Application and Admission for Programme Students
Erasmus study abroad experiences, student exchanges under a partnership/student exchange agreement (incl. the Coimbra Group Student Exchange Network and the Swiss European Mobility Programme), holders of scholarships or grants provided by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Fulbright, FGAC; please enquire about other programmes.
If your home university does not have a partnership agreement with the University of Würzburg and you have not been selected for a scholarship programme, under certain conditions it is possible to spend an exchange semester at the University of Würzburg as a so-called freemover.
You will have to apply directly to your home university/the scholarship or grant sponsor.
If you are selected for participation, your home university/sponsor* will nominate you to us.
Deadlines for nominations to the University of Würzburg:
30 April for winter intake
30 November for summer intake
Find out what language requirements you will have to meet to qualify for admission as an exchange student.
AFTER your home university/sponsor has nominated you to us, we will email you a link that will take you to our online registration form.
*Some sponsors do not contact the host universities with nominations. If that is the case for your sponsor, please email us at exchange-international@uni-wuerzburg.de before the deadline for nominations has passed and let us have a letter from your sponsor confirming that they have awarded the scholarship or grant to you.
AFTER your home university/sponsor has nominated you to us, we will email you a link that will take you to our online registration form.
Deadlines for online registration
- 15 June for winter intake
- 15 January for summer intake
- Please contact us if you are unable to meet this deadline.
- Please register as soon as possible after you receive our email.
Please note
The application deadlines for rooms in student residences are 15 June for the winter semester and 15 January for the summer semester! You will NOT have to supply a letter of admission when you apply for a room in a student residence.
Please be aware that there is a special application process in place for exchange students. We will send you the relevant instructions after we have received your nomination.
You will have to attach the following documents when registering online:
- An enrolment certificate issued by your home university
- A transcript of records issued by your home university that documents your academic achievements to date
- Proof of your proficiency in the German language (if you are not holding an official German language certificate, you can ask one of the German teachers at your home university to issue you with a letter to confirm that you have the required German language skills; template letter)
- Proof of your proficiency in the English language (if you are not holding an official English language certificate, you can ask one of the English teachers at your home university to issue you with a letter to confirm that you have the required English language skills; template letter)
- Only required if you are doing an exchange programme other than Erasmus : If you are doing a student exchange at the University of Würzburg under a partnership agreement: a list of the courses you want to take at the University of Würzburg (course selection list; template and more information)
Information regarding language certificates
We do not accept OLS test certificates as proof of your language skills.
Once we have received your online registration, the team at the International Office Incoming will review the information and documents you have supplied and will then issue you with a letter of admission to the University of Würzburg as an exchange student. We usually start sending out our letters of admission in June (for winter intake) or, respectively, in December (for summer intake). They are sent by email. Along with your letter of admission, you will receive more information about your stay at the University of Würzburg.
You can enrol through the online platform of the University of Würzburg WueStudy. You will receive all the information needed on your Admission Letter. Feel free to contact our staff and our tutors if you need a helping hand. You will receive your student ID card and semester ticket a few days after enrolment.
