Information for universities

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The procedure is the same for each institution willing to participate in the Erasmus Programme. Here we would like to make the process easy for everyone and at every stage. So if you know more about the Erasmus programme, if you have tips and advice for other institutions regarding how to participate, feel free to edit this page and complete it. You can talk about: how to obtain the Erasmus University Charter, what to do once you've obtained it, how to apply for mobility funds ? What is the process for the students to participate, which forms do they have to fill,...

Contents 1 The mechanism 2 Student application 3 See also 4 Further readings

[edit] The mechanism

First step

For the institutions that want to participate in the Erasmus programme, there are two conditions to fulfill:

1. it has to be recognized by the national authorities as eligible for ERASMUS activities
2. it has to have obtained an ERASMUS University Charter (EUC) from the European Commission.

What is the EUC for ? The Charter is a certificate, signed by the European Commission, which sets out the fundamental principles underlying all ERASMUS activities to be respected by the university. Once a university has obtained the Charter, it is entitled to apply to the Commission for centralised ERASMUS funds and to their National Agency for decentralised mobility funds. ERASMUS University Charter has replaced the old “Institutional Contracts” since the academic year 2003/2004. Applications for an ERASMUS University Charter can be handed in once a year.

Second step

Once this first step is done, the University has to find some partners. To do this, universities can contact the Executives agencies See contacts here which are in charge of European inter-university cooperation. They are also offered another option which is a website which goal is to facilitate the exchange of information between universities.

Each national agency forward each year the necessary documents for funding, students and teachers candidacies. Visit, for instance, the French agency website

[edit] Student application

Institutions are also here to guide their students within the application and preparation part. However it might be a difficult task when you have not experience Erasmus yourself, so you can use for example this link to help your students.

[edit] See also

Process for students
Student To Do list

[edit] Further readings

European Commission website