Erasmus

Erasmus is Europe's education and training programme that seeks to promote language learning and to encourage mobility. It is part of the Life Long Learning Programm (LLP) and consists of several actions including a programme in the area of higher education. Both students and teaching staff can benefit from Erasmus activities.

E R A S M U S (EuRopean Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) is named after the humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1465-1536).
The programme gives students the opportunity to study for a period of 3 to 12 months at a partner university. A grant (appprox. 200 Euro/month) is offered to help to cover the cost of travelling and the difference in cost of living. A period of study in another country is very rewarding in personal, academic and social terms. Contacts with another country enables the student to become more adaptable, provides inter-cultural communication skills and is a considerable plus point on the employment market. Erasmus also provides support for teachers giving short courses (minimum 8 hours lecture/week) at a partner university.
Since our group started to participate in the Erasmus program in 1997 the number of partner universities increased each year. Several of our students have been able to take advantage of the mobility arrangements under Erasmus: They prepared their diploma, master thesis, or small thesis (Studienarbeit) at a partner university. All their theses were fully recognized at TU Berlin. On the other side, several students and teachers from abroad came to Berlin and made many friends at our Institute. We are truly happy with their outstanding performance and the quality of their research.

Today, our partners at universities in Finland, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Sweden and The United Kingdom are:

Prof. P. Alfors, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Division of Energy Processes, Stockholm, Sweden.

University of Bath, Department of Mechanical Engineering, United Kingdom.

Prof. U. Desideri, Universita Degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Perugia, Italy.

Prof. A. Dobrovicescu, Universitea Politehnica Bucuresti, Facultea de Mecanica, Romania.

Prof. M. Feidt, Universite de Nancy I, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratoire d'Energetique et de Mechanique Theorique et Appliquee, Nancy, France.

Prof. D. Greiner, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

Prof. I. Ionel, Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara, Department of Thermodynamics, Thermal Machines and Road Vehicles, Romania.

Prof. S. Kjelstrup, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Institute of Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway.

Prof. M. Lampinen, Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics, Helsinki, Finland.

Prof. A. Lazzaretto, Universita di Padova, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Padova, Italy.

Prof. E. Mamut, Ovidius University of Constantza, Department of Economic Engineering and Marine Equipment, Romania.

Prof. G. Manfrida, Universita Degli Studi di Firenze, Facolta Di Ingegneria, Firenze, Italy.

Prof. P. Pilidis, Cranfild University, School of Engineering Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi, Intanbul.

Prof. E. Sciubba, Universita Degli Studi di Roma, Dipartimento di Meccanica, Roma, Italy.

Prof. A. Valero, Universidad de Zaragoza, Centro Politecnico Superior, Ingeneria Mecanica, Spain.

Prof. J. Wideberg, Universidad de Sevilla, Escuela Suoerior de Ingenieros, Spain.

Prof. A. Ziebik, Silesian University of Technology, Instytut Techniki Cieplnej, Gliwice, Poland.


Students who wish to participate in this student exchange program and would like to conduct a research project (Studien- oder Diplomarbeit) at one of our partner universities can apply for an Erasmus grant if the following prerequisites are fulfilled:

1. You are studying energy engineering and/or energy and process engineering.
2. You have finished your Vordiplom (diploma students)
3. You are at least in the 3rd semester (bachelor students)
4. You have passed the examination in “Thermodynamics” with a good grade.
5. You speak English or the language of the host country (fluently).

Attention: If you are studying a bachelor course, contact us, since some of our partner universities have additional requirements, e.g. you need to have studied at leat 4 semesters at the time of the application.

The application forms can be obtained from the ”Akademisches Auslandsamt''.
The deadline for the academic year 2012/2013 is January 13,2012.

For further information please contact Berit Erlach
(Phone (030) 314-28449, erlach(at)iet.tu-berlin.de).

Students who wish to study at the Technical University of Berlin will find useful information here:
www.auslandsamt.tu-berlin.de