Eligibility for Erasmus dictates that you must be in higher education, studying an official degree or diploma and have successfully completed your initial first year. And then, the biggest benefit of Erasmus is that you are not required to pay extra tuition fees or payments to the university you end up attending.
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.
Erasmus+ is open to a number of countries across Europe and beyond. UK organisations receive Erasmus+ funding to work with partners in other countries to deliver their projects.
Erasmus+ offers non-EU students opportunities to take part in its study exchanges for students at Bachelor, Master or Doctoral level, provided their country is eligible to participate in the required exchange (see programme and partner countries).
Featured Listings
- Vienna, AUT. Medical University of Vienna.
- Hasselt, BEL. Hogeschool PXL.
- Sofia, BUL. Technical University, Sofia.
- Prague, CZE. University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague.
- Munich, GER. Munich University of Applied Sciences.
- Kobenhavn, DEN. University of Copenhagen.
- Alicante, ESP.
- London, UK.
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Why don't you do an Erasmus year abroad (as opposed to a semester) in between your penultimate and final year, that way the grades you receive wouldn't impact your degree classification. Yes, speak your university's Erasmus/study abroad office.
What does the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) scholarship cover? The EMJMD scholarship covers: the participation costs, including tuition fees and mandatory insurance coverage. Most of the time, the EMJMD directly deducts the participation costs from the scholarship.
UK universities are still eligible to participate in Erasmus programmes. And as long as funding is awarded before the end of 2020, students and staff will be able to go ahead with their exchanges even if they take place after the end of the transition period.
Eligible students receive an Erasmus+ grant provided by the European Commission - this is paid through your institution. This grant contributes towards the extra costs that you may encounter from studying abroad. For 2018/19 the grant can be up to €300 to €350 a month, depending on the country you visit.
If you received an Erasmus+ grant or a compensation for your travel expenses and not hand in the compulsory forms after return, you have to pay back both the grant and the compensation for travel expenses. So, make sure you hand in your forms after return!
☞ Erasmus+ aims builds on past programmes, whilst promoting synergy and cross-fertilisation across different fields of education, training and youth, removing boundaries, fostering new ideas, and encouraging participation from new actors, including those from the world of work and from civil society.
Step 1: Browse through the available Erasmus Mundus courses on their website. Step 2: Get more information about the programs that interest you on their individual websites. Look for their objectives, the universities involved, and their program structure. Evaluate them against your own preferences and goals.
Just a few of the many benefits for participants:
- Develop personally, professionally and academically.
- Gain new transferable skills and boost your employability.
- Broaden your horizons – physically and mentally!
- Receive financial support.
- Increase motivation to learn.
- Develop cultural awareness and open-mindedness.
How to apply Erasmus+
- Read the specific guidelines for this action and the call for proposals carefully.
- Register in the Participant Portal and receive a Participant Identification Code (PIC).
- Use the official application forms.
- Read the relevant parts of the Erasmus+ guide for applicants carefully.
For the academic year 2020-21, the grant equates to €130 more per month than the minimum amount set by the European Commission. Plus additional €120 per month for disadvantaged students.
You can't simply sail off abroad with the unclear guarantee that you'll find a new line of work abroad. Your work position should be endorsed by your home foundation, that is your college or school, and you'll have to plan an agreement between yourself, your establishment and your boss.
Erasmus+ enables students to study or train abroad more than once as long as a total maximum of 12 months per study cycle is respected (i.e. up to 12 months at Bachelor level including "short cycle" studies, up to 12 months at Master level, up to 12 months at Doctoral level).
How much money can I receive through the Erasmus+ programme? Everyone who is granted an exchange place as part of Erasmus+ also receives a grant. The amount varies depending on the country and the length of the exchange, but is between 360 and 460 euro per month.
