• Maximum stay abroad: 1 year
• Requirements: Students must be enrolled in a full-time academic degree program at the JKU.
• While students can apply for multiple stays abroad, first-time applicants will be given first choice.
• Students may not attend two different universities consecutively; students must complete a semester in between at the JKU! (Exception: Global Business programs)
• In general, stays abroad cannot be extended.
• You may not take part in an exchange program in your home country.

You can choose from a variety of exchange programs, whether it be as part of an Erasmus+ (Europe) program, an ISEP (USA) program, or on a bilateral basis (mostly outside of Europe): The choice is yours!

Please note special ISEP program features:

• First-semester students at the JKU are not eligible to apply
• Program fee: US $550 ($100 processing fee + $450 for successful placement)
• Comparable costs to studies in Linz: approx.€ 3,130/semester, ~ €6,260/year
• Additional scholarship
• Mandatory health insurance: US $ 28 per week
• TOEFL test score required (fee US $ 280)
• In the USA, an internship following graduation is an option (max. duration as exchange period)

See the ISEP fact sheet (PDF) for detailed information., opens a file

Special "joint programs" (Global Business together with Canada/Taiwan, Canada/Peru , opens in new window) and "double degree" programs (together with Y Schools (Troyes) and the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology) are a part of the graduate degree program in Management and include an integrated stay abroad.

By the time you begin your study abroad program, you musst have met the following requirements:

• Students enrolled in a Bachelor's or Diploma degree program must have successfully completed a minimum of 2 semesters at the JKU (40 ECTS credits and successful completion of the StEOP requirements)
• Students enrolled in a Master's degree program must have completed a minimum of one semester in the program at the JKU (20 ECTS credits, providing the undergraduate degree was not completed at the JKU)
• Before starting the exchange program, students must have taken examinations equivalent to 16 ECTS credits in the two semesters.
• In regard to studies organized jointly with another institution of higher education in Austria: Transfer academic credit abroad at the JKU, or with your graduate thesis supervisor at the JKU.

Before beginning your stay abroad, your level of language proficiency should be as follows:

• English as a language of instruction: B2
• All other languages: A2/B1
• For English-language programs in French, Italian or Spanish-speaking countries: A1 in addition to the language of that country (course only offered in the winter semester!)

Please note: Some universities require a higher level of language proficiency! Detailed information is available on the Study Abroad Info Platform.

When proving language proficiency, a "Matura" diploma alone is insufficent!

You can demonstrate language proficiency by successfully completing certain courses:

• B2 corresponds to each course containing the suffix (B2) in brackets
• A2/B1 corresponds to an "Intermediate course"
• A1/A2 corresponds to a "Basic course"

Please note: Complete the course a minimim of 1 semester before your stay abroad begins (i.e. WS for the Winter Semester). This way, you have the required verification of language proficiency for the host university in good time.

If confirmation issued by the Language Center suffices in regard to proving language proficiency, you can use the English Language Ability Form, opens a file in a new window.

No verification is required if you are enrolled in an English-language academic degree program at the JKU.

Results from the following tests can verify your level of language proficiency in English (the test may not be older than 2 years):