Erasmus Students

The Erasmus program is the largest and best-known student exchange program within Europe. Once you make the decision to study at RPTU within the Erasmus program, the following organizational steps must be taken: 

1. Nomination

First, you must contact your home university and sign-up for the Erasmus program. As soon as you are nominated, your home university must send us the list of nominees (including personal data such as name, e-mail address, department, period of stay) via e-mail to incomings-exchange-kl[at]rptu.de

2. Application

Then you will receive an e-mail from us with your login details for the online application portal (“Mobility Online”). Further information will be provided in the application portal. Please try to upload all the documents in English (especially your Transcript of Records) to help simplify the process. 

You must contact your Erasmus coordinator who will assist you while selecting your classes. Course-related questions (e.g. course length) will be coordinated by the Erasmus office. You can find the German and English-taught lectures in our online module handbook. For more information about the current and next semester the KIS offers more detailed information about schedules etc,

The online application process must be completed by

→ Winter Semester: 31^st May

→ Summer Semester: 30^th November

3. Examination of the Applications by the Department

Your application is reviewed by your academic department

→ Winter Semester: June

→ Summer Semester: December

4. Letter Of Acceptance

Students whose applications have been accepted will receive their Letter of Acceptance.

→ Winter Semester: End of June

→ Summer Semester: End of December

5. Housing 

Students will have the opportunity to apply and receive a spot in the student dormitories. A room in the student dormitories is not guaranteed. You will also receive information from us on where to look privately.

→ Winter Semester: July

→ Summer Semester: January

6. ErasmuScout

Students will have the opportunity to apply for the ErasmuScout program and get matched with a German student from RPTU with similar interests. An amazing way to get to know the city, the university and all their secrets! The application deadlines are: 

→ Winter Semester: 31. July

→ Summer Semester: 15. March

7. Enrollment

After being accepted, the students will have to complete several steps to be officially enrolled at RPTU (payment of the Semester fee, german address, proof of health insurance,..)

→ Winter Semester: August

→ Summer Semester: January

8. Start of the Semester:

The semester officially starts

→ Winter Semester: October 1^st

→ Summer Semester: April 1^st

9. Exam Registration

Erasmus Students can register to the exam until one week before their exams.

→ Winter Semester: December-February

→ Summer Semester: June-July

10. Exams phase

Most exams take place during this period, until the end of the semester

→ Winter Semester: Mid-February

→ Summer Semester: Mid-July

11. Transcript of Records

After passing the exams it is very important to get the Transcript of Records from the Examination office (Prüfungsamt)

→ Winter Semester: End of March

→ Summer Semester: End of September

12. End of the Semester

→ Winter Semester: 31^st March

→ Summer Semester: 30 September

Please note that the Erasmus team will send you all the needed information regarding enrolment, housing, etc. via e-mail.

If you have any questions regarding the application and your stay at RPTU, you can check our Handbook for Incomings. You will find lost of organizational information but also some tips on how to survive in Kaiserslautern

If you are part of the Erasmus- program but are not an EU citizen, please check the following page: Regulations for non-EU nationals (Erasmus only)