Exchange Programs

At any level of our programs, from the Bachelor of Arts/Education to the PhD, the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies offers comprehensive support in obtaining scholarships from national funding agencies such as the DAAD or Fulbright, access to European higher education through the ERASMUS program, as well as our very own transatlantic exchange program, the Direct Exchange. Short overviews of these programs can be found below.

Information sessions on all exchange opportunities take place at the beginning of each semester. Application deadlines are generally announced in time in the News & Events section of the Institute’s website. If you require information beyond that provided here or in the PDFs on the right, please contact the Exchange and ERASMUS advisors by email.

Departmental Exchanges

The Direct Exchange Program, established in 1956, is a unique opportunity for American Studies students at Mainz, connecting them directly with partner universities in the United States and Canada. The various exchange opportunities we offer—from simple undergraduate studies with tuition waivers to teaching/research assistantships for graduate-level studies—enable students to experience the United States and Canada first hand. Based on years of cooperation, the Direct Exchange Program is a tailored and competitive program.

Currently, the Institute offers direct exchanges with the following American and Canadian partner universities:

Please check the PDFs on the right to find out which of these universities match your degree and study options. Detailed information concerning the program (deadlines, funding, application process) can also be found in the PDF files available for download.

 

Other Partner Universities (exchange programs currently on hold):

 

 

Contact

Dr. Julia Velten
Philosophicum II
Jakob-Welder-Weg 20
Room 02.227
juvelten@uni-mainz.de

Sandra Meerwein, M.A.
Philosophicum II
Jakob-Welder-Weg 20
Room 02.201
smeerwein@uni-mainz.de

 

 

Downloads

Erasmus Exchange Program

The EU-funded ERASMUS program enables students to spend a semester or two at a different European university free of tuition, and pays a small monthly stipend. The Institute’s ERASMUS partner universities currently are:

Applications for the ERASMUS program need to be submitted annually in December. Detailed information concerning the program (application process, funding) can be found here.

If you are an ERASMUS student (incoming) from one of the universities listed above, please have a look here or get in touch via e-mail.

Contact

Dr. Sonja Georgi
Philosophicum II
Jakob-Welder-Weg 20
Room 02.228

Phone: +49-6131-39-27215
georgis@uni-mainz.de

 

 

Further Information

National Exchange Programs:
DAAD and Fulbright

The Fulbright Commission offers students two-semester exchange opportunities to the United States at the graduate (post-B.A./B.Ed.) level, as well as travel grants on all academic levels for students already having received placement abroad by other means, such as the Direct Exchange Program.

The DAAD offers two-semester exchange opportunities on all academic levels to almost every country on the globe. Students interested in taking part in these programs should feel free to contact the departmental exchange advisors for more information or go directly to the university’s International Office

 

Contact

JGU International Office

 

Downloads

Please follow this link for the following DAAD Brochures in German and further publications: