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FAUexchange – Partner universities

Partner universities in the direct exchange programme for students from all faculties

Exchanges are offered at FAU’s partner universities as part of the regular call for applications in the winter semester of the relevant academic year with an application deadline in autumn. FAU students can spend one to two semesters abroad at the partner universities listed below as part of the direct exchange programme FAUexchange. As a rule, exchange students are exempt from tuition fees at the partner university abroad. Further information can be found on our page on application procedures.

Subsequent round May 2025: Remaining places are available at the following universities

Argentinia Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)
Brazil Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Brazil Universidade da Regiao de Joinville (Univille)
Chile Universidad Austral de Chile (UACH)
China Huazhong University for Science and Technology (HUST)
India Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
Colombia Universidad del Norte
Mexico Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG)
Mexico Universidad de Guanajuato (UGTO)
Mexico Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México (UIA)
Mexico Technologico de Monterrey
South Korea Pusan National University (PNU)
South Korea University of Seoul
Taiwan National Taiwan University (NTU)
USA Troy University

List of partner universities

Semester dates in Argentina: March to July (1st semester) and end of July/beginning of August to December (2nd semester).

1. Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)

  • Study options: Humanities and social sciences, engineering, business and economics
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Spanish
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Semester dates in Brazil: January/February to July (1st semester) and end of July/beginning of August to December (2nd semester).

1. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

  • Study options: Humanities and social sciences, engineering, sciences, business and economics
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Portuguese
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

2. Universidade da Região de Joinville (Univille)

  • Study options: Humanities and social sciences, engineering, business and economics
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Portuguese
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Semester dates in Chile: March to July (1st semester) and end of July/beginning of August to December (2nd semester).

1. Universidad Austral de Chile

  • Study options: Humanities and social sciences, engineering, sciences, business and economics
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Spanish
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Exchanges at the School of Business, Economics and Society are organised directly by the International Relations Office in Nuremberg.

Semester dates in China: September to January (winter semester) and February to July (summer semester).

1. Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST)

  • Study options: Only natural sciences and engineering (chemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, energy technology, life science, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, molecular biology, physics)
  • Level of study: Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: English, Chinese
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Semester dates in China: September to January (winter semester) and February to July (summer semester).

1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)

  • Special feature: Students from the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, and the Faculty of Sciences will receive preferential treatment when spaces are allocated.
  • Study options: Selected courses in the humanities, engineering, sciences and business studies.
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programs
  • Teaching language: English
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

1. The University of Osaka

  • Study options:
    • iExPo: Attending regular teaching units in Japanese, additional courses may be available in English (admission requirements: a high level of proficiency in Japanese at JLPT level N2 or N1).
    • OUSSEP: A very restricted range of courses is available in English, usually in combination with a Japanese language course (admission requirements: proficiency in English; knowledge of Japanese not required), predominantly for Bachelor’s students who have already studied four subject semesters at FAU before starting to study in Japan.
    • FrontierLab@Osaka: A laboratory course (only for certain areas of research in engineering and sciences) with the option to attend teaching units taught in Japanese or English (admission requirements: proficiency in English or Japanese at JLPT level N2).
    • Maple: Intensive one year course in Japanese language and culture (admission requirements: proficiency in Japanese, JLPT level N3).
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs
  • Teaching language: Japanese, English
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Students of Japanese Studies who would like to study at Osaka University should apply directly via the Chair of Japanese Studies.

Semester dates in Colombia: January to July (1st semester) and early/mid July to December (2nd semester).

1. Universidad del Norte (Uninorte)

  • Study options: Humanities and social sciences, engineering, sciences, medicine
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Spanish
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Exchanges at the School of Business, Economics and Society are organised directly by the International Relations Office in Nuremberg.

Semester dates in Latvia: September to January (winter semester) and February to June (summer semester).

1. Latvijas Universitate

  • Study options: Humanities and social sciences, engineering, sciences, business and economics
  • Level of study:
  • Teaching language: Latvian and English (especially at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art and in courses offered as part of the Baltic Study Programme)
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

2. Rigas Tehniska Universitate

  • Study options: Only engineering
  • Level of study:
  • Teaching language: Latvian, English
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Semester dates in Mexico: January to July (1st semester) and end of July/beginning of August to December (2nd semester).

1. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL)

  • Study options: Humanities and social sciences, sciences, business and economics, medicine
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Spanish
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

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2. Universidad de Guanajuato (UGTO)

  • Study options: Humanities (Romance languages), engineering (chemical engineering, materials science), sciences (chemistry)
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Spanish
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

3. Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG)

  • Study options: All subject areas
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Spanish
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Exchanges at the School of Business, Economics and Society are organised directly by the International Relations Office in Nuremberg.

Exchanges at the Institute of Economics at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology are organised directly by the Institute itself.

4. Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México (UIA)

  • Study options: Humanities and social sciences, engineering, sciences, business and economics
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Spanish
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Exchanges at the School of Business, Economics and Society are organised directly by the International Relations Office in Nuremberg.

