Studying home and abroad

Experience abroad is an important part of studying, whether already in the Bachelor's degree, in the Master's degree or also for writing the dissertation. Many employers pay attention to this qualification, which comes with in-depth language skills as well as life experience. The time of study offers the most freedom to go abroad for a few months, whereby the curriculum does not have to suffer from this, on the contrary: study achievements there can in many cases be credited to the Bonn programme. Internships, on the other hand, often result in valuable international contacts that can be useful for one's career.

The University of Bonn supports its students' stays abroad through various exchange and funding programmes, the most important of which are listed here.

With PONS, it is possible to spend one to two semesters during your studies at another German university in the extensive PONS partner network. Students can take advantage of complementary courses offered at another place of study and make valuable contacts for further Master's studies, a doctorate, internships or their professional careers.

In subjects such as Classical and Christian Archaeology, however, this mobility is necessary because the entire breadth of the subject, especially under an increasingly expanding concept of science and the accompanying methodological, factual and geographical specialisations, cannot be taught at any single institute and rather results from the sum of the individual institutes.

For students, this means that an education that contains the necessary subject breadth can only be achieved through a skilfully chosen "tour" through several universities.