Useful links

• EU-Australia : grants are available for student mobility at post-secondary school level between EU and Australian institutions participating in joint consortia projects.
• EU-New Zealand : grants are available for student mobility at Masters level between EU and New Zealand universities participating in joint consortia projects.
• For more details about national education systems in Europe, see Eurydice or the European University Association (EUA)'s Trends in European Higher Education .
• Bologna Process : the official Bologna Process website for the period 2007-2009, leading up to the next Ministerial conference in Belgium.
• The European Quality Charter for Mobility [PDF: 69.5KB] offers guidance for periods of mobility in another country for the purposes of formal and non-formal learning. It is aimed at students, trainees, volunteers, teachers and trainers, with a view to enhancing their personal and professional development.
• The European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF) aims to link all national qualification systems in the EU by 2010. This will make qualifications more readable and transferable and allow citizens to move more easily to another country to work or study.
• Lifelong Learning Programme : a programme that funds education and training initiatives at all life stages (school, vocational, university, adult). It supports mobility of students, teachers and individuals between the countries of the EU, the EEA and EU candidate countries.
• Erasmus Mundus : a scholarship and co-operation programme in the field of higher education which promotes the EU as a centre of excellence in learning around the world.
• Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window (EM ECW) : the EM ECW supports higher education exchanges for better understanding and mutual enrichment between the EU and third countries.
• Marie Curie Research Fellowships : Marie Curie Fellowships are available to researchers from across the world in all scientific and technological fields, with a view to promoting excellence in European research.
• EDU-Link : a higher education co-operation programme between the EU and its ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) partners.

If you cannot find the information you require on this website, please visit www.study-in-europe.org