You are free to choose the country, institution and internship content and are not tied to partner universities. For example, you can complete an internship abroad with individual artists, in workshops, museums, galleries, archives, scientific/political/social/ecological institutions and much more. However, you can also contact one of our partner universities, e.g. for internships in workshops or in the curatorial field.

You don't have just one deadline – applications are accepted throughout the year. You can find more information about the application process at our consortium partner KOOR, which manages the Erasmus+ funds for us in the area of Erasmus+ internships.

1. You are responsible for finding a suitable internship abroad yourself.
2. Once you have been accepted for an internship, apply for Erasmus+ internship funding from our consortium partner KOOR via this link.
3. We recommend that you register at least 6 to 8 weeks before the start of your internship so that there is enough time to process all documents and collect all necessary signatures, as all processed, completed and signed documents must be submitted to KOOR at least 2 weeks before the start of the internship.
4. You can find detailed information on documents, procedures and payments here at KOOR.
5. Please note that you are not insured through the AdBK – you can find more information under ‘Insurance’.

If you have any questions, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or come to the International Office's open consultation hours on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Fine Arts: After successfully completing the probationary period examination, usually from the 3rd semester onwards.
• Art Education: After the ‘Probewand’ and before the ‘Kleine Wand’. Please note that you will also need preparation time (1-2 semesters) at the Academy in order to take the ‘Kleine Wand’ examination.
• Interior Design (BA): From the 5th semester onwards.
• Master's programmes: Please allow one year, but at least one semester, of preparation time for your semester abroad, so that you can go abroad in the 2nd semester of your Master's programme at the earliest.

• You must be regularly enrolled at the time of application.
• Internships are possible during and immediately after your studies. The graduate internship must be applied for during enrolment and completed no later than 12 months after deregistration.
• The career-qualifying, work-related content of the internship must be clearly recognisable and should be related to the (possibly completed) degree programme.
• Internship duration: minimum 2, maximum 12 months.
• Please note: a maximum of 4.5 months (135 days) per internship will be financially supported.
• Virtual periods (working from home in your home country) are not eligible for funding.
• Possible types of internships: 1. Voluntary internships 2. Graduate internships 3. Compulsory internships (only in the art education degree programme; these must be applied for exclusively through the LMU International Office)
• Exclusion: Summer courses and study programmes are not eligible for funding. Internships in EU institutions and organisations that administer EU programmes are not eligible for funding. You can find out which institutions are included on the EU website. These internships can be funded through a separate DAAD programme. (available in German only)
• You can also find more information on the requirements from our consortium partner KOOR, which pays out the funding.

Applying for a graduate internship:
If you decide to do a graduate internship, you must submit all relevant documents, completed and signed by all parties, before you are exmatriculated.

Alternatively, you must submit a letter of intent before exmatriculation.

Letter of intent:
If you are unable to specify the relevant conditions with the internship provider, e.g. planned periods of stay or places of work, by the time of your de-registration, or if you are unable to complete negotiations with your desired internship provider by then, please send a letter of intent by email to our consortium partner KOOR at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A template for the letter of intent can be found here.

Start date of graduate internship:
You can only start a graduate internship if you are actually exmatriculated. This means that you cannot usually start the internship immediately after your exams (as exmatriculation usually takes place on 31 March).

You can either start the internship on the day after your exmatriculation
or
apply for early exmatriculation (please note that you must have taken all your examinations and then check any consequences regarding your health insurance status and other matters).

You create a Learning Agreement (LA) once you have received confirmation of your internship and registered with our consortium partner KOOR for Erasmus+ funding. During the registration process, KOOR will provide you with a digital form for creating the LA.
Please include the contact details of the International Office in the Learning Agreement: Rebekka Sigl, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

How do I create the LA?
The Learning Agreement comprises two pages on the internship content, as well as information on insurance (you are not insured through the AdBK! Please be sure to refer to the section on ‘Insurance’) and information on whether and to what extent your internship performance at the AdBK will be credited.

