The International Psychoanalytic University Berlin invites its students to apply for funding for internships abroad within the framework of the Erasmus+ and PROMOS programmes in the first half of 2026.

Application deadline: November 30, 2025

An internship abroad offers you the opportunity to gain valuable professional experience in an international environment, to deepen your language skills in practice, and to develop important intercultural competences for your further academic and professional path.

Important: Internship registration is handled by the Studies and Teaching office. For subject-specific, technical, or registration questions, please contact them directly. Internships of 2–4 months are eligible for funding.
At the International Office, you apply exclusively for financial funding.

Required application documents:

Please submit the following documents as a single PDF file via email:

• Completed application form
• Letter of motivation (max. 1 page)
• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Transcript of records
• Certificate of enrollment
• Proof of language proficiency
  (Note: Proof of language proficiency can be submitted at a later date.)

Email address for applications:
international@ipu-berlin.de

Registrations for the summer semester 2026 are open!

As part of the DAAD and BMBF campus initiative to promote international specialists, the IPU Berlin has been offering courses in German as a foreign language with additional subject-specific psychology materials since the winter semester 2024/25 to acquire the language skills of course levels B2 through C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

For more information about the course and registration, please visit DaF Courses.

Both programs are aimed at doctoral candidates and postdocs. The application process is entirely through the DAAD portal.

The "Congress Travel Program" supports active congress participation, while the "Lecture Travel Program" encourages lecturing outside of congresses and conferences. You can find the announcements at www.daad.de/kongressreisen andwww.daad.de/vortragsreisen.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the DAAD Infocenter:
Tel. 0228-882 180 at the following times: Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (CEST), Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (CEST), or via theDAAD contact form.