What is ENHANCE?
Together with nine other leading technical universities and long-term strategic partners, TU Berlin forms the European alliance ENHANCE - European Universities of Technology Alliance. The ten partners pursue the vision of a European campus that provides students with a broad range of international learning and exchange opportunities.
What are the GEPs?
The GEPs are a joint exchange programme run by the ENHANCE Alliance. They are aimed at students who are interested in comprehensively internationalising their own curriculum beyond the regular semester abroad, e.g. by combining a semester abroad with a thesis abroad, an international summer school and/or another semester abroad.
In selected GEPs (currently only Urban Planning, more to follow), so-called ‘Thematic Paths’ are offered. These are course packages on specific topics that are jointly curated by the participating academic coordinators. They are aimed at students who are interested in a subject-focused exchange programme, preferably in combination with, for example, an international thesis.
What are the programme's benefits?
- European mobility: One or two semesters abroad at participating ENHANCE partner universities funded through Erasmus+.
- More opportunities: Combine your semester abroad with optional additional offers such as an international summer/winter school or international online courses from the ENHANCE Innovative Learning Campus (ILC).
- Focus on career and research: Have your thesis supervised internationally and gain insights into research at Europe's leading technical universities.
- Automatic recognition: Many courses have already been pre-approved, so recognition is guaranteed (see the box ‘Pre-emptive Recognition’ on the right; IMPORTANT: be sure to select the right tab for your degree programme in the relevant Excel table!).
- European prestige: Obtain a final certificate attesting to your successful participation in the programme.
- Additional exchange places: Additional exchange places have been agreed with the ENHANCE partners exclusively for the GEPs.
Offered GEPs
Participating TU study programmes
- M.Sc. Computer Science
- M.Sc. Wirtschaftsinformatik (only for the “Fachstudium Informatik”)
Participating ENHANCE partners
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Gdańsk University of Technology
- NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI)
- Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
- Warsaw University of Technology (WUT)
Thematic Paths
None available yet.
Courses and recognition
Course and recognition list (please select the sheet corresponding to your study programme in the Excel file):
Participating TU study programmes
- M.Sc. Electrical Engineering
- M.Sc. Sustainable Energy and Process Engineering
- M.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management
Participating ENHANCE partners
- NTNU
- POLIMI
Thematic Paths
None yet.
Courses and recognition
Courses – GEP in Control & Automation
Programme leaflet
Participating TU study programmes
- M.Sc. Sustainable Energy and Process Engineering
- M.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management
Participating ENHANCE partners
- Chalmers
- Gdańsk
- NTNU
- POLIMI
- UPV
- WUT
Thematic Paths
None yet.
Courses and recognition
Participating TU study programmes
- B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
- M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
- M.Sc. Production Engineering
- M.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management (only remaining spots)
Participating ENHANCE partners
- Chalmers
- Gdańsk
- NTNU
- POLIMI
- UPV
- WUT
Thematic Paths
None yet.
Courses and recognition
Participating TU study programmes
- M.Sc. Urban and Regional Planning
Participating ENHANCE partners
- Chalmers
- Gdańsk
- NTNU
- POLIMI
- UPV
- WUT
Thematic Paths
- Urban Policy (POLIMI)
- Urban Resilience & Heritage (Gdańsk)
- Landscape and Urban Planning (UPV)
- Environmental Planning (WUT)
Courses and recognition
Participating TU study programmes
- M.Sc. Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
- M.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management
Participating ENHANCE partners
- Chalmers (starting from 2027/28)
- Gdańsk
- NTNU (starting from 2027/28)
- UPV (starting from 2027/28)
Thematic Paths
None yet.
Application Process
!!! Please note that only students from the participating study programmes are allowed to apply for the GEPs !!!
The call for application opens twice a year and is to be completed in CongenoCampus. The application deadline is always on the same date as the Erasmus+ deadline:
- until January 6th for the upcoming academic year (both winter term and/or summer term) and
- May 1st - 31st for left-over spots for the upcoming summer term.
Application Documents (all to be uploaded in Congeno):
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Application form
- Further application documents:
- Letter of motivation (max. 2 pages, English)*
- CV (tabular, max. 2 pages, English)
- Study plan (to be completed in Congeno)
- Language certificate English B2*
- language certificate Spanish B1 (only UPV, BSc & MSc students)
- language certificate Italian B1 (only POLIMI, only BSc students)
- Bachelor degree (if available)
- Current transcript/grade overview (printed from QISPOS/SAP)
- Current enrolment certificate ("Immatrikulationsbescheinigung")
* In your letter of motivation, please explain how you plan to internationalise your own curriculum beyond a regular semester exchange within the framework of the programme and through the opportunities offered by ENHANCE as an alliance.
** The language certificate must be issued by the TU Berlin Modern Language Center (ZEMS) (no more than 1 year old at the time of application). In addition, the following certificates are also accepted (no more than 2 years old at the time of application):
- English: TOEFL, IELTS, ESOL, TOEIC, Cambridge Certificate (CPE), ECCE, ECPE, UNICERT English
- Spanish: DELE
- Italian: CELI, CILS
"Mobility for All"
As an Alliance, it is our aim to create inclusive mobility programmes for all students. We therefore strongly encourage students with little or no experience in international mobility programmes to apply for our programmes. Everyone deserves the opportunity to broaden their horizons through international education. Contact us for support on your educational journey.
Information on support options and services offered by the various ENHANCE partners for students with special needs can be found on our ENHANCE website "Mobility for All".
Students participating in the EEP receive an Erasmus scholarship from TU Berlin. This offers additional funding opportunities for students with fewer opportunities ("fewer opportunities top-up"). Further information can be found on the Erasmus website under "Erasmus+ Mobility Grants & Top-ups".