Erasmus+ Higher Education Cooperation

As part of Erasmus+ "Credit Mobility between Programme Countries", we can support our students and our teaching and university staff during periods abroad at institutions in Programme Countries.

Our university’s International Centre (SI) is responsible for central coordination of the Erasmus+ programme.

Student mobility

• Study abroad
• Internships abroad

Blended/mixed short-term mobility

The Erasmus+ programme offers university members the new option of carrying out stays abroad in a "blended" format in future. The aim is flexible and innovative learning and teaching within the framework of joint projects and/or online courses (e. g. summer school, workshop, colloquium). This format combines virtual and physical mobility phases in close cooperation with one or more partner universities in the European Erasmus+ area with which an inter-institutional Erasmus+ agreement already exists or within the framework of the Arqus Alliance. The timing and duration of the virtual component are variable, the physical mobility comprises 5–30 days. Students should obtain at least 3 credit points for participation.

Erasmus+ offers two options for the realisation of short-term mobility projects: As a "Blended Mobility Project" (BMP) with one partner university or as a "Blended Intensive Programme" (BIP) with at least two partner universities from different European countries. An application must be submitted to the SI for both options. Funding for the participants or the implementation of the programme requires a positive response to the application and the allocation of Erasmus+ third-party funding to Leipzig University.

• International Blended Mobility Project (BMP) with a partner university, applications must be submitted at least 3 months before the start of the project
  You can find the call and application form on the intranet.
• International Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) with two partner universities, applications can be submitted until 16 December 2024
  You can find the call and application form on the intranet.

Staff mobility

• Periods of teaching and further training abroad

Spending time at our university

Given our institutional links with partner institutions in the Programme Countries, under Erasmus+ members of international universities have the opportunity to stay with us in return:

• Incoming exchange students
• Periods of teaching and further training at our university

Inter-institutional agreement

Mobility can be funded if an inter-institutional agreement is in place with a higher education institution in a Programme Country. Agreements are prepared by the Erasmus+ coordinators at the faculties and institutes in consultation with the foreign cooperation partners and digitally finalised by our university’s International Centre. Arrangements on the mutual recognition of academic achievements and on the integration of teaching stays into the curriculum at both institutions form the basis of such agreements.

Erasmus+ coordinators

Dedicated Erasmus+ coordinators are authorised by the deans to assume organisational responsibility for Erasmus+ mobility. They are responsible for

• the conceptual design of the Erasmus+ cooperation for student and staff mobility (except for mobility cooperations within joint study programmes, which are managed through the responsible person of the degree programme)
• the subject-related arrangements for acaemic mobility in an inter-institutional agreement
• selecting participants

• Erasmus+ International Academic Mobility Funding 2024 – 2027, applications can be submitted until 5 December 2024
  You can find the call and application form on the intranet.

Erasmus+ "International Credit Mobility between Programme and Partner Countries" means that it is also possible to provide financial support for study, teaching and training visits to selected partner institutions in the Erasmus+ Partner Countries. One special feature of this part of Erasmus+ is our university’s responsibility for supporting stays by members of the foreign partner institutions at out faculties and institutions.

Our International Centre is in charge of applications and implementing Erasmus+ funding projects for subject-based exchanges.

You can find details of possible funding for study places in the database for international exchange places and for teaching and training options at our university in the database for international staff mobility.

Support is available for academic stays at institutions in eligible Partner Countries

• for students and doctoral researchers
• for employees

as well as for academic stays at our university

• for students and doctoral researchers
• for employees

Currently the following insitutions of Higher Education are eligible for funding:

Region  (according to Erasmus+)	Country	Partner institution
Region 1 –  Western Balkans	Bosnia and Herzegovina	International University Travnik University of Sarajevo
	Kosovo	University of Pristina
	Montenegro	University of Montenegro
Region 2 –  Neighbourhood  East	Moldova	Moldova State University Pedagogical State University of Chișinău „Ion Creangă“ State University of Balti „Alecu Russo“ State University of Cahul „Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu“ State University of Cahul „Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu“ State University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Nicolae Testemitanu“ Technical University of Moldova
	Ukraine	Ivan Franko National University of Lviv National University of „Kyiv-Mohyla Academy“ Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Region 3 –  South-Mediterranean  Countries	Egypt	Ain Shams University
	Israel	Bar-Ilan University Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Hebrew University of Jerusalem Tel Aviv University University of Haifa
	Jordan	German Jordanian University
Region 5 –  Asia	Indonesia	Universitas Gadjah Mada Universitas Hasanuddin
	Japan	Chiba University Hiroshima University Keio University Waseda University
	South Korea	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Sogang University
	Taiwan	Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages
	Vietnam	Hanoi University of Science and Technology University of Languages & International Studies
Region 8 –  Pacific	Australia	Macquarie University Monash University
	New Zealand	University of Otago
Region 9 – Sub-Saharan  Africa	Benin	IRGIB-Africa
	Cameroon	Université de Yaoundé
	Ehtiopia	Addis Ababa University
	Ghana	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
	Kenya	Mount Kenya University
	Mozambique	Universitade Pedagógica Maputo University of Rovuma
	Nigeria	University of Ibadan
	Rwanda	Institut d'Enseignement Superieur de Ruhengeri
	South Africa	Stellenbosch University
	Tanzania	University of Dar Es Salaam
	Uganda	Makerere University
Region 10 – Latin America	Chile	Pontificia Universidad Catolica Universidad Católica de Temuco Universidad de Chile Universidad de Concepción
	Colombia	Colegio Mayor De Nuestra Senora Del Rosario Universidad EAFIT

Erasmus+ “Cooperation Partnerships” promote structured cooperation between European organisations to support their internationalisation activities.

• Horizontal priorities:
  • inclusion and diversity
  • digital transformation
  • environment and fight against climate change
  • common values, civic engagement and participation
• Sector specific priorities in the field of higher education:
  • promoting inter-connected higher education systems
  • stimulating innovative learning and teaching practices
  • developing STEM/STEAM in higher education, in particular women participation in STEM
  • rewarding excellence in learning, teaching and skills development
  • building inclusive higher education systems
  • supporting digital and green capabilities of the higher education sector

Information about the programme and the application procedure is available on the Erasmus+ website of the European Commission.

Current examples of Cooperation Partnerships are presented on the Project funding page.

Since 2004, the EU’s Erasmus Mundus excellence programme has been encouraging European universities to pursue the internationalisation of their degree programmes. The so-called Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees (EMJMD) are now part of the EU’S wider Erasmus+ programme.

The aim is to internationalise curricula within the European Higher Education Area in cooperation with Partner Countries. This goal is achieved by implementing integrated master’s programmes in a consortium of at least three European partner universities, including:

• the awarding of degrees together in the form of joint double or multiple degrees, and
• support for qualified student mobility through scholarships integrated into the programme for the mandatory period abroad.

This selection process is highly competitive and the inclusion of a degree programme in the Erasmus Mundus funding framework is a special distinction in terms of curricular quality. This presupposes the successful establishment of a degree programme prior to application.

The Erasmus+ Programme (2021 – 2027) offers two funding lines for higher education cooperation under the Erasmus Mundus programme to support transnational courses of excellence for highly qualified students:

• Erasmus Mundus Joint Master: Transnational degree programmes of excellence for highly qualified students leading to a multiple or joint degree make the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) programme line an attractive funding instrument for European higher education institutions.
• Erasmus Mundus Design Measures: This funding line supports preparatory measures for the development of a transnational joint Master's degree programme.

Information about the programme and the application procedure is available on the European Commission's Erasmus+ website and from the Executive Agency of the EU Commission (EACEA).

Current examples of Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees are presented on the Project funding page.

Capacity building projects support the relevance, quality, modernisation and responsiveness of higher education in third countries not associated to the Erasmus + programme for socio-economic recovery, growth and prosperity through joint projects in the following areas:

• modernising higher education administration and management
• promoting innovation and strengthening the connection of higher education institutions with society
• quality and relevance of education
• inclusion
• structural reforms

Information about the programme and the application procedure is available on the European Commission's Erasmus+ website and from the Executive Agency of the EU Commission (EACEA).

Jean Monnet Actions support teaching and research in the field of European Union studies worldwide. By EU studies it is meant the study of Europe in its entirety, with particular emphasis on the EU dimension, from an internal but also from a global perspective. 

The following forms are supported:

• Modules
• Chairs
• Centres of Excellence

Information about the programme and the application procedure is available on the European Commission's Erasmus+ website and from the Executive Agency of the EU Commission (EACEA).

Current examples of Jean Monnet Activities are presented on the Project funding page.