Erasmus facts figures 2011 12 en

The European Union support for student and staff exchanges and university cooperation in 2011-12

Facts, Figures & TrendsErasmus

Education and Training

Acronyms for country names

Iso Code Country Name

AT AustriaBE BelgiumBG BulgariaCH SwitzerlandCY CyprusCZ Czech RepublicDE GermanyDK DenmarkEE EstoniaEL GreeceES SpainFI FinlandFR FranceHR CroatiaHU HungaryIE IrelandIS Iceland

IT ItalyLI LiechtensteinLT LithuaniaLU LuxembourgLV LatviaMT MaltaNL NetherlandsNO NorwayPL PolandPT PortugalRO RomaniaSE SwedenSI SloveniaSK SlovakiaUK United KingdomTR Turkey

Table of contents

The 2011-12 academic year in a nutshell . . . . . 4

Erasmus Student Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Erasmus Staff Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Erasmus Intensive Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Erasmus Intensive Language Courses . . . . . . . . 16

Erasmus University Cooperation Projects . . . . 18

Annexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4 | E r a s m u s – F a c t s , F i g u r E s & t r E n d s

By the time you read this brochure, the Erasmus Programme will have achieved its target of support-ing three million student exchanges since its launch in 1987. this is a major milestone, which is testa-ment to the enduring popularity of the European union’s best known programme.

this brochure provides an in depth look at the ongo-ing Erasmus story during the academic year 2011-12. Focusing not only on student mobility, but also on ex-changes of academic and administrative staff. these are instrumental in improving the quality of the edu-cation of today’s students and opening up our univer-sities and colleges to cooperation with the world. and it looks at joint projects, summer schools and partici-pation in networks, which are changing the ways in which education is delivered and ensuring a better match with the needs of the labour market and of society in general.

Erasmus is part of the Eu’s Lifelong Learning Pro-gramme, with a budget of EUR 3.1 billion for the period 2007-13. during the academic year 2011-12, 33 countries took part in the Erasmus Programme: the 27 Eu member states, croatia, iceland, Liechten-stein, norway, switzerland and turkey. in 1987, 3 244 students from 11 countries spent a study period abroad under the Erasmus Programme. in 2011-12 the number of Erasmus students ex-ceeded 250 000 and, thanks to the Programme, more than 46 000 staff from 33 European coun-tries spent time abroad.

Erasmus mobility, with its core focus on skills devel-opment, is a central element of the European com-mission’s strategy to combat youth unemployment, featuring prominently in the Europe 2020 strategy for growth and jobs. student mobility contributes to individuals’ personal development and equips them with a wide range of competences and skills that are increasingly valued by employers – from foreign languages and greater intercultural awareness, to quick adaptability to changes and an entrepreneurial mindset. in this way, mobility boosts job prospects and encourages labour market mobility later in life. since its launch in 1987, the Erasmus Programme has seen a con-stant increase not only in the number of students taking part, but also in the quality and diversity of the activities proposed.

Work placements in companies abroad have been supported through Erasmus since 2007 and have ac-counted for the largest increases in the number of students in recent years; grants have already been awarded to nearly 200 000 students to undertake placements. this growth is helping to strengthen links between higher education and business.

teachers and other staff, such as university interna-tional relations officers, can also benefit from Eu support to teach or be trained abroad, and Higher Education institutions have the opportunity to invite staff from companies to come and teach in their institutions.

The 2011-12 academic year

in a nutshell

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the new Eu programme for education, training, youth and sport – Erasmus+ – to be launched in 2014, will build on the legacy of Erasmus by offering opportu-nities for a further four million people to go abroad to study, train, or do voluntary work by 2020.

Every year, the European commission compiles statistics from the national agencies that run the Erasmus Programme in the participating countries and publishes an annual statistical overview online, providing an overall picture of the different types of actions funded under the Programme, with a com-parison of this year’s results with those of previous years. We hope you will find this information both interesting and useful.

Erasmus not only caters for students and Higher Education staff, but, by funding transnational pro-jects and networks, also enables Higher Education institutions to work together. in 2012, Erasmus counted over 4 400 Higher Education institutions as members. For the vast majority of these institutions, taking part in Erasmus has led them to innovate in key areas such as teaching and learning, recognition of study periods abroad, student support services, coop-eration with business, and institutional management.

mobility supported by Erasmus has thus promoted the internationalisation of the European Higher Edu-cation system, contributed to its modernisation, and paved the way for the Bologna Process. it now sup-ports the Bologna goal that by 2020 at least 20 % of all graduates from the European Higher Educa-tion area should have spent a period of time study-ing or training abroad.

