General and Orientation

A coordinator internationalisation (CI) is your main contact when you are looking at applying with a cluster partner, your CI will be able to provide you with more information about the cluster university and also assist you with your learning agreement (LA), transcript of records and documents from DUO. You can find your CI here.

Fontys-wide partners are available to all Fontys students, while Fontys Cluster partners are only available to students from a specific Fontys school within a certain Cluster (group of Fontys schools).

You can find these here.

You can find this here. Exchange Place/ non-fee paying means you only pay your tuition fee to Fontys, and you do not need to pay any tuition to your host university.

For Fontys-wide partner universities, this is clear and stated on the website. If this is unclear for Cluster partner universities, please contact your Coordinator Internationalisation.

Most partners only offer courses in certain study fields and not specific minor programs. The field of study offered depends on the partner contract with Fontys. You can find all Fontys-wide and cluster universities here. Please note most universities do not work in the same way as Fontys. You simply choose a university and field of study that appeal to you and/or are in line with your current study. After you have been accepted to the host university, you can choose from certain subjects; these are generally not known before the selection, nomination and application procedure.

After graduation, Fontys has various possibilities for going abroad. Please check the scholarships page. You can, for example, continue studying abroad, start an internship or start your own business and have a learning exchange on entrepreneurship abroad.

Yes, you indeed hope you both get accepted. The chances of you both getting accepted to the same university will be higher if you don’t go to a popular country/ university or a university with limited places.

If you wish to study at a university abroad that is currently not a Fontys-wide Fontys School partner, you can decide to go as a free mover. Fontys does not establish agreements at the requests of students.

Minors that are too similar to your own studies will not suffice, your Coordinator Internationalisation will also be able to find a minor which would suit your studies best. Your minor is meant to broaden and/ or expand your knowledge.

This generally takes approximately two weeks, which will be given for the first round after the deadline has passed and another one will be given for the second round after the deadline has passed.

A highly competitive university can have two spots available and twenty-five to thirty applicants.

This really depends on which university you choose and how popular this university is. When going to a less popular country/ university, the chances of getting nominated are higher.

No, you will not have to make a learning agreement until after you have been placed at a partner university. However, we do advise you to have a look at the courses a partner university offers to see if they have enough interesting courses for you to collect 30 ETCS. You can also contact your internationalisation coordinator to get more information about any requirements for courses your school may have. It is also advised to use any courses of interest in your motivation.

You need to receive approval on your learning agreement from the exam board, please discuss your plans on when you would like to do your internship and when you would like to do your minor with your Coordinator Internationalisation (CI, you can find your CI here).

No, it is impossible to apply for an exchange place at a Fontys School partner of a school that is not your own. For example, if you study at the International Business School you cannot apply for an exchange place at a partner of the School for Marketing and Management.

After you have been accepted at the specific university you will be able to create a learning agreement based on the courses offered by the host university, this will then need to be accepted by your exam board.

This varies per partner university. To get an idea of the competition for exchange spots at Fontys-wide partners, you can check the competitive scale in the overview of Fontys-wide partners.

The selection will be based on the draw system in Mobility Online.

You will adhere to the Host semesters, not the Fontys semesters. It is important to remember this, for example, in case of a possible overlap with internship weeks or Fontys exam periods. Usually, partners in Asia start in April, whereas partners in the USA start in January.

Yes, and we recommend you do so as a plan B.

You can apply; however, generally, you do need to have your P to be accepted. Please do contact your CI if you have further questions regarding this. Coordinator Internationalisation (CI, you can find your CI here).

The list of fields noted on our website are the only options available, we update this regularly.

Congratulations, you have been selected for a Minor Abroad at a University of your choice; this does not mean you have been nominated or accepted as of yet! There is still work to be done! Now, you will need to wait (patiently) to receive the information from your CI or Study Abroad office that you have been nominated. This can take a few weeks as we are working very hard to ensure all nominations are completed within the deadline period. Please do not send emails asking for updates, as in this case, the nomination period will only take longer.