Erasmus+ Scholarship

Expected Impact:Promote European top talents, with focus on those from a disadvantaged socio-economic background, by facilitating access to innovative, multidisciplinary and compelling European higher education or tertiary VET study programmes equipping them for successful careers and tapping into their innovative potential for bolstering strategic sectors crucial for Europe’s competitiveness ; Support the development of compelling and innovative study programmes targeting the needs of the strategic sectors and advancing the Choose Europe objectives.Foster synergies with other higher education initiatives, such as the European Universities Initiative, the joint European degree label and the European degree in engineering.Reduce labour and skills gaps in strategic sectors, thereby increasing Europe’s competitiveness in alignment with the Union of Skills strategy.Contribute to the higher education targets of the STEM Education Strategic Plan.Contribute to the learning mobility targets defined in the ‘Europe on the move’ Council Recommendation.Increase cooperation with industry and key stakeholders operating in strategic sectorsExpected Outcome:Enhance the visibility and attractiveness of high-quality higher education programmes in strategic educational fields for talented students.Improve inclusion and diversity in strategic educational fields where certain groups remain underrepresented. Generate evidence to inform the design of a future Erasmus+ scholarship scheme in strategic educational fields under the Erasmus+ programme 2028–2034.Objective:The general objectives are:Retain Europe’s top talent to study strategic fields in European higher education and tertiary VET institutions in particular with strong EU dimension such as provided through joint study programmesIncrease access of talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to high-quality STEM programmes and pursue meaningful careers in strategic sectors for Europe’s competitiveness. Reduce skills-gaps in Eu