Programme overview

The Erasmus programme is the European Programme that deals with Higher Education area. Its aims are the improvement of the quality in education and the strengthening of its European dimension by the encouraging international cooperation, mainly between the Higher Education institutions.

The main objective of the Programme is to support the creation of a united European area of higher education, where there is transparency and compatibility between the formal qualifications that are gained by Higher Education in Europe.

The Erasmus programme offers the opportunity of mobility to students, teachers and other staff through bilateral agreements between cooperating Universities and Higher Education Institutions, as well as organizations/ enterprises in 33 countries participating in the programme. These countries are the 27 countries members of the EU, Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein and Switzerland, as well as the countries under integration, Croatia and Turkey.

It is essential that the Universities and Institutions that participate have obtained the Erasmus University Charter. From the academic year 2011-12, 20 Cypriot public and private Universities and Higher Education Institutions have the right to participate in the Programme.

In the Erasmus programme can participate students and staff of the participating Universities and Higher Education institutions, whether they are citizens of the country that actively participates in the Lifelong Learning Programme, or they are citizens of third countries.

Decentralised Actions

Students’ Mobility
Teachers’ Mobility
Staff Mobility
Incoming trainers mobility
Intensive Programmes
Intensive Language Courses
Organization of Mobility in Institutions
Preparatory Visits

Information for participation

Those interested for more information, deadlines, application forms etc., for the decentralized actions, can visit the Foundation for the Management of European Lifelong Learning Programme website http://www.llp.org.cy, as well as the website of the Lifelong Learning Programme in the EU http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/index_en.html. The applications for participation, for all the decentralized actions are submitted at the Foundation for the Management of European Lifelong Learning Programme.

CENTRALISED ACTIONS

Apart from the above decentralized actions, that are managed by the National Agency, the European Commission is funding, in the framework of the Erasmus programme, through the Executive Agency (Education, Audiovisual and Culture) (website: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu) the Erasmus Centralised Actions, such as the Multilateral Projects, the Networks and the Accompanying Measures. Information regarding these actions, deadlines and application forms are provided directly from the Executive Agency of the EU, in which the applications must be submitted.