In the framework of the 2025 Erasmus+ call, UniTrento has been awarded a total of 141 mobility grants to fund student mobility to UniTrento and faculty and staff mobility from and to partner universities that have signed the ER+ Inter-Institutional Agreement with UniTrento.
The ICM 2025 involves 34 Partner Universities from 16 countries belonging to 7 different Geographical Regions. Only students enrolled in these institutions can take part in the project’s activities.
The selection procedure
To participate in this programme:
- verify that your university is partner in the project and look for open calls on their website or by contacting your International Relations Office.
The sending institutions are responsible for selecting the students who will participate in the programme through a fair and transparent process, in accordance with the principles outlined in the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education awarded to UniTrento.
Full transparency in the dissemination and selection process must be proved by partners, that are asked to send UniTrento all documents (emails, screenshots of websites, posters etc) relating to the students' selection. A Declaration of the sending institution (see attachd document) must be filled out for each participant in the mobility and attached to the nomination. - Apply at your home university in accordance with the deadlines and requirements in place.
- Prepare your Study or Research Plan for the application:
- Courses: consult the Course Catalogue;
- Research: Identify a potential academic contact person by searching within the relevant area of expertise on the Expertise webpage. Please do not contact professors at this stage. The academic contact person may be contacted only after formal acceptance and official assignment of the mobility.
Mobility periods and deadlines for nomination and application
All ICM 2025 Mobility must be implemented and concluded by the end of July 2028.
Students wishing to carry out a thesis research or a short-term mobility must be nominated at least 3 months prior to their arrival.
Students wishing to attend the courses must apply using the application link, which will be provided to the International Offices of the universities participating in the project, and must be nominated by the deadlines below.
Fall term September 2025 - February 2026:
- Nomination: by 15 May 2025;
- Application: by 30 May 2025.
Spring term: February 2026 - July 2026:
- Nomination: by 15 October 2025;
- Application by 30 October 2025.
Mobility Documentation
Before you can start the mobility, the sending institution, the receiving institution must agree on the objectives, activities (study, research, thesis, also combined with traineeship), duration, and financial support for the exchange. These must be formalized in the following documents, which must be signed before the mobility starts:
- Learning Agreement: sets out study programmes, learning outcomes, and recognition provisions. Signed by UniTrento, Partner Institution, and participants.
- Grant Agreement: sets duration and financial arrangements. Signed between participants and UniTrento.
The Erasmus+ ICM grants, funded by the European Commission, are paid by UniTrento and consist of:
Grants
- For long-term mobility (from 2 to 12 months): €850 per month.
- For short-term mobility (from 5 to 30 days): €79 per day for the first 14 days and €56 per day from the 15th day of mobility onwards.
Fewer Opportunities top-up
Participants identified as fewer opportunities are entitled to an additional top-up, as detailed below:
- a top up of 250 €/per month (long mobility) or 100 € for the whole period (mobility up to 14 days)/ 150 € for the whole period (mobility > 14 days);
- the travel ticket bought by UniTrento through its travel agent (contact [email protected] for further information);
Travel Contribution
Unless the ticket is purchased directly by UniTrento (participants with fewer opportunities only) students are awarded a lump sum contribution for travel expenses, calculated in accordance with the Erasmus+ distance bands (see attached document).
Payment method
- For long-term mobility grants will be paid in two installments:
- first-month grant will be available cash upon arrival in Trento for pick up at the Bank according to the instruction sent by the international relations office;
- the rest of the grant alongside with any top-up due and the travel contribution will be paid onto the student's bank account, possibly SEPA.
- For short-term mobility, 100% of the grant, together with any applicable top-up and the travel contribution, will be paid before the mobility to the student’s personal bank account, possibly SEPA.
Incoming students will receive full support in organizing their mobility period in Trento from the Mobility and International Offices, and will have access to the same services available to UniTrento students.
After your Home University nominates you, you will be contacted by the International Mobility Office, which will guide you through all the procedures and provide you with the necessary documentation, according to the project rules available on the Erasmus+ ICM page.
For more information and useful contacts, please carefully read the Student Guide (attached below) or visit the dedicated webpage.
You may be offered accommodation on campus (subject to availability and only for long-term mobility) or receive advice on how to find accommodation independently.
For more information about the services available at UniTrento, please visit the Services and Facilities page.
All students returning from an ICM exchange must show that the examinations taken or research carried out at UniTrento have been recognized at the home university.
Within 2 months from your return, you will have to send UniTrento the transcript of records provided by their the home university, as proof of the transfer of credits.
In case there is no official recognition in the transcript of records, partner universities are required to fill out the "Credit transfer declaration" document (see below) and send it to UniTrento International Office to close the procedure.
All activities organized in the frame of Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (students' selection calls, emails of dissemination, teaching material, and so on) must clearly show the ER+ logo.
Dissemination and information activities will be carried out by partners universities as agreed within the partnership Guide for dissemination.
At the end of your mobility period, you will receive the EU online survey by email, approximately one month before the end of your mobility. Completing the survey is mandatory.
After your mobility period, you will also be invited to complete an additional survey on recognition, aimed at evaluating the quality and effectiveness of the recognition process.
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UniTrento monitors the impact of mobility experiences on participants in order to continuously improve the quality of future initiatives. Your feedback is extremely valuable, so please take a few minutes to share your views and contribute to the improvement of our mobility programmes.
