Erasmus + International Credit Mobility

Launched in 2015, new Erasmus + action - International Credit Mobility (ICM) - opened up new opportunities for students and staff exchange to institutions outside the European Union.

International Credit Mobility (ICM) supports the mobility of individual participants enrolled or employed at a higher education institution:
• Student mobility for study and traineeships
• Staff mobility for teaching for academic staff
• Staff mobility for training for teaching and non-teaching staff

Since 2015, Vilnius University has been participating in Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility to extend international cooperation with HEI worldwide.

Partners: 2018-2020

Country, University	Mobility
ALBANIA University of Tirana	student, staff
BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA International University Travnik	student, staff
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Instituto Technologico de Santo Domingo(INTEC)	staff
EGYPT Mansoura University, American University in Cairo	staff
FIJI The Fiji National University	staff
GAMBIA University of Gambia	staff
ISRAEL Hebrew University of Jarusalem, Bar-Ilan University	student, staff
JORDAN University of Jordan, Yarmouk University, Princess Sumaya University of Technology, Midlle East University	staff
NAMIBIA Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)	staff
PALESTINE Bethlehem University	staff
RUSSIAN FEDERATION N.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhnij Novgorod, Saint Petersburg University, Immanuel Kant Federal University, Siberian Federal University	staff
SERBIA University of Novi Sad	student, staff
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO The University of West Indies u WI	staff

Partners: 2019-2022

Country, University	Mobility
BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA University of Sarajevo	student, staff
BHUTAN Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan	staff
CHINA Northwest Normal University, Beijing International Studies University	staff
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)	student, staff
FIJI The Fiji National University	staff
GEORGIA Ivane Javakashvili Tbilisi State University, Ilia State University	student, staff
ISRAEL Bar-Ilan University, University of Haifa	student, staff
JORDAN Yarmouk University	staff
MOLDOVA European University of Moldova	staff
NAMIBIA Namibia University of Science and Technology	student, staff
RUSSIA Saint Petersburg State University, Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Stavropol State Medical University	student, staff

Duration & Activities

• Student Mobility for Study: 1 semester (5 months)
• Staff Mobility for Teaching: visit of 7 -10 days (incl. travel days) - minimum of 8 hours of teaching required.
• Staff Mobility for Training: visit of 7-10 days (incl. travel days) – individual training or participation in the training events.

Academic calendar
Catalogue of the courses for ICM students
Vilnius_University_Fact_Sheet_2019-2020

Grants

1. Travel grant (calculated with the travel distance calculator)

Distance	Amount, EUR
Between 100 - 499 km:	180
Between 500 - 1999 km:	275
Between 2000 - 2999 km:	360
Between 3000 - 3999 km:	530
Between 4000 - 7999 km:	820
8000 km and longer:	1500

2. Subsistence for living expenses:

Mobility	Amount, EUR
Incoming students	800 EUR/month
Outgoing students	700 EUR/month
Incoming staff	140 EUR/day
Outgoing staff	180 EUR/day

Nomination & Application

NOTE: Mobility grants are allocated to Vilnius University, which distributes them among the Partners.
Each Partner is informed individually.

*Students:*
1 step: Student selection by Partner institution
2 step: Deadline for official student's nomination from Partner institution (on-line nomination)	for Autumn semester - 15 May	for Spring semester -1 November
3 step: Deadline for student's application to the host institution	for Autum semester - 1 June	for Spring semester - 15 November
5 step: Acceptance letter to the student from host institution	for Autumn semester - 15 June	for Spring semester - 10 December
*Staff (for teaching or training)*
1 step: Staff selection by Partner institution (preliminary acceptance letter from hosting unit/department is recommended)
2 step: Official staff nomination from Partner institution (on-line nomination)	for Autumn semester - 1 November (latest)	for Spring semester - 1 May (latest)
3 step: Acceptance letter to the staff member from host institution	for Autumn semester - 10 November	for Spring semester - 10 May

Visa information

Mobility	Visa required	Name of visa<	Place of application	Required documents
Student	Long-stay visa	National multi-entry visa (D)	Embassy of Lithuania	List of documents
Staff	Short-stay visa	Schengen visa (C)	Embassy of Lithuania or other EU Embassy, representing Lithuania	List of documents
List of countries whose citizens do not require short-stay visas to enter Lithuania
- Application form for Schengen visa - Application form for National visa

ICM documents

Practical information

Events & Visits

Ongoing Visits

Name, Surname	Sending Institution	Receiving Institution	Mobility type	Visit dates
Prof. Gideon Aran	Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences, Vilnius University	Teaching visit	September 2019

Erasmus + Staff Training Week, 13-17 May 2019
46 participants
Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Fiji, France, Gambia, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Namibia, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom

Testimonials

For a Latino student who doesn't know what it means to study at a European University, I feel victorious for having had this opportunity under Erasmus + ICM. Thank you Vilnius and Vilnius University.
Noemi Gonzalez De Los Santos,
Instituto Tecnologico De Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

Erasmus + ICM has been an overall expanding, academically, professionally and personally enriching experience, which I recommend to all knowledge seeking young people planning their future careers. The change of academic environment, interaction with professors and students from other states is also a great possibility to acknowledge a variety of new academic perspectives and approaches.

Liliana Bugailiškytė, Vilnius University (Lithuania)