European Degree Pathway Projects

Opened

Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Erasmus+ Programme

Programme Description

Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe.
Programme Details

Identifier Code

ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PI-FORWARD-HE-EDPP

Call

European Degree Pathway Projects

Summary

This action aims to accompany and support partnerships in designing and implementing the necessary actions to facilitate the rollout of the joint European degree label, promote the joint European degree label and explore the pathway toward a possible joint European degree in all fields including specific disciplines (e.g., engineering).

Detailed Call Description

Proposals must address the 3 following themes:

Capacity building and rollout of the joint European degree label: Focus on embedding the joint European degree label into national and regional education systems and legal environment. This includes strengthening institutional capacities through targeted staff training and the development of sustainable processes for the joint European degree label implementation and management;

Strategic communication and visibility enhancement: Conduct targeted communication and promotion at national, institutional, and sectoral levels to raise awareness and visibility of the joint European degree label;

Cross-border cooperation and regulatory exploration: Encourage cooperative networks and peer learning among national authorities, quality assurance agencies, higher education institutions, student organisations, and social partners. This includes conducting legal and regulatory analyses to assess the feasibility and design of mechanisms for a possible joint European degree.

Call Total Budget

€7.000.000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

85%

Thematic Categories

  • Education and training
  • Information Technology
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Youth

Eligibility for Participation

  • Educational Institutions
  • Other Beneficiaries
  • Private Bodies
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • State-owned Enterprises
  • Training Centres
  • Youth

Eligibility For Participation Notes

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies);
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • Erasmus+ Programme Countries:
      • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs));
      • non-EU countries:
        • listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme (list of participating countries);
  • Any public or private organisation active in the fields of education or training. This includes relevant public authorities in charge of higher education and/or national or regional bodies with a mandate from their country related to quality assurance, recognition, funding of higher education institutions or other specific fields (including for example higher education ministries, accreditation and quality assurance agencies, recognition authorities), international associations active in the field of higher education and quality assurance (QA) in higher education (as defined in their statute);
  • for higher education institutions (HEIs) established in Erasmus+ Programme Countries (see above): be holders of the ECHE certificate (Erasmus Charter for Higher Education).

Call Opening Date

03/12/2025

Call Closing Date

03/03/2026

National Contact Point(s)

Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes

Website: Erasmus+ – IDEP
Website with Contact details: Εpikoinonia – Erasmus+ – IDEP
Address: Prodromou & Dimitrakopoulou 2, Nicosia 1090, Cyprus
Τelephone: +357 22448888
Email: info@idep.org.cy