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ERASMUS

An EU programme like ERASMUS offers students the possibility to gather valuable experience in other European countries, which can be useful for their future in different spheres of life. It also enables participants to explore different aspects of European cultural diversity, increases their general knowledge and teaches them to be tolerant.


Benefits for students

  • Studying abroad (three to 12 months) at a partner university of your home university. You can choose to study either in an EU member state or in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Bulgaria, Romania or Malta.
  • Exemption from tuition fees at the guest university
  • Academic accreditation and official recognition of the credit points / degree earned at the host university
  • A mobility grant (maximum 200 €)
  • Special resources for students with disabilities
  • Improving your language skills by participating in one of the Erasmus Intensive Language Courses (EILCs) offered at host universities
  • Practical information, accommodation and assistance during your stay


Who qualifies?

  • Exchange students who are enrolled at a study programme at their home university, leading to a degree (including a Doctoral degree)
  • Students, who have completed at least one year in their home university
  • A study programme at a host university, which is recognized by your home higher education institution
  • Students who are citizens of an EU and EEA member state or other countries, which are partners in ERASMUS programmes


Students wishing to take part in an exchange program must prove certain language skills in order to understand the language of instructions.


You can find more information at your home and the different host universities.

The full list of national agencies organising this kind of exchange programmes can be found at:

National Agencies



EU – USA

This programme aims primarily at promoting understanding between the people of the European community and the USA and improving the quality of their higher education institutions and vocational schools.

To achieve these objectives the programme supports innovative, multi-lateral, student-centred projects with the potential to stimulate substantive and long-lasting structural and transatlantic cooperation in higher education and vocational education and training. The programme supports international education projects that give rise to new forms of mobility and foreign language improvement.


Who qualifies?

Citizens of the 15 EU member states and the USA qualify for the EU-US cooperation program.

The programme gives financial support to a group of EU and US higher learning institutions that form a consortium with the goal to achieve specific themes, such as realising student exchanges. This consortium consists of companies, non-governmental organisations, publishing houses, chambers of commerce and different research institutions. On account of this, only students belonging to universities selected can apply to their university to do a period of study in either the US or in one of the EU member states. Accordingly, individual applications are not taken into consideration.


You can find more information on this topic here.


Addresses for EU-US programme applications

  • EU applicants
    Nicole Versijp
    Europäische Kommission
    Generaldirektion für Bildung und Kultur
    Rue de la Loi, 200 (B7 8/30)
    B-1049 Brüssel
    Tel. : +32 2 296 66 64
    Fax.: + 32 2 295 57 19
    e-mail.: nicole.versijp@cec.eu.int
  • US applicants
    Frank Frankfort
    Ph.D. Co-ordinator, EC/US programme
    Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
    1990 K Street 8th Floor
    Washington, D.C. 20006-8544
    Tel: (202) 502-7513
    Fax: (202) 502-7877
    e-mail: frank_frankfort@ed.gov



EU-Canada

The EU-Canada programme is a cooperation between the European community and Canada in the field of higher education and vocational training.


To reach these objectives the programme supports innovative, multi-lateral, student-centred projects with the potential to stimulate substantive and long-lasting structural and transatlantic cooperation in higher education and vocational training. The project promotes closer understanding between the people of the European community and Canada, including broader knowledge of their languages, cultures and institutions. The programme supports international education projects that give rise to new forms of mobility and foreign language improvement.


Who qualifies?

  • Citizens of the 15 EU member states and Canada qualify for the EU-Canada cooperation programme.


Addresses for EU-Canada Programme applications

  • EU applicants
    Martin Westlake
    Europäische Kommission
    Generaldirektion für Bildung und Kultur
    Rue de la Loi, 200
    Abteilungsleiter für Drittstaatenkooperation
    B – 1049 Brüssel
    Tel: +32 2 295 5903
    e-mail: martin.westlake@cec.eu.int
  • Canadian applicants
    Ginette Carle, Senior Program Advisor
    Canada-European Community Program for
    Co-operation in Higher Education and Training
    Learning and Literacy Directorate
    Human Resources Development Canada
    140 Promenade du Portage
    Place du Portage, Phase IV
    Hull, Quebec
    K1A0J9
    Tel: (819) 997 – 3362
    Fax: (819) 953-8147
    e-mail: Ginette.carle@hrdc-drhc.gc.ca


ALFA

ALFA (América Latina – Formación Académica) is a cooperation programme between European and Latin American institutions of higher education. The activities are grouped into joint projects on scientific and technical training, with activities including student and postgraduate mobility between EU member states and Latin American institutions, as well as between eligible Latin American countries. Individual applications are not taken into consideration.



Contact

  • European Commission
    EuropeAid - Cooperation Office
    Directorate E - Latin America
    Unit E.2 - Centralised Operations: Latin America
    Programme ALFA
    (J 54 - 04/29)
    B - 1049 Brussels
    Programme ALFA


TEMPUS

The TEMPUS programme encourages institutions in the EU member states to support the reform processes in partner countries. Countries which are eligible for funding are the Balkan countries, some Southern and Eastern European countries, as well as some central Asian and EU's Mediterranean partner countries. Institutions and organisations which may participate in TEMPUS range from higher education institutions through to non-academic institutions such as non-governmental organisations, business companies, industries and public authorities.

