Your home university will select you and officially nominate you as an Erasmus+ exchange student to HTWD before you can apply. Only then you can apply for admission to HTWD. Information on the application process, course catalog, finding accommodation, enrollment, etc. can be found here.

The application deadline for stays in the summer semester (start of studies in mid-March) is November 15, and for the winter semester (start of studies at the end of September) is June 15.

The ERASMUS+ worldwide scholarship includes a lump sum of €900 per month and a travel allowance calculated according to the distance between the place of origin and Dresden. A subsidy is possible for environmentally friendly travelling (see below for information and distance calculator). In addition, students with fewer opportunities can apply for a monthly top-up of €250. The social top-ups cannot be combined with each other.

Social top-up: Students with children

If you are taking your child/children abroad with you, you are entitled to an additional lump sum of €250 per month.

You submit the application after applying and being allocated a place by filling in a declaration of honour and sending supporting documents (copy of the birth certificate of the child/children; documents proving that the child/children are being taken abroad (e.g. travel documents, proof of local childcare). You will receive information on how to apply by email in good time.

Social Top-up: Students with GdB or certified chronic illness

As a student with an established degree of disability (GdB) or with a certified chronic illness that results in additional financial needs abroad, you will receive an additional lump sum of €250 per month.

You submit the application after applying and being allocated a place by filling in a declaration of honour and sending supporting documents (proof of GdB or certificate of chronic illness including a doctor's declaration that there is an additional financial need abroad). You will receive information on how to apply by email in good time.

Social Top-up: First-time graduates

As a first-time graduate, you can apply for a monthly grant of €250 if no parent/relative has a degree from a university or university of applied sciences.

You submit the application after application and allocation of  a place by filling in a declaration of honour and sending supporting documents (declaration on your honour from parents/relatives). You will receive information on how to apply by email in good time.

Social Top-up: Employed students

As a working student, you can apply for a monthly grant of €250.

Prerequisite:

• The employment began at least six months before application or before the start of studies abroad without interruption and ends at the latest at the start of the semester abroad.
• The employment must not be carried out during the stay abroad.

You submit the application after applying and being allocated a place by filling in a declaration of honour and sending supporting documents (employer's certificate). You will receive information on how to apply by email in good time.

The subsidy for travelling expenses is calculated according to the distance using the Distance Calculator of the EU COM. The calculated distance corresponds to the one-way distance between the place of origin (partner university) and HTW Dresden.

Travelling allowance

• 10 - 99 km environmentally friendly travelling EUR 56, non-environmentally friendly travelling EUR 28
• 100 - 499 km environmentally friendly travelling 285 EUR, non-environmentally friendly travelling 211 EUR
• 500 - 1,999 km environmentally friendly travelling EUR 417, non-environmentally friendly travelling EUR 309
• 2,000 - 2,999 km environmentally friendly travelling 535 EUR, non-environmentally friendly travelling with 395 EUR
• 3,000 - 3,999 km environmentally friendly travelling 785 EUR, non-environmentally friendly travelling with 580 EUR
• 4,000 - 7,999 km environmentally friendly travelling 1188 EUR, non-environmentally friendly travelling with 1118 EUR
• >8,000 km environmentally friendly travelling 1735 EUR, non-environmentally friendly travelling with 1735 EUR

In addition, up to two additional travel days (0-2) and up to six additional travel days (0-6 days) for green trips can be subsidised if required.

You submit the application for the travel allowance by means of a Declaration of Honor. You will receive information on this by email in timely manner. Proof of the use of sustainable means of transport must be submitted.

Please note that you will not receive your Erasmus scholarship until you arrive in Germany. You are therefore responsible for organising and booking your flights, accommodation, visa and insurance in advance. The scholarship will only be transferred to bank accounts with a European IBAN. Therefore, there are two options:

01. opening a bank account at a German bank or savings bank after your arrival in Dresden.

To open an account in Dresden you will need

• Passport or identity card
• Confirmation of registration from the residents' registration office
• Letter of admission to study or student ID card

02. opening an online account (this can be done before you arrive in Germany)

The scholarship is usually paid within 3 weeks after your appointment at the International Office or after opening a German bank account on site. It is therefore strongly recommended that every scholarship holder arrives in Dresden with at least the amount required for the first month's expenses (including accommodation).