Erasmus Programme

The Erasmus Programme is a European Union initiative that funds education, training, and exchange opportunities across participating countries, including student and staff mobility.

Erasmus+: The European Union programme for education, training, youth, and sport for 2021–2027. Erasmus+ is the programme’s current framework and extends its predecessor’s scope.
Socrates programme: A European Community education programme that ran from 1995 to 2006 and included student mobility initiatives. Socrates incorporated Erasmus as one of its education actions.
Student exchange: An arrangement in which a student studies temporarily at an institution outside their home institution or country. Student exchange remains the programme’s best-known mobility activity.
International student mobility: The movement of students across national borders for education or training. Erasmus is one of Europe’s major organized forms of this broader mobility.
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System: A system that describes and transfers higher-education credits across European institutions. ECTS helps host universities recognize study completed through Erasmus exchanges.
Comett: A European Community programme launched in 1986 to promote cooperation between universities and industry in technology training. Comett formed part of the wider European exchange landscape that preceded Erasmus.
Vocational education and training: Education and training that develop practical skills for specific occupations and work settings. Erasmus+ funds cross-border learning placements for vocational learners and staff.
European identity: A sense of belonging associated with Europe and its shared histories, institutions, or values. Research has examined whether exchange experiences strengthen participants’ European identification.
Learning agreement: A document recording the courses and recognition arrangements agreed for a period of study abroad. It sets out the academic plan before an Erasmus student begins an exchange.
European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students: The 1987 European Community scheme whose acronym, Erasmus, became the name of the student mobility programme. This original scheme established the programme’s central university-exchange model.

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