List of courses planned at the partner university (orientation to the last summer or winter semester) and their equivalents in the WWU course catalogue
    • Curriculum vitae in tabular form

    Up to three partner universities can be specified in the application, for each of which a list of the intended courses as well as their equivalents at IfS must be attached. However, only one application letter is required!

    After a detailed examination of the applications submitted, all participants will be informed. The students selected for their stay abroad will also receive more detailed information on the further course of the application procedure.

  • Application Deadlines

    The application deadline for the winter semester 2025/2026 and the summer semester 2026 ends on 15.2.2025. The application procedures for the winter semester 2024/2025 and the summer semester 2025 have been completed.
  • Overview of all Partner Universities

    University Adress/Website
    England (only Lecturers and PhD students!) Leicester University of Leicester
    International Office
    University Road
    Leicester, LE1 7RH
    England
    https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/international/overseas-exchange

    Exclusively for the exchange of lecturers and PhD students!
    Finland Jyväskylä Jyväskylän yliopisto – University of Jyväskylä
    International Office
    P.O. Box 35 (T)
    40014 University of Jyväskylä
    Finland
    https://opiskelu.jyu.fi/en
    France Perpignan Université de Perpignan - Via Domitia
    52, avenue Paul Alduy
    66860 Perpignan Cedex
    France
    https://www.univ-perp.fr/international
    Strasbourg Université de Strasbourg
    Faculté des sciences sociales
    22 rue René Descartes
    67084 Strasbourg Cedex
    France
    http://sciences-sociales.unistra.fr/
    Italy Chieti University G. d’Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara
    https://www.unich.it/percorsi/international
    Florence Università degli Studi di Firenze
    Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
    Via delle Pendette, 21
    50127 Firenze
    Italy
    https://www.unifi.it/cmpro-v-p-10340.html
    Latvia Riga Rigas Stradina Universitate
    Dzirciema 16, Room K - 224
    1007 Riga
    Latvia
    https://www.rsu.lv/en/students
    Netherlands Nijmegen Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
    Faculty of Social Sciences
    Sociology Department
    P.O. Box 8104
    6500 HE Nijmegen
    Netherlands
    https://www.ru.nl/socialsciences/
    Austria Graz Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
    Institut für Soziologie
    Universitätsstr. 15 / G4
    A-8010 Graz
    https://www.uni-graz.at/
    Poland
    Warsaw Collegium Civitas
    Palace of Culture and Science, 12th floor
    Pl. Defilad 1
    00-901 Warszawa
    Poland
    https://www.civitas.edu.pl/en/
        University of Warsaw
    Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
    00-927 Warsaw
    Poland
    https://www.uw.edu.pl/
    Sweden Östersund / Sundsvall Midsweden University
    Dep. of Social Sciences
    831 25 Östersund
    Sweden
    https://www.miun.se/en/
    Spain A Coruna Universidade da Coruna
    Facultad de Sociologia
    Campus de Elvina
    E-15071 A Coruna
    Spain
    http://international.udc.es/
    http://estudos.udc.es/en/degrees
    Salamanca Universidad de Salamanca
    Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
    Campus M. de Unamuno.Ed.FES.
    37007 Salamanca
    Spain
    http://www.usal.es
    San Sebastian/Leioa (Bilbao) Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko
    Unibertsitatea
    Facultad de Sciencias Sociales y de la Comunicación
    Barrio de Sarrena
    48940 Leioa - Bizkaia
    Spain
    https://www.ehu.eus/en
    Hungary Budapest Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem
    Egyetem u.1.
    HU-2087 Piliscsaba
    Hungary
    https://btk.ppke.hu/en/international-office/pre-arrival