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Erasmus+ Programme

Erasmus+

Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth, and sport in Europe.

Erasmus stands for EuRopean community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students.

What does participating in Erasmus+ mean today?

Taking part in the Erasmus+ Programme means embracing a borderless opportunity. Erasmus+ is about engagement, personal growth, and real-life experience of European mobility.

The Programme stands for inclusiveness and high-quality learning, as well as opportunities for teaching, work, or volunteering experiences.

Erasmus+ is open to all ages, fostering active participation in democratic society, genuine intercultural understanding—also through language learning—and greater access to and evolution towards the world of work. Erasmus+ helps nurture empathy.

Erasmus+ stands for a transformative life experience, personal growth, and broadening of horizons (hence its motto: Enriching lives, opening minds). Erasmus+ offers opportunities for mobility and cooperation among peoples and countries through projects aimed at:

  • School education, including early childhood education and care. This encompasses projects in the school education sector, such as those involving school leaders, teachers, and school staff, as well as students at all levels of school education, from pre-school to primary and secondary education.
  • Vocational education and training, for apprentices and students attending vocational institutes, professionals and vocational training staff, personnel from initial vocational training organizations, trainers, and professionals working in companies.
  • Higher education, including students in all three cycles of study (bachelor's, master's, and doctoral or equivalent), as well as academic staff, higher education institution staff, trainers, and professionals in companies.
  • Youth, targeting young people aged 13 to 30, as well as youth workers, organizations active in the youth sector, associations, local authorities, NGOs, and informal groups of young people.
  • Adult education, aimed at members of adult education organizations, trainers, adult education staff, and adult learners.
  • Sport, for professionals and volunteers in the sector, including athletes and coaches. The 2021-2027 programme places a strong emphasis on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and on fostering young people's participation in democratic life.

The programme consists of three actions:

  1. Key Action 1: Individual mobility for learning purposes
  2. Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and best practices
  3. Key Action 3: Support for policy reform

The Erasmus Policy Statement (EPS) is an integral part of the University's Internationalisation strategy and is a required document for obtaining the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.

EPS 2021-2027

Erasmus+ 2021/27

press release
Regulation 2021/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Erasmus+ Programme