Erasmus cooperation projects have led to long-term structural changes and strategic initiatives. these include the European credit transfer and accumula-tion system that promotes transparency and trans-ferability in European Higher Education, and the tuning of academic degree programmes based on learning outcomes and the many joint curricula developed over the years.


Erasmus Student Mobility

Erasmus is the world’s most successful student mo-bility programme. since it began in 1987-88, the Erasmus Programme has provided over three mil-lion European students with the opportunity to go abroad and study at a Higher Education institution or train in a company. in 2011-12 student mobility ac-counted for around 80 % of the annual Erasmus budget and 1 in 20 students in participating countries in Europe received Erasmus grants during their stud-ies to go abroad:

• in the 2011-12 academic year, 252 827 students went to another European country to study or train, which represented a year-on-year increase of 9 %. it is certain that during 2012-13 the Erasmus tar-get of supporting three million students will have been reached.

• as in the previous academic year, Spain sent the most students abroad with 39 545 students leaving for another country. germany supported the second highest number of students going abroad, followed by France, italy and Poland.

• the highest numbers of outgoing Erasmus stu-

dents as a proportion of the national student population in 2011-12 were reported in Luxem-bourg, Liechtenstein, spain, Latvia and Lithuania.

• the most popular destination among European students was spain, which received 39 300 stu-dents, followed by France, germany, the united Kingdom and italy.

• the average monthly EU grant received by stu-dents (including both studies and work place-ments) was EUR 252 – roughly corresponding to the previous year (Eur 250).

• the number of zero-EU grant students (7 955) represents around 3 % of the total number of student mobility periods. this shows that the Erasmus ‘branding’ has a leverage effect, since in situations where the national Erasmus budget for an academic year has already been allocated, for example, additional students can benefit from all the advantages of being an Erasmus student (such as non-payment of tuition fees to the host institution) without receiving Eu funding.

• the average duration of student exchanges was six months. this has remained constant over the past decade.

• Erasmus also actively supports the participation of students with special needs by offering a sup-plementary grant. the number of students with special needs taking part has increased in the past few years. in 2011-12, 336 students with special needs received additional funding to participate in Erasmus, a slight increase in numbers on the pre-vious year. although this remains a relatively low figure, it reflects the limited low participation rates of students with special needs in Higher Education in general.

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• some 3 328 European Higher Education Institu-tions sent students abroad through Erasmus in 2011-12, out of a total of 4 452 institutions holding an Erasmus university charter (Euc) that year.

Mobility for Studies

Erasmus offers students the possibility of studying at another Higher Education institution. Erasmus Student Mobility for Studies, which is the most common action, enables students to spend a study period of 3 to 12 months abroad. it aims to provide students with the opportunity of studying in another country, to promote cooperation between institu-tions and help enrich their educational environment, and to contribute to building a pool of well-qualified, open minded and internationally experienced young people.

• in 1987-88, 3 244 students went abroad to study with an Erasmus grant. out of the 252 827 Erasmus students in 2011-12, 204 744 student exchanges for studying were supported, representing an in-crease of 7.5 % on the previous year.

• spain sent the most students abroad followed by germany, France, italy and Poland. these coun-tries also have the largest student populations in Europe. the same countries together with the united King dom, which receives almost twice as many students as it sends, make up the most popular destination countries, namely spain, France, germany, the united Kingdom and italy.

Type of student mobility Total

StudiesWork

placements (traineeships)

Student mobility

Total number of Erasmus students 204 744 48 083 252 827

Average EU monthly grant (EUR) 234 361 252

Average duration (months) 6.3 4.3 5.9

Number of special needs students 295 41 336

Top sending countries (absolute numbers) Es, dE, Fr, it, PL Fr, dE, Es, uK, PL Es, dE, Fr, it, PL

Top sending countries (% share of the student population)

Lu, Li, Es, cZ, Pt LV, Li, mt, EE, Lt Lu, Li, Es, LV, Lt

Top receiving countries Es, Fr, dE, uK, it Es, uK, dE, Fr, it Es, Fr, dE, uK, it

Level of studies ( % share)

Bachelor 70 %master 28 %

doctorate 1 %short-cycle 1 %





Average age of students (years) 22.5 22.8 22.5

Number of Higher Education Institutions sending students in 2011-12

2 283 2 574 3 189

Gender balance ( % of women) 60.6 % 61.1 % 60.7 %

Student mobility in figures


• A total of 35 785 enterprises across Europe received Erasmus placement students in 2011-12, a 16.4 % rise (up from 30 732 in the previous year). around 45.5 % of the enterprises were small, 32.4 % medium-sized and 22.1 % were large.

