North America

Partner universitites in North America

Application Deadlines

June 15, 2023
Summer semester 2024, New York University (only open to Bachelor students)

November 15, 2023
Winter semester 2024/25 and Summer semester 2025, all partner universitites

The application form can be filled out and submitted from October 15, 2023 - November 15, 2023 (closes at 11:59pm). The main application deadline applies to ALL programs in the US and Canada except for Spring in NY (application window is May 15 - June 15). You can indicate in your application form whether you are applying for the winter semester (fall/winter) or the summer semester (spring). Information on the application process can be found here.

ATTENTION: Students of law and medicine can not be admitted to most of our programs within the university-wide partnership agreements. Please contact the relevant institute or department for information on exchange programs for law and medical students. Students of economics/business as well as all applicants who are already studying in their Master's program are asked to contact the Global Mobility Team for detailed information on exchange possibilites.

Note on proof of language proficiency

For applications for the USA and Canada (except: UQàM) TOEFL iBT test results must be submitted. Unfortunately, school transcripts or the DAAD language certificate cannot be accepted as an alternative proof of language proficiency. The original TOEFL results must be sent to HU (CODE: 8167) through ETS. If applying to the University of California (UC) or New York University, the TOEFL score report must also be submitted to the UC (CODE: 4795) and the NYU (CODE 2562).

Canada
Semester dates: September - December (Fall), January - April (Winter/Spring)

Attention: Even though the exchange programs are usually open for "all subjects", we ask you to visit the websites of the partner universities and inquire about possible restrictions in course enrollment for exchange students.

Name	City	BA/MA	Subjects	Language	Duration
Concordia University	Montréal, Québec	BA/MA	all	English (TOEFL)/ French (DAAD)	1-2 sem.
Simon Fraser University	Burnaby, Okanagan, BC	BA/MA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1-2 sem.
McGill University	Montréal, Québec	BA/MA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1-2 sem.
University of British Columbia	Vancouver, BC	BA/MA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1 sem.
Université du Québec à Montréal	Montréal, Québec	BA/MA	all (including exchange possibilities for law students)	French (min. B2)	1-2 sem.
University of Regina	Regina, SK	BA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1-2 sem.
University of Toronto	Toronto, ON	MA	all (including exchange possibilities for law students)	English (TOEFL 100)	1 sem.
York University	Toronto, ON	BA/MA	all (including exchange possibilities for law students)	English (TOEFL 100)	1-2 sem.

USA
Semester dates: August/September to December (Fall), January to June (Spring)
Trimester dates: September to December (Fall), January to March (Winter), March to June (Spring)

Name	City	BA/MA	Subjects	Language	Duration
Bard College	Annandale-on-Hudson, NY	BA	alle	English (TOEFL 100)	1-2 sem.
BGIA Bard´s College Globalization and International Affairs Program	New York, NY	BA/MA	relevant subjects	English (TOEFL 100)	1 sem.
Brown University This program will not be available in 2023/2024.	Providence, RI	MA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1 sem.
New York University "Graduate School of Arts and Science"	New York, NY	MA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1-2 sem.
New York University "Fall in NY" "College of Arts and Science"	New York, NY	BA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1 sem. (Sept.-Dec.)
New York University "Spring in NY" "College of Arts and Science"	New York, NY	BA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1 sem. (Jan.-May)
Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	BA/MA*	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1 sem. (Attention: trimester!)
Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	PhD	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1 sem.
University of California	Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, LA, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Diego, Riverside	BA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1-2 sem./1-3 quarters
University of Illinois, Chicago	Chicago, IL	BA/MA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1 sem.
University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	BA/MA*	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1-2 sem.
University of Washington	Seattle, WA	BA	all	English (TOEFL 100)	1 quarter/ trimester

* Master's students are registered as undergraduate students, but are usually allowed to take graduate courses after receiving permission from faculty at the partner university.

USA - Teaching-Assistant-Programs
Semester dates: September to May

Name	City	BA/MA	Subjects	Language	Duration
University of Illinois, Chicago	Chicago, IL	MA/PhD	German, Cultural Studies	English (TOEFL 100)	2 sem.

USA - Research Programs (without course enrollment)
Research period: variable

Name	City	BA/MA	Subjects	Language	Duration
Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	PhD	all	English	variable

Research stays are also possible on an individual basis without a HU partnership. For further information please contact us.

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