Erasmus+ 2014-2020
Erasmus+ is the new EU programme for international cooperation in education, replacing former EU programmes including Erasmus Mundus, LLP and TEMPUS. The programme consists of a number of actions, where KTH can seek funding for various forms of international activities in higher education.
Erasmus+ actions
Capacity Building
Erasmus+ Capacity Building support the developing of joint projects to develop new courses, curricula, education centras, higher education administration or national education reforms, and contribute to the modernisation of higher education and democratic development in partner countries.
Joint Master Degrees
Erasmus+ Joint Master Degrees funds the development of joint Master's programmes, and scholarships for students seeking to attend the developed programmes.
Knowledge Alliances
Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliances aims to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity by fostering innovation in higher education via balanced, two-way knowledge exchange with enterprises and across the broader socio-economic environment.
Mobility of Individuals
Erasmus+ Mobility of Individuals enables staff to teach or train, and for students to study and/or practice, at a partner university, another university or company/organization in another European country, in some cases even outside Europe.
Strategic Partnerships
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships fund projects enhancing the quality and innovativeness of learning and teaching, developing new curricula, building bridges between the different sectors of education and fostering more intense forms of cooperation to achieve the modernisation objectives, including a better exploitation of open education resources.