Staff & PhD Mobility

There are many opportunities to teach at a foreign university, to supervise doctorates together with international colleagues and to network. You can take advantage of these opportunities as a junior researcher, active university lecturer or emeriti and have the stays funded. Both the European Union and the DAAD offer various programmes that you can take advantage of on a one-off or regular basis.

Whether research abroad, the establishment of international collaborations, participation in congresses and lecture tours worldwide or the active exchange with scientific colleagues at home and abroad as well as the organization of international events at TU Ilmenau - the portfolio to cooperate internationally is very diverse. The EU, the DAAD, the BMBF, the DFG, foundations and TU Ilmenau offer many funding programmes that cover your project.

Continuing education opportunities for academic and non-academic staff at our university can be funded through the EU’s Erasmus+ program at institutions in other European countries or at selected partner institutions worldwide. These may include workshops and specialized courses, intensive courses on academic writing and research, project management and leadership skills, as well as preliminary meetings for joint projects or observational learning placements. This also applies to language courses and so-called Staff Training Weeks, during which participants from European countries or partner countries come together for a week-long seminar focused on a specific topic. With the exception of conference attendance, any activity that serves the purpose of professional development is eligible for funding. The following overview ( intranet) is always kept up to date.

Double doctorate - doing a doctorate in 2 countries

The so-called Cotutelle de thèse is a doctorate which is carried out and completed at two universities at the same time. With a normal doctorate duration, an international project and longer research stays abroad can be carried out. You choose which of our partner universities abroad is the right one for you. There are fixed partnership agreements for double doctorates with some universities. More information