IP/08/736
Brussels, 13 May 2008
Interest in the Erasmus programme for students and
universities continues to increase
Established in 1987, Erasmus, the EU's flagship education and training
programme for mobility and cooperation in higher education across Europe,
continues to expand. Erasmus receives approximately € 450 million per
annum under the EU's Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013. For the
academic year 2006/07, figures show that 3% more students and 10% more
university teachers went abroad compared to the previous year. This brought
the total participants to almost 160 000 students and 26 000 teachers in that
year alone. Central and Eastern European countries, as well as Turkey, have
had the biggest growth in the numbers participating in the programme.
Ján Figel’, European Commissioner for education, training, culture and youth,
stressed that “Europe needs more and better mobility at all levels, and Erasmus is
an excellent way forward. Erasmus brings improved knowledge, better cooperation
and intercultural skills for its participants, and through them ultimately benefits all
Europeans. In particular, I welcome that students in the new member states are
increasingly taking up what Erasmus offers them. The European Commission's
vision is that participation in the Erasmus programme should be the general rule,
rather than the exception, for both students and teachers.”
Student and teacher mobility
During the 20-year period from 1987 to 2007, approximately 1.7 million students
benefited from a study period abroad under the Erasmus programme with 159 324
Erasmus students in the academic year 2006/07. This represents an annual
increase of 3.2% compared to 7.2% in the previous year.
Germany continued to be the biggest sender with 23 884 Erasmus students
followed by France (22 981), Spain (22 322) and Italy (17 195). Spain remained the
most popular destination for students, receiving 27 464 over the year, with France
in second place (20 673), followed by Germany (17 878) and the United Kingdom
(16 508).
Student mobility from the 12 EU Member States which joined the EU in 2004 and
2007 rose by 10%, which is significantly above the European average.
While the overall number of mobile students has increased, unfortunately some
countries experienced a decrease (Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iceland,
Ireland, Malta, Norway and Spain) or stagnation (Germany, the Netherlands and
Sweden) in the numbers of outgoing Erasmus students. The trend towards falling
student numbers, however, appears to have halted in some countries, for example in
the United Kingdom.
For the first time, countries such as Germany, Greece, France and the Netherlands
had static or decreasing numbers of incoming students.
Business studies are still the most popular subject area for Erasmus students.
Languages/philological sciences and social sciences occupy the second and third
spots. The average duration of an Erasmus student mobility period is 6.5 months.
Efforts had been made to increase the average grant that students get from the
Erasmus budget. The European average monthly grant amounted to € 192 in
2006/2007, up by 22% from the previous year, and is expected to further increase in
the current year.
The number of teachers that benefited from mobility through Erasmus has been
steadily increasing in recent years. In the academic year 2006/07 25 809 teachers
participated in Erasmus exchanges, a 10% increase compared to the previous year.
Germany, Spain and France sent the highest number of teachers and Germany,
France and Italy are the biggest recipients of Erasmus teachers. Most countries
experienced a growth in outgoing teacher mobility, which was highest in Turkey
followed by Latvia.
Erasmus teachers are most mobile in subject areas such as languages/philological
sciences, engineering/technology and business studies.
Despite continued growth in student and teacher mobility in recent years the rate of
growth has slowed. In order to reach the EU target of 3 million students by 2012,
an annual increase of about 9-10 % would be needed.
Background
Erasmus is part of the EU's Lifelong Learning Programme, and receives € 450 m
funding each year. Currently an estimated 3.5 % of European students receive an
Erasmus grant at some stage of their studies. Erasmus not only caters for the
'classic' student and teacher mobility to one of the 31 participating countries but also
offers students the opportunity to undertake a business placement as part of their
studies. University staff may now go on training abroad, too. Erasmus also supports
higher education institutions to work together through intensive programmes,
networks, projects and other measures and to reach out to the world of business and
to society.
