Description
The project aims to provide UCM degree and master students the opportunity to make a stay at institutions and companies in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The higher cost of life in Northern countries, together with the lower levels of funding of mobility grants in Spain, make it very difficult to our students to afford such a stay period. We expect to support the mobility of about 30 students, who will take profit of a study period or a placement in donor states, which is a very interesting experience for them and will contribute both to their better training and the European cohesion. Students may carry out study periods at higher education institutions but also placements in organizations or companies. UCM has signed Erasmus plus cooperation agreements with a high number of institutions in donor countries, who will host our students.
Summary of project results
The crisis situation in Spain threatens the bilateral mobility at bachelor and master level with donor states, due to the higher cost of living at these countries and the reduction of funds available for students for this purpose. NILS programme and the project intended to contribute to mantaining or increasing the students mobility from Spain to Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, within the frame of the Erasmus+ programme. Complutense University of Madrid managed a call addressed to its students at Bachelor and Master levels, in connection with the institutional Erasmus+ call, in order to promote and fund stays to be performed in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. As a result, 40 students carried out stays at higher education institutions in Norway and Iceland. Most of them were Bachelor students (38), together with 2 Master students. Out of them, 29 were women, that is, 72,5%, face to 11 men, 27,5%. Main destination country was Norway with 34 students in 11 different institutions; 6 students were hosted in three Icelandic higher education institutions. These 40 students performed around 282 months of stay and received an average grant of 4642 euro per person for the whole period, with an average length of stay of 7 months. Their study period received an official recognition of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), with an average of 35,65 ECTS per student. Most of the students declare that without the NILS grant they wouldn't have been able to perform their stay. They also declare that such stay shall be beneficiary for them on the academic side, but also at professional and personal levels. On the institutional side, the Complutense University of Madrid declares having increased the agreed positions within Erasmus+ programme, with institutions participating in the project.
Summary of bilateral results
Complutense University of Madrid attempted to provide an international academic experience to 40 Spanish students in Norway and Iceland. These 40 students performed around 282 months of stay and received an average grant of 4642 euro per person for the whole period, with an average length of stay of 7 months. Their study period received an official recognition of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), with an average of 35,65 ECTS per student. For them, this experience has a great value at a personal and academic level, and probably at professional level in the future, too. On the institutional side, Complutense University of Madrid attempted to mantain and even to increase the number of positions agreed within Erasmus+ programme with the partner institutions in Norway and Iceland, and is discussing further cooperation agreements within that frame. The project provided the opportunity both to students and to the institution to enhance and to deepen bilateral relations as well as to increase the visibility of such mobility and relations in both sides.