Other Exchange Programmes

Non-European students & Erasmus

Erasmus Mundus

Erasmus Mundus offers joint degrees, so-called European masters and PhD programs in wide scope of fields. Since 2009, Erasmus Mundus has been expanded and now it does not only offer full degree mobility, but also an opportunity to spend part of your studies in a different country anywhere in the world. It works similarly to Erasmus, but unlike it is not limited to Europe and enables a truly international exchange between Europeans and non-Europeans, supported by scholarships.

European Union programs

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a project initiated by the European Union. It aims at helping new entrepreneurs to acquire relevant skills for managing a small or medium-sized enterprise by spending time in another EU country. It contributes to improving their know-how and fosters cross-border transfers of knowledge and experience between entrepreneurs. It is operated by 24 EU countries.
 

Erasmus Student Mobility for Placements

Erasmus Student Mobility for Placements enables students at higher education institutions to spend a placement (traineeship/internship) period between 3 months and 12 months in an enterprise or organization in another participating country. 

Leonardo da Vinci

The Leonardo da Vinci program focuses on the development of a policy of vocational education and training. There are different kinds of projects and a lot of subjects involved: some projects give individuals the chance to improve their competences while experiencing a period abroad, some others involve training organizations in a process of Europe-wide co-operation. 

Grundtvig

The Grundtvig program has been instituted for adult learners willing to increase and to improve their own knowledge and skills, in order to give them the opportunity to remain up-to-date and to be much more employable. The funds of this program aim not only to sustain adult learning but even to cover all the realities involved in this process of education. 

Tempus

The Tempus program supports the modernization of higher education and the creation of an area of cooperation between countries surrounding the EU. This scheme now involves 27 countries in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East. 

Scholarships, internships, and other programes and projects

PLOTEUS (Portal on Learning Opportunities throughout the European Space) is a European Union project to help students, job seekers, workers, parents, guidance counselors, and teachers to find out information about studying in Europe. 

Mladiinfo provides information about various scholarships, trainings, and internships for students all around the world.

EastChance provides information about scholarships, summer courses, conferences for students all around the world.

Campus Europae – European University Foundation. The idea of Campus Europae is to strengthen and accelerate the development of the sphere of European education by establishing examples of concrete cooperation.
 

Institute of International Education administers over 200 programs serving more than 20,000 individuals each year. 

Go Abroad provides information about scholarships and much more from all over the world.

UNESCO's World Observatory on the Social Status of the Artist provides the most comprehensive list of the different forms of research assistance and creation available in the field of culture nationally, regionally, and internationally. It also lists training fellowships.

Scholarship Portal offers the possibility to search and compare around 1000 scholarships around Europe.
 

More Information by country

Austria 

OEAD is central service point for European and international mobility and cooperation. It provides advice for institutions, accompanies international exchange, and promotes the higher education location in Austria.

Central & Eastern Europe 

Copernicus is a scholarship allowing Eastern, Southeastern, and Central European students to go to Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich. 

CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) is a network connecting universities from 15 countries promoting inter-university cooperation and mobility.

GFPS Poland offers scholarships for studies at German universities to Polish students.

Visegrad fund scholarship is aimed at young scholars from the V4 countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland to study in another V4 country. 

France

Campus France manages international exchange programs for foreign grant holder students and interns for courses in France or abroad and it also provides the same services for French students and interns on courses abroad.

Germany

DAAD (Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst) runs over 250 programs, through which it funds more than 67,000 German and foreign scholars worldwide.

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation promotes academic cooperation between excellent scientists and scholars from abroad and from Germany. 

Greece

Onassis Foundation Scholarships is aimed to cover research, artistic work, further education, and post-graduate studies in Greece.

Lithuania

EESF (Education Exchanges Support Foundation) is a Lithuanian national agency responsible for implementing EU Lifelong Learning Programmes and a number of other EU and national programs and projects within the field of education and training.

Netherlands

Nuffic (the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education) is aimed at students from all over the world. The Grantfinder is an online search engine for those who want to study in the Netherlands and are looking for a financial aid. The Grantfinder contains information on a range of Dutch scholarships for foreign students.

Northern Europe

CIMO offers fellowship programs for young researchers, scholarships for postgraduate studies, and research at Finnish universities. FIRST (Finnish-Russian Student Exchange Program) promotes bilateral mobility of students and supports teacher visits between the countries. North2north is a student exchange programme between Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Canada and Alaska (USA). Students registered at the participating institutions are eligible to apply through their own institutions of higher education.

Danish governmental scholarships for both long-term study periods and summer language courses to foreign students.

The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education is a public Norwegian agency that promotes international cooperation in education and research.

Study in Finland website contains a database of English-language degree and non-degree programs, information about Finland as a study destination, Finnish higher education institutions, and practicalities concerning scholarships, admissions systems and living in Finland. 

Slovakia

Slovak Academic Information Agency is a non-governmental non-profit organization implementing programs and providing services aimed at enhancement of civil society, and assisting in internationalization of education and research in Slovakia.        

Switzerland

Turkey

Jean Monnet scholarship offers Turkish officials, students, academics and private sector employees the opportunity to pursue postgraduate study or one-year academic study in EU member states.

United Kingdom

The British Council's website Education UK provides useful references to scholarships and funds.

United States of America

Fulbright is a US government sponsored program for students, researchers and teachers. The program essentially works by sending US students abroad, and inviting foreign students for Master and PhD studies at the US universities.

Funding US Study is an extensive database of scholarships, fellowships and grants organized and maintained by the Institute of International Education.

EducationUSA is a global network of more than 400 advising centers supported by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

International Student Exchange Programs is a network of over 300 colleges and universities in 45 countries cooperating to provide affordable access to international education for a diverse student population. International students from the participating non-US universities can use ISEP to spend semester or a year in any of the participating US university. 

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