What is it?

For over 30 years, Europe has funded the Erasmus programme, which has enabled over four million European students to spend part of their studies in another higher education institution (HEI) in Europe. In 2015, Erasmus+ opened up these opportunities, funding mobility from other parts of the world to "Programme Countries", and for outgoing mobility for European students to go to "Partner Countries”.

Credit mobility can be defined as a limited period of study or traineeship abroad (in the framework of on-going studies at a home institution) for the purpose of gaining credits. After the mobility phase, students return to their home institution, where the credits are recognized and they complete their studies.

How does it work?

Students and doctoral candidates are able to study abroad for a period of 3 months (or one academic term or trimester), up to a maximum of 12 months in each study cycle and may benefit from an Erasmus+ grant. Traineeships within a company are also possible, for 2 to 12 months. Staff can spend a teaching and/or training period abroad from 5 days (excluding travel) to a maximum of 2 months and may also benefit from a grant. The grant for staff may provide funding for two additional days of travel (one before and one after the mobility).

How is it funded?

Each Erasmus+ National Agency established in a Programme Country has a budget to fund a number of mobility projects between HEIs in that Programme Country and those in Partner Countries. Institutions from Programme Countries can apply to their National Agency to organize projects with HEIs in one or more Partner Countries. The National Agency awards the successful HEIs a grant to cover the mobility of a number of students and staff. This grant will cover the cost of the individual grants and also include a portion for organizational support.

For individuals: Students and doctoral candidates from Partner Countries may receive a monthly contribution to their expenses abroad of between EUR 800, EUR 850, or EUR 900 (depending on the cost of living in the Programme Country: see the Erasmus+ Programme Guide). For students and doctoral candidates going to Partner Countries from Programme Countries, the rate is EUR 700 per month for all Partner Countries. Staff coming from Partner Countries may receive a daily contribution to their expenses of between EUR 140 and EUR 180 (depending on the cost of living in the Programme Country: see Programme Guide). Staff from Programme Countries going to Partner Countries will get EUR 180 per day.

Each selected individual participant will get a travel contribution based on the distance from the sending to the receiving institution. (Source: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/sites/eacea-site/files/a-international-credit-mobility-2020-2pg.pdf

On 18 August, 2020 Hue University signed an Inter-Institutional Agreement with the University of Aveiro, Portugal within the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility –ICM (2020-2022) program. Accordingly, the teaching staff mobility will be done between the two universities.

The areas for the mobility will be:

- 0714 Electronics and automation

- 0715 Mechanics and metal trades

 - 0212 Design  

 - 0410 Business and administration

- 0531 Chemistry

- 0710 Engineering and engineering trades

- 0532 Earth Sciences (Geology)

- 0711 Chemical Engineering and processes