As in the past, ERASMUS is open

to all types of higher education institutions (for which the term "universities" is generally used)

in all academic disciplines and all levels of higher education study up to and including the doctorate and

to those emerging from the 31 countries participating in SOCRATES, as well as to students emerging from any other country, who are officially recognized by a Member State as refugees, stateless persons or permanent residents.

Participating countries

Adopted on 24 January 2000 and spanning the period until the end of 2006, the Lifelong Learning Program and its Erasmus action are now open to the participation of 31 countries:

the 25 Member States of the European Union

the 3 European Economic Area countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)

the 3 candidate countries (Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey).
Additional funds are provided in each country by public authorities, by the universities themselves and by other organizations. Erasmus grants are mobility grants destined to cover the additional costs of a study period abroad rather than the entire cost of the stay.
Read more about the Erasmus/Socrates program here or contact the international office of your home or destination university.

ERASMUS

The Lifelong Learning Program is divided into different programs. Their common goal is to develop a European dimension in the education sector. The demand for foreign language abilities, mobility of both students and faculty, and the recognition of credits obtained in a foreign country, are central tasks of the program's philosophy. Those are the programs included under the Lifelong Learning Program umbrella:

ERASMUS: for students
COMENIUS: for high school students
PROGRAMMA LINGUA: for language studies
ODL: for Distance Learning
BILDUNG for adults
Information exchange among the various educational systems

Contacts

Commission of the European Communities
SOCRATES and YOUTH Technical Assistance Office
70, rue Montoyer
B-1000 Bruxelles

Commission of the European Communities
ERASMUS Office
15, rue d'Arlon
B-1040 Bruxelles

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Leonardo was the first program to promote the mobility and enhance the professional abilities of students. It was continuously improved and its branches increased throughout the past years. Some of the projects:

Comett, Community Action Program in Education and Training for Technology - offering the possibility for students of technical faculties to do internships in other EU countries.
Petra, Young European Workers Program - offers the possibility to go abroad, to visit specific classes, and to learn the language.
Eurotecnet - internships in the area of newly-developing technologies
Leonardo 2 - possibility to do an internship abroad with a length between three months and one year.
Contacts

LEONARDO DA VINCI program
9 rue de l'Astronomie 20
B-1210 Bruxelles
COMMET OFFICE
14, rue Montoyer
B-1040 Bruxelles

Links:
Lifelong Learning Programme