Exchange Studies in Europe

Within the framework of the ERASMUS+ exchange programme, TU Darmstadt students can study at one of the European partner universities for up to one year.

ERASMUS+ is an exchange network to which a large number of European universities and also some Turkish universities belong and in which 1.5 million students have already participated. A list of current exchange places for students of the Department of Architecture can be found at the end of this website.

The information brochure »Go out!« (PDF file) (opens in new tab), as well as the Moodle course provides detailed information on scheduling, requirements, application and recognition procedures. In addition, the website of TU Darmstadts’s International Department offers a general insight into the ERASMUS+ programme.

Application Process

The application is made one year in advance at the International Office of the Department of Architecture. Exchange places are allocated for the entire academic year at the beginning of the year (January / February). The application deadline is November 30. In May, a second application round for the summer semester will be held, which is exclusively for stays within European countries. The application deadline is May 31.

The following documents are required for the online application via Move On:

Furthermore, a Portfolio with at least three projects / drawings (max. DIN A3) is requested at FB15:

  • The portfolio must be submitted exclusively in digital form via the Moodle course by December 1, 2025. GoOut -Auslandsstudium

Recognition of Credits

The awarding of credits at the Department of Architecture consists of the individual recognition (PDF file) (opens in new tab) of the work done abroad as well as the presentation of the experiences abroad in a short lecture at the “International Evening”. During the stay, a short report in form of the postcard campaign “Greetings from abroad” or a post on the Instagram page of the International Office Architecture is a requirement in order to give interested students a direct insight into the reality of the semester abroad. In addition, exchange students undertake to write an experience report after completing their stay abroad, in which they describe their personal experiences abroad with regard to the country, the city and the partner university. Interested parties can view past reports on the individual partner universities in the following list of partner universities.

Partner Universities

Grenoble
Université Grenoble Alpes
Duration: 1 semester
Language of instruction: French / English B1
Master / Doctorate

Lyon
Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: French / English B1
Bachelor

Nantes
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Nantes
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: French A2
Bachelor / Master

Paris
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: French B1
Master

Strasbourg
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Strasbourg
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: French B1
Bachelor / Master

Versailles
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: French B1
Bachelor / Master

Experience reports:

Grenoble, Hannah Richert (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 25)
Grenoble (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 25)
Grenoble, Diana Dönges (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 23/24)

Lyon, Christoph Blanchard (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 24)
Lyon, Emilia Büsch (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 23)

Nantes, Gabriel Sellmer (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 23/34 + SS 24)
Nantes, Cora Jergler (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 22/23)
Nantes, Maria Makarcyk (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 22/23)
Nantes, Mascha Wolber (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 21/22 + SS 22)
Nantes, Clarissa Olbrich (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 20/21 + SS 21)

Paris, Nina Kazancev (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 24)
Paris, Saskia Riede (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 23)
Paris, Anna Heeg (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 22/23)
Paris, Hannah Lucius (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 22)

Versailles, Berk Bozal (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 24)
Versailles, Liam Ewald (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 24)
Versailles, Annabelle Steiger (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 23)
Versailles, Celina Elistratow (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 23)
Versailles, Luis Lautenschläger (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 22)

Ancona
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Duration: 1 semester
Language of instruction: Italian A2
Master

Florence
Università degli studi di Firenze
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: Italian B1 / English B2
Bachelor / Master

Genova
Università degli studi di Genova
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: Italian B1 / English B2
Master

Milan
Politecnico di Milano
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction:
Bachelor / Master

Rome
Università degli studi Roma Tre
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: Italian B1
Bachelor

Rome
Università degli studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: Italian B1 / English B1
Bachelor / Master / Doctorate

Experience reports:
Florence, Santiago Michel (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 25/26)
Florence, Maja Lindmüller (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS25)
Florence, Amelie Czarnetzki (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 25)
Florence, Annika Meyer (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 24)
Florence, Carina Schaake (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 24)
Florence, Fitore Delija (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 22/23)
Florence, Charlotte Baumann (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 22)
Florence, Jelena Petrovic (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 22)
Florence, Franca Blömer (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 22)
Florence, Rebecca Stein (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 22)
Florence, Shivani Bhasale (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 21/22)

Genua, Tabita Mauch (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 25)
Genua, Melissa Betram (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 24/25)
Genova, Katharina Meyer (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 24)
Genova, Louise Bullock (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 22/23 + SS 23)
Genova, Franziska Wolf (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 22/23)
Genova, Valentina Haas (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 19)

Milan, Marie Zehentner (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 24/25)
Milan, Melinda Nasedy (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(SS 24)
Milan, Nermin Elshalakamy (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 24)
Milan, Stefanie Fellenz (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 23)
Milan, Samantha Odrasil (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 22/23)
Milan, Manuel Kabatek Bello (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS21/22 + SS 22)