• students of social sciences, business and law made up the biggest share (31.9 %) of trainees. the sec-ond biggest share was that of students of engineer-ing, manufacturing and construction (17.1 %), closely followed by students of humanities and arts, who represented 16.9 % of all trainees.

• to support work placements abroad, Higher Educa-tion institutions can create consortia for place-ments. these consortia comprise Higher Education institutions and other organisations, such as com-panies or associations. a total of 93 Erasmus Placement Consortia organised 7 348 work placements in 12 countries during 2011-12. Work placements organised through consortia made up over 15.3 % of all work placements abroad under Erasmus.

• the average length of stay was 6.3 months, while the average monthly grant increased slightly (by 0.9 %) compared to the previous year, to EUR 234.

• students of social sciences, business and law made up the biggest share (41.4 %) of those on exchanges. the second biggest share was made up of students of humanities and arts (21.9 %). students of engi-neering, manufacturing and construction (15.1 %); science, mathematics and computing (8 %); and health and welfare (6 %) continue to participate actively, though in proportionately lower numbers compared to the overall number of students taking these subjects.

Mobility for Work Placements (Traineeships)

Erasmus also benefits students who do traineeships in companies. By temporarily working in a company – or an organisation – abroad students gain a better understanding of other economies as well as the chance to develop specific skills.

Work placements in companies abroad have been supported through Erasmus since 2007 (they had been previously managed within the Leonardo da Vinci Programme for vocational education and train-ing) and are increasingly popular. By 2011-12, grants have already been awarded to more than 177 000 students for this purpose.

grants enable students to spend a period of 3 to 12 months, or 2 to 12 months in case of short-cycle higher education, doing a work placement abroad. spending time in a company abroad helps students to adapt to the requirements of the labour market and develop spe-cific skills. it also boosts cooperation between Higher Education institutions and companies.

• out of the 252 827 Erasmus students, 48 083 went on work placements abroad in 2011-12. this repre-sents an annual increase of over 18 %. since its inclusion in the Erasmus Programme, work place-ments abroad have grown rapidly, and today the an-nual number of placements is more than three times higher than the number of placements in 2006-07.

• Placements represented a 19 % share of all Erasmus student mobility periods in 2011-12.

• France sent the most students abroad for work placements, followed by germany, spain, the united Kingdom and Poland. the top destinations for students on work placements were spain, the united Kingdom, germany, France and italy.

• the average duration of work placements, which is generally lower than for study periods, was 4.3 months, compared to 6.3 months for studies. the average monthly grant for work placements decreased by 1,4 % compared to the previous year, to EUR 361.

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Share of subject areas in mobility for studies in 2011-12

Share of subject areas in mobility for work placements in 2011-12

Education | 3 .47 %

Education | 2 .41 %

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staff mobility for teaching has become a very popu-lar action since its introduction in 1997. With the creation of the Lifelong Learning Programme in 2007, staff mobility was extended to include staff training as well as the possibility for Higher Education institutions to invite staff from companies to come and teach at their institutions.

since its launch, over 300 000 staff exchanges for teaching and training have been supported. staff mo-bility aims to enrich the experience of participating staff, to contribute to the internationalisation and modernisation of Higher Education through coopera-tion among Higher Education institutions and staff, and to encourage student mobility. the staff mobility budget accounts for approximately 7 % of the over-all Erasmus budget.

• some 46 527 staff exchanges were supported in 2011-12, a year-on-year increase on 8.6 %.

• the share of teaching assignments was 71.6 %, while staff training accounted for 28.4 % of all staff exchanges. this share has nearly doubled since 2007-08, when it was only 15 %.

• the average duration of a staff mobility period (including teaching assignments and staff training) was 5.7 days and the average grant was EUR 713 per staff exchange.

