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ERASMUS+ COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS 2026 for the 2026-2025 academic year

ERASMUS+ COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS 2026 for the 2026-2025 academic year

Number of financed mobilities: 54

List of partner universities and available places here

The ERASMUS grant:

  • 674 euros/month for Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Greece, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland,Island, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
  • 606 euros/month for Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Turkey.

Erasmus+ mobilities to Turkey are available again!


Procedure

The contest consists of submitting a file (online) and participating in an interview with the selection committee. After selection at the FSPUB level, the candidate must complete the registration documents at the Erasmus + Office of the University of Bucharest and at the host university.  

The file

1. Registration form

One can choose up to a maximum of 3 options, in descending order of preference; if there are several candidates with the same main preference, the place will be given to the candidate with a higher score; If a candidate has a high enough score to obtain a funded place, but all his / her options have already been allocated to higher-ranked candidates, he / she can choose any other destination still available.

The form is avalable HERE

2. Letter of intent / motivation, which should include a short Study plan, presenting a potential list of courses to be taken at the host university (the candidate will consult the host university’s website). The letter of intent will be written in a foreign language relevant to the mobility; if several options are chosen, the study plan will be drafted for each of the options.

3. Curriculum vitae, mandatory in Europass format, in a foreign language relevant for the mobility.

4. Language certificate; if the language of the mobility is the same as the language of study of the program followed by the candidate at FSPUB (i.e. English / French), this certificate is not required; the student can prove his knowledge of the foreign language also by other methods (graduation of a high school with a linguistic profile, the grade from the baccalaureate exam in a foreign language, etc.).

The file must be sent to irina.matei@fspub.unibuc.ro during the registration period (13 – 28 March 2026), according to the competition’s calendar.


Selection criteria:

  • quality of student / master student / doctoral student at FSPUB, during the selection and during the mobility;
  • integralists after the last exam session (without any failed exams, regardless of the year of study);
  • recommended average grade: minimum 7.00 (from previous academic years and including the first semester of the academic year 2025-2026);
  • complete file submitted on time;
  • to have the necessary language skills.

Attention! Beneficiaries of Erasmus mobility scholarships in a study cycle (bachelor, master) can enter the competition for mobility in a higher cycle (master, doctorate), provided they are FSPUB students at the beginning of the mobility.

The score is given as follows: 

  • the academic motivation of choosing the destination and the ability to adapt to new cultural situations and environments (40%): 1 – 10 points, 10 maximum, it is evaluated in correlation with the Study Plan;
  • specialized knowledge test (interview) and file evaluation (30%): 1 – 10 points, 10 maximum, it is evaluated through the relevant documents in the file (CV, letter of motivation);
  • language skills (20%): 1 – 10 points, 10 maximum, it is evaluated through the relevant documents from the file; C2 – 10 points, C1 – 9 points, B2 – 7 points, B1 – 5 points, A2 – 4 points, A1 – 2 points, very little knowledge – 1 point;
  • study performance (10%): the average of all the semesters completed in the current study program (for the first year: 1 semester; for the second year: 3 semesters; for the third year: 5 semesters).

The final score is the weighted average of the four criteria above (the weights are mentioned in brackets). The minimum score for the selection is 7.50.

Further selection criteria

If there are candidates with the same score on the last eligible place, the selection criteria will be, in order, 1. the academic motivation for choosing the destination; 2. the level of linguistic knowledge; 3. the average grade.

Specifications regarding the mobility implementation:

  • Candidates declared as reserves in this selection may become Erasmus+ grant holders if funds become available or if a student initially selected as a grant holder withdraws from the mobility for the respective destination of the reserve candidate. They will be able to benefit from Erasmus+ mobilities carried out only in the second semester of the 2026-2027 academic year.
  • Students in the final years at the time of selection will be required to leave on the second semester of the first year of the master’s degree, provided that they will enroll at master’s degree and they present at the Erasmus + Office of the UB the certificate from the faculty confirming the admission.

Specifications regarding the ERASMUS+ funding:

  • It is granted for a minimum of 3 months of physical mobility (minimum 90 days from the presentation at the host university and until the completion date of the exams, according to the data confirmed by the host university) and a maximum of the end of the 2026-2027 host university semester.
  • Mobilities carried out during the second semester 2026-2027 will be funded until no later than July 30, 2027, the completion date of the Erasmus+ project from which this funding is granted.
  • The Erasmus grant is not intended to cover all expenses abroad, it is only a financial support for physical mobility, which will be fully recognized upon return, provided that the documents necessary for validation are presented.
  • A student can benefit from an ERASMUS grant during each study cycle (up to a maximum of 12 months of mobility / study cycle).
  • For participants with reduced opportunities (those who benefit from a social scholarship or qualify to benefit) who carry out a study mobility Erasmus+, 250 Euro/month is added to the mentioned sums.
  • The individual support for mobility is supplemented by a grant for contribution to transport costs (one-time), with distances calculated according to the European distance calculator (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/ro/resources-and-tools/distance-calculator), as follows:
Travel DistanceAllocated Transport Grant
Between 10 and 99 KM:28 EUR per participant
Between 100 and 499 KM:211 EUR per participant
Between 500 and 1999 KM:309 EUR per participant
Between 2000 and 2999 KM:395 EUR per participant
Between 3000 and 3999 KM:580 EUR per participant
Between 4000 and 7999 KM:1188 EUR per participant
8000 KM or more:1735 EUR per participant

or Green travel:

Green travel is travel that mainly uses low-emission means of transport, such as bus, train, bicycle or car-pooling. The unit-based cost of transport for green travel is eligible if it is used for the majority of the round trip (meaning more than 50% of the distance calculated by the distance calculator).

Travel DistanceAllocated Transport Grant
Between 10 and 99 KM:56 EUR per participant
Between 100 and 499 KM:285 EUR per participant
Between 500 and 1999 KM:417 EUR per participant
Between 2000 and 2999 KM:535 EUR per participant
Between 3000 and 3999 KM:785 EUR per participant
Between 4000 and 7999 KM:1188 EUR per participant
8000 KM or more:1735 EUR per participant


Calendar

March 13-28, 2026 – Online registration. The file must be sent toirina.matei@fspub.unibuc.ro 

March 31-April 1, 2026 (from 13.00) – Interviews with candidates

April 3, 2026 – Displaying the results

April 6, 2026 – Appeals

April 7, 2026 – Displaying the final results

THE COMPETITION COMMISSION

Conf.univ.dr. Irina MATEI, chair

Lect.univ.dr. Brîndușa NICOLAESCU, member

Lect.univ.dr. Mihai SEBE, member

THE APPEAL COMMISSION

Prof.univ.dr. Catalin AVRAMESCU, chair

Prof.univ.dr., Radu CARP, member

Conf.univ.dr. Claudiu TUFIȘ, member

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