Learning Agreement
What is the Learning Agreement?
The Learning Agreement
is an agreement of the study plan between the ERASMUS students, the home university and the ERASMUS coordinators of the University of Heidelberg. The Learning Agreement is compiled independently by the students according to the requirements of the home university.
After choosing the lectures you would like to attend, fill out the document according to the completition instructions below and send it to the ERASMUS coordinator for review and signature. Depending on the requirements of your home university, this may be necessary before or at the start of your stay.
Offer and Choice of Lectures
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.
Note: The range of lectures and courses offered by the University of Heidelberg and the Law Faculty can be found in heiCO from the summer semester 2024. Please see a short instruction for the Law Faculty here.
You can see further heiCO instructions here.
To see the courses offered at the Law Faculty, please click on the box Courses on heiCO in the right corner.
For instruction on how to search for courses, please see under the heading COURSE MANAGEMENT the "Manual for Course Search".
To find the courses offered at the Law Faculty, choose "Faculty of Law" under Organisation. You can find courses in other languages, e.g. English, under Filter and "Language of instruction".
Until winter semester 2023-2024:
You can find the courses from previous semesters in the online course catalogue (LSF)
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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.
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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 
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Attendance Function
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.
Completion Instructions and Forms
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.
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You can download the form for the Learning Agreement here: Learning Agreement Form.
