Erasmus+

The Erasmus Programme is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987. Erasmus+, or Erasmus Plus, is the new programme combining all the EU’s current schemes for education, training, youth and sport, which was started in January 2014.

Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. Its budget of €14.7 billion will provide opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to study, train, and gain experience abroad.

The main aims of Erasmus+ :

Help young people to acquire additional skills through studying and training abroad
Enhance teaching quality in the EU and beyond
Support member states and partner countries in modernising their education and vocational training systems
Promote youth participation in society
Support teaching and research on European integration
Support European grass-roots sport
Projects funded under this key action enable participants to travel to another participating country in order to study, work, teach, train, or develop professional skills and competencies.
Activities funded under this key action include work placement for vocational education and training.

Erasmus+ offers the following opportunities:

Higher education students can learn and study abroad.
Vocational students can spend their training in a foreign country.
Staff members can expand their knowledge and share it with their colleagues.
The programme helps raise cultural awareness.
A foreign language becomes a tool for communication.
Participants can build life-long relationships