Exchange students of partner universities
To be accepted as an incoming exchange student, you need to check whether your home university holds an exchange contract with Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (the Exchange Coordinator of your home university can provide you with this information). It is important that your home university nominates you as an exchange student first, before you start your application.
Free Mover student?
Students from universities that do not have a mobility agreement with the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC), can apply as free mover for a specific period.
Free movers pay tuition fee for the period of their registration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Please contact us before the following deadlines if you are interested in this option.
| Semester 1 (Sep-Jan) | 1 April |
| Semester 2 (Feb-Jun) | 1 September |
| Full year | 1 April |
Admission requirements
Students can attend our programmes from their sophomore year onwards. This means all students should have completed at least one year of their bachelor’s degree programme at the time of their exchange.
When you apply:
- You must hold an official academic transcript of records in English (starting from year 1 to present, including courses you will finish before the start of your exchange *).
*If your transcript of records does not include the list of courses you will finish before the start of your exchange, then you must provide this list separately at the time of your application.
- If you are a master student, you need to upload your official transcript of both Bachelors and Masters.
You meet our English language requirements if one of the following applies to you:
- You hold one of the following proofs of English proficiencies*:
- IELTS Academic with a minimum score of 6.5 overall*.
- TOEFL iBT with a minimum score of 90*.
- Cambridge C1 Advanced with a minimum score of at least 180.
- Cambridge C2 Proficiency with a minimum score of at least 180.
- B2 Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for students of Erasmus+ partner universities.
- International Baccalaureate diploma with English A at Higher or Standard Level or English B at Higher Level.
- European Baccalaureate diploma with English as first or second language.
*Only language tests taken in an examination centre are accepted. Online/Home Edition IELTS/TOEFL tests are NOT accepted.
- You are a native English speaker and you have obtained your upper secondary school/highschool diploma in one of the following countries: Australia, Canada (other than Quebec), New Zealand, South-Africa, Singapore, the USA, the UK or Ireland (see step 5 in the application form for more information).
If you are doubting about meeting our English language requirements, please send us an email at exchange@eshcc.eur.nl.
When you apply, you must hold a valid passport or European ID card. Please make sure your passport is not expired at the time of your application.
Application procedure
The application for the exchange programme is done online. We will send students a link to the application form once we have received the nominations from the home university.
The application deadlines are as follows:
| Semester 1 (Sep - Jan) | 1 May |
| Semester 2 (Feb - Jun) | 1 October |
| Full year | 1 May |
Steps in the application form
Please fill in your personal details.
At 'Request for', please select: Application Exchange History, Culture and Communication 2024-2025.
You will then receive two emails (please check you spam if you miss the emails in your inbox):
- Email with your Erasmus University Rotterdam student number and description of the application procedure.
- Email with your username and password.
Personal details continue – you will then be required to fill in your postal address, exchange period (Fall, Spring, Summer term, or Full year), and information about your home institution.
Please, fill in the rest of the form.
Please fill in information about contact details of your home university, your study level, your preferred department at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (History/Arts and Culture/Media and Communication) and your motivation statement (max 500 words).
Please fill in your provisional study plan. This is not your final course list. We would like to know which courses you are interested in. The course list can be found on this page under course offer.
Mandatory
- Official academic transcript in English (starting from year 1 to present. Please include the courses you are currently in and that you will finish before the start of your exchange)
- A copy of your passport or European ID card (front and back). If you have a double nationality and one of your nationalities is EU/EEA, please upload this passport.
- A proof of English language proficiency:
- TOEFL iBT with a minimum score of 90*.
- IELTS Academic with a minimum score of 6.5 overall*.
- Cambridge C1 Advanced with a minimum score of at least 180.
- Cambridge C2 Proficiency with a minimum score of at least 180.
- B2 Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for students of Erasmus+ partner universities.
- International Baccalaureate diplomaOpens external with English A at Higher or Standard Level or English B at Higher Level.
- European Baccalaureate diplomaOpens external with English as first or second language.
*Only language tests taken in an examination center are accepted. Online/Home edition IELTS/TOEFL tests are NOT accepted.
- Students whose native language is English and have obtained their upper secondary school/highschool diploma in one of the following countries: Australia, Canada (other than Quebec), New Zealand, South-Africa, Singapore, the USA, the UK or Ireland need to upload their diploma as a proof of English language proficiency.
Optional
- An official nomination letter of your university.
Please fill in the contact information of your emergency contact. We will only contact your emergency contact person in case of need.
Please grant us permission to send the Transcript of Records to your home university at the end of your exchange.
Please check your form before application. If your form is correct and complete, please press 'submit application'.