International Staff

Here you can find information about completing a staff mobility at the University of Graz and about our Staff Week.

Information for visiting researchers and permanent international employees

For long-term stays, our Welcome Center offers guidance and assistance.
Graz University Erasmus Staff (GUEST) Week

Our Guest Week focuses on topical issues and trends in the internationalization of higher education and provides a platform for exchanging experience, sharing good practice and creating new ideas.
Go Styria Scholarhip

Research scholarship for post-doctoral researchers from universities in South-Eastern Europe.

Erasmus+ Staff Mobility (Incoming)

Employees from Erasmus+ partner institutions can come to the University of Graz for

  • a short training stay, a workshop or an individual job shadowing (Erasmus+ training mobility) or
  • a teaching stay (Erasmus+ teaching mobility).

A Staff Week  (= Erasmus+ training mobility, STT) takes place at the University of Graz every other year.

Are you interested in a stay?
We recommend that you plan your stay well in advance to be able to compose a suitable visiting or teaching program. It is advisable to contact the host institute/unit at least one semester before your planned stay.

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Useful information:

  • Training Mobility: academic and non-academic university staff
  • Teaching Mobility: academic university staff

from Erasmus+ partner institutions in eligible program countries:

  • EU member states
  • Iceland
  • Liechtenstein
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Serbia
  • Turkey

The mobility grant is awarded by your home university. Please contact the responsible office (e.g. International Office) at your home university.

  1. Contact responsible office at home universty
    Please contact your International Office or the responsible Erasmus office to ensure that a valid Erasmus+ agreement with Uni Graz exists.
     
  2. Check application deadlines at your home university
     
  3. Departments at the University of Graz:
    Contact a suitable unit/institute independently to discuss the time frame and content of your stay. When contacting the department, please submit:
    • your CV
    • a description of your work/research area
    • the work/subject areas at the University of Graz which would be of relevance for your (teaching) stay.

      If you are unsure which units/institutes or departments are to consider, please feel free to contact us.
       
  4. Wait for the approval of the host
    Unit / institute: If the desired unit / institute agrees to the stay, the exact period of stay and the teaching or training program will be specified.
     
  5. Prepare Mobility Agreement:
    Please enter all details of the stay in the Erasmus Mobility Agreement for Training /  Erasmus Mobility Agreement for Teaching  and have it confirmed by the responsible offices (host unit / host institute) prior to your mobility.
     
  6. Planning your stay
    If you need assistance in finding suitable accommodation, please get in touch with the contact person at the University of Graz in the host unit / host institute.
     
  7. After the stay
    The host unit / institute at the University of Graz issues a confirmation of the teaching or training activity.

Anja Krobath MA BA BA

Schubertstraße 23/ 3rd floor, 8010 Graz
Phone:+43 316 380 - 1252
E-Mail:staffmobility(at)uni-graz.at

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