Student Mobility for Studies (SMS)

Student Mobility for Placements (SMP)

_{To provide students with an international academic experience with respect to different teaching and study methods}

_{To provide students with an international work experience in a professional environment.}

_{Can only be carried out at higher education institutions (usually universities)}

• _{which have been awarded an ERASMUS University Charter (EUC)}
• _{which hold a valid bilateral agreement with the student’s home institution}

_{Can be carried out in various types of enterprises and institutions.}

• _{The host institution does not need to have an ERASMUS University Charter (EUC)}
• _{A bilateral agreement with the student’s home institution is not required}

_{Participants have to sign a “learning agreement”}

_{Participants have to sign a “training agreement”}

_{Participants have student status at the host institution, i.e. they are registered (immatriculated), but do not have to pay tuition fees.}

_{Participants have trainee status at the host institution.
Placements must be "full-time".}

_{Grants are lower, because students benefit from the host institutions services and infra-structure (i.e. student residences, student restaurants, bus passes, etc.)}

_{Grants are higher, because trainees in enterprises have to find their own housing and pay regular prices for food and transportation.}