Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to
support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. It was launched on 1st
January 2014. By establishing interinstitutional agreements, every University
declares its intention to cooperate with a number of Universities from other EU
or non-EU Erasmus+ Countries, and it states the type of cooperation that will
be implemented with each partner.
Politecnico fosters international
mobility for Bachelor’s and Master’s students in order to allow them to spend a
semester abroad taking official courses that will be recognized upon return.
The participation in the Erasmus+ Programme primarily happens during the third
year of the Bachelor’s degree programme, while Master’s students normally go
abroad during their second year of study.
In accordance with what has been
agreed with the Erasmus+ Local Coordinator before departure, exams taken abroad
with a positive outcome will be validated by Politecnico and students will be
recognized the maximum number of credits for the semester or the year of
enrolment.
In order to accept foreign
exchange students, partner universities often want them to meet specific
language requirements. Moreover the European Union, with an eye to
strengthening transversal competences for employment (i.e., proactiveness,
digital and language competences), has urged all participating universities to
specify the admission language requirements in the mobility agreement.
The European Union has also recommended that the language level should be
raised up to B1.
In its Erasmus+ Calls for
applications Politecnico includes all the information provided by host
universities with regard to language requirements.