Academic exchanges

Students are selected to participate in our exchange and dual degree programmes on a competitive basis. Students rank their schools of choice on their applications, and have their applications evaluated on the basis of their first-semester GPA, letter of motivation, and any other supplemental materials required by the individual partner schools. For dual degree programmes, students are selected based on a mutual admissions review from both universities. 

You can find our partner organisations in the map on this page or listed below:

AFRICA

• American University (Cairo, Egypt)

ASIA

• Fudan University - SIRPA (Shanghai, China)
• KDI School of Public Policy and Management (Sejong, Korea)
• National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew – LKYSPP (Singapore)
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) (suspended for academic year 2024/25)
• Tsinghua University, School of Public Policy & Managment - SPPM (Beijing, China)
• University of Tokyo – GraSPP (Tokyo, Japan)
• Waseda University – GSAPS (Tokyo, Japan)

AUSTRALIA

• Australian National University, Crawford School of Public Policy – ANU (Canberra, Australia)

EUROPE

• Central European University (Vienna, Austria)
• European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
• Graduate Institute Geneva – IHEID (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals - IBEI (Barcelona, Spain)
• Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies SAIS - (Bologna, Italy)
• Leiden University, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (Leiden, Netherlands)
• LUISS Guido Carli, Business School (Rome, Italy)
• National School of Political and Administrative Studies SNSPA (Bucharest, Romania)
• National School of Political and Administrative Studies SNSPA (Bucharest, Romania)
• Sabancı University (Istanbul, Turkey)
• Sciences Po (Paris, France)
• Sciences Po (Grenoble, France)
• Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden)

LATIN AMERICA

• Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica – CIDE (Mexico City, Mexico)
• Fundação Getulio Vargas, School of Business Administration – FGV (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota, Colombia)

NORTH AMERICA

• American University, School of Public Affairs – SPA (Washington, DC, USA)
• Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy (Durham, NC, USA)
• George Washington University, Elliott School – GWU (Washington, DC, USA)
• Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service - SFS (Washington, DC, USA)
• Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies - SAIS (Washington, DC, USA)
• University of British Columbia – UBC (Vancouver, Canada)
• University of California Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs – UCLA (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
• University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy – USC (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
• University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs - LBJ (Austin, TX, USA)
• University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs – UoT (Toronto, Canada)

For exchange semester students, interested students apply in December/January, are notified of their application status in February/March, start their exchange semester in August/September, and return to Hertie for Spring semester of their final year. 

Yes, students can apply during the Fall semester while they are doing their Professional Year to participate in either an exchange semester or a dual degree programme upon their return to Hertie School. 

We recommend that students check the immigration, health and safety advice for their study abroad destinations and make sure that they allow for enough time to comply with the required paperwork and preparatory measures. This can include making sure that they have insurance coverage for their time abroad, reviewing visa requirements, etc.

As an exchange student you keep paying tuition fees to the Hertie School as according to your study agreement (and scholarship agreement, if applicable).

However, please still make sure to assess the costs for studying abroad well in advance. Costs that might occur while abroad are not necessarly comparable to what you experience in Berlin. Here are some examples of costs you should consider:

• additional fees for campus clubs, sports/athletics facilities, etc.
• additional study costs (textbooks, photocopying, printing, library fees)
• travel (airfare, how to reach the campus, independent travelling)
• housing costs (rent, electricity/gas, phone, internet, water, heating, furniture, bedding, kitchen equipment, etc.)
• immigration costs (VISA fee, biometric passport photos, costs for medical check-ups)
  • The costs of visas vary depending on the country you are entering. Some visa processes can cost a couple hundred euros with processing fees, notary fees, etc.
• health costs (vaccinations, medical/travel insurance, local health care)
  • Your home country or the country where you will be studying might require you to obtain certain immunizations, physical examinations, biometrics, x-rays, or other medical tests.
• taxes
• climate/environment-related costs (additional clothing, footwear)
• money exchange fees
• tips and gratuities
• prior debt