The European Union offers grants for students, teaching professionals and staff to study or work abroad. Click on the link below to find out more!
Erasmus+ helps organise student and doctoral candidate exchanges within Erasmus+ Programme countriesand to and from Partner countries.
By studying abroad with Erasmus+, you can improve your communication, language and inter-cultural skills and gain soft skills highly valued by future employers. Read more about the benefits of an exchange abroad.
You can also combine your period spent studying abroad in a Programme country with a traineeship to gain work experience - ever more important when starting out on the job market.
Opportunities to study abroad are available to students at Bachelor and Master levels and Doctoral candidates.
Access to Erasmus+ Online Linguistic Support will help you learn the language used for your studies if you are moving between Programme countries.
Students with physical, mental or health-related conditions may apply for additional funding after they have been selected to study abroad.
Duration
Your study period abroad can last from a minimum of 3 months (or 1 academic term or trimester) to a maximum of 12 months.
You can benefit of an exchange abroad with Erasmus+ multiple times, either as a student or as a trainee, but your total time abroad (study abroad periods included) may not exceed 12 months within one cycle of study.
Cycle" refers to the level of study as defined by the European Qualifications Framework (EQF):
First cycle (Bachelor or equivalent) EQF – 5/6 Second cycle (Master or equivalent) EQF 7 Third cycle (Doctoral or equivalent) EQF 8
For "one-cycle" courses such as medicine or architecture, you can go abroad with Erasmus+ for as long as 24 months.
Conditions
To study abroad with Erasmus+, you must be registered in a higher education institution and enrolled in studies leading to a recognised degree or tertiary-level qualification. For students in the first cycle, you need to be at least in the second year of your studies.
Your period of study abroad must be relevant for your degree-related learning and personal development needs, and be part of the study programme that you are following.
Your home institution and the receiving institution must have an inter-institutional agreement between them for you to study there with Erasmus+.
Both institutions must also hold the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (if they are in Programme countries). Institutions from Partner countries commit to the principles of the Charter when signing the inter-institutional agreements.
Eligibility Criteria
Are you a university student interested in studying abroad? A teaching professional interested in working in another country? Working in the field of higher education and looking to establish joint projects with partner institutions?
The EU's Erasmus and Erasmus Mundus programmes offer funding for students and staff in higher education. Find out what programme is right for you!
Students in formal higher education, advanced vocational education and training at post-secondary level, including doctoral studies; Teachers, trainers and education staff, including relevant associations, research centres, counselling organisations and others involved in lifelong learning; Enterprises, social partners and other stakeholders, as well as public and private bodies providing education and training at local, regional and national levels.
Eligible countries are the 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey, Croatia and Switzerland.
Offered Benefits
You may receive an Erasmus+ grant as a contribution to your travel and subsistence costs. It may vary according to differences in living costs between your country and the destination country, the number of students applying for a grant, the distance between countries and the availability of other grants.
If you are moving between Programme countries, check with your National Agency and your sending higher education institution for applicable rates. There is also extra support for students going on a traineeship, students from disadvantaged backgrounds or from outermost Programme countries or regions.
Grant levels and fixed rates for exchanges between Programme and Partner countries are published in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.
Irrespective whether you receive an Erasmus+ grant or are an Erasmus+-zero-grant student, you will sign agrant agreement specifying the duration of your mobility, the amount of the grant and other rights and obligations.
If you are mobile within Programme countries, your sending institution will sign your grant agreement and it will be responsible for making all payments.
If you are moving between Programme and Partner countries, the Programme country institution will sign the grant agreement. Your sending and receiving institutions will decide which one will make your payments.
As an Erasmus+ student, you will be exempted from fees for tuition, registration, examinations, and charges for access to laboratories or libraries at the receiving institution. Small fees for insurance or student union membership may still apply.
You may be eligible for additional grants from your institution, government or other sources. Check theEuropean Funding Guide or the Study Portals.
