Course catalogue: how to apply?

If you would like to take part in a transnational learning experience at one of the CHARM-EU universites, check out the Who can apply and When should I apply sections, then follow the guide for application below and submit your learning agreement and the application form by the deadline

Who can apply?

If you are a Bachelor’s, Master’s student or Doctoral candidate in the following CHARM-EU universities:
- Utrecht University (UU)
- Eötvös Loránd University Budapest (ELTE)
- University of Montpellier (UM)
- Åbo Akademi University (AAU)
- Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg (JMU)
- University of Bergen (UiB)
- University of Applied Sciences Ruhr West (HRW)
- CHARM-EU Master’s in “Global Challenges for Sustainability” students
If your background and experience (e.g. language attainment level where relevant) align with the requirements of the module.

When should I apply?

The deadline to apply:

For the courses to be started on 31 January 2025 or earlier: 9 December 2024.
For the courses to be started on 1 February or later: 20 January 2025.

How should I apply?

Scan the Transnational online catalogue and identify any courses offered by another university than your current one that fit your study programme or are of interest to you.
Contact your study advisor (i.e. the person responsible for the programme you are currently doing at your university), discuss whether the course is suitable for your programme and clarify whether the course could be taken as a core subject or as an elective one.
If your study advisor approves, please complete the Learning Agreement (available for download) and have it signed by the Erasmus+ coordinator at your faculty or department (both digital signature and scanned copies of the signed document are acceptable).
- Students of the CHARM-EU Joint Master programme and students at the University of Montpellier are eligible to participate, but without the opportunity to get recognized the credits gained. For this reason, they are not requested to prepare a Learning Agreement.
- Students at Utrecht University do not require a signature from the study advisor in the Learning Agreement. Instead, Mirne van der Cammen (details below) can sign it.
- The Learning Agreement does not yet give you a guarantee for credit transfer towards your own study programme. Credit recognition will be managed in line with the standard procedures of your home university. For details, please turn to the contact person of your university (see details below).
- In case you are in the final semester of your current study programme, the credits obtained may not be counted towards the overall credits of your programme, as credit transfer takes place (in most cases) retrospectively, after the end of the semester / at the beginning of the next semester. In case you are hesitant in this regard, please contact your local registrar’s office.
To apply for one of the courses, please fill in the online application form which is available here: application form.
- It is possible to register for multiple courses, but it is strongly advised to consider the workload of it. For each course a separate application should be submitted.
- At some host universities a selection might apply.
Students whose applications are approved must send the signed Learning Agreement to the contact person of their own university (see below).

When do I get a reply?

After the deadline for applications, we will check all documents and allocate the available places. You can expect to have a final answer:

In case of the 9 December deadline by 16 December 2024.
In case of the 20 January deadline by 27 January 2025.

After you are admitted, your host institution will onboard you and give you access to the course materials and other things you may need.

Please, contact the host university as soon as possible, if for any reason you cannot attend the course after registration.

Where can I ask a question?

Utrecht University	charm@uu.nl
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest	tol@dep.elte.hu
University of Montpellier	charm-eu-tol@umontpellier.fr
Åbo Akademi University	exchange@abo.fi
Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg	laura.eckert@uni-wuerzburg.de
University of Bergen	utveksling@uib.no
University of Applied Sciences Ruhr West	christiane.Hinrichs@hs-ruhrwest.de
CHARM-EU Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability	charm-eu@rk.elte.hu