• The overall aim of ERASMUS is to help improve the quality and relevance of education by enhancing co-operation between universities of the European Union.
• ERASMUS exchange students gain valuable insights into the academic work, life and culture of another European country, as well as improving their language skills. Erasmus permits personal growth and development.
• The ERASMUS programme includes activities not only for student mobility but also professors and other university teaching staff. As university teaching staff, their active participation in the activities offered plays an essential role in bringing their university closer to Europe and in bringing Europe closer to their university. This experience has an evident impact not only on the teacher directly involved, but also on students from both home and host University. It could also result in a first step towards further European cooperation.

Furthermore...

• encourage efficient and multinational teaching of specialist topics which might otherwise not be taught at all, or only in a very restricted number of universities;
• enable students and teachers to work together in multinational groups and so benefit from special learning and teaching conditions not available in a single institution, and to gain new perspectives on the topic being studied;
• allow members of the teaching staff to exchange views on teaching content and new curricula approaches and to test teaching methods in an international classroom environment.