More information:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/erasmus/index_en.html
Annex 1: Data on outgoing Erasmus students from 1987/1988 to 2006/2007
Annex 2: Data on outgoing and incoming Erasmus students in 2006/2007
Annex 3: Data on outgoing and incoming Erasmus teachers in 2006/2007
Annex 1: Data on outgoing Erasmus students from 1987/1988 to 2006/2007
Erasmus
Country of home
institution
BE - België / Belgique
BG - Balgarija
Erasmus
Year
SOCRATES I - Erasmus
SOCRATES II - Erasmus
1987/88
58
1988/89
404
1989/90
795
1990/91
1.154
1991/92
1.837
1992/93
2.314
1993/94
2.809
1994/95
3.480
1995/96
3.978
1996/97
4.101
1997/98
4.233
1998/99
4.446
57
649
189
1.727
417
3.744
729
4.933
950
6.858
1.282
9.011
1.561
11.118
1.771
12.633
1.930
13.638
1.730
13.070
1.795
13.785
879
1.751
14.693
39
95
895
112
220
195
1.063
1.785
167
1.365
459
2.201
4.059
351
2.295
566
3.442
5.524
644
3.355
926
4.353
6.360
894
4.202
1.266
5.697
8.983
1.214
5.308
223
1.454
7.043
8.782
1.493
6.808
480
1.928
8.537
9.844
1.632
7.217
717
1.897
10.547
13.336
1.618
8.969
1.048
1.601
10.841
12.505
1.584
8.907
1.431
12.468
14.821
1.564
9.271
1.765
14.381
16.351
1.504
10.875
CZ – Česká republika
DK – Danemark
DE – Deutschland
EE – Eesti
GR – Ellas
ES - España
FR – France
IE – Eire / Ireland
IT – Italia
CH - Schweiz / Suisse
CY – Kypros
35
LV – Latvija
LT - Lietuva
LU – Luxembourg
30
13
169
650
1.261
1.969
2.554
3.290
855
25
158
276
543
760
99/2000
4.404
134
1.249
1.764
15.715
183
1.910
16.297
16.824
1.689
12.421
42
166
361
87
1.627
47
68
61
66
82
856
4.387
982
4.853
1.801
5.180
2.301
4.132
2.384
4.190
2.442
1.025
1.333
1.903
1.609
1.674
1.834
4.332
2.711
1.426
2.179
1.250
779
1.101
8.872
33
976
1.792
10.519
58
441
767
1.641
2.302
11.988
83
3
980
2.530
2.912
11.735
103
3
1.212
2.538
2.915
10.537
117
0
1.165
3.052
3.264
10.582
113
3
1.071
59
3.441
3.321
9.994
147
2
1.101
4.418
2.952
2.813
2.472
1.699
170
380
3.486
3.087
10.056
138
3
1.107
51.694
62.362
73.407
84.642
79.874
85.999
97.601
107.666
HU – Magyarország
MT – Malta
NL – Nederland
AT – Österreich
PL – Polska
PT – Portugal
RO – Romania
SI – Slovenia
SK – Slovenská republika
FI – Suomi / Finland
SE – Sverige
UK - United Kingdom
925
2.181
3.585
5.047
6.620
IS – Island
LI – Liechtenstein
NO – Norge
2000/01
4.427
398
2.001
1.750
15.872
255
1.868
17.158
17.161
1.648
13.253
2001/02
4.521
605
2.533
1.752
16.626
274
1.974
17.403
18.149
1.707
13.950
2002/03
4.620
612
3.002
1.845
18.482
304
2.115
18.258
19.365
1.627
15.225
2003/04
4.789
751
3.589
1.686
20.688
305
2.385
20.034
20.981
1.705
16.829
2004/05
4.833
779
4.178
1.793
22.427
444
