Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
European Universities’ main objectives are to further develop institutionalised cooperation, making it systemic, structural and sustainable and to increase quality, performance and international competitiveness of European higher education institutions.
Detailed Call Description
In line with the vision for a European Education Area, these alliances intend to achieve the following aims: As such, European Universities aim at achieving the following main objectives:
- Promote common European values as enshrined in article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and a strengthened European identity by bringing together a new generation of Europeans who are able to cooperate and work within different European and global cultures, in different languages, and across borders, sectors and academic disciplines.
- Reach a substantial leap in quality, performance, attractiveness and international competitiveness and enable deep institutional transformation of involved European higher education institutions and contribute to the European knowledge economy, employment, creativity, culture and welfare by making best use of innovative pedagogies and striving to make the knowledge square a reality. European Universities will be key drivers to boost the quality of higher education and where possible to strengthen its links to the research and innovation landscape in Europe and its outreach towards the society and economy.
Paving the way for a new dimension in European higher education, the successful European Universities need a sustainable financial perspective to deliver on the ambition for continued transformation and to inspire the wider higher education sector. In this context, support under this call will be open for already existing deep institutional transnational cooperation alliances of higher education institutions including – but not limited to – the European Universities alliances selected under the 2022 Erasmus+ call for proposals.
The Erasmus+ funding period for the alliances selected under this call will be of 2 years.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
80%
The estimated available call budget is EUR 144 000 000.
Additional funding of €1.600.000 has been made available for this call through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III) to further support the participation of higher education institutions from the Western Balkans countries not associated to the Erasmus+ programme, leading to a total budget of €145.600.000.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be:
- legal entities (public or private bodies)
- 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
- Western Balkans third countries not associated to the programme.
- Erasmus+ Programme Countries:
The applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be:
- Higher Education Institutions holding a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) and entities affiliated to them.
- Any other organisation consisting of the above referred higher education institutions specifically set up with the purpose of implementing deep institutional transnational cooperation, including joint educational activities.
The associated partners can be:
- Any Higher Education Institution holding a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) established in an EU Member State or a third country associated to the programme;
- Any public/private organisation from an EU Member State, third country associated to the programme or Western Balkans third country not associated to the programme, active in the field of education and training, research and innovation or in the world of work;
- Any higher education institution established in a third country not associated to the programme that is part of the European Higher Education Area (Bologna Process) or in Western Balkans third country not associated to the programme.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
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