24 June 2022
New record: Mainz University can spend EUR 3 million in the Erasmus+ student mobility program in the 2022/2023 academic year / Bilateral agreements with more than 400 partner universities throughout Europe
The European Erasmus+ program is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has been involved with the European Union's best-known education program and its unique success story from the very beginning in 1987: Erasmus+ has supported around 12 million European citizens in experiencing Erasmus mobility so far, including almost one million Germans in the field of higher education. Mainz University is deeply committed to the Erasmus+ program. In 2019, JGU was among the first universities to succeed in the European Universities Initiative established by Erasmus. Together with its partners in now eight European countries, Mainz University is building the European University FORTHEM Alliance. Measured in terms of the total number of placements, JGU is also one of the most active German universities in the field of Erasmus+ mobility. In fact, Mainz University has even received a number of awards for its outstanding involvement, including the Erasmus E-Quality seal of approval...