2.491
20.819
21.561
1.572
16.440
2005/06
4.971
882
4.725
1.682
23.848
511
2.714
22.891
22.501
1.567
16.389
182
624
126
2.001
92
4.162
3.024
3.691
2.569
1.899
227
505
3.286
2.726
9.020
134
18
1.007
72
209
823
104
1.736
129
4.244
3.024
4.323
2.825
1.964
364
578
3.291
2.633
8.475
147
17
970
91
232
1.002
119
1.830
72
4.241
3.325
5.419
3.172
2.701
422
653
3.402
2.656
7.973
163
7
1.010
64
308
1.194
138
2.058
119
4.388
3.721
6.276
3.782
3.005
546
682
3.951
2.667
7.539
221
19
1.156
111.092
115.432
123.957
135.586
93
607
1.473
116
2.316
130
4.743
3.809
8.390
3.845
2.962
742
979
3.932
2.698
7.214
199
26
1.279
1.142
144.037
133
681
1.910
146
2.658
149
4.491
3.971
9.974
4.312
3.261
879
1.165
3.851
2.530
7.131
194
30
1.412
2.852
154.421
TR – Türkiye
Total
3.244
9.914
19.456
27.906
36.314
2006/07
5.119
938
5.079
1.587
23.884
572
2.465
22.322
22.981
1.524
17.195
0
129
807
2.082
170
3.028
125
4.502
4.032
11.219
4.424
3.350
972
1.346
3.773
2.532
7.235
189
44
1257
4.438
159.324
Total
67.293
5.099
27.235
28.021
263.401
2.848
31.449
235.850
262.768
25.816
190.494
2.468
659
3.192
9.469
1.373
18.110
816
72.156
41.334
53.531
40.720
22.091
4.322
6.347
43.929
39.136
157.228
2.039
175
15.935
8.432
1.683.928
% of the
total
4,00
0,30
1,62
1,66
15,64
0,17
1,87
14,01
15,60
1,53
11,31
0,15
0,04
0,19
0,56
0,08
1,08
0,05
4,28
2,45
3,18
2,42
1,31
0,26
0,38
2,61
2,32
9,34
0,12
0,01
0,95
0,50
100,00
Annex 2: Data on outgoing and incoming Erasmus students in 2006/2007
Host Country
Country of home institution
BE
BE(fr)- Belgique
BE(nl) – België
BE – Total
BG - Balgarija
CZ – Česká republika
DK – Danemark
DE – Deutschland
EE – Eesti
GR – Ellas
ES - España
FR – France
IE – Eire / Ireland
IT – Italia
CY – Kypros
LV – Latvija
LT - Lietuva
LU – Luxembourg
HU – Magyarország
MT – Malta
NL – Nederland
AT – Österreich
PL – Polska
PT – Portugal
RO – Romania
SI – Slovenia
SK – Slovenská republika
FI – Suomi / Finland
SE – Sverige
UK - United Kingdom
EUR27 total
BG
4
10
14
CZ
26
55
81
32
DK
63
63
126
19
180
DE
128
207
335
190
1.020
309
EE
5
10
15
8
20
5
76
GR
20
29
49
60
97
14
197
14
ES
619
677
1.296
85
424
226
5.121
57
380
FR
171
544
715
118
606
190
4.319
56
438
3.230
IE
84
50
134
12
70
27
869
4
12
613
1241
IT
247
240
487
69
210
87
1.824
50
258
5.124
1638
94
TR – Türkiye
79
172
36
326
15
125
1.250
413
52
600
11
61
101
2
167
6
194
80
520
217
184
37
53
131
65
123
5.021
7
3
18
28
259
11
2
20
13
8
34
29
6
13
0
1
14
0
4
0
10
8
66
17
0
2
4
12
1
7
296
0
0
0
0
0
16
345
12
134
377
346
30
126
3
9
58
1
39
2
45
82
353
234
15
41
159
116
33
122
2.812
11
0
17
28
219
575
40
73
69
329
619
2.411
620
2800
24
253
363
1.708
