Programs of students exchange

CEEPUS

CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) is addressed to citizens of Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. It is interscholar program for pregradual students (minimum of two semesters finished), post gradual students and academic pedagogues. For more informations check: www.ceepus.info

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Is focused on increasing mobility throughout Europe of people involved in education and training (except tertiary level). In this program can also participate learning institutions and organisations, people in labour market, research centres, trainees‘, parents‘ and teachers‘ organisations and so on. For more informations check: ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/structure/leonardo_en.html

JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME

This is lifelong learning programme to stimulate teaching, research and reflection activities related to European integration. Point of this programme is to stimulate excellence in teaching and research. In this programme can participate higher education institutions within and outside European Union, teachers, researchers and their associations, education and training organisations. For more information check: ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/structure/monnet_en.html

SOCRATES

SOCRATES is education programme working in 30 European countries for promote education, lifelong learning, mobility and innovation. Socrates consists of these actions:

• Comenius
• Erasmus Mundus
• Grundtvig
• Lingua

COMENIUS

It is European Union program focused on young people and educational staff. Its point is to develop knowledge and understanding among beneficiaries. In this program can participate schools, teachers and pupils (minimum 12 years old), organisations, high school institutions and so on. Point of this program is to support learning of foreign languages, support development… For more information check: ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/structure/comenius_en.html

ERASMUS MUNDUS

Erasmus is international program addressed for higher education institutions, students, scholars and other public or private bodies. Most programs are dedicated to beneficiaries from Europe Union and EFTA countries but other countries can participate too. For more information check: ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html

GRUNDTVIG

This is European Union lifelong learning programme and its objective is to improve mobility throughout Europe. It is focused on lifelong learning and targeted on learners, institutions and organisations of adult education. For more information check: ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/structure/grundtvig_en.html

LINGUA

Lingua is programme to support linguistic diversity in European Union, lifelong language learning and improve quality of language teaching and learning. For more information check: ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/lingua/index_en.html

Organisations for students exchange, grants…

SAIA

SAIA (Slovak Academic Information Agency) is non-profit organisation for internationalisation education and science in Slovakia. Major programmes: Academic Mobility, National Scholarship programme of the Slovak Republic, Action Austria – Slovakia (Cooperation in Science and Education), CEEPUS, NIL (Slovakia Fund for Internationalisation of Education), Milan Rastislav Štefánik Fellowship, Researcher's Mobility Centre, Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office (ASO). For more information check: www.saia.sk

IAESTE

IAESTE (International Organisation for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) is international organisation for exchange program for students and alumni of technical universities. Organisation aim is to provide students in higher education with technical experience relevant to their studies and to offer employers well-qualified and motivated trainees. Iaeste works in 85 countries. For more information check: www.iaeste.org/

AIESEC

AIESEC is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential. This organisation is focused on offering opportunity for working abroad, leadership experience, organize conferences and learning networks. For more information check: www.aiesec.org

AFS

AFS is international non-profit, independent organisation offering intercultural exchange programs. AFS works in over 50 countries around world. This organisation offers opportunity to live in host family and study abroad, work as volunteer, host a student (be host family) and so on. For more information check: www.afs.org

ASSE

ASSE (American Scandinavian Student Exchange) maintains 38 offices in 31 countries and is oriented on students (no younger than 15 nor older than 18 1/2 years). You can participate as a student or as a host family. Services of these organisations are paid. For more information check: www.asse.com

ISEP

ISEP is a network of post-secondary institutions in 39 countries. This organisation offers reciprocal exchange programs for students at members’ institutions and fee-paid study abroad programs open to students at member and affiliate institutions. They also organise conferences, symposia, and coordinator workshops… For more information check: www.isep.org

The European Researcher’s Mobility Portal

This portal is initiative of the European Commission and the 34countries participating in the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research. There are available information about fellowships and grants, job vacancies and other practical informations. Portal is available in 13 European languages. For more information check: ec.europa.eu/eracareers