Swiss Programme for Erasmus+: Higher education

The Swiss Programme for Erasmus+ promotes in the field of higher education mobility projects for individuals and interinstitutional cooperation between institutions.It therefore supports universities, universities of applied sciences and colleges of higher education in their internationalisation efforts, by promoting international cooperation and mobility opportunities for students and higher education staff through a variety of programmes at different levels. Funding is granted to projects that help establish international links and improve quality in the Swiss education system. 

Mobility

• The Swiss-European Mobility Programme (SEMP) funds mobility stays abroad for students, lecturers and other higher education staff. The programme encompasses mobility from and to Switzerland (outgoing and incoming).

Cooperation

• Cooperation Partnerships are supported to promote innovation in the Swiss education system at European level through international cooperation, the exchange of expertise and the circulation of competences.
• Alliances for Innovation are supported in order to strengthen the strategic cooperation between higher education and vocational education and training actors with the wider socio-economic environment.  The aim is the identification and provision of skills and knowledge that is necessary for the development of the labour market, for innovation and sustainability in general, and for vocational training.
• European University alliances are supported in order to promote comprehensive institutional and transnational cooperation between higher education institutions in Switzerland and the European Higher Education Area.
• Forward-looking projects are large-scale projects that aim to identify, develop, test and/or evaluate innovative (policy) approaches that have the potential to become mainstream and thus improve education and training systems. The three 2023 lots are digital education, vocational education and training (VET) and adult education.
  For further information and for advice on Swiss applications: highereducation@movetia.ch