• Poland sent the most staff abroad, followed by spain, germany, France and turkey.

the five most popular destinations were spain, germany, italy, France and the united Kingdom.

Teaching Assignments

staff mobility for teaching assignments enables staff from Higher Education institutions and enter-prises to spend a teaching period of a minimum of one day (or at least five teaching hours) up to six weeks at a Higher Education institution in another participating country in Europe.

• since its introduction in 1997, the number of teaching assignments has grown constantly. out of the 46 527 staff exchanges, 33 323 were teaching assignments in 2011-12. this represents an increase of 5.4 % on the previous year.

• on average, teachers taught 8.4 hours abroad per teaching assignment, which had an average duration of 5.5 days. a small but constant de-crease has been observed since 2000-01 when the average was 6.9 days. the average grant per staff teaching assignment was EUR 686, repre-senting an increase of 6.3 % on the previous year.

• teachers from humanities and arts spent the highest number of periods abroad on teaching assignments. this was followed by teachers of social sciences, business and law and then teach-ers of engineering, manufacturing and construc-tion. this share has been more or less constant in recent years.

Erasmus Staff

Mobility

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Type of staff mobility Total

Teaching assignments Training Staff mobility

total number of staff mobility periods 33 323 13 204 46 527

average duration (in days) 5.5 6.1 5.7

average Eu grant (in Eur) 686 783 713

number of staff with special needs 12 4 16

top sending countries PL, Es, dE, Fr, cZ PL, Es, dE, tr, Fi PL, Es, dE, Fr, tr

top receiving countries Es, dE, it, Fr, PL dE, Es, uK, it, Fr Es, dE, it, Fr, uK

total number of Higher Education institutions sending out staff in 2011-12

2 147 1 772 2 336

gender balance ( % of women) 42.9 % 69.5 % 49.5 %

• the five most popular destinations for staff on teaching assignments were spain, germany, italy, France and Poland. teachers taught most often in English, followed by French, german, spanish and italian. The five most active coun-tries in sending teachers abroad on teaching assignments were Poland, spain, germany, France and the czech republic.

• some 422 teaching assignments were undertaken by staff from companies who were invited to teach at Higher Education institutions in other European countries. the increase in participation grew by 19 % compared to last year.

Staff mobility in figures


Staff Training

in addition to teaching assignments, the Programme has been opened up to allow both administrative and academic staff to participate in different forms of training abroad, such as job-shadowing or attending job-related workshops and training sessions.

Erasmus staff mobility for staff training offers an op-portunity to go on training for a period of between one week (five working days) and six weeks in a com-pany or an organisation, such as a Higher Education institution, in another participating country.

• staff mobility for training continues to increase in popularity. out of the 46 527 staff exchanges 13 204 were staff training periods in 2011-12. this represented an 18 % increase on the previous aca-demic year.

• in 2011-12, 3 336 Higher Education staff went on training to companies abroad. this represented an increase of 13.2 % compared to the previous aca-demic year. training in companies thus constituted 25.3 % of all Erasmus mobility for staff training.

• staff went abroad for training for 6.1 days on aver-age and received an average grant of EUR 783, which is considerably higher than the previous year.

• most training periods abroad were undertaken by academic staff (40.1 %), followed by finance staff (23 %), general administrative and technical staff (18.5 %) and staff from international offices (9.5 %).

• most staff received specific training (46 %) abroad, while 26 % of staff went for job-shadowing. around 16 % of beneficiaries used the action to partici-pate in workshops, while 12 % went abroad for other purposes.

• staff from Polish Higher Education institutions spent the most periods abroad for training with 2 318 staff training periods supported. they were followed by staff from spain, germany, turkey and Finland. the five most popular des-tinations for staff training were germany, spain, the united Kingdom, italy and France.

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Growth in staff mobility numbers from 2007-08 to 2011-12


Erasmus also funds intensive Programmes, which are short subject-related programmes of study (of between 10 days and 6 weeks in length), bringing together students and teaching staff from Higher Education institutions from at least three European countries. these short study programmes encourage the multinational learning of specialist topics; provide students with access to academic knowledge that is not available in one Higher Education institution alone; allow teachers to exchange views on course content and new curricula approaches; and to test teaching methods in an international classroom environment.