0
3
34
168
206
316
0
82
97
751
5
6
170
375
130
254
629
2.384
72
188
50
442
24
153
24
218
34
593
22
394
146
1.010
4.278 16.766
50
16
6
0
69
191
125
207
142
905
4
24
56
1
54
0
7
11
0
10
0
20
18
38
14
4
5
1
46
9
14
460
2
0
7
9
20
238
217
5454
10
271
439
139
6.350
2.687
28
12
10
6
43
61
34
118
139
1
16
15
54
210
329
0
3
13
44
818
468
42
718
504
184
1.171
1.188
58
1.240
230
81
356
1.140
9
117
73
30
114
155
55
493
435
16
283
438
49
1.632
2.159
1.726 27.008 20.155
6
23
8
0
7
4
12
177
199
18
207
211
97
249
307
261
0
12
3
35
22
137
2
6
13
275
14
36
112
269
144
437
167
881
18
753
17
512
1
70
6
89
113
158
71
154
26
654
3.972 14.319
1
15
2
2
28
75
31
92
9
368
TOTAL
5.308
296
3.059
4.545 17.878
489
1.841 27.464 20.673
4.012 14.779
3,33 0,19
1,92
IS – Island
LI – Liechtenstein
NO – Norge
EFTA - EEA total
%
2,85
11,22 0,31
1,16
17,24
12,98
2,52
9,28
CY
10
3
13
4
2
4
30
3
3
34
10
3
13
4
13
0
4
0
0
2
38
0
0
1
2
8
3
15
209
0
2
0
2
0
LV
4
5
9
0
8
13
61
5
2
27
36
0
8
0
45
0
12
0
13
8
42
17
0
2
6
11
5
0
330
9
2
9
20
23
LT
6
10
16
13
47
5
66
4
0
64
88
5
50
0
57
LU
0
0
0
1
2
0
11
0
1
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
HU
36
38
74
8
28
13
312
8
25
124
240
6
137
6
4
10
1
MT
5
10
15
0
3
8
41
1
0
27
61
14
89
0
2
1
0
0
0
3
0
15
8
120
75
5
10
13
19
4
5
692
0
0
1
1
115
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
65
5
44 11
109
9
78
0
60
0
5
0
25
0
132
9
28
7
27 22
1.569 325
4
0
0
0
12
2
16
2
123
4
NL
170
161
331
33
263
86
764
18
125
1.119
823
71
630
0
43
54
4
176
5
AT
45
60
105
25
291
56
440
15
73
365
396
39
266
4
27
73
7
168
2
116
PL
57
54
111
39
147
23
669
5
31
471
514
15
269
0
41
111
0
51
1
56
73
PT
72
151
223
35
233
17
368
19
83
1.214
264
8
789
1
17
98
5
69
6
98
84
478
212
453
207
77
52
39
306
232
323
6.446
7
0
108
115
353
286
55
59
88
75
256
139
139
3.565
4
0
37
41
170
306
48
54
81
58
47
53
3.274
0
2
20
22
434
131
76
71
77
36
86
4.586
0
0
33
33
168
RO
SI SK
12
4
0
13
15
9
25
19
9
0
6 13
14
72 96
0
4
0
76
71 47
2
1
2
10
7 11
98
79 55
213
84 69
2
6
0
142
23 25
0
0
0
8
2
4
9
17 17
0
0
0
13
18 11
1
0
0
8
6
0
14
40
5
24 101 160
96
74 43
7
8
2
9
0
16
10
37 16
4
2
0
21
8 10
792 700 610
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
6
0
0
46 45
FI
88
144
232
24
308
13
1.106
83
95
686
879
38
392
10
74
175
6
244
4
289
257
459
118
45
47
70
4
202
5.860
3
6
10
19
119
262
7.194
7
2
23
32
133
16.153
14
6
205
225
130
SE
91
128
219
21
178
25
1.989
23
76
860
1257
71
468
6
31
118
8
64
5
458
349
373
111
33
40
27
122
UK
186
141
327
44
409
331
3.005
27
115
2.775
4673
43
1.326
16
31
74
10
161
16
554
351
627
147
76
31
39
466
478
IS
1
3
4
0
9
11
95
2
4
24
47
1
22
0
