Exchange Programs
The Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE) offers doctoral students various ways of gaining research experience at prestigious universities abroad.
UC Berkeley Exchange Program
Designed for the course phase.
Once a year, up to three students are given the opportunity to spend their second year abroad at our partner university, University of California, Berkeley. Credits earned at Berkeley will be transferable toward the doctoral program in Bonn.
Successful candidates will need to apply for individual grants from organizations, such as the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (DFG) or Fulbright for their stay abroad.
If you are interested, please contact the coordinator Prof. Dr. Dezsö Szalay.
European Doctoral Program
Designed for the dissertation phase.
The BGSE is one of the founding partners of the European Doctoral Program (EDP). The EDP opens up the way for doctoral students of the BGSE to spend time at one of the EDP-Partners in Barcelona, Florence, Louvain-la-Neuve, Paris and Tel Aviv, to participate at the annual doctoral student conference, the EDP-jamboree and to benefit from the EDP’s long-established and firm tradition of integrating graduate students into the international academic community. A good time for a research visit is during the third year of your doctoral studies. Since places within the EDP are limited, decisions on acceptance are based on academic performance. If you are accepted to visit an EDP partner and if your supervisor in Bonn supports your plans, the BGSE finances your research visit of up to six months.
Yale Exchange Program
Designed for the dissertation phase.
The BGSE has a formal agreement on a regular student exchange with Yale University, in New Haven (Connecticut). The visits last for an academic year and are financed through teaching assistantships. Doctoral students of the BGSE can apply for the Yale exchange program. The application deadline is in February each year for the visits starting in summer.
Local coordinator is Prof. Dr. Benny Moldovanu.
Please hand in your application to Dr.Silke Kinzig.
Free Mover - Without formal Agreement
Designed for the dissertation phase.
Based on the excellent reputation of graduate education in Bonn, BGSE students are equally well received by other institutions without formal cooperation agreements. In the last few years, some of our doctoral students have spent extensive research visits at a number of excellent universities abroad, as for example:
- University of California, San Diego
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- New York University
- Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen
- University of Pennsylvania
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
Research Stays Abroad by Doctoral Students
A list of our doctoral students who have spent research visits of at least several months abroad.