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The International Relations and Internationalisation Office at UPJŠ (IRIO) has prepared for you an overview of upcoming Erasmus+ calls for applications in 2025/2026.
Short-Term PhD Mobilities
The mobility implementation period within this call spans from 01.08.2025 until 31.07.2026 at the latest.
Important:
*The dates and conditions of the call will be specified by the faculties/institutes/departments. For more information, please contact your faculty/department/institutional coordinator.
| Proposed application deadlines* | Earliest possible starting dates | |
|---|---|---|
| 01st phase | 11.06.2025 | 01.08.2025 |
| 02nd phase | 08.10.2025 | 22.10.2025 |
| 03rd phase | 11.02.2026 | 25.02.2026 |
| 04th phase | 06.05.2026 | 20.05.2026 |
- The rules of the call are governed by the rules of Directive no. 1/2020, which establishes the procedure for the administration of the Erasmus+ program at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and its components.
- Processing of applications, checking of documents and the entered information and the evaluation within the faculties is the responsibility of the faculties.
- For the period 01.08.2025 – 31.07.2026, the university will allocate funds for 2 mobilities for each study program in the doctoral degree.
- Each short-term mobility must meet the criterion of minimal duration. Short-term mobilities have a minimum duration of 5 days and a maximum of 30 days.
- The university will provide grant to the participant of a short-term mobility up to a maximum amount covering 10 days of physical mobility abroad.
- Short-term mobility participants also have the opportunity to implement mobilities that are longer than 10 days with a so-called combined grant, i.e. with financial support from Erasmus+ resources combined with a period with zero grant, or full mobilities with zero grant.
- One travel day before the first day of activity abroad and/or one travel day following the last day of activity abroad is added to the mobility period. These days are included in the calculation of individual support according to the scheme of 5 to 10 days of activity + 2 days of travel.
- Short-term PhD mobility is not available for recent graduates.
- Each PhD student can use the Erasmus+ funds to implement one mobility with a duration of 5-10 days within the framework of this call.
The mobilities within this call can be implemented only in Programme Countries:
| EU Member States | Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden |
| Non-EU Member States | the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Turkey |
Student mobilities for the purpose of study are governed by inter-institutional agreements, which contain the exact number of student mobilities for the given field, with the exact length of their stay.
The host university must be a higher education institution of a country involved in the Erasmus+ program with an ECHE (European Charter for Higher Education) charter. Faculty (departmental, institutional) Erasmus coordinators as well as the employees of the International Relations Office of the UPJŠ Rectorate will provide you with more detailed information about inter-institutional agreements for the individual study fields.
In case of student mobility for traineeships the receiving organisation can be:
- any Programme Country public or private organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training, youth, research and innovation. For example, such organisation can be:
- a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises);
- a public body at local, regional or national level;
- embassies or consular offices of the sending Programme Country;
- a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions;
- a research institute;
- a foundation;
- a school/institute/educational centre (at any level, from pre-school to upper secondary education, and including vocational education and adult education);
- a non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
- a body providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services;
- a Programme Country HEI awarded with an ECHE.
| Distance band | Standard travel | Green travel |
|---|---|---|
| From 10 to 99 km: | 28 EUR/participant | 56 EUR/participant |
| From 100 to 499 km | 211 EUR/participant | 285 EUR/participant |
| From 500 to 1 999 km: | 309 EUR/participant | 417 EUR /participant |
| From 2 000 to 2 999 km: | 395 EUR/participant | 535 EUR /participant |
| From 3 000 to 3 999 km: | 580 EUR/participant | 785 EUR /participant |
| From 4 000 to 7 999 km: | 1 188 EUR/participant | 1 188 EUR/participant |
| 8 000 km or more: | 1 735 EUR/participant | 1 735 EUR/participant |
Participants of short-term mobilities (5-30 days) are entitled to individual support for physical mobilities, including travel days, regardless of the target country:
| Grant/day | |
|---|---|
| All programme countries | 79 EUR |
Mobility participants with fewer opportunities are entitled to a top-up amount of € 100 above the basic rate for a physical mobility lasting 5-14.
Fur further information, please, see: Types of Support for Disadvantaged Students
For more information, please contact your faculty/department/institutional coordinator.
