Erasmus+

International credit mobility

European Commission

Directorate-General for Education & Culture

Erasmus+ is international

Investing in knowledge, skills and competences…

…to benefit individuals, institutions and society as a whole

EU higher education policy: a stronginternational focus

EU cooperation with the world: a strongeducation focus

What is ICM?

ICM in brief

Short-term higher education mobility

For students and PhD candidates (3-12 months) & staff (5-60 days)

All levels: BA, MA, PhD, academic & administrative staff

Can also supports traineeships

Generous grant… and no tuition fees!

How does ICM work?

Decentralised management

Decentralised management

Programme Country HEI

A global action

EUR 178 million

Over 200,000 exchanges planned since 2015

Getting involved

Organisational support

EUR 350/participant

Individual support

EUR 700-900/month for students and EUR 140-180/day for staff

Contribution to travel costs

EUR 20-1500, depending on distancetravelled

Living costs

Mobility to…

Student

monthly rate

(2018-2020)

Staff daily

rate

(2018-2020)

DK, FI, IS, IE, LI, LU, NO,

SE, UK€ 900 € 180

AT, BE, CY, FR, DE, GR, IT,

MT, NL, PT, ES€ 850 € 160

BG, HR, CZ, EE, MK, HU,

LV, LT, PL, RO, SK, SI, TR€ 800 € 140

All Partner Countries € 700 € 180

Travel costsEUR per

participant

< 100km € 20

100 - 499 € 180

500 - 1999 € 275

2000 - 2999 € 360

3000 – 3999 € 530

4000 – 7999 € 820

> 8000 € 1500

Erasmus+

Application form: qualitative assessment

Erasmus+

Before the start of the actual mobility

Participants

PartnerCountry HEI

Programme Country HEI

National Agency

Application Phase Contractualisation Phase Implementation & Reporting Phase

EuropeanCommission

Participant Report

Online EU Survey

Reporting in Mobility

Tool+

ECHE

Before the start of the actual mobility

International Credit Mobility Timeline for Contractual Documents

Learning/ Mobility

Agreement

3 parties

+

Grant Agreement

Programme HEI-Participant

PIC

Students: 30 days before the end of the mobility

Staff: After the end of the mobility

Delegation Agreement

Grant Agreement

Application Form

2 February 2016

Inter-institutional Agreement

Start of the mobility projects

(1 August)

PIC

Qualitative Assessment

Before encoding mobilities in Mobility

Tool+

Student Survey on

Recognition

Reporting to National

Agency

Interim report & final

beneficiary report

Every month, once mobilities have started

After the end of the mobility

Erasmus+ Programme Guide online

(all EU languages)

More guidance and detail?

ICM handbook

• Written by practitioners

• Specially designed for

Partner Country

universities wishing to

start ICM projects

• At the initiative of the

German Academic

Exchange Service

More guidance and detail?

Handout "from colleagues for colleagues"

https://eu.daad.de/eudownloadcenter/download/536/