Learning Agreement

You can arrange your timetable independently according to the requirements of your home university. In general, you can attend all courses at the Law Faculty (exception: Practical preparation course). 

Participation in seminars, moot courts and propaedeutic preparation courses is only possible after prior registration.

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The range of lectures and courses offered by the University of Heidelberg and the Law Faculty can be found in in the online course catalogue heiCO from the summer semester 2024.

To see the courses offered at the Law Faculty, please click on the box "Courses" on heiCO in the right corner.

You can find a short instruction of the ERASMUS coordination of the the Law Faculty here.

See also the detailed instructions for heiCo on the university website. 

To access the courses of the Faculty of Law, select “Faculty of Law” under “Organisation”. Under “Filter” you can select the language of instruction, for example English.

Until winter semester 2023-2024:
The courses from previous semesters can be found in the online course catalogue (LSF). At the top right of the page you can select the different semesters and the language version.

Also, inform yourself about the lectures and courses on offer, as well as the different types of courses.

The current annotated course catalogue of the Faculty of Law in with explanations of the professors/lecturers in printed form is available towards the end of the semester break at the entrance to the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Law in the “Juristisches Seminar”.

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However, there are also some courses that are offered in foreign languages. A compilation of the courses that are held in other languages can be found in this brochure.

After you have decided on your final choice of courses and have coordinated this with your home university, complete the Learning Agreement, and submit it to the ERASMUS coordinator at the Law Faculty for review and signature. Please take note of the instructions for completion.

Keep in mind: Some courses have registration deadlines. The deadlines are announced on the notice board or in the commented course catalogue .

You cannot obtain ECTS credits or take an examination in every course (e.g. propaedeutic preparation courses and practical preparation courses). For more information check out ECTS and taking exams.

For further information and advice on your Learning Agreement please contact the ERASMUS coordination of the Law Faculty during office hours or via e-mail (erasmus@ipr.uni-heidelberg.de ).

A short instruction from the Law Faculty on how to take courses via heiCO can be found here.

The next step is to sign up for your course to access online teaching materials and to improve communication on Moodle. More information here.

If you do not have to sign and return your Learning Agreement before or at the beginning of your stay (depending on the requirements of your home university), we recommend attending all courses you take into consideration for your final course choice during the first two weeks of lectures. Afterwardes, ypu can make your final course selection. In addition, take a look at the Offer and Choice of Lectures.

Please fill in the Learning Agreement according to your course choice, also Table C under the heading "Exceptional Changes to the Proposed Mobility Programme", indicate the number of ECTS credits and send the completed Learning Agreement to us as a scan via e-mail (erasmus@ipr.uni-heidelberg.de ). 

Please check out the Guidelines for Completing the Learning Agreement.

The section "Changes to the Learning Agreement" only needs to be filled out if you have already submitted the document before the start of your stay and changes occurred during your stay. For the exact timeline, please see the diagram on the steps and documents within the framework of the ERASMUS stay.

Tip: The number of ECTS credits you can acquire for attending a course, is determined by the type of course as well as the course hours per week (SWS). Read more about the Acquisition of ECTS credits and see in particular the step-by-step instructions based on an example.

You can download the form for the Learning Agreement here: Learning Agreement Form.