Erasmus helps 120,000 students

Erasmus helps 120,000 students

Around 120,000 students and 10,000 university lecturers will take part in the EU Erasmus programme in 2001-2002, the European Commission has announced. Erasmus, the higher education part of the EU Socrates programme, will also help to launch 120 new study programmes and 220 short courses in 2001-2002. It will have a budget for the year of 150 million euros, 80 per cent of which will be spent on helping students from one European country to study for a time in another.

Further information is available from Jose Gutierrez, Socrates and Youth Technical Assistance Office (Erasmus), 70 rue Montoyer, B-1050 Brussels,Belgium. Tel: +32 2 233 0111; Fax: +32 2 233 0150; E-mail: info@socrates-youth.be