If you would like your internship abroad to be credited, e.g. as part of a workshop or as part of ‘class work’, please clarify the credit options directly with the teaching staff. The International Office will then require an email confirmation from the workshop, class or degree programme that credit has been approved. If you are on leave of absence, no credits can be awarded.

The Learning Agreement also specifies the work and learning content that the internship will provide you with, the skills you will acquire, the projects you will carry out, etc. In addition, a monitoring plan is drawn up, which specifies how and when you will receive feedback.
The Learning Agreement must be signed by you, the internship provider and the International Office of the AdBK. Please allow sufficient time to obtain all signatures and submit all documents to KOOR at least two weeks before the start of the internship. 

Scholarship rates vary depending on the destination country. An overview of the currently valid scholarship rates can be found here.

Students who belong to the group of students with fewer opportunities can apply for additional funding. You can find more information on this under ‘Social Top-ups & Real Cost Application’.

Funding period & zero grant
Please note: Financial support is provided for a maximum of 4.5 months (135 days) per internship. Any period beyond this is calculated as a zero grant, i.e. you will not receive any financial support. Virtual periods (working from home in your home country) are not eligible for funding.

• However, you can do several internships of 4.5 months in succession. To do so, you must either take on a clearly different task within one internship provider (e.g. first in the museum education department, then in the press and public relations department of the same museum) or find another internship provider (also possible in the same city).
• Each individual internship can still last longer than 4.5 months, up to a total of 12 months; you will not receive any financial support for the period longer than 4.5 months. However, you will retain your Erasmus+ status, which is relevant, for example, for the free movement of non-European students and, in principle, for your insurance status (please note: be sure to take note of the point regarding insurance!).

Double Funding

It is not permitted to receive an Erasmus grant and another EU grant or a DAAD grant at the same time! Erasmus funds can be combined with BAFöG, but are often offset against the BAFöG. Please contact the BAFöG office for more information.

Additional financial support via real cost application

Participants who meet the following requirements have the option of submitting a separate application (‘real cost application’) to apply for a subsidy for additional costs incurred during their mobility abroad, generally up to EUR 15,000 per semester/EUR 30,000 per academic year:

• Participants with a GdB of 20 or more
• or a proven disability that results in additional financial needs
• or a chronic illness (physical or mental).
• Participants who take their child(ren) with them for the entire duration of their stay abroad

Additional financial support via social top-ups

Students with fewer opportunities (please see list below) receive an additional £250 per month (for long-term stays) on top of their Erasmus grant as part of a long-term mobility programme.

Students with fewer opportunities (please see list below) receive a one-off payment of €100 for blended short-term mobility stays of up to 14 days or €150 for stays of 15 days or more.

• Have a chronic illness
• Have a disability (from GdB 20)
• Are going abroad with their own children
• Fall into the category of employed persons
• Or are first-generation academics (m/f/d)

You can find summarised information in the KOOR information sheet (in German only).

All detailed information from the DAAD can be found in the criteria catalogue (in German only).

If you cover at least 50% of your journey by train or another sustainable means of transport, you can receive increased travel expense rates. In addition, your travel days may be subsidised. Further information can be found here.

As a general rule, we recommend that you have at least basic language skills for everyday use in the language of your destination country before you go abroad.

KOOR-Erasmus Services offers a range of courses and workshops to help you prepare for your stay abroad. Participation is not compulsory, but it is a great opportunity to improve your language skills, for example.

KOOR's offerings include:

• Free online language courses with the OLS language portal
• Language support: Financial subsidy of up to 130 Euro for self-study materials and self-organised language courses
• Hands-on learning! Online course on intercultural preparation
• Intercultural training in person and online

Detailed information can be found here.

An ERASMUS+ mobility grant does not include insurance coverage. If you receive funding from ERASMUS+, you are required to provide proof of health insurance, international health insurance, accident insurance and liability insurance that meet certain criteria – among other things, your international health insurance must also cover pandemic cases. Please check with your insurance company in good time. Alternatively, you can take out discounted group insurance, e.g. through the DAAD.

Further information on DAAD insurance