5
4
0
3
0
14
25
14
0
0
2
2
20
7
12
327
LI
0
1
1
0
5
0
9
0
0
4
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
31
NO
24
45
69
0
88
37
715
6
28
350
370
18
190
0
20
60
4
46
0
139
99
154
39
0
7
9
15
18
94
2.575
TR TOTAL
24
2.202
41
2.917
65
5.119
0
938
66
5.079
29
1.587
337 23.884
14
572
19
2.465
24 22.322
139 22.981
2
1.524
55 17.195
7
129
8
807
47
2.082
0
170
33
3.028
0
125
138
4.502
33
4.032
191 11.219
14
4.424
0
3.350
13
972
16
1.346
25
3.773
32
2.532
14
7.235
1.321 153.396
189
44
1.257
1.490
4.438
%
1,38
1,83
3,21
0,59
3,19
1,00
14,99
0,36
1,55
14,01
14,42
0,96
10,79
0,08
0,51
1,31
0,11
1,90
0,08
2,83
2,53
7,04
2,78
2,10
0,61
0,84
2,37
1,59
4,54
96,28
0,12
0,03
0,79
0,94
2,79
1.321 159.324
100,00
211
373
808
24
1.708 331
6.914
3.776
3.730
4.787
792 752 655
5.998
7.359
16.508
327
31
2.575
0,13
0,23
0,51 0,02
1,07 0,21
4,34
2,37
2,34
3,00
0,50 0,47 0,41
3,76
4,62
10,36
0,21
0,02
1,62
0,83
100,00
Annex 3: Data on outgoing and incoming Erasmus teachers in 2006/2007
Host Country
Country of home institution
BE
BE(fr)- Belgique
BE(nl) – België
BE – Total
BG - Balgarija
CZ – Česká republika
DK – Danemark
DE – Deutschland
EE – Eesti
GR – Ellas
ES - España
FR – France
IE – Eire / Ireland
IT – Italia
CY – Kypros
LV – Latvija
LT - Lietuva
LU – Luxembourg
HU – Magyarország
MT – Malta
NL – Nederland
AT – Österreich
PL – Polska
PT – Portugal
RO – Romania
SI – Slovenia
SK – Slovenská republika
FI – Suomi / Finland
SE – Sverige
UK - United Kingdom
EUR27 total
BG
9
8
17
CZ
4
13
17
27
DK
4
23
27
3
14
DE
2
24
26
89
275
43
EE
1
12
13
3
9
8
26
EL
8
19
27
29
30
4
66
5
ES
39
82
121
31
115
37
268
10
29
FR
74
49
123
51
138
17
260
9
77
368
IE
2
13
15
2
5
5
38
0
0
31
37
IT
21
30
51
29
83
13
227
16
39
683
323
7
TR – Türkiye
28
51
10
33
7
23
109
67
6
38
6
12
31
0
24
6
56
20
68
33
44
2
17
69
19
26
805
3
0
15
18
90
19
2
67
5
21
11
51
3
8
2
0
17
0
2
0
7
15
37
9
0
1
8
2
7
25
336
0
0
0
0
5
10
145
9
11
57
103
7
40
1
9
21
0
7
3
15
40
123
33
11
12
159
56
21
41
978
0
0
10
10
108
32
9
21
3
55
40
278
21
164
2
34
10
164
2
4
6
42
25
103
0
0
6
161
0
6
6
50
11
93
38
383
14
34
9
115
3
30
7
43
10
148
11
45
36
199
345 2,608
8
8
0
1
23
38
31
47
47
254
6
10
9
0
5
0
24
14
0
3
0
6
8
8
8
0
2
2
81
7
7
259
0
0
9
9
14
55
72
319
1
11
29
28
314
245
8
2
3
4
8
17
9
43
34
0
0
0
8
22
71
0
4
8
9
49
56
18
74
32
30
210
185
8
180
64
61
69
376
2
12
10
2
16
28
25
97
58
13
32
35
47
145
146
561 2,218 2,441
1
2
7
0
1
1
1
29
12
2
32
20
49
69
59
3
0
6
0
4
1
34
0
0
1
66
1
7
7
25
15
57
15
220
5
69
2
141
1
10
3
11
12
57
16
44
6
113
221 2,335
0
8
0
0
4
6
4
14
0
104
TOTAL
%
913
3.54
341 1,096
1.32 4.25
423 2,909
1.64 11.27
