Studying abroad
Funding programmes for study visits abroad
Dealing with different societies and cultural ways of life is a central aspect of studying sociology. A study year or semester abroad gives you the opportunity to get to know a foreign culture, broaden your sociological horizon and gain important new experiences. In our globalised world, studying abroad is also an advantage for future career opportunities.
The University of Graz offers its students a wide range of opportunities to study abroad - take advantage of them!
Information on scholarship programmes and study opportunities that are accessible and of particular interest to sociology students:
CEEPUS stands for Central European Exchange Program for University Studies and is an exchange programme with countries from Central and South Eastern Europe. CEEPUS can be used to finance study visits to the partner universities mentioned. Study visits can last between 3-10 months, but students can also go to the respective universities for short stays, for example to work on their Master's thesis or dissertation.
For general application requirements, see also LINK
Application deadlines:
- 31 October: for stays in the following summer semester
- 15 June: for stays in the following winter semester or academic year
Coordinator: Katharina Scherke
The following partner universities are part of our network:
University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Contact: Željka Zdravković, Valerija Barada, Dražen Cepić
https://www.unizd.hr/sociologija/about-us
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Contact: Csaba Szalo
https://www.muni.cz/en/about-us/organizational-structure/faculty-of-social-studies/231100-deptof-sociology/teaching
University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Contact: Rudi Klanjšek
https://moja.um.si/studijski-programi/Strani/default.aspx?jezik=A
http://projects.ff.uni-mb.si/cepss/
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Contact: Anja Zalta
https://sociologija.ff.uni-lj.si/en
University of Split, Split, Croatia
Contact: Zorana Šuljug Vučica
https://www.ffst.unist.hr/en/departments/sociology
University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Political Sciences, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Contact: Valida Repovac-Nikšić
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad, Serbia
Contact: Dušan Ristić
http://www.ff.uns.ac.rs/en/faculty/departments/department-of-sociology/about-the-department-of-sociology
Duration: 1 or 2 semesters
Applications possible from the 3rd semester
Partner universities: The SoWi Faculty has approx. 100 Erasmus agreements in approx. 20 European countries.
The Erasmus coordinator for the respective university is responsible for allocating places (see International Relations Office). Sociology students can apply to most universities, provided there is a corresponding programme on offer.
Our institute has Erasmus agreements with the following universities:
- Germany: Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, University of Leipzig
- Italy: Università degli Studi del Molise
- Lithuania: Kaunas University of Technology (from academic year 2013/14)
- Spain: Universidad de La Coruña
- Turkey (Istanbul): Yeditepe Üniversitesi; Okan Üniversitesi
Erasmus coordinator for these universities: Frithjof Nungesser
Duration: 1 or 2 semesters
Partner universities:
- ISEP USA approx. 150 universities in the USA
- ISEP International-to-International approx. 110 member universities on all continents (including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Morocco, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, Vietnam)
Sociology students can apply to all universities that offer a degree programme in sociology.
Joint Master's programme of the universities of Brno (CZ), Graz, Trento (IT) and Zadar (HR). Students complete at least one semester at a foreign partner university. After successfully completing their studies, students are awarded the academic title “Master of Arts in Cultural Sociology”, which is issued as a double degree if they have studied at the Universities of Graz and Trento
Further information on the Joint Degree Master's programme in Cultural Sociology (admission procedure, funding, contact details, etc.) can be found here.
Contact persons:
Prof. Katharina Scherke
katharina.scherke(at)uni-graz.at
Duration: 1 or (usually) 2 semesters
Bilateral exchange agreements to waive tuition fees + on-site supervision
Partner universities: approx. 100 universities worldwide
Our institute has close contacts with the sociology departments at the following partner universities:
- University of Waterloo Canada (responsible supervisor: Katharina Scherke)
- University of Minnesota USA
- University ofArkansas in Little Rock, Minneapolis, USA
Detailed information on the application procedures and the amount of the grants can be found on the website of the International Relations Office.
Counselling at the Department of Sociology: Dieter Reicher
Questions on the recognition of courses: Dieter Reicher (Chairman of the CuKo Sociology)
Recognition of academic achievements
In general, all coursework completed at other universities in Austria and abroad can be recognised as long as it is compatible with the courses in the sociology curriculum of the University of Graz.
It is not important whether the course titles alone match. The course content and the number of ECTS credits completed are more important for credit transfer.
You can find the relevant information here Nostrification.
For credit transfer within the Master's programme it is recommended to study section 2 (paragraph 4) of the curriculum carefully.
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