KA171 - Mobility of higher education students and staff supported by external policy funds

This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from/to third countries not associated to Erasmus+. Students in all study fields and cycles can take part in a study period or traineeship abroad.
Higher education teaching and administrative staff can take part in professional development activities abroad, as well as staff from the field of work in order to teach and train students or staff at higher education institutions.

Credit mobility can be defined as a limited period of study (in the framework of on-going studies at a home institution) with full recognition in Home University, aiming at the:

• supporting of students' personal development and employability
• supporting of staff's professional development
• increasing of the capacity of higher education institutions
• enhancing of internationalization
• enhancing of inclusion & diversity

Students are able to study abroad or realize a mobility for traineeship for a period of 2 months up to a maximum of 12 months in each study cycle and can benefit from an Erasmus+ grant. They can also realize a mobility for traineeship for a period of 2 to 12 months.

Staff can spend a teaching and/or training period abroad from five days (excluding travel) to a maximum of two months and can also benefit from a grant. The grant for staff may provide funding for two additional days of travel (one before and one after the mobility).

Each Erasmus+ National Agency established in a Programme Country has a budget to fund a number of mobility projects between HEIs in that Programme Country and those in Partner Countries. Institutions from Programme Countries can apply to their National Agency to organize projects with HEIs in one or more Partner Countries and the National Agency will award the successful HEIs a grant to cover the mobility of a number of students and staff.