For Administrative Staff

Further Training Stays abroad

We are available to support you in developing your intercultural skills and gaining experience abroad and will be glad to advise you on the various options and their financial support.

Foreign language course

An English language course abroad is an effective way to deepen your language skills and break down speaking inhibitions. We recommend a stay in an English-speaking country for 2 weeks, funded by ERASMUS+. Here you will find providers with whom we have already had good experiences.

If there is an urgent connection to the workplace, courses in other languages can also be funded.

Staff Exchange Week

These international continuing education weeks offer the opportunity to get to know a university abroad better and at the same time to exchange professional and personal experiences with other international colleagues. The universities offer a fixed programme on specific topics/areas, so that your own planning effort is minimal.

The constantly updated offer of Staff Training Weeks can be found here on the website of the European Union.

Work Shadowing

An individually organised visit to a university abroad requires some preparation, but promises to be highly effective and enriching. Select specifically the institutions, areas, contact persons or even best practice projects that could be interesting and inspiring for your work and suggest an exchange of experiences, a job shadowing or even the presentation of your own projects/materials.

The International Office will be happy to support you with existing contacts or ideas for initial contact.

Sprachkurs in Galway, Irland

Christina Dobritz, Mitarbeiterin für Studien- und Prüfungsangelegenheiten an der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung reiste zum Intensivkurs nach Irland, um ihre Sprachkenntnisse aufzufrischen. » more

Sprachkurs in Glasgow, Schottland

Laura Korn, Auszubildende zur Kauffrau für Bürokommunikation, reiste nach Schottland und lernte dort nicht nur Englisch. » more

E.G.Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Polen

Jonas Tegtmeyer, Meister der Fotowerkstatt an der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung, nutzte einen Besuch an der Eugenius Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, um über den Tellerrand zu schauen und die eigene Arbeit zu reflektieren. » more

Staff Weeks in Antakya (Türkei), Thesaloniki (Griechenland) und Lissabon (Portugal)
Annett Wagner, Prüfungssekretariat der Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik, fährt regelmäßig zu internationalen Weiterbildungswochen. Im Interview berichtet sie von unterschiedlichen Staff-Week-Formaten und gibt Hinweise, wie man mit der Sprachbarriere umgehen kann. » more

Job Shadowing in Universitätsbibliotheken in England
Stefanie Röhl, Sachgebietsleiterin an der Universitätsbibliothek, hospitierte bei englischen Kolleginnen, profitierte vom intensiven fachspezifischen Austausch und organisierte einen Gegenbesuch in Weimar. » more

Job Shadowing im International Office in Triest, Italien
Für Simone Schwark, damals Verwaltungsangestellte im IKKM, war die Hospitation bei Kolleginnen an der Universität in Norditalien nicht nur eine spannende Erfahrung, sondern ebnete auch den Weg in ihr heutiges Arbeitsgebiet. » more

Financial Support

Stays at universities in other European countries for continuing education purposes can be supported through the Erasmus+ programme. Here you will find the corresponding funding rates and travel allowances.

Application Procedure

It is possible to submit an application at any time. You can find out here how to proceed and which documents must be submitted before, during and after a stay abroad.