The school for nursing and pediatric nursing is an autonomous vocational training´s department in the framework of the training academy of the Medical University Hanover, traditionally called MHH, and is under the directorship of the Ministry of Education of the German state of Niedersachsen. The nursing School trains 200 students. Since 2006 the nursing school of the MHH sends students, in their second year of training, over what was formerly called the Leonardo da Vinci project abroad in Europe. The Erasmus appointee of the nursing school could accordingly over the years acquire a multitude of very good contacts to hospital facilities in Ireland, Austria, France and Malta, where regularly, that is to say, yearly our students went to their foreign internships or as the case may be their foreign practical. The number of students that the nursing school of the MHH could allocate to participate in the Program has continually increased. In 2014 and 2015 a goal has been set, to make it possible for at least 36 Trainees of the nursing school, to participate in the exchange program in a European land of their choice. The internships or practical’s intended duration is 4 - 8 weeks but dependent upon the application and assignment plans, the framework of the practical training and availability of the receiving organization. The emphasis by the chosen exchange facilities lies in acute nursing care clinics, in order to further already developed practical skills during the exchange. The students are assigned by the receiving organization a personal Mentor and, those hours spent with the Mentor to be given as credit hours, which is obligatory by German law regarding vocational training hours. Before the internship or practical begins the Students are counseled and advised regarding the training abroad by the Erasmus appointee of the MHH nursing school. During the foreign assignment the personal Mentor stands close meshed to the side of the Trainee, the extent of which is previously agreed between the receiving organization and the Erasmus appointee of the MHH who organizes the placement. As soon as the Student returns from the foreign exchange, a subsequent wrap-up with the Erasmus appointee is rendered. In 2014 the nursing school will for the second time provide nursing students from Innsbruck Austria internships in the clinical setting through the Leonardo program, which will be continued under Erasmus +. Furthermore, the nursing school of the MHH would like to extend this offer to addition foreign facilities and encourage them to do so. The foreign nursing students that take part in the Erasmus+ program at the MHH, will be accompanied by a personal Mentor who has successfully completed an additional qualification’s course regarding Mentoring. Additionally the Erasmus appointee makes regular visits on the stations to insure the learning progress and well-being from the guest trainees and to keep informed. The MHH is through its research methods and innovative therapy a worldwide leading University Clinic and has high standing in the area of medical research. The exchange from medical students has been practiced for years, in order to develop the knowledge transfer between countries and cultures. We are certain that the nursing profession will be able to profit as well through international exchange of nursing students, in particular because Germany is one of the few European nations that has not yet made nursing an academic profession. At the same time our European neighbors will recognize, that even though nurses in the Federal Republic Germany have a vocational nursing training, they are none-the-less highly qualified. To gain insight into different occupational practices, furthers the development of the nursing profession and is of vital sociopolitical interest. The nursing students at the MHH learn skills, methods, social-communication and personal expertise and through their foreign exchange they will enhance and extend their knowledge of the nursing profession which can be transferred effectively and goal-oriented to all aspects of their daily nursing practice in the stations at the MHH and augment the theoretical instruction of the nursing school. The school of nursing at the MHH strives for a professional, cultural and linguistical exchange on the local, regional, national and international level. This enables our students to recognize the possibilities and chances that a united Europe offers, as well as the flexibility for their future carrier opportunities.