Information for Staff

The cooperation between the International Office and BURG’s professors and staff is crucial to the success of international exchange programs. Close collaboration in areas such as application processes, support for exchange students, scholarship awards, and staff mobility also helps advance the university’s internationalization efforts.

When preparing for and undertaking a stay abroad, the support students receive from professors and faculty members is very important. Faculty and staff also have the opportunity to apply for a short teaching or professional development stay abroad. In specific cases, the International Fund can also provide financial support for other types of stays abroad. We have compiled an overview of these and other topics on this page. If you still have questions, please contact us by phone or email.

The Erasmus+ (STA) program supports short teaching stays at partner universities. Short training and continuing education courses abroad can also be applied for under STT. Teaching staff who is permanently employed at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle is eligible to apply. An approved business trip application is a prerequisite for funding.

The guest teaching stay must comprise at least eight teaching hours per week. If teaching and further education and training are combined, the required teaching load is reduced to four hours per week. The duration of the stay is a minimum of two and a maximum of 60 days.

In addition, a valid partnership agreement must exist with the host university. The courses at the host university must be aimed directly at students or doctoral candidates. Funding for participation in conferences, conventions, or excursions is excluded. The conditions for leave of absence must be clarified in advance with the supervisor and the human resources department.

All important information can be found in the download area. 

You can submit applications to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for various initiatives and projects. Currently advertised programs can be found here.

Individual funding:

Professors can submit individual applications to the DAAD for some programs. In this case, the programs offered are individual grants that you can receive personally (for example, a short-term lectureship at a foreign university).

Third-party funded projects:

A third-party funded project is administered and supervised within the degree program. This usually requires human resources. In some cases, the program's personnel resources are not sufficient to cover the costs of part-time positions, so that the application, administration, supervision, accounting, and reporting associated with the project tie up human resources from the degree program.


Please note that the International Office does not provide assistance with the application or administration of DAAD or third-party funded projects, as it does not have the human resources available to do so.

In certain cases, BURG supports international study projects.

Notes:

As a rule, the project must be a class project.

Applications for this can be submitted on February 1 or June 1.

Application documents:

o Application for funding for international projects (Fonds Internationales) (see download area)

o A self-developed cost and financing plan

o A program plan

Please note: own funds must be available. These can be own funds from the degree program and/or the students (participation fee) or other sources.

If you have any questions about the requirements and modalities, please contact the rectorate.

Please inquire there first to find out whether your project is eligible for funding before submitting an application.

Our download section contains several templates for organizing an Erasmus-funded stay (teaching or professional development).  

Different documents are required depending on the type of staff mobility. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Click here to go to the download section.