Partnerships For Excellence: European Universities – European Degree Exploratory Action
ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PE-EUED
- Programme
- Partnerships for Excellence: European Universities – European Degree exploratory action
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Open (31094502)
- Opening Date
- December 17, 2025
- Deadline
- March 17, 2026
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €14,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PE-EUEDERASMUS-EDU-2025-PE-EUEDBologna process - related to Modernisation of Higher EducationCertification, Verification, Validation, Technical Compliance, StandardsCurriculum design and developmentEducationEngineeringErasmus+Quality assurancejoint learning offerjoint programmes
Description
Partnerships for Excellence support projects with a long-term sustainable perspective. This action aims at fostering excellence in higher education by supporting higher education institutions in the design, adaptation, and implementation of innovative and inclusive transnational joint programmes at bachelor, master, or doctoral levels, aligned with the criteria for the joint European degree label, as set out in Annex II of the Council Recommendation on a European Quality Assurance and Recognition System in Higher Education[1].
The action will generate practical models and evidence to inspire broader adoption of the joint European degree label across Europe. The action also encourages targeted exploration of the concept of a European degree in engineering.
[1] C/2025/3006
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in the call document.
2. Eligible Countries
described in the call document.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described in the call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in the call document.
Publication of the call: 17 December 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications: 17 March 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: Late March-June 2026.
Information to applicants: September 2026.
Signature of grant agreement: December 2026.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (ERASMUS BB and LSII)
Detailed budget table (ERASMUS LSII)
Guidance
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Frequently Asked Questions About Partnerships For Excellence: European Universities – European Degree Exploratory Action
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact [email protected]
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.