Erasmus+ Study: programme, requirements and destinations

What is it and what does it offer?

The Erasmus+ Programme is an EU funded mobility programme allowing you to spend between two and twelve months at a European or non European university.

You can attend courses, sit exams and earn credits for your studies.

You will receive a grant from the Erasmus+ Programme to help you cover your costs.
As an Erasmus+ student, not only will you earn credits for your learning activities, but you will be also exempted from paying tuition fees at your host university (but not at your home university) and you will have access to all the services the host university offers its own students.

Where can you go?

There are around 600 universities in the countries of destination:

• in any of the 26 European Union Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden;
• in the 3 countries of the European Economic Area: Island, Liechtenstein and Norway;
• in the accession candidate countries: Turkey, the Republic of Macedonia;
• in some non-EU countries participating in the Erasmus+ Programme

  (starting from the new Erasmus+ programme 2021-2027, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are Partner Countries. The mobilities towards these countries are therefore guaranteed, but student grants will be covered by European funds equivalent to those foreseen for Programme Countries).

The list of partner universities where students can spend a mobility period is updated every year, thus it is available only once the call for application is published.

Who can take part?

1. Anyone regularly enrolled at the University of Bologna.
2. Anyone who, in previous years and during previous studies at the University of Bologna or any other Italian or foreign university, has not been on Erasmus, Lifelong Learning Programme, Erasmus Mundus Action 1 and/or Erasmus Mundus Action 2 programmes  for more than 12 months (24 months for single cycle) for the degree cycle they are enrolled in and in which they will undertake their mobility studies. The students may obtain one or more Erasmus+ grants for each study cycle (three-year, graduate and doctorate) covering a total period that does not exceed 12 months in each cycle. For single-cycle degree programmes (e.g. Medicine), the maximum number of months allowed is 24, but the mobility duration must not exceed 12 months for each call for application within which they have been selected for.
3. You are NOT entitled to an Erasmus+ grant if you are either receiving an EU mobility grant to study abroad or grants allocated from the Unibo funds available for mobility periods abroad.