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Please be aware, that you have to apply for the exchange program very early. Usually, the deadline is already in October. So it's only a month after you started your first study year. Check with the international office for the exact date.
When to go: 4th or 5th semester
The best moment for an exchange in the 3-year Interaction Design BA-course is the 4th or 5th semester. To learn more about the consequences of an interruption, please see below.
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Presentations with insights from previous exchanges can be found on the server under DDE > BDE_VIAD > 05_EXCHANGES.
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In case of taking one exchange semester and one internship semester, we usually acknowledge the ECTS points successfully completed from the exchange university. But a seamless transition back to your regular IAD semester class is not possible, as you are missing on ECTS points for the time of the internship. In that case, you would have to re-entry one year below your regular IAD semester class you started with.
