Erasmus is a part of the LLP-Programme (Lifelong Learning Programme) of the European Commission. One of the main objectives of Erasmus, is to stimulate the student and docent mobility within higher education between the participating countries. The UHasselt has concluded exchange agreements with more than 50 European partner institutions. For an Erasmus stay abroad, students can apply for a scholarship. The UHasselt uses ECTS (the European Credit Transfer System) to recognize the credits that are being obtained at the partner institution. An overview of all the agreements is shown here. More information on exchange students

 

Erasmus Mundus (EM) is a worldwide cooperation and mobility programme for higher education, that aims to enhance quality in higher education and promote intercultural understanding. The programme provides financial support for institutions and scholarships for individuals. Funding is available for 3 actions:
1.  European joint masters and doctoral programmes (including scholarships)
2   Partnerships with non-European higher education institutions and scholarships for mobility of students and academics
3   Projects to promote European higher education systems worldwide

 

Atlantis is an agreement between the EU and the US in terms of cooperation in higher education and vocational education. It aims primarily at promoting understanding between the peoples of the European Union and the United States of America and improving the quality of their human resource development. To achieve these objectives, the programme supports the following main actions:
1.     Transatlantic Degree action (TD), providing support to multilateral partnerships of EU and US institutions for the purpose of setting up joint study programmes - including joint/double degrees - and transatlantic mobility of students and faculty
2)      Excellence Mobility Projects (EIM), providing follow-up financial support for student mobility to joint consortia that have a proven track record of excellence in transatlantic cooperation
3)      Policy-oriented measures (POM), addressing comparative higher education and vocational training issues, and promoting dialogue on recognition of qualifications and accreditations
4)      Schuman-Fulbright action providing scholarships to highly qualified professionals for undertaking studies or training on the opposite side of the Atlantic, in areas of specific relevance to the EU/US relations. 

The aim of the EU-Canada project is to foster durable co-operation and exchanges among a consortium of Canadian and European Union universities, promoting mobility of students and academic staff, the development of curricula, joint study programmes and international internships.
 

EU-Industrialised Countries Instrument (Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea) is a cooperation programme for higher education between the EU and Australia, New-Zealand, Japan and Korea. The main activity is the promotion of student- and staffmobility and curricula development.
 

Tempus (Trans-European Mobility Scheme for University Studies) is a programme that strives to modernize higher education and therefore creates room for cooperation in the surrounding coutries of the EU.

Tempus finances in the first place multilaterale partnerships between higher education institutions in the EU and fellow countries. In this way, new curricula, educational methods or material can be developed, modernized and spread. Furthermore, the programme supports structural measuers that contribute to the development en reform of higher education in fellow countries in order to enhance their quality en their convergence with EU developments.

ALFA (América Latina - Formación Académica) also is an European-Latin-Amerian cooperation. Priorities of this programme are: the reform and modernization of higher education and the development of human capital. Moreover it stimulates cooperation and creates sustainable networks between higher education institutions in Europe and Latin-Amerika.

 

 

EDULINK funds cooperative projects between higher education institutions (HEI) in the ACP Group of States (African, Caribbean and Pacific) and the 15 EU Member States that are signatories to the 9th European Development Fund (EDF). EDULINK’s objective is to foster capacity building and regional integration in higher education in ACP States and Regions, and to promote higher education as a means of reducing poverty. EDULINK only supports networks of HEIs. It does not provide grants or scholarships to individuals.