Rom-Roma Tre, Ayda Örüklü (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 24/25)
Rome-Roma Tre, Antonia Ruppe (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 24/25)
Rome-Roma Tre, Luise Stephan (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 24)
Rome-Roma Tre, Greta Schnorrenberg (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 23/24)
Rome-Roma Tre, Marie Thelen (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 23/24)
Rome-Roma Tre, Meret Goldstein (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 23)
Rome-Roma Tre, Max Strütt (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 22/23 + SS 23)

Rom-La Sapienze, Jose Vendries (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 24/25)
Rom-La Sapienze, Hannah Lindholm (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 23/24)
Rome-La Sapienza, Tobin Kauth (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 23/24)
Rome-La Sapienza, Carla Hoyer (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 23)
Rome-La Sapienza, Christian Barth (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 21/22)
Rom-La Sapienza, Katinka Schmidt (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 24/25)

Vilnius
Vilnius Tech
Durationr: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: English B2
Bachelor / Master

Experience reports:

Vilnius Tech, Hannah Zeit (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 24/25)

Eindhoven
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Duration: 1 semester
Language of instruction: English C1
Master / Doctorate

Experience reports:
Eindhoven, Franziska Köhler (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS25)
Eindhoven, Ronja Crombach (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 24)
Eindhoven, Katharina Kostka (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 18/19 + SS 19)
Eindhoven, Jan Plomer (WS 24/25)

Warsaw
Polytechnicka Warszawska
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: English B1 (form signed by home university’s Foreign Languages Center or university’s English teacher will be sufficient)
Bachelor / Master

Krakow
Politechnika Krakowska
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Bachelor/ Master

Experience reports:

Warsaw, Henry Carl Müller (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 25/26)
Warsaw, Carla Riechardt (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 21/22)
Warsaw, Alexander Paul Lisek (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 18/19)

Cluj-Napoca
Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca
Duration: 1 semester
Language of instruction: Romanian B1
Bachelor / Master / Doctorate

Stockholm
Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH)
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: English
Master (only Urban Planning/ Built Environment)

Experience reports:
Stockholm, Leo Kraft (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 23/24)

Stockholm, Moritz Baur (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 22/23)
Stockholm, Hannah Gerules (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 21/22)

Barcelona
Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya (ETSAB)
Duration: 1-2 semesters (application only possible in winter semester)
Language of instruction: Spanish B1
Master

Barcelona
Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya (ETSAV)
Duration: 1 semester
Language of instruction: Spanish A2
Bachelor / Master

Barcelona
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Duration: 1 semester
Language of instruction: Spanish B2, English (TOEFL or IELTS)
Master

Madrid
Universidad Politècnica de Madrid
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: no information
Bachelor / Master

Erfahrungsberichte:

Barcelona ESTAB, Anton Schilz (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 24/25)
Barcelona_ESTAB, Sara Ann Stecker (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 23/24)
Barcelona-ETAB, Ines Göhringer (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 22/23 + SS 23)
Barcelona-ESTAB, Anouk-Jeanne Bernet (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 22/23)

Barcelona-ESTAV, Charlotte Ihle (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 24/25)
Barcelona-ESTAV, Nina Meiselbach (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS23/24)
Barcelona-ESTAV, Louise Bullock (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS19)

Barcelona-UIC Jacob Jestaedt (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 25/26)
Barcelona-UIC (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 24/25)
Barcelona-UIC, Maya Schäfer (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 24)
Barcelona-UIC, Yvonne Herbke (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 23)
Barcelona-UIC, Cerag Özcelik (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (SS 21)

Madrid, Julia Seitz (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 25/26)
Madrid, Nicolás Vaca Pereira (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 24/25)
Madrid, Jessica Binder (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 23/24)
Madrid, Leon von Borck (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 22/23)
Madrid, Lena Schwab (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 21/22 + SS 23)
Madrid, Sika-Salome Azamati (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 21/22)

Eskisehir
Eskisehir Technical University
Duration: 1 semester
Language of instruction: Turkish / English B1
Bachelor / Master / Doctorate

Istanbul
Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: English / Turkish B1
Bachelor

Istanbul
Mimar Sinan Guzel Sanatlar Universitesi
Duration: 1-2 semesters
Language of instruction: English / Turkish B1
Bachelor

Experience reports:
Istanbul ITÜ, Sami Jan Seker (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 21/22 + SS 22)
Istanbul ITÜ, Björn Kock (PDF file) (opens in new tab)(WS 21/22)

Istanbul MSGSÜ, Deniz Kancar (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 16/17 + SS 17)
Istanbul MSGSÜ, Merve Bakirci (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 16/17)
Istanbul MSGSÜ, Svenja Schalm (PDF file) (opens in new tab) (WS 15/16)