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Outgoing Erasmus Students

About the programmes

Unlike the College-wide, non-EU exchanges, Erasmus exchanges are arranged by individual departments with their partner institutions throughout the EU. Please note that, in order to be eligible for an Erasmus exchange, you must attain at least a II.2 grade in your annual examinations in English in your JF year.

A webinar produced by the Global Office with detailed information on both Erasmus and non-EU exchanges is available here

Joint Honours students are free to apply for exchanges arranged by both or either of their departments, but must have the approval of both departments to participate in an exchange.

The School of English participates in Erasmus exchanges with the following institutions:

NB: Exchanges with the UK are continuing until HT 2024 despite Brexit.

Contry	University	Erasmus Code
Austria	University of Salzburg	A SALZBUR01
Austria	Universität Wien (Vienna)	A WIEN01
Belgium	KU Leuven	B LEUVEN01
Belgium	Université de Liège	B LIEGE01
Belgium	University of Antwerp	B ANTWERP01
Czechia	Charles University (Prague)	CZ PRAHA07
Denmark	Aarhus University	DK ARHUS01
France	Sorbonne Université (formerly Paris IV)	F PARIS468
France	Université Côte d'Azur [formerly Nice Sophia Antipolis]	F NICE42
France	Université de Paris [formerly Diderot and Descartes]	F PARIS484
France	Université François-Rabelais de Tours	F TOURS01
Germany	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (HT or full year only)	D HEIDELB01
Germany	Universität Hamburg (HT or full year only)	D HAMBURG01
Germany	University of Flensburg (HT or full year only)	D FLENSBU01
Italy	Università degli Studi di Palermo	I PALERMO01
Italy: Bologna	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna (full year only)	I BOLOGNA01
Netherlands	Utrecht University	NL UTRECHT01
Switzerland	University of Lausanne	CH LAUSANN01
Switzerland	University of Zurich	CH ZURICH01
UK	Birmingham University	Non-Erasmus
UK	University of Aberdeen	Non-Erasmus
UK	University of East Anglia	Non-Erasmus
UK	University of St Andrews	Non-Erasmus

While every effort will be made to accommodate student preference, places on these exchanges are limited, and we cannot guarantee a place at your chosen institution. Also, while each of these institutions offers several courses suitable for students of English literature (and taught through English), Joint Honoursstudents should note that it is possible that not all of these institutions will be considered suitable by their other department; therefore communicating with both departments is essential.

Funding

Funding is available to cover some of your travel and maintenance costs. The grant for a full academic year abroad varies depending on where you go, but most students can expect to receive in the region of €1,500. For further details, please consult the Outbound from Trinity website. All Irish grants and scholarships continue to be paid while you are away on an Erasmus exchange.

Additional funding is available for students with disabilities to cover costs needed for various accommodations necessitated by the disability as well as for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Please note that due to Brexit, Erasmus funding for the exchanges in the UK is NOT available. P

ECTS requirements

Students going abroad for a year generally take modules to the equivalent of 60 ECTS. The minimum requirement for a full-year exchange is 45 ECTS, but we strongly encourage you to take more than the minimum in case of failure in some element (failed elements do not receive ECTS credit). For Joint Honours students participating in a full year exchange, this means that you must obtain a minimum 22.5 credits in each subject in order to rise with your year. For students going abroad for one semester, the minimum requirement is 22.5 ECTS credits; in the case of Joint Honours students, you must return with at least 10 credits in each subject.

Modules/Learning Agreement

The School of English does not require you to take any specific modules while abroad, but you will be required to submit a Learning Agreement detailing all the modules you intend to study and outlining how many credits are available for each module. This will be reviewed by the Study Abroad Coordinator, who will contact you if there are any problems (Joint Honours students will need to have their Learning agreement approved by both Coordinators). At the end of the year (or semester), the Coordinator will convert your marks back into a Trinity grade.