INTERNATIONAL CREDIT MOBILITY (ICM)
For over 25 years, Europe has funded the Erasmus programme, which has enabled over 3 million European students to spend part of their studies in another higher education institution (HEI) elsewhere in Europe. Erasmus+ now opens up these opportunities to students and staff from other parts of the world. Under Key Action 1 of the Erasmus+ Programme, International Credit Mobility (ICM), a HEI in a Partner Country can send its students, doctoral candidates or staff to a partner HEI in a Programme Country, and vice versa.
Benefits for students and staff:
- Support students in the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competences with a view to improving their personal development;
- Support the professional development of staff who work in higher education with a view to innovating and improving the quality of teaching and training;
- Enhance notably the participants' foreign languages competence;
- Raise participants' awareness and understanding of other cultures and countries, offering them the opportunity to build networks of international contacts.
Benefits for HEIs:
- Increase the capacities, attractiveness and international dimension of HEIs so that they are able to offer activities and programmes that better respond to the needs of individuals, within and outside Europe.
Student mobility for all cycles and disciplines:
- Study period abroad at a partner HEI (from 3 to 12 months)
- Traineeship (work placement) abroad in an enterprise or any other relevant workplace (from 2 to 12 months)
Students are able to study abroad for a limited period for which credits are obtained. After the mobility phase, the students return to their sending institution to complete their studies. Students may receive an EU grant as a contribution to their costs for travel and subsistence during the period abroad.
Staff mobility:
- Teaching periods: this activity allows HEI staff to teach at a partner HEI abroad in any academic discipline (from 5 days from and to Partner Countries, to 2 months, excluding travel time)
- Training periods: this activity supports the professional development of HEI teaching and non-teaching staff in the form of training events abroad (excluding conferences) and job shadowing/observation periods/training at a partner HEI, or at another relevant organisation abroad (from 5 days from and to Partner Countries, to 2 months, excluding travel time)
A period abroad can combine teaching and training activities. Staff may receive an EU grant as a contribution to their costs for travel and subsistence during the period abroad.
Source: http://www.erasmusbih.com/
