What is Key Action 1 (ΚΑ1) in Higher Education?
Erasmus+ supports mobility activities in higher education between EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme.
Who can take part?
Students, higher education teaching and administrative staff can take part in EU higher education mobility projects. Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) decide on the mobility activities to implement (e.g. mobility only for HEI staff, mobility only for students or student and staff mobility).
• Promote employability
• Social inclusion
• Civic engagement
• Environmental sustainability and innovation in Europe and beyond
• Teach and train in vocational education abroad
• Experience new teaching environments
• Acquire new innovative pedagogical and digital skills as well as curriculum design skills
• Connect and cooperate with their peers and universities abroad
• Exchange good practices and prepare students for the world of work
• Develop transnational and transdisciplinary curricula for new teaching methods aimed at tackling social challenges
Only HEIs awarded with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) can apply for Learning Mobility of Individuals. Interested students and staff must contact their university in order to be advised on the procedure and the participation conditions.
Higher Education Institutions can be funded:
The applications for KA1 in the field of Higher Education are as follows:
For information on the procedure for the submission of applications for mobility opportunities, read the relevant Erasmus+ Programme Guide and the Follow-up Announcement of the National Agency/IKY.
Mobility Consortia in Key Action 1 – Higher Education are responsible for organising mobility on the part of the HEIs for students and staff in higher education institutes, members of the Consortium.
Mobility Consortia comprise a minimum of three organisations two out of which must be Higher Education Institutions, holders of an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.
In order to be awarded a Mobility Consortium Certificate and receive funding for student and staff mobility, interested bodies must apply to the National Agency.
