What is the Erasmus+ KA131 Program?
Erasmus+ KA131 is a mobility program that offers higher education students and staff the opportunity to gain international academic and professional experience within the scope of the Program Countries defined by the European Union. Through this program, students can go abroad for study or internship purposes, while academic and administrative staff can participate in teaching or training mobility abroad for a short period.

Program Countries
Under KA131, mobility can take place in the 27 EU member states and the following non-EU program countries:

EU Member States (27):
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Non-EU Program Countries:
Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, and Turkey

What is the purpose of the KA131 Program?
The objective of this activity is to enhance the skills and competencies of higher education students and staff and to provide them with professional development opportunities abroad. The program aims to:

• Increase international education opportunities for enrolled students;
• Equip students and recent graduates (meeting certain criteria) with the skills necessary to transition from education to the labor market;
• Support higher education staff in gaining practical work experience or enhancing their pedagogical skills.

Types of Mobility Activities Under KA131
There are two main types of mobility under this activity:

1. Student Mobility:
   Allows higher education students to study at a partner institution abroad or to complete an internship at a company or any other organization abroad.

2. Staff Mobility:

• Academic staff can teach at a partner higher education institution abroad.
• Academic and administrative staff can participate in professional development activities such as training courses, workshops, or job shadowing at a host institution abroad.

Other Types of Mobility:

• Blended Mobility: A combination of physical and virtual components, applicable to both student and staff mobility.
• Blended Intensive Programs (BIP): A joint initiative of at least three higher education institutions with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE), involving both physical and virtual components. These programs apply to both students and staff.
• Doctoral Mobility: To better meet the learning and training needs of doctoral candidates and to promote equal opportunities, short- or long-term physical mobility abroad for study or internship is supported.

Who is the target group of the program?
The target group includes students enrolled in formal education programs (associate, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels) at higher education institutions, and academic or administrative staff actively working at these institutions. Students and staff who wish to participate in mobility must apply to the announcements published by their home institution via the TURNAPortal system.