"International experience is an high demand in the labor market. Good knowledge of at least one foreign language is taken for granted in Germany. A study abroad period of one to two semesters, therefore, has become an important part of the study programs to prepare students effectively for work and life in an intercultural and globalizing world. Study options abroad include student exchanges, internships or doing a degree dissertation.Hochschule Konstanz (HTWG) supports their students by creating study options abroad in Europe and overseas especially with inter-university agreements that include tuition fee swappers.The outstanding international mobility of HTWG students of previous years is maintained. In the academic year 2017-18, there were 423 study visits (cases), either for an integrated study abroad period, performing an internship or for the preparation of the thesis, usually for six months. This means that currently more than half of all students have gained international experiences at the end of their studies. The 2010 graduate survey (universities of applied sciences) in Baden-Wuerttemberg (Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Wuerttemberg 2010) revealed impressive 53% of HTWG graduates with international experience.The high average rate of student mobility differs with regard to the target countries: with a total of 196 student mobilities in Europe, the EU is the number one destination for HTWG students (followwed by Asia with 158 student mobilities). However, student mobility under the ERASMUS program is quite low with only 16 study abroad periods. Unfortunately, this phenomenon can be observed for the last couple of years and any attempts to control and increase the number of student mobilities under the ERASMUS program have not been successful so far. At the moment, the overseas exchange programs remain more attractive for HTWG students. However, the HTWG's increased promotional efforts for the ERASMUS + program seems to be taking effect as the number of applicants for the ERASMUS + program 2018/2019 has doubled.With regard to Key Action 1 ""Learning Mobility of Individuals"", there were three teaching mobilities in the academic year 2017-18. Two lecturers taught at the Universidad de Sevilla another lecturer at the Ècole National Superieur d' Architectur de Strassbourg , France. The lecturer mobility in Strassbourg was successfully completed within the framework of a summer school. In the Staff Training Program, HTWG employees worked abroad at partner universities in Lappeenrante (Finnland) and Seville in Spain. The Staff Training Program which aims at sending administrative staff abroad, is an excellent way of introducing this group to the internationality in their own working environment and to increase their intercultural competence (which they need when working with international students). This is why the program was additionally subsidized with university funds."

