The amount of funding depends on the country where you spend your study semester and is based on the cost of living there. Funding amounts can vary from year to year. The minimum duration of funding per semester is two complete months. The funding duration is determined in July of each year and is based on the total number of students selected to study at partner universities, the destination countries and the available budget.
For stays in the 2022/23 academic year (WS2022/23 and SS2023), the following amounts apply:
- Country group 1: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden: €600/month (€20/day)
- Country group 2: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus: €540/month (€18/day)
- Country group 3: Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary: €490/month (€16.33/day)
Where applicable, the following amounts are also available:
- A one-time top-up of €50 and up to four additional funding days for travel if the journey to and from the study destination is 'green', i.e. uses a sustainable form of transportation (such as train, bus, bicycle, etc.)
- €250 additional funding per month for participants who face additional obstacles
In project year 2020 (WS 2020/21, SS 2021 and WS21/22), no limit has been placed on financial support for HAW Hamburg students. The entire physical stay/study duration (as confirmed by the host university) in the host country will be funded. In project year 2021 (SS 2022), the funding duration is limited to a maximum of 180 days.
The total amount of funding will be calculated according to the precise number of days. The start and end dates for funding will only take into account the dates during which you are in the host country for the purpose of study. In the calculations, full months will be considered to have 30 days.