- Mgr. Jakub Paľovčík
- jakub.palovcik@upjs.sk
- +421 55 234 1305
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Short-Term Blended Mobilities (Study Cycles I & II)
The mobility implementation period within this call spans from 01.08.2025 until 31.07.2026 at the latest.
Important:
*The dates and conditions of the call will be specified by the faculties/institutes/departments. For more information, please contact your faculty/department/institutional coordinator.
| Proposed application deadlines* | Earliest possible starting dates | |
|---|---|---|
| 01st phase | 11.06.2025 | 01.08.2025 |
| 02nd phase | 08.10.2025 | 22.10.2025 |
| 03rd phase | 11.02.2026 | 25.02.2026 |
| 04th phase | 06.05.2026 | 20.05.2026 |
- The rules of the call are governed by the rules of Directive no. 1/2020, which establishes the procedure for the administration of the Erasmus+ program at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and its components.
- Processing of applications, checking of documents and the entered information and the evaluation within the faculties is the responsibility of the faculties.
- Short-term blended student mobilities are intended for doctoral (MUDr.), bachelor’s and master’s degree students.
- Short-term blended mobilities of students consists of a short-term physical mobility (study or traineeship) of students abroad (in a program country) with minimal duration of 5 days and of a mandatory virtual element, while the volume, method and time of the virtual part are freely adjustable.
- The implementation of the virtual part is to be ensured by the sending faculty/department/institute in cooperation with the receiving institution. The sending faculty/department/institute is responsible for and confirms the quality of the implemented virtual activity.
- This opportunity should be taken up in particular by those students who cannot go on a long-term physical mobility, for example, due to their study field or because they have fewer opportunities for participation.
- It is up to the faculties and university workplaces to assess the appropriateness of student mobility choices and to ensure that long-term physical mobilities remain the norm.
- The physical mobility of any short-term blended student mobility must meet the criterion of minimal duration: from 5 to 30 days (excluding travel time) and must be combined with an obligatory virtual element.
- At least three credits of the ECTS system must be awarded for a blended student mobility.
- The university will provide the participant of a short-term blended mobility with a grant up to the amount covering 5 days of physical mobility abroad.
- Participants of a short-term blended mobility have the opportunity to implement mobilities that are longer than 5 days with a so-called combined grant, i.e. with financial support from Erasmus+ resources combined with a period with zero grant, or full mobilities with zero grant.
- One travel day before the first day of activity abroad and/or one travel day following the last day of activity abroad is added to the mobility period. These days are included in the calculation of individual support according to the scheme of 5 days of activity + 2 days of travel.
- Short-term blended mobilities are not available for recent graduates.
The mobilities within this call can be implemented only in Programme Countries:
| EU Member States | Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden |
| Non-EU Member States | the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Turkey |
Student mobilities for the purpose of study are governed by inter-institutional agreements, which contain the exact number of student mobilities for the given field, with the exact length of their stay.
The host university must be a higher education institution of a country involved in the Erasmus+ program with an ECHE (European Charter for Higher Education) charter. Faculty (departmental, institutional) Erasmus coordinators as well as the employees of the International Relations Office of the UPJŠ Rectorate will provide you with more detailed information about inter-institutional agreements for the individual study fields.
In case of student mobility for traineeships the receiving organisation can be:
- any Programme Country public or private organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training, youth, research and innovation. For example, such organisation can be:
- a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises);
- a public body at local, regional or national level;
- embassies or consular offices of the sending Programme Country;
- a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions;
- a research institute;
- a foundation;
- a school/institute/educational centre (at any level, from pre-school to upper secondary education, and including vocational education and adult education);
- a non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
- a body providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services;
- a Programme Country HEI awarded with an ECHE.
| Distance band | Standard travel | Green travel |
|---|---|---|
| From 10 to 99 km: | 28 EUR/participant | 56 EUR/participant |
| From 100 to 499 km | 211 EUR/participant | 285 EUR/participant |
| From 500 to 1 999 km: | 309 EUR/participant | 417 EUR /participant |
| From 2 000 to 2 999 km: | 395 EUR/participant | 535 EUR /participant |
| From 3 000 to 3 999 km: | 580 EUR/participant | 785 EUR /participant |
| From 4 000 to 7 999 km: | 1 188 EUR/participant | 1 188 EUR/participant |
| 8 000 km or more: | 1 735 EUR/participant | 1 735 EUR/participant |
Participants of short-term mobilities (5-30 days) are entitled to individual support for physical mobilities, including travel days, regardless of the target country:
| Grant/day | |
|---|---|
| All programme countries | 79 EUR |
Mobility participants with fewer opportunities are entitled to a top-up amount of € 100 above the basic rate for a physical mobility lasting 5-14.
