Exchange Semester
MPP students at the Brandt School benefit from a highly international student body, faculty and network. Students who wish to expand on this international experience do so though internships abroad or semesters at our partner universities.
Structured exchange programs
Integrated stay abroad, covering all mandatory seminars.
The Brandt School offers a fully integrated Erasmus exchange program with the Department of Public Policy at the CEU in Vienna, Austria, and the Federman School of Public Policy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Students spend their third semester at our partner institutions and fulfill all requirements of the MPP curriculum without losing time. ERASMUS grants are available for both programs.
Further Exchange Opportunities
Other opportunities for studying public policy abroad
The Brandt School also has academic agreements for student exchanges and research partnerships with the International Institute of Public Policy and Management at the University of Malaysia; the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel; the University of Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia; El Colegio de México in Mexico City, and the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. Students join these partners in an additional semester, e.g. the third or fourth, for the exciting experience of studying Public Policy in a new place. In addition, Erfurt University's International Office offers further exchange programmes in law, social sciences and economics that are open for MPP students.
Student Experiences
My exchange semester at CEU was a phenomenal experience. The classes and the professors there were extremely engaging and I had access to many resources. Class sizes had a very good professor-student ratio similar to that of the Brandt School. The classes and professors are also quite international themselves, so you get to meet and interact with people from just about everywhere.
- Ben Fox, current student from USA
The variety of interdisciplinary courses at CEU, spanning conflict studies to podcasting and photography, fascinated me from the start. I wish I could have registered for all the courses that I love—such as photography and documentary for policy making.
- Pius Fozan, current student from India