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- Location:
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Partnerships for Excellence: European Universities – European Degree exploratory action
Details
Location:
EU 27
Grantmaking entity:
Grantmaking entity type:
Development Institution
Status:
Awarded
Budget:
EUR 14,000,000
Award ceiling:
EUR 1,000,000
Award floor:
N/A
Sector:
Education, Training & Capacity Building
Languages:
English
Eligible applicants:
Government / Public Bodies, Academic Institutions, Private Sector
Eligible applicant countries:
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:
Dec 17, 2025
Description
Partnerships for Excellence: European Universities – European Degree exploratory action
TOPIC ID: ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PE-EUED
Type of grant: Call for proposals
General information
Programme: Erasmus (ERASMUS )
Call: Partnerships for Excellence: European Universities – European Degree exploratory action (ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PE-EUED)
Type of action: ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
Type of MGA: ERASMUS Lump Sum Grant [ERASMUS-AG-LS]
Status: Open for submission
Deadline model: single-stage
Opening Date: 17 December 2025
Deadline dates: 17 March 2026 17:00 (Brussels time)
Topic description
Objective: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
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:
Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (ERASMUS BB and LSII)
Detailed budget table (ERASMUS LSII)
Guidance
ERASMUS Programme Guide
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Lump Sum MGA
ERASMUS MGA
Additional documents:
ERASMUS+ Work Programme
ERASMUS Regulation 2021/817
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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About the Funding Agency
EuropeAid is an agency responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid worldwide. Its purpose is to aid in the reduction and eventual abolition of poverty in developing nations by fostering sustainable development, democracy, peace and security. With its partner nations, EuropeAid walks alongside them on their journey to sustainable development, continually adapting its help to their changing requirements. EuropeAid is also concerned with increasing the value and impact of aid money by ensuring that help is provided appropriately.
Under the donor EC - European Commission, DevelopmentAid covers the following entities:
Departments / Directorate Generals
- AGRI - Agriculture & Rural Development
- BUDG - Budget
- CLIMA - Climate Action
- COMM - Communication
- CNECT – Communications Networks, Content & Technology (formerly Digital Agenda)
- COMP - Competition
- ECFIN - Economic & Financial Affairs
- EAC - Education & Culture
- EMPL - Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
- ENER - Energy
- ENV - Environment
- ESTAT - Eurostat
- FISMA – Financial Stability, Financial Services & Capital Markets Union
- SANTE - Health & Food Safety
- ECHO - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection
- HR - Human Resources & Security
- DIGIT - Informatics
- GROW - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs
- DEVCO – International Cooperation & Development - EUROPEAID
- SCIC - Interpretation
- JRC - Joint Research Centre
- JUST - Justice & Consumers
- MARE - Maritime Affairs & Fisheries
- HOME - Migration & Home Affairs
- MOVE - Mobility & Transport
- NEAR – Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations
- REGIO - Regional & Urban Policy
- RTD - Research & Innovation
- SG – Secretariat-General - no procurement opportunities available
- FPI – Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
- TAXUD - Taxation & Customs Union
- TRADE - Trade
- DGT - Translation
Agencies
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- Eurojust
- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
- European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
- European GNSS Agency (GSA)
- European Union Agency for Network and Information Security
- The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ("Fusion for Energy")
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
- Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA), Health and Food Safety Unit
- European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
- European Fisheries Control Agency
- Single Resolution Board
- Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC Office)
- The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
- European Asylum Support Office
- European Union Intellectual Property Office
- European Union Agency for Railways
- European Environment Agency
- European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA)
- Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
- European Defence Agency
- EU Grant Programmes
EU Bodies
- European Parliament
- Council of the European union
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- European Court of Auditors
- European Economic and Social Committee
- European Committee of the Regions
- Publications office of the European Union
- European Patent Office
- European External Action Service
- Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
- Energy Community Secretariat
About the Sectors
Education, Training & Capacity Building
Covers formal and informal education, training, and capacity-building activities that develop knowledge, skills, and institutional capabilities across all age groups.
Key areas:
- Education systems and learning programmes
- Vocational training and skills development
- Capacity building and professional development
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