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Information Events

How does the application for a stay abroad work? Here we present various options for going abroad and how these can be prepared and financed.
The info events either take place online via Zoom or in presence. A previous registration is not necessary. We look forward to your visit!

The dates of the information events will be published in good time before the next application round.

Date	Time	Place	Note
Thur, 10.04.2025	1-2 pm (3pm)	Zoom	Following the one-hour information event, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering will present its partnerships in detail to help students make their choice (in the same zoom room).
Thur, 17.04.2025	2-3 pm	Zoom	During the information week “Ab ins Ausland” of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Fri, 25.04.2025	1-2pm (3pm)	lecture hall C2	Following the one-hour information event, a presentation of the COLOURS Alliance partner universities will take place in the same room.
Mon, 28.04.2025	1-2pm (3pm)	Zoom	in English Following the one-hour information event, the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics will present its partnerships in detail to help students make their choice (in the same zoom room).
Tue, 06.05.2025	1-2pm (3pm)	lecture hall H3	Following the one-hour information event, there will be an application workshop in the same room to answer any open questions about the application process.

Consultation hours

Consultation hours take place online via Zoom. No pre-booking is necessary. You will find the Zoom link of each person below in the section of contact data.
As participants are asked to join the online consultation individually, there may be waiting times. We invite ALL participants to the meeting one after the other.

Person	Position	Responsibility
Stefan Blecke	Coordinator Erasmus+ Partner Countries with International Credit Mobility (ICM) Coordinator Erasmus+ BIP Coordinator Scholarship Programmes	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP) PROMOS Scholarship (outside Europe), Cross Border Studies Scholarship (outside Europe)
Melek Boubaker	Coordinator Erasmus+ Scholarship Programme	Erasmus+ scholarship for student mobility (Europe): - SMS (semester abroad at partner universities) - SMP (self-organised internships)
Mareike Schwirtz	Student Mobility Coordinator (Worldwide & selected European countries)	Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Russian Federation, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uruguay, USA, Vietnam Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
Eva Walczak	Coordinator Student Mobility (selected European countries)	Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey

Contact details

Melek Boubaker

Coordinator Erasmus+ Scholarship Programme SMS and SMP

Office: I4.210
Phone: +49 5251 60-4449
E-mail: io-outgoing@zv.upb.de

Office hours:

Tue 12.00 -13.00 p.m.
Online consultation via Zoom without registration

(You will be called in order from the online waiting room.)

Stefan Blecke

Coordinator Erasmus+ BIP and Erasmus+ ICM / Coordinator PROMOS and Cross Border Studies

Office: I4.213
Phone: +49 5251 60-4615
E-mail: stefan.blecke@zv.uni-paderborn.de

Office hours:

Auf Anfrage

Mareike Schwirtz

International Exchange & Partnership Coordinator

Office: I4.207
Phone: +49 5251 60-4440
E-mail: io-outgoing@zv.uni-paderborn.de

Office hours:

Mon 1pm - 2pm, Thu 1pm - 2pm
Online Office-Hours via Zoom (without registration)

Attention: The consultation hours from Thu, 15.05.25, and Mon, 19.05.25 are cancelled.

(We will let you enter one by one from the virtual waiting room.)

Eva Walczak

European university cooperations: Student Mobility Outgoing and Staff Mobility

Office: I4.210
Phone: +49 5251 60-3633
E-mail: io-outgoing@zv.upb.de

Office hours:

Wednesday, 1-2 pm via Zoom
(You will be taken out of the virtual waiting room one by one).

On June 4th and 11th, 2025, office hours must be cancelled.

Subject specific counselling by the faculty

For each of our partnerships, there is one person in the IO who is responsible for organisational support and one person in the faculties who is responsible for subject-related support (Departmental Coordinator). If you would like specific subject-related information about a partner university, please make an appointment with the Departmental Coordinator. You can see who is responsible for which cooperation in our partner university portal .
"Be a smart student": Please prepare for the counselling session, consult the website and find out about the partner university in advance.

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