Mobility OUT
The ERASMUS Program, which started in 1987, is one of the most successful policies of European construction. Over these 31 years, there has been an increase in student mobility in Europe and in the world, with the number of mobility students rising from 3,000 in 1987 to 9 million in 2017.
In this sense, the mobility of students, but also of teaching and non-teaching staff and researchers is one of the priorities established by the Bologna Process, which, in 1998, began to outline the European Higher Education Area in the Sorbonne declaration, aiming to strengthen the competitiveness and attractiveness of European higher education and promoting the employability of young people.
In an increasingly demanding job market, mobility is an opportunity for personal enrichment and academic and professional curricula, adding an international perspective and contributing to strengthening each individual’s capacity to adapt to change, an increasingly important tool in combating society's new challenges.
The student mobility programme at the University of Algarve includes the mobility and exchange of higher education students under the Erasmus+ Programme (within Europe), the Cooperation Protocols (around the World), the national mobility programme Almeida Garrett and other International Consortia between Higher Education Institutions, in which the University of Algarve participates.
In addition to students, teaching and non-teaching staff at the School of Human and Social Sciences at the University of Algarve can participate in these Programmes.
Both the number of incoming students at the FCHS and students of the School who go on an exchange themselves, at institutions in other countries, has been increasing steadily in recent years.
FCHS students wishing to embark on an Erasmus+ Study placement or Internship may apply to the Erasmus + Programme, which allows them to attend one or two semesters at one of the many European universities with which the University of Algarve has Erasmus+ bilateral agreements.
Students interested in studying outside Europe can also do so, in one of the many Higher Education Institutions with which the University of Algarve partners through Cooperation Protocols.