EU Programme for Education – Erasmus+

Erasmus+ is the European Union's programme for education, training, youth and sport. A budget amounting to approximately €26.2 billion will be available between 2021 to 2027. This is almost double the funding for the previous programme. The 2021–2027 programme focuses significantly on social inclusion, green and digital transformation and promoting young people's participation in democratic life. It supports the priorities and activities set out in the European Education Area, the Digital Education Action Plan and the European Skills Agenda.

Erasmus+ is structured around three key actions, plus Jean Monnet and sport.


  • Key Action 1: Individual learning mobility

    Key Action 1 aims to encourage the mobility of students, staff, volunteers, youth workers, and young people. Organisations can arrange to send or receive students and staff to or from participating countries, as well as organise teaching, training, learning and volunteering activities.

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  • Key Action 2: Cooperation among organisations and institutions

    Within the framework of Key Action 2, various funding instruments are combined under one roof to promote the internationalisation of European higher education institutions. These include, among others, the following measures:

    Cooperation Partnerships
    Through this action, multilateral European partnerships can be applied for – both between higher education institutions and with partners from the non-academic sector – to support internationalisation activities in different educational sectors. It is the successor programme to the Strategic Partnerships.

    Capacity building
    Capacity building projects in the field of higher education support the modernisation, accessibility, and internationalisation of higher education in partner countries.

    Alliances for Innovation
    The Alliances for Innovation are divided into two funding lines. The Alliances for Education and Enterprises (Lot 1) are the direct continuation of the Knowledge Alliances. These large-scale cooperation projects between European universities and companies aim to promote innovation in Europe. The Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills (Lot 2) are the direct continuation of the Sector Skills Alliances. The aim is to train and retrain workers to meet the demands of the modern labour market.

    Further information:
    Key Action 2

  • Key Action 3: Support for policy reform processes

    Key Action 3 provides support from the European Commission for education policy reform in Europe and beyond.

    Further information:
    Key Action 3 (in German only)

  • Jean Monnet activities

    Jean Monnet activities support excellent teaching and research on Europe and the European integration process.

    Further information:
    Jean Monnet activities

Contact information

Dr. Maike Gummert
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Brühlstraße 27
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Address
Brühlstraße 27
30169 Hannover
Building
Room
104