Erasmus International credit mobility European Commission DirectorateGeneral for

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 strong international focus EU cooperation with the world: a strong education focus

What is ICM?

ICM in brief Short-term higher education mobility For students and Ph. D candidates (3 -12 months) & staff (5 -60 days) All levels: BA, MA, Ph. D, 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 sinc

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 distance travelled

Living costs Mobility to… DK, FI, IS, IE, LI, LU, NO, SE, UK AT, BE, CY, FR, DE, GR, IT, MT, NL, PT, ES BG, HR, CZ, EE, MK, HU, LV, LT, PL, RO, SK, SI, TR All Partner Countries Student monthly rate (2018 -2020) Staff daily rate (2018 -2020) € 900 € 180 € 850 € 160 € 800 € 140 € 700 € 180

Travel costs EUR per participant < 100 km € 20 100 - 499 € 180 500 - 1999 € 275 2000 - 2999 € 360 3000 – 3999 € 530 4000 – 7999 € 820 > 8000 € 1500

Application form: qualitative assessment Erasmus+

International Credit Mobility Timeline for Contractual Documents Start of the mobility projects (1 August) European Commission Delegation Agreement Qualitative Assessment National Agency Application Form Grant Agreement 2 February 2016 Programme Country HEI Before the start of the actual mobility ECHE Partner Country HEI Before the start of the actual mobility Learning/ Mobility Agreement 3 parties + Grant Agreement Programme HEIParticipant Before encoding mobilities in Mobility Tool+ PIC Students: 30 days before the end of the mobility Staff: After the end of the mobility Participant Report Participants Online EU Survey Application Phase Contractualisation Phase Erasmus+ Interim report & final beneficiary report Reporting in Mobility Tool+ PIC Inter-institutional Agreement Reporting to National Agency Every month, once mobilities have started Student Survey on Recognition After the end of the mobility Implementation & Reporting Phase

More guidance and detail? Erasmus+ Programme Guide online (all EU languages) ICM handbook

More guidance and detail? Handout "from colleagues for colleagues" • Written by practitioners • Specially designed for Partner Country universities wishing to start ICM projects • At the initiative of the German Academic Exchange Service https: //eu. daad. de/eudownloadcenter/download/536/