KEY ACTION1: International Credit Mobility

Presentation 

An International Credit Mobility (ICM) project is a mobility project between Erasmus+ programme countries and Erasmus+ programme partner countries (see Program Guide 2018).

This programme offers the opportunity to benefit from mobility to or from partner countries to:

• • Students from the 2nd year of higher education for a period from 3 months to 12 months,
  • Higher education staff for a period of 5 to 2 months,

Erasmus+ Program Guide

Programme member countries

The following countries can participate in all actions of the Erasmus + programme :

Member states of the European Union
Belgium	Greece	Lithuania	Portugal
Bulgaria	Spain	Luxembourg	Romania
Czech Republic	France	Hungary	Slovenia
Danemark	Croatia	Malta	Slovakia
Germany	Italy	Holland	Finland
Estonia	Cyprus	Austria	Sweden
Ireland	Lativia	Poland	United kingdom

 

third countries participating in the programme
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Iceland	Norway
	Liechtenstein	Turkey

 

Credit Mobility: How does it work?

• • It is managed by the national Erasmus+ agencies in the programme countries
  • Each higher education institution (HEI) shall establish an inter-institutional agreement(s).

The agreement specifies the framework for sending and hosting students and staff.

Study allowance amount

Allowance amount	Towards the programme countries
850 EURO	Group 1: Very high living standards : DK, IE, FR, IT, AT, FI, SE, UK, LI, NO
800 EURO	Group 2: Average standard of living : BE, CZ, DE, EL, ES, HR, CY, LU, NL, PO, SI, IS, TR
750 EURO	Group 3: Low standard of living : BG, EE, LV, LT, HU, MT,  PL, RO, SK, FYROM
Allowance amount	Towards partner countries
650 euro	Region 1, Region 2, Region 3 and Region 4

 

Travel costs as the crow flies

Travel distance in km	Travel costs in Euro
00 – 499	180 €
500 – 1999	275 €
2000 – 2999	360 €
3000 – 3999	530 €
4000 – 7999	820 €
≥8000	1100 €

 

For the period (2015-2018), UMAB had implemented 15 MIC projects in partnership with :

• • University of Porto, Portugal
  • Consortium MARE NOSTRUM (Lisbon, Porto, Algarve, EVORA), Portugal
  • University of Minho, Portugal
  • University of BABES BOLYAI ROUMANI, Romania
  • Technical University of Iasi (Romania)
  • Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
  • University of Compostella, Spain
  • University of Cartagena, Spain
  • Technological University of Lublin POLAND
  • University of POZNANE, POLAND
  • University of Messina, Italy
  • University of Aristotle of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Technical University of Riga, Latvia
  • UPMC Paris
  • U Dalarna Sweden