• €50 once and additional financial support for two travel days

• For all those who travel environmentally friendly. The entire outward and return journey is made by bus, train, or carpooling. Applying for the Top Up Green Travel extends your Erasmus funding period by a total of two travel days.

• For students with fewer opportunities:

  • Students with children in need of care who are taken to the place of study

  • Students with disabilities

  • Students with chronic illness, if this results in increased financial expenses during the stay abroad (compared to the stay in the home country)

  • Find more information and examples here

• Calculated individually based on actual costs

• Find more information and examples here

• Contact us as early as possible to prepare the application in time

• The federal study grant can be obtained for the duration of the Erasmus+ stay abroad if one is fully admitted to study and examination in Austria.

• Recipients can apply for an additional federal study grant for studies abroad (BAS = Beihilfe für ein Auslandsstudium) at the federal study grant authority. For more information and forms, click here.

• In order to receive BAS, students must scheduel an appointment with the responsible office of the federal study grant authority. BAS is paid out in addition to the federal study grant.

• The forms SB-AS1 and SB-AS2 are confirmed by Study Regulations & Credit Transfer (Study Service Center).

Step 1: Attendance of the mandatory grant and credit transfer session

• WU students who have been allocated an exchange semester at an Erasmus+ partner university will be invited to the mandatory grant and credit transfer session via their WU email address. The event must be attended in the semester before the stay abroad. The current dates can be found here.

• At the mandatory grant and credit transfer session, you will receive all information you need to obtain the grant. Attendance is absolutely necessary.

Step 2: Application for the Erasmus+ scholarship

• The application is done via the Online Services for Students. In the mandatory grant and credit transfer session, this will be explained in detail and you will receive information about the deadlines. A late application is not possible!

• Should you wish to apply for the Top-Up Individual Support or Inclusion Support, please send appropriate supporting documents directly via email afterwards.

Step 3: Signing the grant agreement

• A few weeks after the online application deadline, you will have access to the grant agreement in the Online Services for Students. Please sign and return the grant agreement via email within three weeks.

Step 4: Pre-recognition notice and Online Learning Agreement

• All* allocated students must have their courses checked in advance (*except double degree and EPOG students). The course review is only possible via online application (Study Regulations & Credit Transfer, Study Service Center).

• Once the courses have been checked, the pre-recognition notice and the Online Learning Agreement (OLA) are issued. Both documents can be downloaded from the Online Services for Students (OSS).

• The OLA has already been confirmed by WU and is automatically sent to the respective partner university for confirmation. Students will receive a confirmation to their WU email address when the OLA has been confirmed by the host university or if changes are necessary.

• If changes are necessary, changes must be made in the OSS as described. After the changes have been implemented, the OLA will be sent to the partner university again for confirmation.

• Important: Some partner universities are currently experiencing technical difficulties in receiving or confirming OLAs. In this case, students must download the Learning Agreement from the OSS and have it confirmed on site by the partner university. The digital copy of the Learning Agreement (PDF) should be kept as it is necessary for the recognition of courses at the end of the semester.

• You can find further information on the pre-recognition notice here.

• The Learning Agreement must be signed by the host university. Changes must be indicated under "Changes to the original Learning Agreement" within one month.

• Please keep the Learning Agreement. It is not necessary to send us the Learning Agreement.

• You will receive the first grant installment once you have received the pre-recognition notice and Learning Agreement from Study Regulations & Credit Transfer.

• Students who go abroad in the winter semester will receive their first installment in September (if the requirements are met); students who go abroad in the summer semester will receive their first installment in January (if the requirements are met).

• An extension is possible. The corresponding application must be received by the International Office by email at least four weeks before the end of the original contract period.

• The extension period must follow immediately and be at least 15 days. The request will be reviewed and may be granted if sufficient funds are available.

• The Confirmation of Stay must be signed by the host university during the last week of your stay. This is necessary for the application of the second installment.

Step 1: EUSurvey

• After your stay abroad, you will receive the link to the survey via your WU email address. You must then complete it within 30 days.

Step 2: IO Exchange Report

• Upload your exchange report to the Online Services for Students within four weeks after the end of your stay. Templates of the exchange reports are available for bachelor's students and master's students.

Step 3: Recognition

• This must be done within two months after the end of your stay. You can apply for credit transfer by emailing to Study Regulations & Credit Transfer with the following documents:

  • Application forms

  • Certificate

  • Learning Agreement (signed by partner university)

• You can request payment of the remaining installment of the grant here.

• Before requesting the payout, make sure that ...

  • the IO exchange report has been uploaded in the Online Services for Students

  • the EU Survey has been completed

  • the Confirmation of Stay has been received by the IO

  • Recognition notice has been issued: Please have your courses recognized within two months after the end of your stay (as per the Grant Agreement). You can do so via email with Study Regulations & Credit Transfer (course.abroad@wu.ac.at). If your courses are not recognized or if the minimum performance is not met, your Erasmus+ grant may be reclaimed.

  
  

  • proof for the Top-Up Green Travel has been provided (if applicable)

  • proof for the Top-Up Individual Support has been provided (if applicable)

  • proof for the inclusion support has been provided (if applicable)