Plan your stay

Please read all information on our website carefully. Make sure to read the FAQ section as well!
Submit your Learning Agreement by the stated deadline so that we can review and approve it.
You will later need to register for the approved courses; we will notify you via email as soon as registration is open.
At the Department of Romance Studies, we are only responsible for academic matters: Learning Agreement, Transcript of Records, etc.
For all administrative, non-academic questions (enrolment, housing, HHU-Card, etc.), please contact the International Office.

Before coming to Düsseldorf, you must submit a Learning Agreement. In this document, you list the courses you plan to take, which will be subject to review and approval by us. Important: Please read the information in the section “Course Choice” below carefully.

If your home university provides its own Learning Agreement form, you are welcome to use it. Otherwise, you can create your Learning Agreement online via the OLA-Portal. Important: Please enter Sonia López (lopez@hhu.de) as the contact person at HHU in the designated contact field.

Tip: It’s best to send your Learning Agreement to us before it is signed by your home university, to avoid any unnecessary changes in advance.

Deadline for submitting the Learning Agreement:

Winter semester: July 30
Summer semester: January 30

50% of the courses must be chosen from the degree programmes offered by the Department of Cultural Studies. You can find more information about why this is the case in the section “Learning Agreement” of the FAQ.
In Germany, the course offerings changes every semester. Therefore, we recommend that you create your Learning Agreement only after the new course catalogue has been published.
Important: In some courses, students may only receive a participation certificate (BN) without a grade. In other courses, students can also take a final exam (AP) and receive a grade. Further information about this can be found in the sections “ECTS” and “What does … mean?” of the FAQ.

SUBJECTS AREAS FROM WHICH YOU MUST OR MIGHT SELECT COURSES:

FROM THE “PHILOSOPHISCHE FAKULTÄT” (FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES):
Department of “Kulturwissenschaften” _{Cultural Studies}	At least 50% of the courses you will take (per semester) Here you will find seminars in the fields of linguistics, literature, culture and media, and more. Here you will also find language and translation courses (French, Spanish, and Italian). → Link to the courses
Other Departments of the “Philosophische Fakultät” _{Faculty of Arts and Humanities}	For example: English and American Studies, German Languages and Literature, Historical Studies, Art History, etc. Please note: We do not have any information about the courses or ECTS of other departments. If you have questions, please contact the lecturers of the respective courses directly. → Link to the courses
“Profilbildung” _{Interdisciplinary courses}	Here you will find courses from various fields, including those from other faculties, that are open to all students. Please note: We do not have any information about the courses or ECTS of other departments. If you have questions, please contact the lecturers of the respective courses directly. → Link to the courses
FROM THE “STUDIERENDENAKADEMIE” (STUDENT ACADEMY):
Internationale Studierende _{German as a foreign language +} _{English for Erasmus Students}	Here you will find German and English courses for Erasmus students Please note: We do not have any information about the courses or ECTS of this area. If you have any questions, please contact the responsible department office directly. Important: To enrol in these courses, a placement test is required - for further Information see the section “Placements Test…” in the FAQ → Link to the courses

In Germany, the course offerings change from semester to semester — some courses are offered only in the winter semester or only in the summer semester. By default, the LSF only displays courses from the current and past semesters. The courses for the upcoming winter semester are usually published around mid-July, while the courses for the upcoming summer semester are typically released around mid-January.

Link to the course catalogue (LSF)
Here is a guide to using the course catalogue
Important: Please use only the German version, as the English version is incomplete and may contain errors

Further information can be found in the section “Course Catalogue” of the FAQ.

Course registration is only possible shortly before the semester begins (winter semester: from September; summer semester: from March). Please note: you are only allowed to register for courses that have been previously approved by us in your Learning Agreement. The video on the right shows you step-by-step how to register for courses.

Since some courses fill up quickly, we recommend registering early. You will need your University ID (username and password) to register. In the FAQ you can find information about the University ID and what to do if you have not yet received it.

For German and English courses for Erasmus students, registration is only possible after participating in the mandatory placement test. In the FAQ you can find information about the placement tests.

You will likely want to make some changes to your courses: Please submit the Learning Agreement “During the mobility” by the deadline so that we can review and approve it.
You may need to register for the newly selected and approved courses in the LSF.
Towards the end of the semester, you will need to take care of your exams and submit the certificates for the Transcript of Records — further information is provided below.

If you wish to make changes to the courses in your Learning Agreement, please submit the changes by the deadline so that we can review and approve your course selection. The same conditions apply as for the Learning Agreement “Before the mobility”.

Tip: It is better to send the Learning Agreement to us first before having it signed by your home university to avoid unnecessary changes.

Deadline for submitting the Learning Agreement “During the mobility”:

Winter semester: October 30
Summer semester: April 30

In Germany, students are required to register in advance via the student portal for either a participation certificate (BN) or a final exam (AP). Unfortunately, this is currently not possible for Erasmus students due to technical reasons.

Important: Please contact the lecturers of your courses at the beginning of the semester to clarify the following:

What requirements you need to fulfill in order to receive a grade and ECTS credits
That you cannot register online for the exam and will need a proof of performance / certificate ("Schein") at the end of the semester

At the end of your Erasmus stay, we will issue a Transcript of Records listing all the courses you have taken at the University of Düsseldorf. In order to prepare the transcript, we require you to submit the proof of performance / certificates (“Scheine”) for all courses you have attended. We strongly recommend that you ask your lecturers early on to send these certificates directly to you by email to avoid delays.

There is no fixed deadline for submitting your certificates. We will complete your Transcript of Records as soon as we have received all your certificates — even if you are no longer in Düsseldorf at that time.

Please forward your certificates by email to Sonia López
Some lecturers send the certificates directly to S. López; in this case, we will notify you.

Important: Only courses that were pre-approved by us in your Learning Agreement will be included in the Transcript of Records.