• since 2007-08 Erasmus intensive Programmes have been managed individually by the participating coun-tries. they have also experienced strong growth dur-ing this time. a total of 462 intensive Programmes were organised in 31 countries during the academic year 2011-12, which represents a 14 % increase on the previous year.

• altogether 15 855 students and 5 663 teachers participated in intensive Programmes in 2011-12.

• the highest number of courses (60) was organised by italy, which represents 13 % of the total number of courses organised in 2011-12. germany organ-ised 43 courses followed by France (35), the nether-lands (34) and Poland (25).

• the most popular subjects for intensive Pro-grammes were social sciences, business and law (23 %), engineering, manufacturing and construction (19 %), humanities and arts (19 %), and science, mathematics and computing (15 %).

Erasmus Intensive

Programmes

number of intensive Programmes courses

462

total number of participating students

15 855

total number of participating teachers

5 663

top five organising countries it, dE, Fr, nL, PL

average duration of intensive Programmes

12 days

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Number of Erasmus Intensive Programmes from 2000-01 to 2011-12


since 1996, Erasmus has financed specialised courses in the less widely used and taught languages for stu-dents going abroad as part of the Programme. the aim is to prepare incoming students for their study exchange or work placement through a linguistic and cultural introduction to the host country. Language courses are not organised for the most widely taught languages, namely English, german, French and spanish (castilian).

• the number of intensive Language courses sup-ported has grown tremendously since their launch. some 435 courses were organised in 26 participat-ing countries in 2011-12, an increase of 11 % com-pared to the previous year, and they have more than doubled as compared with 2005-06.

• a total of nearly 48 000 Erasmus students have benefited from a language course prior to their study exchange or work placement since 1999. some 6 631 students participated in an intensive Language course in 2011-12 (up from 5 872 the previous year, representing a 13 % increase). this represents 2.6 % of the total number of students participating in the Programme. if we take the share of the incoming Erasmus students only to those countries eligible to organise an intensive Language course, the percentage is around 5.8 %.

• the most popular destination was italy with 1 008 participants, followed by Portugal, Belgium (dutch-speaking community), turkey and sweden.

• the highest proportion of incoming students participating in a language course remained in slovenia, where 19.1 % of incoming students took part, followed by croatia (12.7 %). iceland, romania, greece and Estonia had participation rates of be-tween 10 and 11 %.

Erasmus Intensive Language Courses

number of courses 435

total number of students 6 631

top hosting countriesit, Pt, BE (nL),

tr, sE

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Number of Erasmus Intensive Language Courses from 2005-06 to 2011-12


Type of actionNumber of

applications received

Number of applications

approved

Applications success rate

Multilateral Projects

cooperation between Higher Education institutions and enterprises

67 12 17.9 %

mobility strategies and removal of barriers to mobility in Higher Education

19 7 36.8 %

social dimension of Higher Education

20 5 25.0 %

Fostering excellence and innovation in Higher Education

32 5 15.6 %

support to the modernisation of Higher Education

63 15 23.8 %

Total 201 44 21.9 %

Academic Networks 26 8 30.8 %

Accompanying Measures 23 5 21.7 %

Total 250 57 22.8 %

together with mobility, the Erasmus Programme also fosters the modernisation of European Higher Education through funding joint projects. these projects, which run from between one and three years, aim to stimulate policy reforms through transnational coopera-tion among Higher Education Institutions and other relevant stakeholders across Europe.

applications are submitted once every calendar year and around EUR 20 million is allocated annually to these projects.

most of the 2012 funded projects are closely linked to the following Eu Higher Education policy areas: developing mobility strategies and the removal of

Erasmus University

Cooperation Projects

Erasmus University Cooperation Projects in 2012

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barriers to mobility in higher education, promoting employability and addressing the social dimension of higher education. it is important to note that some of these projects tackle more than one policy area.

• the number of applications has grown year-on-year. some 250 applications were submitted in 2012 (up from 197 in 2011). among these 57 were selected for funding, which represents, on average, a 22.8 % success rate. this is significantly lower than the previous year (35 %), since in 2012 the available budget had decreased by 7 % and was distributed among 27 % more applications.

• most applications (44 out of 57) have been ap-proved under the so-called ‘multilateral Projects’, in the fields of support to the modernisation of Higher Education; cooperation between Higher Education institutions and enterprises; promoting Virtual campuses and the removal of barriers to mobility; fostering excellence and innovation in Higher Education; and social inclusion in Higher Education.

