Our institute was founded in 1945, first as the city’s Municipal Language School, and in 1974 it became a vocational college, part of the city of Munich’s vocational training program. The Fachakademie was added in 1979, opening up new professional horzions. Over the following years, the courses were adapted and streamlined to cope with the new professional demands emanating from the growing field of European and internatioal cooperation and from globalisation. The focus of all our efforts, however, is on our students, and their professional and personal development has always been very important to us. Language und subject-specific training at the Fachakademie is very practice-oriented and is combined with projects, workshops, company visits, study trips and internships in Germany and in Europe. International cooperation - participation in European exchange programs, bachelor and master study programs – are also part of our spectrum. Providing our students with the opportunity to study and learn at our partner organizations and universities, we are trying to introduce them to higher levels of scientific and academic work and to make it possible for them to attend purely theoretical seminars. Based on the Bavarian school system, graduates of our Berufsfachschule are admitted to study at the Fachakademie, even though they did not take the Abitur exams. The ErasmusPlus program in the tertiary education sector opens up an opportunity for these students, which they would otherwise never have had, i.e. to complete a semester abroad at one of our partner universities. By supporting our students in their endeavours, we thus make an important contribution in terms of equal opportunities and mobility in the European labour market. Participating in work experience programs abroad, our students are given an opportunity to gain practical experience in a European context. They become part of workday live in a foreign country, they have to blend into a professional international team and put into practice everything they learned during their vocational education. The ErasmusPlus program also creates a framework of continuous advanced training for our educational staff and lecturers, mainly through specialized seminars and/or hospitations at partner universities and other organizations. In addition, participating in ErasmusPlus programs has a positive effect on the language competencies of all participants, as well as their theoretical and practical knowledge, and it promotes the development of open-mindedness and intercultural understanding within Europe.