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ERASMUS for Enterprises – involving business in higher education

The European economy relies on knowledge creation and application. The benefits of forging strong two-way links between universities and business are well established. Businesses are welcome and increasingly common in the ERASMUS Programme. ERASMUS enables academia and business to interact more in terms of teaching, training, exchanges and joint projects with the aim of sustainable cooperation.

Since 2007, new ERASMUS action lines have made it possible to support business employers to become involved in activities such as teaching but also to channel students and staff from higher education institutions to them. ERASMUS also supports closer cooperation to assist universities in their modernisation and in meeting the skills needs of enterprises. Participation in one of these actions is also an opportunity to come engaged in the ERASMUS programme and a springboard for other ERASMUS activities or longer-lasting bilateral partnerships.

Specifically these actions cover:


Enterprises can find information on how to get involved in individual mobility actions by contacting the National Agency for ERASMUS in their country. As for information on participation in cooperation activities, enterprises may contact the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency in Brussels.

Please note that the action called "ERASMUS for Young Entrepreneurs" is not part of the ERASMUS programme but an action run by the European Commission's Enterprise Directorate-General

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