Step 2. Apply for an exchange

You can start your application in Osiris from 1 November:

1. Go to Osiris Student

2. Click on: Abroad* (in the Go To section)

3. Click on ‘New Request’

4. In ‘Type’, select 'Application Exchange 2025-2026: Exchange to partner university'.

5. You must select at least 2 and no more than 3 destinations. 

6. Don’t forget to click ‘Submit’ when you’ve finished! 

* A new window will open in the old Osiris Student layout. Click on ‘abroad’ again in this screen. You may have to login again if your session has expired.

Available places are assigned in three rounds:

• In the first round, we will place students at their first destination choice when possible.
• Students that were not placed in the first round will be placed at their second destination if possible.
• The proces is repeated in the third round. This means that you can only be placed at your second (or third) choice if there are still available places at these destinations after the first (or second) round.

In the past few years, destinations where 'selection was necessary' is mentioned on the website were full after the first round. We advise you not to select these as your 2nd or 3rd choice in order to increase your odds of being selected for one of those destinations. 

Your top 3 can be a combination of faculty and universitywide destinations. This does not influence your chances of being placed. For more than half of the destinations, there are more available places than applications, in those cases direct placement is a possibility

Selection

For every application, we first check to see if you meet the three conditions to go on an exchange. For destinations with too many applications, we draw lots. In case of overapplication at a universitywide destination, exchange is only possible for 1 semester and not for a whole year.

Download the application form here.

How do you fill in your application form?

• Select a top three and motivate your choice in English.
• See whether your preferred universities offer the courses you are looking for (base this on the current year).
• It is strongly advised to discuss your study plan with your tutor/study advisor before submitting your application. For some UU study programmes it is even mandatory. Read on the page of your degree programme (under 'Studying abroad') what specific conditions apply for your study programme.
• This page will also show you who signs your study plan.

Please note: once you are selected you need to make sure that the subjects you want to include in your study programme have been approved. The Board of Examiners for your degree programme determines this. UU has no general rules for converting EC and marks achieved abroad. This authority rests with the Board of Examiners of each individual degree programme. They can use various conversion rules. However, guidelines have been drawn up and you can find them in the credit conversion table.