• applications received as part of cooperation be-tween Higher Education institutions and enterprises have experienced strong growth: 67 applications as compared to 45 last year, which represents a year-on-year increase of 48.9 %. these projects mainly focused on promoting creativity, competitiveness, entrepreneurial spirit and employability; the devel-opment of innovative practices; and improving quality and increasing student and staff mobility throughout Europe.

• Eight applications have been selected from the ‘academic networks’ proposals, designed to pro-mote innovation in a specific discipline, set of dis-ciplines, or in a multidisciplinary area, and requiring the participation of Higher Education institutions from all participating countries.

• Finally, five applications have been approved from the ‘accompanying measures’ proposals. these are innovative projects wich aim to have clear relevance to the European Higher Education modernisation agenda and to raise awareness of relevant target groups or the general public on the importance of European cooperation in the field of Higher Education.

• the united Kingdom submitted the highest num-ber of proposals (35), followed by Belgium (25), Finland (24), spain (23) and italy (19).

Belgium was the most successful country in terms of applications approved, with 11 accepted.

many of the projects funded under this part of the Erasmus Programme have led to important policy developments. For example, the European credit transfer and accumulation system (Ects) was origi-nally an Erasmus project, before becoming a major tool to foster mobility that is used throughout Europe.


Higher Education policy priorities addressed by Erasmus University Cooperation Projects from 2007 to 2012

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Sweden 41 %

Norway 46 %

Ireland 52 %

Denmark 66 %

Estonia 52 %

Slovakia 58 %

Bulgaria 62 %

Turkey 66 %

Cyprus 69 %

Latvia 85 %

Slovenia 46 %

Netherlands 55 %

Spain 58 %

Greece 46 %

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AnnexesOutbound student mobility growth rates between 2007-08 (start of the Lifelong Learning Programme) and 2011-12

14 countries grew by more than 40 % (BG, CY, DK, EE, EL, ES, IE, LV, NL, NO, SE, SI, SK and TR).

14 countries experienced growth of between 20 % and 40 % (AT, BE, CZ, DE, FI, FR, IS, LT, LU, MT, PT, RO, IT, UK).

2 countries experienced growth of between 0 and 20 % (HU and PL).

1 country experienced a decrease (LI).

1 country (HR) has only participated in the Programme from 2009-10.

1 country (CH) began participating in the Programme in 2011-2012.

• > 40 % growth

• 20-40 % growth

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• < 0 % (decrease)

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• Not Erasmus countries

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159

324

182

697

198

523

213

266

231

408

252

827

Reaching the three million mobility goal

2 2 | E R A S M U S – F A C T S , F I G U R E S & T R E N D S2 2 | E R A S M U S – F A C T S , F I G U R E S & T R E N D S

Progress to achieving the three million student mobility target

0

5 000

10 000

15 000

20 000

25 000

30 000

35 000

40 000

0

50 000

100 000

150 000

200 000

250 000

300 0001 Million 2 Million 3 Million

1987

-88

1988

-89

1989

-90

1990

-91

1991

-92

1992

-93

1993

-94

1994

-95

1995

-96

1996

-97

1997

-98

1998

-99

1999

-00

2000

-01

2001

-02

2002

-03

2003

-04

2004

-05

2005

-06

2006

-07

2007

-08

2008

-09

2009

-10

2010

-11

2011

-12

2012

-13

3 24

4

9 91

4

19 4

56

27 9

06

36 3

14 51 6

94

62 3

62

73 4

07

84 6

42

79 8

74

85 9

99

97 6

01

107

666

111

092

115

432

123

957

135

586

144

037

154

421

159

324

182

697

198

523

213

266

231

408

252

827

A N N E x E S | 2 3

• Mobility for placements

• Mobility for studies

Distribution of outgoing students studying or doing work placements abroad in 2011-12

BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK HR IS TR LI NO CH

1 284 319 945 1 015 5 770 322 791 603 5 442 7 345 2 973 43 748 911 3 889 55 2 861 1 041 3 209 1 215 1 198 324 516 1 184 369 4 568 200 29 1 558 5 148 200

