Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. It provides opportunities for education abroad, training, traineeships, professional development, non-formal learning-based youth activities, and collaborations between institutions. Under Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals, Erasmus+ offers higher education students and staff the opportunity to participate in professional development activities abroad. The programme is managed by the European Commission and implemented in Turkey by the Turkish National Agency.
Erasmus+ is a very wide programme that covers a diverse range of actions. The higher education mobility action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students in any study field and cycle (Bachelor, Master and Doctoral levels). Students can either study abroad at a partner higher education institution or carry out a traineeship in an enterprise, a research institute, a laboratory, an organisation or any other relevant workplace abroad. Students can also combine a study period abroad with a traineeship, further enhancing the learning outcomes and development of transversal skills.
This action also supports higher education teaching and administrative staff to participate in professional development activities abroad and staff from the world of work to teach and train students or staff at higher education institutions. These activities may include teaching and training periods (such as job shadowing, observation periods, and training courses).
The Erasmus Programme has been implemented in our country since 2004, enabling mobility for higher education students and staff in EU countries. In the 2014-2020 period, the Programme was expanded and named Erasmus+. This period allowed higher education student and staff mobility activities with many countries not associated with the EU, called Partner Countries (now called third countries not associated to the Programme).
TED University was granted the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) in July 2012, and it is currently an active participant in the Erasmus+ Programme under the 2021-2027 ECHE. As of the Academic Year 2025-2026, the university has over 100 inter-institutional agreements with 65 institutions from 19 EU Member and Programme Countries.