EU Australia Education Co-operation

The 1997 Joint Declaration on relations between Australia and the EU stated that we should "promote dialogue aimed at strengthening our mutual cooperation in the fields of education and training."  ..more..

Joint Declaration on education and training

On 18 April 2007, the European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Mr Ján Figel', and the Australian Minister for Education, Science and Training, The Hon Julie Bishop MP, signed a Joint Declaration reinforcing co-operation in the fields of education and training.

The European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (EQF)

The EQF is a common European reference framework which links countries’ qualifications systems together, acting as a translation device to make qualifications more readable and understandable across different countries and systems in Europe. It has two principal aims: to promote citizens’ mobility between countries and to facilitate their lifelong learning ...more...

Europe Centres

The success of the National Europe Centre (NEC) at the Australian National University prompted an evaluation of similar Centres around the world with the result that the European Commission has selected three proposals for Europe Centres in Australia. The NEC was successful again as was Monash University and the proposal from the Innovative Research Universities Network encompassing La Trobe (VIC) Macquarie University (NSW) Newcastle (NSW), Flinders (SA), Murdoch (WA) and Griffith in QLD. ..more..

Visit of EU Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Jan Figel'

On Tuesday, 17 April, Commissioner Figel' joined Australian Government representatives, business leaders, and members of Melbourne's education community to celebrate 50 years of Europe and commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Rome, the cornerstone of the EU we know today.

On EU-Australia cooperation in education, Commissioner Figel' said: "Co-operation in education is mutually beneficial for the EU and for Australia as it allows both systems to learn from each other. The EU and Australia already have an excellent political dialogue covering a wide range of topics. We share the same values and ideals and so it is unsurprising that we should also share the same objectives for our people. Over 25 years our relationship has grown to encompass cooperation in the field of security, science, standards, transport, environment, development assistance and many more. To complement our excellent political dialogue, education and training is the area where the European Union and Australia should and will do more together." ...more...

Commission launches new scheme to increase links between research organisations throughout the world

The European Commission on 30 November 2007 launched a call for proposals for a new scheme which will create closer links between staff working in research organisations in Europe and their counterparts in other international partner countries. The scheme will support staff exchanges of up to 12 months per staff member. Staff from research organisations in 29 different countries can participate and the scheme is open to all fields of research. The International Research Staff Exchange Scheme, as it is known, will have a budget of €25 million for 2008. The announcement of this scheme comes as the European Commission launches calls for proposals for over €1 billion of research funds to be allocated in 2008...more....

Students of the world

With nearly 10 years of cooperation behind them, it isn't just the current debate on the Bologna Process and its impact on the export market for higher-education that spurs discussions between Australia and the EU - but it certainly helps. In 1999, the education ministers from around 30 European countries met in Bologna to establish a European area of higher education by 2010 with the aim of making the higher education systems in Europe converge towards a common framework based on three cycles - Degree/Bachelor, Master and Doctorate. The numbers have now swelled to 45 countries....more...

Australians: Study in Europe

This website is dedicated to making it easier for Australians to embark on postgraduate study in Europe.

As well as providing a host of links to relevant websites in Europe and Australia ASiE also undertakes research and consultation with the EU Commission, European governments and a great number of universities and foundations. The aim is to produce and update as much as possible all information concerning grants and scholarships available to Australia n students seeking to pursue doctoral studies in Europe. ...more ...

Global Study Abroad

GSE offers summer, quarter, semester, and year-long study abroad programs in Europe. Expand your college education by studying in Barcelona, Paris, Florence, and London. ....more ....

Erasmus Mundus

The Erasmus Mundus programme is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education which promotes the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world. It supports European top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third-countries. It also provides EU-funded scholarships for third-country nationals participating in these Masters Courses, as well as scholarships for EU-nationals studying in third-countries. ...more...

Erasmus Mundus II - the reference for international cooperation in higher education

The European Commission adopted on 12 July 2007 a proposal to launch the new generation of the Erasmus Mundus programme for the period 2009-13. Erasmus Mundus started in 2004 to promote European higher education as a centre of excellence in the world. In the first three academic years (2004-2006), more than 2,300 students have participated in the programme and over 1,800 have just been selected to start their studies in Europe in September this year. The new Erasmus Mundus II programme builds on this by aiming to become the EU reference programme for cooperation with third countries in this area. Over a period of five years, just over 950 million euros will be available for European and third-country universities to join forces in joint programmes or collaborative partnerships, and to grant scholarships to European and third-country students for an international study experience...more...

Contemporary Europe Research Centre

The Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) is an interdisciplinary research Centre located in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. The Centre is also an EU awarded Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence....more...

The Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia

The Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia was launched as an independent body on 16 March, 1991 in Melbourne. The initiative for such an Association was based on the experience of the national Associations for Contemporary European Studies in each of the member states of the European Union and elsewhere, which is an experience of cooperation, sharing of learning and research interests and dissemination of information and critical analysis on contemporary issues...more ...

Academic Awards

The Delegation also presents EU Awards to several academic institutions across Australia to promote excellence in European studies. These awards are usually for essays on various aspects of European Integration. ...more...

Current Events

List of events with an EU-Australia focus ...more...