The English Department encourages all students, at Bachelor, Master and PhD level, to spend time studying overseas as part of their programme of study.

Unfortunately as a result of Brexit, we have lost our Erasmus exchange partnerships with UK universities in Edinburgh, London (Queen Mary's College, Goldsmiths und Institute of Education), Essex (Colchester), Kent (Canterbury), Leeds, Warwick and Manchester. However, the fact that the UK has now rejoined the Horizon scheme gives us hope that the Erasmus exchange may also be renewed in the near future. If you have any enquiries about Erasmus, please contact Ruth Wishart (erasmus@anglistik.fu-berlin.de).

We currently still offer the opportunity to study abroad under the Erasmus scheme at the Universities of Florence and Leuven. For more information, please contact Erasmus-Florenz-Leuven@anglistik.fu-berlin.de.

The university has a wide range of direct exchange programmes (Direktaustausche) with the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, and Australia.

More information and links to our partner universities - the International Office

For information on our exchange programme with the University of Melbourne, please contact Prof. Dr. Stephan Laqué (slaque@zedat.fu-berlin.de).

Students who are enrolled in the "Lehramt" programme (both BA and MEd) have the opportunity to apply for the PAD (Pädagogischer Austauschdienst) scheme to work for 6-9 months as an assistant teacher of German at a school or college in the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Please visit their website (https://www.kmk-pad.org/programme/fremdsprachenassistenzkraefte.html) or contact Ruth Wishart for more details (ruth.wishart@fu-berlin.de).

MA and PhD students are also encouraged to spend part of their study and/or research time in a partner department. If you are interested in a so-called "co-tutelle" programme, please contact Prof. Dr. Stephan Laqué (slaque@zedat.fu-berlin.de). The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) awards scholarships for study and research abroad; for more information please see the website of the DAAD at www.daad.de.

The Erasmus Office of Freie Universität Berlin publishes a newsletter (in German), which provides information on studying abroad and the university’s partner organisations. Students can subscribe (and unsubscribe) to this newsletter and will receive weekly information from partner institutions (such as summer and winter schools, internships, language courses etc.) as well as news on the current programmes (application deadlines, information events, changes etc.). Please go to this website if you want to subscribe to this newsletter: https://lists.fu-berlin.de/listinfo/studi-chancen-international.