Fur further information, please, see: Types of Support for Disadvantaged Students
For more information, please contact your faculty/department/institutional coordinator.
- Mgr. Jakub Paľovčík
- jakub.palovcik@upjs.sk
- +421 55 234 1305
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Blended Intensive Programme
The mobility implementation period within this call spans from 01.08.2025 until 31.07.2026 at the latest.
Important:
*The dates and conditions of the call will be specified by the faculties/institutes/departments. For more information, please contact your faculty/department/institutional coordinator.
| Proposed application deadlines* | Earliest possible starting dates | |
|---|---|---|
| 01st phase | 11.06.2025 | 01.08.2025 |
| 02nd phase | 08.10.2025 | 22.10.2025 |
| 03rd phase | 11.02.2026 | 25.02.2026 |
| 04th phase | 06.05.2026 | 20.05.2026 |
- The rules of the call are governed by the rules of Directive no. 1/2020, which establishes the procedure for the administration of the Erasmus+ program at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and its components.
- Processing of applications, checking of documents and the entered information and the evaluation within the faculties is the responsibility of the faculties.
- Short-term student mobilities within Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs) can only be implemented as study mobilities, traineeships are not allowed.
- BIP mobilities are available for all study levels.
- BIP mobilities of students consists of a short-term physical mobility of students abroad (in a program country) with minimal duration of 5 days and of a mandatory virtual element, while the volume, method and time of the virtual part are defined by the BIP organizers.
- The coordinators should nominate students primarily for those BIPs in which their workplace is a co-organizer of the program and the program itself is implemented abroad, in the country of the BIP coordinator.
- The university will provide a BIP mobility participant with a grant for each day of physical mobility abroad.
- One travel day before the first day of activity abroad and/or one travel day following the last day of activity abroad is added to the mobility period. These days are included in the calculation of individual support according to the scheme of days of activity + 2 days of travel.
- At least three credits of the ECTS system must be awarded for a blended student mobility.
- BIP mobilities are not available for recent graduates.
- The student mobilities within the framework of BIP are governed by inter-institutional agreements. The host university must be a higher education institution of a country involved in the Erasmus+ program with an ECHE (European Charter for Higher Education) charter. The faculty (departmental, institutional) Erasmus coordinators as well as the employees of the International Relations and Internationalisation Office of the UPJŠ Rectorate will provide you with more detailed information about inter-institutional agreements for the individual study fields.
The mobilities within this call can be implemented only in Programme Countries:
| EU Member States | Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden |
| Non-EU Member States | the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Turkey |
| Distance band | Standard travel | Green travel |
|---|---|---|
| From 10 to 99 km: | 28 EUR/participant | 56 EUR/participant |
| From 100 to 499 km | 211 EUR/participant | 285 EUR/participant |
| From 500 to 1 999 km: | 309 EUR/participant | 417 EUR /participant |
| From 2 000 to 2 999 km: | 395 EUR/participant | 535 EUR /participant |
| From 3 000 to 3 999 km: | 580 EUR/participant | 785 EUR /participant |
| From 4 000 to 7 999 km: | 1 188 EUR/participant | 1 188 EUR/participant |
| 8 000 km or more: | 1 735 EUR/participant | 1 735 EUR/participant |
Participants of short-term mobilities (5-30 days) are entitled to individual support for physical mobilities, including travel days, regardless of the target country:
| Grant/day | |
|---|---|
| All programme countries | 79 EUR |
Mobility participants with fewer opportunities are entitled to a top-up amount of € 100 above the basic rate for a physical mobility lasting 5-14.
Fur further information, please, see: Types of Support for Disadvantaged Students
For more information, please contact your faculty/department/institutional coordinator.
- Mgr. Jakub Paľovčík
- jakub.palovcik@upjs.sk
- +421 55 234 1305
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