Erasmus program +

What is the Erasmus+ program?

Erasmus is a European student exchange program that allows you to study in Europe. The EU has been funding the Erasmus program for almost 30 years, which has allowed more than three million European students to carry out part of their studies at another higher education institution or with an organization in another European country.

Erasmus+ extends these opportunities to everyone: students, staff, scholarship holders, teachers, volunteers, etc. It offers opportunities to interested parties from all over the world.

Erasmus+ aims to go beyond these programs by promoting mutual enrichment between the different areas of education, training and youth, eliminating borders between the formats of the various actions and projects, promoting new ideas, attracting new agents from the world of work and civil society and promoting new forms of cooperation.

The program is divided into the following names for actions aimed at a specific sector.

  • Erasmus+: Comenius, in program activities belonging exclusively to the field of school education;
  • Erasmus+: Erasmus, in the program activities belonging exclusively to the field of higher education and focused on the program countries;
  • Erasmus+: Erasmus Mundus, in the joint Erasmus Mundus master's degrees;
  • Erasmus+: Leonardo da Vinci, in the program activities belonging exclusively to the field of vocational training;
  • Erasmus+: Grundtvig, in the program activities belonging exclusively to the field of adult learning;
  • Erasmus+: Youth in Action, in the program activities belonging exclusively to the field of non-formal and informal learning of young people;
  • Erasmus+: Jean Monnet, in the program activities belonging exclusively to the field of European Union studies;
  • Erasmus+: Sports, in the program activities belonging exclusively to the sports field.

MULTILINGUALISM

Multilingualism is one of the cornerstones of the European project and a clear symbol of the EU's aspirations for unity in diversity. Foreign languages ​​play a prominent role among the skills that will help better equip people for the job market and make the most of the opportunities available. The EU has set the goal that all citizens have the opportunity to learn at least two foreign languages ​​from an early age.

EQUITY AND INCLUSION

The Erasmus+ program aims to promote equity and inclusion by facilitating access for participants who come from disadvantaged backgrounds and have fewer opportunities than their peers, when the unfavorable situation limits or prevents them from participating in transnational activities for reasons such as:

  • disability
  • educational difficulties
  • economic obstacles
  • cultural differences
  • health problems
  • social obstacles
  • geographical obstacles

ADMITTABLE ACTIVITIES

The higher education mobility project must include one or more of the following activities:

  • Student mobility for studies;
  • Student mobility for internships;
  • Mobility of teaching staff;
  • Mobility of personnel for training.

PROJECT DURATION

The applicant must choose it at the application stage, based on the magnitude of the project and the type of activities planned.  Mobility between program countries: 16 or 24 months.  Mobility between program countries and associated countries: 16 or 26 months.

WHO IMPLEMENTS THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAM?

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The European Commission is ultimately responsible for the development of the Erasmus+ programme. The Commission manages the budget and sets program priorities, objectives and criteria on an ongoing basis. Furthermore, it guides and controls the overall implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the program at European level. Furthermore, the Commission assumes overall responsibility for the supervision and coordination of the structures responsible for implementing the program at national level.

WHO CAN APPLY?

Higher education students and staff cannot apply for the grant directly. The higher education institution in which they study or work is responsible for defining the eligibility criteria to participate in mobility activities.

WHERE SHOULD THE APPLICATION BE SUBMITTED?

At the National Agency of the country where the applicant organization is established

WHO TO CONTACT?

Check with your institution's international relations department for foreign partner institutions. Please allow 6-12 months before the start of your stay abroad.

Erasmus+ mobile app

The new Erasmus+ application is now available to download. The app allows participants to easily track their progress before, during and after their mobility; to share and vote for your favorite tips to help others in the local community; and improve your language skills through a direct link to the Erasmus + Online Linguistic Support platform.

Download the Erasmus+ mobile app: Google Play Store y iTunes App Store

Notes: scholarship payment based on social criteria in a Council of Europe country.

Students from France or another country of the European Union who wish to study in a member state of the Council of Europe can receive a scholarship according to social criteria under the same conditions as in France.

To do so, they must be enrolled in a higher education institution officially recognized by that country and pursue, full-time, one academic year or two semesters (depending on the Member States), higher education leading to a national diploma.

This option is not open to students enrolled in courses under the Ministries of Culture and Agriculture.

 

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