The exchange of experience between the cooperating institutions is forwarded by the mobility grants offered both to the academic teachers as well as to students after the fourthsemester, graduates and postgraduates.


A list with the contact addresses of all the national agencies could be found on:

National Agencies


LEONARDO DA VINCI

The Leonardo da Vinci programme offers support for the transnational mobility of people, working in the field of education, students and graduates. It aims at helping them improve their skills throughout their lives. The length of each mobility program is different, but it is usually between three weeks and nine months.


Leonardo da Vinci actively supports the lifelong training policies conducted by the member states and supports innovative transnational initiatives for promoting the knowledge, aptitudes and skills necessary for successful integration into working life. There are five specific fields, in which the programme works:

  • Pilot projects
  • Promotion of language competencies
  • Transnational networks in Europe
  • Reference material (investigations and analyses)


Contact

  • Directorate-General for Education and Culture
    Vocational Training
    Mr. M. Richonnier - Director
    Rue de la Loi 200
    B-1049 Brussels
    Belgium
    e-mail: leonardo@cec.eu.int

  • CEDEFOP – European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
    GR - 55102 Thessaloniki
    Mr. Johan van Rens - Director
    Tel. (30-31) 490 111
    Fax. (30-31) 490 102
    e-mail: info@cedefop.eu.int
    CEDEFOP


A full list with all national agencies can be found on the following web page:

National Agencies


You can find more information about the Leonardo Da Vinci programme here.


VULCANUS JAPAN

The programme offers courses combining language and in-company training for Japanese students in Europe and for European engineering students in Japan.

The European students follow:
  • a one-week seminar on Japan
  • a four-month intensive Japanese language course
  • an eight-month internship at a Japanese company


This VULCANUS programme is financed by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation (a joint venture co-financed by the European Commission and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), and the Japanese host company. European students are awarded a grant (14,000 €) to cover the cost of travel to and from Japan and living expenses in Japan for the one-year stay. There is no charge for the language course and seminar, and accommodation is provided free of charge during the course and seminar and the company internship.


Who qualifies

  • EU nationals
  • Engineering or science students in one of the following fields of study: computer science, science engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical, electronics, biotechnology, electrical engineering, physics, telecommunication, information, nuclear engineering, civil engineering, metal materials, ceramics, production system
  • In accordance with the regulations of their respective universities, the students will either be undergraduates or postgraduate students who are able to take a year out - as a recognised part of their course or as a year off - or postgraduates
  • Applicants are selected on the basis of their academic record and the opinion of their tutors, their knowledge of written and spoken English, their motivation, their attitude to EU-Japanese relations and their ability to adapt to a different culture


Contact



ERASMUS MUNDUS


The Erasmus Mundus programme is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education, which aims to enhance quality in European higher education and to promote intercultural understanding through cooperation with third countries.

The goal of the programme is to strengthen European cooperation. This is achieved through different international links in higher education by supporting high-quality European masters courses, by enabling students and visiting scholars from around the world to engage in postgraduate study at European universities, as well as by encouraging the outgoing mobility of European students and scholars towards third countries.


The Erasmus Mundus programme is comprised of four concrete actions:

ACTION 1
Erasmus Mundus masters courses: they constitute the central component around which Erasmus Mundus is built. They are high-quality integrated courses at a masters level offered by a consortium of at least three universities in at least three different European countries. The courses must be "integrated" to be selected under Erasmus Mundus, which means that they must foresee a study period in at least two of the three universities and that it must lead to the award of a recognised double, multiple or joint diploma.

ACTION 2
Erasmus Mundus scholarships: in order to give the Erasmus Mundus masters courses selected under Action 1 a strong external projection, a scholarship scheme for third-country graduate students and scholars from the whole world is linked to them. This scholarship scheme addresses highly qualified individuals who come to Europe to follow the Erasmus Mundus masters courses or to work for them.

ACTION 3
Partnerships: in order to encourage European universities to open themselves up to the world and to reinforce their worldwide presence, Erasmus Mundus masters courses selected under Action 1 also have the possibility of establishing partnerships with third-country higher education institutions. These partnerships allow for outgoing mobility of graduate EU students and scholars involved in the Erasmus Mundus masters courses.

ACTION 4
Enhancing attractiveness: Erasmus Mundus also supports projects aimed at enhancing the attractiveness of and the interest in European higher education. It supports activities that improve the profile, the visibility and the accessibility of European higher education as well as issues crucial to the internationalisation of higher education, such as the mutual recognition of qualifications with third countries.


In concrete terms, Erasmus Mundus will support about 100 Erasmus Mundus masters courses of outstanding academic quality. It will provide grants for some 5,000 graduate students from third countries to follow these masters courses, and for more than 4,000 EU graduate students involved in these courses to study in third countries. The programme will also offer teaching or research scholarships in Europe for over 1,000 incoming third-country academics and for a similar number of outgoing EU scholars. Last but not least, Erasmus Mundus will support about 100 partnerships between Erasmus Mundus masters courses and higher education institutions in third countries.


The programme is available to

  • the 25 EU member states
  • the candidate countries for accession to the EU (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey)
  • the countries of the European Economic Area / European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway)
  • all the other countries of the world (third countries)


The list with the Erasmus Mundus master programmes is not released. Here you can find more information.