Partner Universities

Finally, you will have the opportunity to discuss partner universities in more detail in individual counseling sessions. In these consultations you can also discuss your own wishes with regard to the semester abroad.

At the end of the 2nd semester / 5th semester in the Bachelor's program or at the end of the 1st semester in the Master's program, you then select your favorite partner universities with the help of an electronic ballot. Afterwards, the International Office will distribute the contractually agreed places to the students who will go abroad with you.

• In the Bachelor's programs, the places are allocated according to the students' ISM grades;
• In the Master's programs, the places are allocated by lottery system. These can be Erasmus places, exchange places or fee-paying places.

You can find out which contract basis there is with each ISM partner university in the ISM presentations from the International Office, but also in the Moveon database. Approximately 2-3 weeks after the internal ballot submission you will receive the information for which final partner university you may finally apply.

Here your International Office will support you in the application process by giving you a detailed overview of the documents you have to submit and the deadline to be met. Finally, the admission from the partner university and the internal admission of ISM will take place.

Students are admitted to study abroad at a foreign partner university of ISM based on defined admission requirements. Details are regulated by the current guideline "Admission Requirements for Study Abroad". The International Office decides on admission. Admission will be denied if the requirements are not met.

The courses offered at ISM's foreign partner universities in terms of number, type, subject areas and scope are determined in accordance with the module handbook as well as by the program management and the International Office together with the foreign partner universities.
Prior to their stay abroad, each student must arrange a learning agreement with the International Office on the basis of the courses offered.

The regulations (e.g. study and examination regulations) of the respective university apply to periods of study completed as part of the Bachelor's and Master's program at a foreign partner university. The form, content and evaluation of the examinations to be taken are determined in detail by the examination regulations of the partner university in the currently valid version.

In case of differences in the grading system, a grade conversion is to be made on the basis of these examination regulations. The conversion of the examination results from the foreign grading system is carried out using the so-called "Bavarian formula".
Only examination achievements that can be assigned to the modules listed in the Learning Agreement can be credited in the "Study Abroad" module. Credit points that are assigned to a module can only be credited as a whole, i.e. not in parts.

For the module "Study Abroad", the student can be credited with a maximum of the credit points assigned to the module. If the credit points earned abroad exceed the credit points of the "Study Abroad" module, only complete modules beyond this can be credited as extra-curricular examination work (modules). The student must then indicate to the International Office which examination achievements (modules) are to be credited for the module "Study abroad" or as extra-curricular examination achievements.

The module "Study Abroad" is considered passed if:

all credit points according to the study plan at a foreign partner university of ISM have been successfully achieved or at least 50% of the required credit points according to the study plan at a foreign partner university of ISM and failed credit points have been successfully achieved by substitute performances.

The type, subject areas, scope and examinations of the substitute performances are determined by the examination board together with the head of the study program and the International Office. If a substitute performance is assessed as "failed" (5.0), it can be repeated once. If the repetition is also assessed with "failed" (5.0), the module "Study Abroad" is considered as "failed" (5.0).

If less than 50% of the required credit points according to the study plan have been earned at the foreign partner university, the "Study Abroad" module is considered "failed" (5.0).
If a "study abroad" module is assessed as "failed", it can be repeated once.