282
1.09
612 2,319 2,520
2.37 8.99 9.76
225 2,453
0.87 9.50
IS – Island
LI – Liechtenstein
NO – Norge
EFTA - EEA total
CY
2
7
9
3
2
0
6
0
28
2
5
0
2
LV
2
10
12
2
12
12
55
13
2
2
12
2
8
1
LT
3
11
14
9
28
22
70
18
6
11
32
3
11
4
67
LU
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
HU
2
20
22
11
21
2
129
4
11
32
95
2
48
1
0
16
0
MT
0
2
2
0
4
0
6
0
1
3
13
0
13
0
0
2
0
3
NL
2
70
72
11
36
13
62
4
9
49
22
5
22
0
14
15
0
31
1
AT
4
20
24
14
78
8
135
6
17
55
36
13
35
3
9
26
0
42
2
26
PL
13
29
42
21
137
13
230
7
16
70
189
7
99
0
30
60
0
16
1
38
30
PT
23
50
73
13
78
19
58
7
15
261
84
4
67
4
7
57
0
23
0
19
31
86
3
0
0
1
0
1
2
5
1
1
0
1
6
2
8
88
0
0
0
0
0
56
0
1
0
7
8
36
3
1
0
3
14
3
12
277
2
0
19
21
14
0
7
0
9
31
64
23
2
3
3
36
22
13
508
0
0
6
6
63
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
24
21
11
42
10
33
64
22
27
671
1
0
11
12
50
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
2
5
14
73
0
0
1
1
0
20
38
17
20
4
16
61
29
67
638
0
0
7
7
59
47
6
39
26
18
36
16
11
10
7
59
10
66
34
27
26
26
12
29
58
31
752 1,251 1,032
2
0
1
1
0
0
17
11
15
20
11
16
38
144
27
88
0.34
312
1.21
577
2.24
5
0.02
733
2.84
74
0.29
704
2.73
810 1,406 1,075
3.14 5.45 4.17
RO
30
20
50
0
11
4
120
1
40
47
331
7
60
0
3
4
0
42
0
16
31
12
13
SI
0
9
9
3
31
3
32
3
1
14
10
0
8
0
1
6
0
10
0
2
29
27
12
2
SK
2
6
8
4
246
2
29
0
6
14
21
1
14
1
6
8
0
15
1
14
18
105
2
4
4
FI
4
86
90
6
78
13
177
92
19
88
47
13
37
5
22
64
0
51
0
63
58
61
31
20
16
20
SE
1
32
33
12
32
16
69
5
7
33
26
5
25
0
9
32
0
7
4
15
22
44
10
3
1
3
17
UK
2
22
24
27
105
51
196
20
32
154
142
9
81
6
9
30
0
24
9
34
36
85
22
32
7
15
89
53
IS
1
0
1
0
0
10
5
0
0
2
4
1
7
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
8
1
4
51
LI NO
0
1
0
19
0
20
0
0
0
14
0
11
1
44
0
4
0
13
3
32
2
14
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
12
0
13
0
0
0
11
0
1
0
21
0
22
0
15
0
6
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
8
0
11
0
37
6 321
TR
4
31
35
0
85
9
133
6
18
23
42
1
33
0
6
33
0
21
1
46
20
67
12
0
3
7
15
20
30
666
666
2.58
1
3
6
8
28
838
0
0
0
0
13
6
16
4
15
244
0
0
0
0
20
10
3
25
12
119
548 1,215
0
2
0
0
2
10
2
12
19
40
70
500 1,293
1
2
0
2
12
35
13
39
31
61
851
3.30
264
1.02
569 1,267
2.20 4.91
544 1,393 51
6 321
2.11 5.40 0.20 0.02 1.24
% OF
THE
TOTAL TOTAL
260
1.01
717
2.78
977
3.79
428
1.66
1,737
6.73
357
1.38
2,720
10.54
281
1.09
505
1.96
2,537
9.83
2,293
8.88
176
0.68
1,428
5.53
59
0.23
326
1.26
755
2.93
0
0.00
676
2.62
55
0.21
621
2.41
773
3.00
2,030
7.87
667
2.58
1,035
4.01
173
0.67
488
1.89
1,095
4.24
522
2.02
1,365
5.29
24,084
93.32
48
0.19
6
0.02
293
1.14
347
1.34
1,378
5.34
25,809
100.00
100.00