International credit mobility
in higher education
Higher education credit mobility projects allow higher education institutions to send their students for exchange studies and internships and the staff to teach or train in other countries.
What are the goals?
To provide all students with a study abroad experience to develop their personal and professional skills.
To support the professional development of all university employees through teaching or training abroad.
To increase the internationalization, competitiveness, and international cooperation opportunities of higher education institutions.
What are the priorities?
Based on the European Union’s education policy, the Erasmus + cross-program priorities have been formulated, which must be taken into account by the projects applying for support. They are also directly related to the goals of Estonian education.
Cross-program priorities
Inclusive Erasmus+
An organization arranging mobility in the framework of Erasmus + program must respect the principles of inclusion and diversity in all aspects of its activities and must ensure fair and equal conditions for all participants in the learning mobility. Where possible, the beneficiary organization should actively involve participants with fewer opportunities in the mobility and make maximum use of the financial and other resources provided for in the program.
Green Erasmus+
The beneficiary organization must promote environmentally friendly and environmentally responsible behavior among its participants, giving priority to sustainable modes of travel when organizing mobility, using the maximum financial resources provided for in the program.
Digital Erasmus+
The beneficiary organization should use digital tools and learning methods to complement physical mobility and improve cooperation with partner organizations. To this end, the digital tools, online platforms, and other opportunities offered by the program must be used to ensure the digital management of mobility and partnerships.
Which countries can be cooperated with?
Estonian higher education institutions can only cooperate with Erasmus + partner countries within the framework of international credit mobility.
Partner countries are all countries that are not Erasmus + program countries, i.e., non-Member States of the European Union or Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Northern Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey.
In addition, the following countries do not participate in international credit mobility:
- Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican.
- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
- Faroe Islands, Switzerland.
For what activities can support be applied for?
Mobility of university employees
for teaching purposes 5 days to 2 months, plus travel days
for training purposes 5 days to 2 months, plus travel days
Student mobility (3 – 12 months),
for learning 3 – 12 months
for internship 2 – 12 months
Other supportive mobility
Inviting external experts from companies for teaching purposes 5 days to 2 months, plus travel days
In the case of mobility of lecturers, there is an additional requirement that at least eight hours per week be taught.
You can read more about international credit mobility projects and activities in the International Credit Mobility Handbook.
Who can apply?
- All Estonian higher education institutions that are nationally accredited higher education institutions and have an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education can apply for Erasmus + international credit mobility.
- An application for both inbound and outbound mobility is submitted by an Estonian higher education institution.
- Individuals cannot apply for support.
Travel allowance
| Travel distance | Amount |
| 10 – 99 km | €20/participant |
| 100 – 499 km | €180/participant |
| 500 – 1999 km | €275/participant |
| 2000 – 2999 km | €360/participant |
| 3000 – 3999 km | €530/participant |
| 4000 – 7999 km | €820/participant |
| 8000 < … km | €1500/participant |
The participant is granted a one-time travel allowance for the round trip.
The amount of the travel allowance is calculated on the basis of the distance traveled (one-way distance).
Subsistence allowance
Students:
- Students coming to Estonia receive 800€/month.
- Students coming from Estonia receive 700€/month.
Employees:
- Employees coming to Estonia receive 140€/day.
- Employees coming from Estonia get 180€/day.
From the 15th day, the daily allowance for employees is 70% of the unit rate.
What costs can be support applied for?
- The participant is granted a one-time travel allowance and an individual residence allowance.
- All grants are flat-rate and do not require proof of actual costs.
- The coordinating higher education institution will receive an organizational support of EUR 350 per participant for each learning mobility.
How to implement
an international credit
mobility project?
Preparation
Discuss cooperation plans with the partner institution.
Application
Familiarize yourself with the application form in the application environment and download support materials if necessary
Collaborate with the project partner and submit the application on time. A higher education institution can submit only one application in a call.
Evaluation
The national agency organizes the evaluation of projects. A ranking of projects is formed.
Successful applicants will be awarded an agreement, and an advance will be paid.
Implementation
Inform your project partners about the grant and start implementing the learning mobility.
Ensure that partnership agreements, learning agreements, grant agreements are signed in a timely manner and keep all necessary documents related to mobility.
Submit an interim project report at the agreed time.
Termination
Submit the final report on time.
Present the results of your project and disseminate mobility experiences to inspire others to partake in Erasmus+ opportunities.
