• Maximum stay abroad: 1 year
• Requirements: Students must be enrolled in a full-time degree program at the JKU.
• Students can apply for multiple stays abroad. However, 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.
• Stays abroad in the home country are not possible.

You can choose from a variety of exchange programs. Whether it be within the framework of Erasmus+ (Europe), ISEP (USA) or on a bilateral basis (mostly outside of Europe): The choice is yours!

Please note that ISEP programs have special features:

• First-semester students at the JKU may not apply
• Program Fee: US $550 ($100 processing fee + $450 for successful placement)
• Comparable costs to studies in Linz: approx.3130 EUR/semester, ~6260 EUR/year
• Additional scholarship
• Mandatory health insurance: US $ 28 per week
• TOEFL test score required (fee US $ 280)
• In the USA: Internship after graduation is possible (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.

The following requirements must be met by the time you begin your study abroad program:

• Students enrolled in a Bachelor's or Diploma degree program must have completed at least 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 at least one semester of the program at the JKU (20 ECTS credits, providing the undergraduate degree was not completed at the JKU)
• Students must have taken examinations equivalent to 16 ECTS credits in the two semesters before starting the exchange program
• For studies jointly organized with another Austrian higher education institution: Recognition of academic achievements abroad at the JKU or supervisor of the master thesis at the JKU

Before beginning your stay abroad, your language skills must be at the following level:

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

Please note: Some universities require a higher level of language skills! You can find this information on the study abroad Info Platform.

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

You can show 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 at least 1 semester before your stay abroad begins (i.e. WS for the winter semester). This way you have any required proof of language proficiency for the host university in good time.

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

No proof is required when enrolled in an English taught degree program at the JKU.

Results from the following tests can prove your language proficiency in English (the test cannot be older than 2 years):