5 807 1 533 6 059 2 300 27 593 770 1 963 2 988 34 103 25 924 20 404 214 1 446 2 637 447 3 472 94 6 449 4 549 12 106 5 269 3 380 1 411 2 169 4 088 3204 9 094 682 232 10 268 33 1 542 2 514

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0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

140 138 135 125 140 157

192

255272

254 250 252

2011-12

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

2 1872 517

2 757 2 982 3 174 3 328

1 9822 191 2 374 2 523

3 1613 579

3 8734 131

4 452

1 950 2 071

0

1 000

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000

2011-12


• Average monthly EU grant for student mobility (in EUR)

Average monthly EU grant for student mobility (in EUR) from 2000-01 to 2011-12

Growth of Higher Educations Institutions active in Erasmus from 2003 to 2012

• Number of Erasmus University Charter (EUC) holders

• Number of Higher Education Institutions sending out students and staff

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

BE BG CZ DE EL ES FREE IE IT LV LT HU NL PLAT PT SI SK FI UK TR CH

11

11

20

22

13 11

1

51

1 1

9

37

4

15

109

6 711

38 85

A N N E x E S | 2 5

Number of students with special needs participating in student mobility in 2011-12

• Number of special needs students

Note: only countries with at least one student with special needs are displayed in the chart.

0 %

5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %

25 %

30 %

35 %

0

500

1 000

1 500

2 000

2 500


Consortia for work placements per country in 2011-12

• Number of consortia

• Number of Higher Education Institutions in consortia

• Number of placements organised

BG CZ DE EL ES FR IT AT PL PT FI TR

• 1 1 16 4 23 19 10 2 2 13 1 1

• 10 3 119 10 290 89 39 10 2 13 2 4

• 45 29 2 373 75 1 375 1 745 644 174 49 745 46 48

0 %

5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %

25 %

30 %

35 %

A N N E x E S | 2 7

Erasmus students as proportion of graduates in 2011 (in %)

• 2011-12 (in %)

• Average: 4.7 %


6.7 2.9 6.5 5.8 6.3 9.2 4.6 5.5 10.4 5.1 6.0 4.3 8.8 8.2 34.9 6.4 4.4 6.7 8.8 2.4 7.4 1.8 8.5 3.6 10.7 5.2 1.8 2.3 6.4 2.2 14.7 4.2 3.7

Data from Eurostat 2011

(Graduate Population: EDUC_GRAD4)

•

United Kingdom 41 %

Netherlands 42 %

Latvia 52 %

Liechtenstein 113 %

Luxembourg 67 %

Malta

Poland 103 %

Slovakia 64 %

Hungary 63 %

Romania 74 %

Bulgaria 69 %

Greece 67 %

Slovenia 78 %

Belgium 40 %

Spain 55 %


Outbound staff mobility growth rates between 2007-08 (start of the Lifelong Learning Programme) and 2011-12

14 countries grew by more than 40 % (BE, BG, EL, ES, HU, LI, LU, LV, NL, PL, RO, SI, SK, UK).

10 countries experienced growth of between 20 % and 40 % (AT, CZ, DE, FI, IE, IS, IT, LT, NO, TR).

7 countries experienced growth of between 0 and 20 % (CY, DK, EE, FR, MT, PT, SE).

1 country (HR) has only participated in the Programme from 2009-10.

• > 40 % growth

• 20-40 % growth

• 0-20 % growth

• n/a

• Not Erasmus countries

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

A N N E x E S | 2 9

Number of Erasmus University Cooperation project applications submitted and selected per country (coordinators) from 2007 to 2012

• Proposals submitted

• Proposals selected


131 19 19 13 77 11 10 43 89 49 102 6 6 17 2 24 2 91 49 20 43 15 29 19 108 13 117 4 1 6 0 7 2

67 3 2 2 24 1 4 14 32 16 36 1 1 1 2 3 0 46 14 5 12 7 7 4 24 3 44 0 0 0 0 3 1

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1000


Participation of countries in Erasmus University Cooperation projects (as coordinators and partners) from 2007 to 2012

• Proposals submitted

• Proposals selected


860 341 316 295 897 252 251 398 921 650 905 149 202 311 60 344 112 612 425 478 517 429 286 211 569 320 965 64 93 343 29 201 83

425 151 140 133 417 124 136 187 414 312 418 62 101 138 29 153 59 283 170 235 249 196 118 106 237 149 459 25 58 166 15 111 35

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