Erasmus programme is a European Union education and training  programme which aims to increase the quality of higher education in Europe.  For this purpose, the Programme promotes the co-operations between higher education institutions in Europe.   The partnerships and mobility activities are financially supported by the Programme.

Besides HEI co-operations, Erasmus programme promotes the cooperation between HEIs and labour market so that universites would meet the need of labour market and graduates would have better employability opportunities.

The European Commission is responsible for the overall implementation of Erasmus Programme. Actions are managed by national agencies in the 32 participating countries or by Executive Agency for Education, Audovisiual and Culture based in Brussels.

Actions under Erasmus Programme run by Turkish National Agency are:

• Mobility Activities
  • Student Mobility (SM)
    • Student Mobility for Studies (SMS) 
    • Student Mobility for Placements (SMP) 
  • Staff Mobility (ST)
    • Staff Mobility for Teaching Activities (STA)
    • Staff Mobility for Training (STT)
  • Organisation of Mobility (OM)
• Erasmus Intensive Language Courses (EILC)
• Intensive Programmes (IP)
• Preparatory Visits (PV)

Detailed information about Erasmus programme can be found on the EU Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme web page linked below:

http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc80_en.htm

Our department has student and teaching staff mobility agreements with the following universities:

• Universidad de Sevilla - Spain

• Gdansk University of Technology - Poland

• University of National and World Economy - Bulgaria

• Università degli Studi di L’Aquila - Italy

• Haute École de Namur - Belgium

• Instituto Politécnico de Santarém - Portugal

• Technische Universität Chemnitz - Germany

• Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu - Poland

• Universidad de Córdoba - Spain

• Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach - Poland

• Kaunas University of Technology - Lithuania

Our department Erasmus coordinator Ahmet Cüneyt Armağan can be contacted on issues regarding Erasmus

For more detailed information about Erasmus you can visit our university Erasmus web page. ==>   http://erasmus.yalova.edu.tr/