Voluntary semester abroad without recognition
You can complete a voluntary semester abroad without having your achievements abroad credited to your study program. In this case, a Learning Agreement is only required for the Erasmus+ program.
You do not need to conclude an agreement for all other programs.
Learning Agreement without recognition in the Erasmus+ program
Learning Agreement - information
As part of the Erasmus+ program, all Erasmus+ participants in Europe must conclude a Learning Agreement before the start of their study visit. The Learning Agreement lists all courses that you would like to attend at the partner university.
For the Erasmus+ program, the Learning Agreement must be completed before the student's departure and signed by the responsible persons at both universities.
From the 24/25 academic year onwards, the Learning Agreements in the Erasmus+ program will be exclusively recorded via the KU's credit transfer platform and subsequently via Mobility Online. Students are asked to follow the steps in their workflow. More information is available in the next tab.
LA without recognition for Erasmus+ – before the start of the mobility
From the 24/25 academic year onwards, the Learning Agreements without recognition in the Erasmus+ program will be exclusively recorded via Mobility Online. Students are asked to follow the steps in their workflow. Please proceed as follows:
- Step 1: Please enter the courses you will be taking abroad via the "Module ohne Anrechnung erfassen" (Enter modules without credit transfer) step. Do not forget to insert the following once in the section “Course designation at the home university”: No recognition necessary - 0 ECTS
- If you have any problems or queries, please contact outgoing(at)ku.de.
- Step 2: Once you have entered all courses in the system, please proceed to "Learning Agreement formell einreichen" (Formally submit Learning Agreement).
- Your Learning Agreement will then be released for the partner university by the International Office.
- Please complete all further steps in your workflow up to and including "Zulassung der Partneruniversität hochladen“ (Admission from partner university upload).
- Please follow the instructions in your workflow and be careful to adhere to the deadlines set by the International Office.
- If you have any problems or queries during these steps, please contact outgoing(at)ku.de.
LA without recognition for Erasmus+ – during the mobility
If you find out at the partner university that some of your selected courses are not held, you can submit changes to your Learning Agreement (Learning Agreement Changes). In this case, please follow the necessary steps again in your workflow in Mobility Online.
LA without recognition for Erasmus+ – after the mobility
Once you have completed your semester abroad, you will usually receive your transcript of records from the host university within 8 weeks.
You then upload this document to Mobility Online in your workflow.
In the "KU credit transfer result" step, you upload an informal declaration in which you waive credit transfer of your achievements.