The Erasmus Mundus programme
Erasmus Mundus & External Cooperation
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency1
Today’s briefing
 1. Introduction
 2. The Erasmus Mundus programme
 Action 1 Joint Programmes
 Action 2 Partnerships
 Action 3 projects
 3. The 2012 Call for Proposals
 4. Information on Erasmus for all
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Erasmus Mundus: three actions
Action 1
Joint Masters and
Doctoral
Programmes
Action 2
Partnerships
Action 3
Promotional
projects
•implemented by EU
and non-EU HEIs
•EU and non-EU HEIs
•raise profile of
European higher
education
•full-study scholarships
for students; grants for
visiting scholars
•scholarships for shortterm or degree-seeking
student mobility at a
range of levels, and for
staff
•tackle challenges of
international higher
education cooperation
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Erasmus Mundus - Action 1 to date
 131 EMMCs and 34 EMJDs providing scholarships in
2012-2013
 In these 165 Action 1 consortia: 803 instances of
participation by 445 different HEIs
 340 EU HEIs, 105 non-EU, (none oPt)
 12,034 Masters students selected, 2004-2011 (14 oPt)
 1,600 Masters scholars selected, 2004-2009 (1 oPt)
 346 Doctorate fellows selected, 2010-2011 (none oPt)
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Erasmus Mundus - Action 2 to date
(ECW, 2007-2009, Action 2 2010)
 46 partnerships selected in 2011
 162 partnerships selected, 2007 – 2011 (144
running)
 2,900 participations by 1,031 different HEIs
 326 EU, 705 non-EU (incl. 9 from oPt)
 14,000 mobilities – 219 from oPt (2007-2010)
selections)
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Erasmus Mundus - Action 3 to date
(Ex-Action 4, 2004-2008)
 7 projects for promotion of European higher
education selected in 2011
 55 Enhancing attractiveness projects 2004-2011
 597 participations by organisations (294 from
Europe, 283 from third countries, including 2 from
oPt in one project)
 7 information projects managed by National
Structures (2009, 2010, 2011)
 5 Clusters of Erasmus Mundus projects
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Erasmus Mundus 2012 Call for Proposals
 ONE call for three actions - December 2011
 Deadline 30 April 2012, Selection July 2012
 Key documents and homepage:
 Programme Guide
 Guidelines for Applicants (Action 2)
 Call for Proposals
 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/fundi
ng/higher_education_institutions_en.php
EM Call 2012
 Participation of HEIs in all three actions
 Students and staff/scholars in Action 1 and 2
 To strengthen participation in all actions, in particular
Action 2 (Occupied Palestinian territory, Jordan,
Lebanon, Syria):
 Min. number to be selected : 2
 Min. budget EUR 4.428 million
 Min. mobility for at least 230 individuals on all
academic levels
The future
 Erasmus Mundus II runs until end 2013
 In November, European Commission issued
proposals for « Erasmus for All, 2014-2020 »
 Three components:
Mobility
Cooperation
Policy
 Next steps: Proposal is discussed in European
Parliament and by EU Member States