Research and other Study Visits

You have the possibility of completing a research stay for your Master's thesis funded by the ERASMUS programme. In order to do so, you do not need to look for a supervisor at the Law Faculty at the University of Heidelberg. For your research stay, you will earn 30 ECTS credits for one semester, provided that you fulfill the guidelines of your home university. Moreover, your home university has to nominate you as a participant for a research stay to write a Master's thesis within the ERASMUS programme.

You can receive further information at the International Relations Office.

Furthermore, you have the possibility of completing a research stay for your doctorate funded by the ERASMUS programme.

If you are a PhD student wishing to come to Heidelberg, you require confirmation of supervision from a professor of the Law Faculty at the University of Heidelberg for the duration of your ERASMUS stay. The supervision consists of the discussion and review of your research project during your reasearch stay. Therefore, you must arrange a short meeting at the beginning and at the end of your research stay.

You will find more information about the research interests of each professor on the internet page of the Law Faculty. Please, contact the respective chairs directly according to your main research emphasis. Also take a look at the different Institutes of the Law Faculty.

Once you have received an acceptance for supervision, please forward the email in question to the departmental coordinator of the ERASMUS programme at the Law Faculty: erasmus@ipr.uni-heidelberg.de.

30 ECTS credits are awarded for one semester of your research stay. For this, you must complete your research stay successfully and have your respective supervisor at the Law Faculty at the University of Heidelberg confirm as much.

For further information, please see the internet page of the Graduate Academy for Research Visits at Heidelberg University.

Keep in mind: Once your home university has nominated you as a participant of the ERASMUS programme to the  International Relations Office, further information will be sent directly to you.

You can also study at the University of Heidelberg, outside of the ERASMUS programme. Short-term studies are available for students who have started their studies abroad and offer the possibility to participate temporarily in studies at the University of Heidelberg for up to two semesters without obtaining a degree at the University of Heidelberg.

For further information, please take note of the requirements and the time schedule for short-term studies at the University of Heidelberg.

The departmental coordination of the ERASMUS programme at the Law Faculty does not offer any internships or similar positions that count as ERASMUS internships.

Please see the general information provided by the European Union on internships abroad within the ERASMUS programme.

It is also possible to complete an LL.M. at the University of Heidelberg. You can find more information on the homepage of the Law Faculty for the  Legum Magister in German and European Law.