Auslandserfahrung ist auf dem Arbeitsmarkt stark gefragt. Gute Kenntnisse in mindestens einer Fremdsprache werden als selbstverständlich vorausgesetzt. Ein Auslandsstudienaufenthalt von einem bis zwei Semestern ist daher ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Studiums geworden. Die Hochschule Konstanz (HTWG) unterstützt seit Jahren ihre Studierenden durch Kooperationsprogramme mit internationalen Hochschulen in Europa und Übersee, in dem sie mit diesen Partnern studiengebührenbefreite Austauschplätze für die Konstanzer Studierenden vereinbart hat.Im Bereich der Auslandsmobilität von HTWG-Studierenden konnte eine gute Bilanz erzielt werden: Im Studienjahr 2018-2019 fanden 404 Studienaufenthalte (Fälle) entweder für ein integriertes Auslandsstudium, die Absolvierung eines praktischen Studiensemesters oder zur Anfertigung der Abschlussarbeit, i.d.R. also für ein halbes Jahr statt. Unter Berücksichtigung von Mehrfachaufenthalten einzelner Studierender bedeutet dies, dass zurzeit die Hälfte aller Studierenden am Ende ihres Studiums Auslandserfahrungen erworben haben. Mit diesem Wert sollte die HTWG weiter in der Spitzengruppe aller Hochschulen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland liegen. Der insgesamt hohe Mittelwert bei der Studierendenmobilität differenziert teilweise stark nach den Zielländern: Mit insgesamt 182 Auslandsaufenthalten steht Europa zum ersten Mal seit Jahren im Berichtszeitraum an der Spitze (gefolgt von Asien mit 144). Diese Entwicklung zeigt sich auch im Anstieg der ERASMUS-Studierendenmobilitäten mit knapp 37 Studierendenmobilitäten ; offensichtlich greifen die vom Akad. Auslandsamt ergriffenen Maßnahmen zur Bewerbung von europäischen Auslandsaufenthalten.In der Leitaktion 1 „Lernmobilität von Einzelpersonen“ bleibt noch über zwei Dozentenmobilitäten zu berichten; es waren zwar insgesamt drei dieser Maßnahmen beantragt worden, allerdings konnten aufgrund eines Krankheitsfalls nur je eine Personalmobilität für Lehre an der Ecole NationaleSupérieure d’Ingénieurs de Caen und der Universität Transilvania Brasov umgesetzt werden.Ein Aufenthalt zur Fort- und Weiterbildung wurde von einem wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter der HTWG an der Partnerhochschulen in Sevilla in Spanien wahrgenommen. Aufgrund des Corona-Lockdowns konnten leider zwei weitere geplante Maßnahmen im April 2020 in Finnland und Mai 2020 in Tschechien nicht realisiert werden.(Es sind keine Kosten entstanden, da die Partnerhochschulen rechtzeitig den Austausch abgesagt haben). Diese Komponente, die die administrative Mitarbeiterebene bedient, ist jedoch eine hervorragende Möglichkeit, diesen Personenkreis an die Internationalität im eigenen Arbeitsumfeld heranzuführen und wird daher auch gerne über Eigenmittel der Hochschule komplementär finanziert, da die Teilnehmer auch sehr positive Erfahrungen, gesteigerter Motivation und Zufriedenheit in der alltäglichen Arbeit, verbesserte Fremdsprachenkenntnisse, Kontaktaufbau mit Partnerhochschulen im eigenen Arbeitsfeld etc. kommuniziert haben.

This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from/to third countries not associated to Erasmus+. 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.

"International experience is an high demand in the labor market. Good knowledge of at least one foreign language and intercultural competence is taken for granted in Germany. A study abroad period of one to two semesters, therefore, has become an important part of the study programs to prepare students effectively for work and life in an intercultural and globalizing world. Study options abroad include student exchanges, internships or doing a degree dissertation.Hochschule Konstanz (HTWG) supports their students by creating study options abroad in Europe and overseas especially with inter-university agreements that include tuition fee swappers.The outstanding international mobility of HTWG students of previous years is maintained. In the academic year 2017-18, there were 416 study visits (cases), either for an integrated study abroad period, performing an internship or for the preparation of the thesis, usually for six months. This means that currently more than half of all students have gained international experiences at the end of their studies. The high average rate of student mobility differs with regard to the target countries: with a total of 170 student mobilities in Europe, the EU is indeed the number two destination for HTWG students (just behind Asia with 178 student mobilities). However, student mobility under the ERASMUS program is quite low with only 28 study abroad periods. Unfortunately, this phenomenon can be observed for the last couple of years fortunately, the attempts to control it were successful in the year under review (only 12 measures could be realized in the last reporting year). Nevertheless at the moment, the overseas exchange programs remain more attractive for HTWG students.With regard to Key Action 1 ""Learning Mobility of Individuals"", there were two teaching mobilities in the academic year 2017-18. Although HTWG Konstanz applied for funding of three teaching mobilities, only two teaching mobilities could be realized with the ERASMUS grants (Cancelled due to schedule problems): One lecturer taught at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d' Ingenieurs de Caen, another lecturer at the ArtEZ in Enschede, Netherlands. Fortunately, due to the teacher mobility in Caen for the professor a research semester has resulted in 2019, which in turn has led to an intensification of the cooperation in terms of student mobility.In the Staff Training Program, HTWG employees worked abroad at partner universities in Rom (Italien) and two in Seville in Spain. The Staff Training Program which aims at sending administrative staff abroad, is an excellent way of introducing this group to the internationality in their own working environment and to increase their intercultural competence (which they need when working with international students). This is why the program was additionally subsidized with university funds."