European Degree Exploratory Action

Last update: Nov 5, 2026

Details

Location: EU 27

Funding Agency: European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships (EuropeAid HQ)

Contracting Authority: EACEA - Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

Contracting Authority Type: Development Institution

Status: Open

Budget: EUR 14,000,000

Award ceiling: N/A

Award floor: N/A

Sector: Education, Training & Capacity Building

Eligible applicants: Government / Public Bodies, Private Sector

Eligible nationalities: EU 27, Albania, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Greenland, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Montserrat, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Serbia, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Switzerland, Türkiye, Turks and Caicos, UK, Wallis and Futuna

Date posted: Nov 5, 2026

Quick Summary

Objectives:

Objectives

Purpose: Support higher education institutions in designing, adapting and implementing innovative and inclusive transnational joint programmes at bachelor, master or doctoral level that align with the Joint European Degr...

Eligibility criteria:

Eligible applicants: Legal entities established in an eligible Erasmus+ country. Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must be higher education institutions holding a valid ECHE, or another organisation specifically set up with higher education institutions for deep transnational cooperation; such organisations cannot be coordinators.
Consortium composition: Minimum 2 applicants acting as beneficiaries from 2 different eligible countries. All universities involved in a joint programme must be identified in the application, though not all need to be beneficiaries. Natural persons are not eligible, except self-employed persons where applicable.
Geographic/legal eligibility: EU Member States, OCTs, listed EEA countr...