5. Tecnológico de Monterrey (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey), Campus Monterrey

  • Open only to students of the Faculty of Engineering, the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Theology.
  • Study options: all courses offered apart from at the School of Science. Exchange students cannot study medicine or health sciences.
  • Degree level: Bachelor’s only
  • Teaching language: Spanish
  • Workload at the target university: if the application is successful, students are expected by the target university to take a certain number of courses per semester (expected workload per semester: 18 units)
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Semester dates in South Korea: September to December (winter semester) and March to June (summer semester).

The partner universities in South Korea offer courses in English. Students are not expected to have any knowledge of Korean at all universities.

1. Chungnam National University

  • Study options: Students can choose from all degree programmes on offer but it is not possible to study medicine or dentistry.
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Korean, English
  • Wide range of degree programmes available in English in humanities and social sciences, engineering, sciences and business and economics e.g. Asian studies, biology, business and economics, chemistry, chemical and biological engineering, geosciences, life science, materials science, mathematics, physics, political science, psychology.
  • Funding: Waiver of tuition fees

2. Inha University

  • Study options: Students can choose from all degree programmes on offer but it is not possible to study medicine or dentistry.
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Korean, English
  • Wide range of degree programmes available in English in the humanities and social sciences, engineering, sciences and business and economics e.g. Asian studies (Chinese studies, Japanese studies), chemical and biological engineering, computer science, economics, electrical engineering, energy technology, English studies, geosciences, industrial engineering, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, physics, political science, sports science, teaching.
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

3. Pusan National University (PNU)

  • Study options: Students can choose from all degree programmes on offer, but it is not possible to study medicine, dentistry, pharmacy or law.
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Korean, English
  • Wide range of degree programmes available in English in the humanities and social sciences, engineering, sciences and business and economics e.g. Asian studies, biology, chemistry, chemical and biological engineering, computer science, economics, electrical engineering, energy technology, English studies, industrial engineering, life science, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, molecular and cell biology, nanotechnology, physics, political science, sports science, teaching.
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees
  • Please note: It is not possible to attend teaching units in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing science or law.

4. University of Seoul

  • Special feature: Students can choose from all degree programs on offer but it is not possible to study medicine or dentistry. Students from the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology and the School of Business, Economics and Society will receive preferential treatment when allocating spaces.
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s degree programs. Master’s degree program only possible for students with a sound knowledge of Korean.
  • Teaching language: Korean, in some bachelor degree programs teaching units are offered in English. Bachelor applicants should have a good knowledge of Korean or English. Master applicants should have good knowledge of Korean.
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Semester dates in Taiwan: September to January (winter semester) and February to June (summer semester).

1. National Taiwan University (NTU)

  • Study options: Students can choose from all degree programmes on offer but it is not possible to study medicine or dentistry.
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Chinese, English
  • Wide range of degree programmes available in English in the humanities and social sciences, engineering, sciences and business and economics e.g. Asian studies, chemistry, chemical and biological engineering, computer science, economics, electrical engineering, English studies, life science, materials science, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, medical engineering, philosophy, physics, political science, law.
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Students from the School of Business and Economics who would like to study at NTU should apply directly via the International Relations Office.

Semester dates in Uruguay: March to July (1st semester) and end of July/beginning of August to December (2nd semester).

1. Universidad Católica del Uruguay (UCU)

  • Study options: Humanities and social sciences, engineering
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: Spanish
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees

Exchanges at the School of Business, Economics and Society are organised directly by the International Relations Office in Nuremberg.

Semester dates in USA: August to December (fall term) and January to May (spring term).

Due to admission restrictions at the US partner universities, students of medicine, dentistry and the School of Law cannot study in the USA.

1. University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)

  • Study options: All degree programmes except for Master of Business Administration (MBA), law, pharmacy, medicine and dentistry
  • Level of study: Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: English
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees
  • Please note: You must submit a TOEFL certificate with your application as proof of language ability.

2. University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)

  • Study options: only graduate degree programmes; admission only possible to degree programmes offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and to the Professional Schools except for Business, Law, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Medicine.
  • Level of study: only Master’s degree programmes
  • Teaching language: English
  • Funding available: waiver of tuition fees
  • Please note: You must submit a TOEFL certificate with your application as proof of language ability.

3. Minnesota State University (Mankato, Minnesota)

  • Study options: all degree programmes except for law, medicine and dentistry
  • Level of study: only Bachelor’s degree programmes; students studying Master’s degree programmes at FAU can be admitted to undergraduate degree programmes at the MNSU
  • Teaching language: English
  • Funding available: waiver of tuition fees or reduction of tuition fees to 5,380 USD (in 2024/25) per semester.

4. Troy University (Troy, Alabama)

  • Special feature: Students from the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Engineering will receive preferential treatment when spaces are allocated.
  • Study options: The most suitable options for exchange students are humanities and business. It is not possible to study medicine, dentistry, law or engineering.
  • Level of study: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs
  • Credits at the host university: A certain number of courses must be taken each semester (24-46 ac. credits per semester, 12 are obligatory, the rest is recommended).
  • Teaching language: English
  • Funding available: Waiver of tuition fees



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