This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from EU Member States and third countries associated to Erasmus+ to any country in the world. Students in all study fields and cycles can take part in a study period or traineeship abroad. Higher education teaching and administrative staff can take part in professional development activities abroad, as well as staff from the field of work in order to teach and train students or staff at higher education institutions.

This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from EU Member States and third countries associated to Erasmus+ to any country in the world. Students in all study fields and cycles can take part in a study period or traineeship abroad. Higher education teaching and administrative staff can take part in professional development activities abroad, as well as staff from the field of work in order to teach and train students or staff at higher education institutions.

"BACKGROUNDInternationality plays a major role as one of WHU's pillars. An exchange semester is an integral part of the Bachelor and the Master studies (120 ECTS track). All BSc students in international business management spend their 4th and 5th semester at one of the 200+ partner universities of WHU. The integral exchange semester deepens and is supposed to expand the knowledge gathered at WHU. Furthermore, the students receive the opportunity to get to know different cultures and learn about other economics. The Master students spend their 3rd semester abroad. They prepare theirstudy abroad period through language and cultural tests. They have to pass the corresponding language test in order to be accepted for their study abroad. The students select their study abroad spot themselves depending on the grades of the first two semesters. Therefore, the results are crucial for the study abroad selection. The results from the partner University are added to the WHU diploma supplement. OBJECTIVES/GOALSThe focus of the project was on student mobility. Due the integral study abroad semester, WHU has a broad international network and the students are very interested in the exchange within Europe. Due to the increasing number of students, the number of mobilities within the Erasmus program is also increasing. The demand to study at a European partner university in general has enlarged. Reason for this, is that there are more international students joining WHU, who are interested in a European study abroad semester. About one third of the cohort select a European partner university. The Erasmus+ program also offers the students a financial support which is well received by the students. A further goal of the project was to generate a smooth transition in to the new program generation and also to improve the student mobility through e.g. digitalization. NUMBERS / PROFILEIn general the student number at WHU is increasing which is why we have more students going abroad. The aim of WHU's internationalization strategy is to increase the amount of students we send abroad within Europe in the coming years around 50 %. In the completed KA103 project we were able to fund and send 82 students (SMS), 1 teaching mobility (STA) and 3 training mobilities (STT) to European partners. In the upcoming project we are planning to fund over a 100 students and are also aiming to increase the teaching and training mobilities (STA/STT). Talking about students we are referring to Bachelor and Master students who do their mandatory semester abroad at an European partner university to gain 30 ECTS.ACTIVITIES COMPLETEDRegarding the activities we focus on SMS, we are aiming for an increase in the number of students. On average our students spend 3-5 months abroad (depending on country and partner university). WHU students have to write a study abroad report and hand it in after their semester abroad. These are overall positive. During the project years 2018/2019 we were able to send 1 professors (STA) and 3 staff members for training (STT). Internships (SMP) are covered by the consortium at FH in Trier and runs smoothly.RESULTS & IMPACTThe results of the project are good and positive. Compared to the project 2016 we were able to fund approx. 20 more students (2016: 65 SMS / 2018: 86 SMS). Usually all our students complete their semester abroad successfully. As the semester abroad is an integral part the courses chosen are discussed and considered thoroughly. Also the courses are double checked through the Learning agreement which has to be filled in before the study abroad period. Therefore the conditions and prerequisites for WHU students are set in order to gain the 30 ECTS to successfully complete their semester abroad. Students and staff experience the mobilities as academically, content wise, language wise and culturally enriching. Furthermore the OLS test and courses are well accepted throughout the students. An increase of the language knowledge/level is noticeable.The Erasmus+ project has a significant impact on WHU and the internationalization strategy. Through the increasing number of students at WHU and the increasing partner network, the Erasmus program contributes to the international ""Excellence Strategy"" of WHU. The program supports WHU in educating global players throughout Europe. The students network during their study abroad which can lead to them finding an internship or even an employer."

This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from EU Member States and third countries associated to Erasmus+ to any country in the world. Students in all study fields and cycles can take part in a study period or traineeship abroad. Higher education teaching and administrative staff can take part in professional development activities abroad, as well as staff from the field of work in order to teach and train students or staff at higher education institutions.

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.