Coronavirus

We urge you to continuously follow the developments in your country of choice via the pages of the Federal Foreign Office, the embassy in the host country, the RKI as well as the information of the Federal Foreign Office on the worldwide  travel warning. It is essential that you register in the crisis precaution list ELEFAND (in German) of the Federal Foreign Office BEFORE your stay. The spread of the corona pandemic continues to lead to restrictions in international air and travel traffic, entry restrictions and restrictions in public life in many countries. You should also take the security situation in the respective country and the health system into consideration.

For the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, health and safety have top priority. We therefore expressly advise against travelling to Corona risk areas and to countries or regions with a Corona travel warning issued by the Federal Foreign Office. In the course of the spread of the corona virus and its variants, we would like to refer to the press release of the European Commission of January 25, 2021 and the information of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

As we would like to comply with your wish to be able to continue planning and taking up stays abroad, the internal application deadlines communicated on the website are still valid. Please note that the realisation of a stay abroad, especially in Corona risk areas, is at your own risk and to the exclusion of any liability on the part of the university.

Furthermore, we would like to point out that the Federal Foreign Office has stopped further Corona-related emergency repatriations of German citizens. Please inform yourself in detail about all consequences of this decision, in particular about the applicable rules on departure and return, on quarantine and testing obligations, on hygiene rules and other rules of conduct. Bear in mind that compliance with quarantine measures can be associated with additional high costs.

Frequently asked questions about "Coronavirus and Erasmus+" can be found here. Furthermore, you may contact your contact person in the International Office.

If partner universities notify us of restrictions for the planned semester abroad (e.g. entry restrictions or online-only teaching), we will inform all registered applicants. As a general rule, we recommend that you do not yet incur any expenses (e.g. booking flights, health insurance) before it is certain that the stay abroad can be physically carried out. Before taking out health insurance: check the coverage of your health insurance abroad. Check whether your insurer covers epidemics and pandemics and also provides insurance cover in the event of a travel warning by the Federal Foreign Office.

Due to the dynamic development of the pandemic, plan for a certain risk of the stay not being feasible (especially overseas) and have a plan B in mind.