When was erasmus created

Also, you will not be required to pay any tuition fees during the period of your studies while also having your living costs covered with the aid of a monthly grant.

As an international, however, your choice can be limited, restricted or even still not possible. If you want to learn more about your personal exchange study, volunteering and training opportunities, you can contact your local university Erasmus coordinating center or scout for official Facebook groups and forums with verified information.

In general, Erasmus volunteering and training exchanges have a wide variety of requirements based on age, gender, nationality and educational qualification. As for a study exchange, your proof of language knowledge will be your most important application document. When applying for courses in other languages, there is usually at least a minimum B2 level required. However, there are some exceptions, as your hosting university might offer a personal language test upon admission or even language classes during your study.

Other requirements include presenting a valid student license with a paid tuition fee and a reference with your current overall Masters academic score. And last but not least, you will have to print out an Erasmus application form for your specific exchange which you can also find translated on your official university website.

Through these steps, a stronger social inclusion and a strengthened European identity should be built. This involves making better use of new technologies, developing innovative teaching, training and learning methods, promoting non-formal learning and developing common tools and activities that pursue the goal of a European identity.

Support to policy development and cooperation aims at reform and modernisation at EU level in the fields of education and training, and at doing much for youth and sport. Attention will also be paid to cooperation with international organisations pursuing the same goal. More flexibility will be made available to students so that they have more opportunities for internships and semesters abroad within and outside the EU.

These are the innovations in supporting policy development and policy cooperation:. On the whole, it can be summarised that the update has not resulted in any deterioration for students, pupils and teachers. It is clear that the number of opportunities has increased and that there are more individual measures for those interested. In order for this to happen, the programme's budget will be increased to Student exchange is a major factor in the internationalisation of universities.

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These cookies enable core site functionality. It is not possible to disable these cookies since our services do not work without them. It was our task as coordinators to convince our universities to take over the institutional responsibility for language training programmes, for cultural orientation programmes, for the integration of foreign students, for the general guidance and supervision of visiting students and — very important too — for foreign students housing facilities.

The first exchange of students in this PA-network took place in the spring semester of by exchanging a total of about 30 students. The highest priority in these first years was to promote and support student exchange. Everything else, like the exchange of teaching staff, summer-schools, intensive courses, curriculum development or double degrees has come later.

In this early years our department have had two european exchange contacts :one with the IEP Grenoble and one with the Kingston Polytechnic in London. With the Erasmus programme we had the chance to formalise these rather informal contacts and continue them on an institutional basis. This network was coordinated by Grenoble.

Those applications really meant quite a lot of work: many meetings on the weekends and endless discussions and debates until late in the night to find the right wording. Salzburg, Bordeaux, Pavia und Konstanz that was coordinated by Salzburg. Were would the students would like to go?

Would they want go anyway? Most of our students who studied political science or public administration at the University of Konstanz came from little towns nearby. Would they want to study in Madrid or Limerick? We had to negotiate who would send how many students where. Incoming und outgoing numbers had to be equivalent. If you wanted to send 10 students abroad you had to be able to receive 10 students.

Of course some universities were more popular than others. Places at famous universities like Konstanz or Rotterdam were very wanted whilst smaller and less recognized universities like Messina had some difficulties to sell their places.

So creating the Matrix sometimes was like being on a market or even an oriental bazaar. It was not easy to negotiate a stable and equally balanced Matrix that took into account the wishes of every partner. But the Matrix was quite flexible.

If you give it to me, I could offer you a place in Stockholm instead. That was one reason why we needed the annual meetings and the individual trips to partner universities. This means not a lot of administrative work. But only two years later, the political science department of the University of Messina had applied for an ICP with 18 participating universities.

The first coordinator Karin Bruns from the Political Science Department of the Universtiy of Messina wanted to give up the responsibilty for the network in and the whole group of coordinators voted for me as the new main coordinator. The project that started as a dream and unclear vision, is now a reality and it serves young people all over Europe. Erasmus Generation is not only a term that applies to certain people.

It is a whole generation of young people, citizens of a whole continent , who find homes in different countries and create families with people living thousands of miles away.

ESN is one of the largest European student organisation working on three levels - local, national and international. It is active within the borders defined by the Council of Europe, at least for now. ESN on the local level consists of "sections" that directly work with the international students.

They organise activities like introduction programmes, get-togethers, and cultural events and represent the exchange students and their needs towards academic institutions and local authorities. ESN provides a lot more than activities for the incoming students. Imagine going to live abroad, completely alone, you do not know the city, you don't know the culture and most importantly — you don't know a single soul there.

It sounds terrifying! Well, ESN creates the comfort you need and makes you feel at home when you arrive in a foreign country. You not only get to meet people who know where you can exchange money, but you also get a family.

The Erasmus Generation consists of thousands of people from very different cultures, countries, religions, and beliefs, but all connected by something bigger than that. They are all a family , one you choose to be a part of, which makes it even more special.

Those young people volunteer every day to make the lives of others easier and happier without expecting anything in return, but actually receiving a lot — they get to have a family member across the world who can offer them a home. I believe in a better future because of that, because I see it with my own eyes every day. Because I am a part of that generation, and I love every minute of it.

I see people who work harder doing volunteer work, than others, who have a full-time jobs. I see people who try their bestest I know it's not a real word, but believe me — in this case, it applies , to create a home for foreign students and to make them feel welcome in our country.