Erasmus+ Study / exchange
The European Erasmus+ scholarship
is available for Fontys students that are going to Study Abroad at a Partner University. Fontys applies for and manages Erasmus+ funds, controlled by the European Commission. On this page you find information on the conditions and possibilities.
Erasmus+ funded study programmes are:
- KA131
- KA131 International Mobility
- KA171
Below you will find conditional and practical information about Erasmus+ for study/exchange abroad.
> Conditions
Erasmus+ study/exchange conditions:
- The study period abroad must take a minimum of 2 months (60 days) and a maximum of 12 months (360 days, 30 days/month). You may receive grants for various mobility periods totalling up to 360 days maximum per each cycle of study (Bachelor, Master), independently from the number and type of mobility activities. This includes participation in Blended (intensive) programmes.
- A study period abroad needs to be a full-time study.
- The destination University needs to be a partner of your Fontys University Cluster.
- You need to move to another country for the duration of your Study Abroad, regardless of your nationality. For example: German students, living in Germany, but studying their degree programme in the Netherlands can not receive an Erasmus+ scholarship for Study Abroad in Germany, even if they move places within Germany.
- The application has to be completed in your Mobility Online workflow before the deadline and the documentation needs to be signed before the start of your study abroad.
- This first payment is based on the dates that the student enters in Mobility Online Erasmus+ Scholarship application form and equals 70% of the total estimated grant based on these dates.
- When your study abroad period ends you need to fill out and upload additional documents. Based on the exact dates filled out in the Transcript of Records or Statement of Host University the scholarship will be re-calculated and the final payment will be done (final amount for the whole period minus the first amount paid).
Destinations
These are the countries that belong to the Erasmus+ programme.
Member States of the European Union (EU)
| Belgium | Greece | Lithuania | Portugal |
| Bulgaria | Spain | Luxembourg | Romania |
| Czechia | France | Hungary | Slovenia |
| Denmark | Croatia | Malta | Slovakia |
| Germany | Italy | Netherlands* | Finland |
| Estonia | Cyprus | Austria | Sweden |
| Ireland | Latvia | Poland |
Non EU Programme Countries
| Norway | North Macedonia | Liechtenstein | Türkiye |
| Iceland | Serbia |
Fontys has special Erasmus+ agreements with some universities abroad, outside the Erasmus+ Programme countries listed above. An Erasmus+ scholarship is available, only if your destination is one of the partners listed below, for your Fontys School or Fontys Cluster of Internationalisation. Please contact your Coordinator Internationalisation if you want to know more about this.
Special Fontys Cluster Erasmus+ Partnerships
| Fontys Cluster | Partner Country | Partner University |
| Cluster Arts | United Kingdom | University of the West of Scotland (Ayr Campus) |
| Cluster Economics | Japan | Reitaku University |
| Cluster Economics | Mexico | Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) |
| Cluster People & Society | United Kingdom | University of Worcester |
| Cluster People & Society | Chile | Universidad del Desarollo (UDD) |
| Cluster Technology | South-Korea | Chung-Ang University |
| Cluster Technology | South-Africa | Belgium Campus |
| Cluster Education | United Kingdom | Glasgow University |
| All Fontys Clusters | India | Chitkara University |
Special Fontys School Erasmus+ Project Partnerships
| Fontys Cluster | Partner Country | Partner University |
| Fontys International Business School | Japan | Osaka Gakuin University |
* Netherlands is excluded as destination with an Erasmus+ scholarship for Fontys students, also if students don't live in the Netherlands
> Amounts
- The scholarship amount is paid in 2 installments. This first payment (before the start of your study abroad) is based on the dates that the student enters in Mobility Online Erasmus+ Scholarship application form and equals 70% of the total estimated grant based on these dates. Before this payment is done you need to upload the signed Learning Agreement and Grant Agreement in the respective Mobility Online steps.
- Erasmus+ scholarships are different per sending country (the Netherlands in this case), but also it differs per host country. The table below shows the amount Fontys students will receive per day (count for 1 month always 30 days).
- For example, for a stay of 5 months in Spain, this means 150 days for an amount of € 1.650.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | |
| Countries: | Denmark | Austria | Bulgaria |
| Finland | Belgium | Croatia | |
| Iceland | Cyprus | Czechia | |
| Ireland | France | Estonia | |
| Liechtenstein | Germany | Hungary | |
| Luxembourg | Greece | Latvia | |
| Norway | Italy | Lithuania | |
| Sweden | Malta | North Macedonia | |
| Portugal | Romania | ||
| Spain | Serbia | ||
| Slovakia | |||
| Poland | |||
| Türkiye | |||
| Amount per day | € 13 | € 11 | € 9 |
For the destination partner universities with the abovementioned special Erasmus+ agreement, different amounts apply. See table below for the amounts per months and an extra amount for travel costs.
| Country | Monthly amount | Travel costs |
| Chile | € 700 | € 1500 |
| India | € 700 | € 820 |
| Japan | € 700 | € 1500 |
| Mexico | € 700 | € 1500 |
| South-Korea | € 700 | € 1500 |
| South-Africa | € 700 | € 1500 |
| UK | € 390 | € 0 |
> Additional Scholarships
For multiple reasons students can get an additional Erasmus+ scholarship for various purposes. Below the three options are explained. It can be that more than one case applies to you, for example if you have a health circumstance and use green travel.
1) Erasmus+ Additional Scholarship:
Erasmus+ aims to support all students that wish to take part in a study or internship abroad activity. There are additional scholarships for students with:
- Health circumstance
- Economic circumstance
Students that meet the requirements will be able to get an additional scholarship of € 250 per month. In Mobility Online you can upload the relevant proof, depending on your personal circumstance. This step in Mobility Online will become available after you have been selected for the Erasmus+ Scholarship.
You can of course already collect the proof, and we recommend you to do so before you reach that step in Mobility Online so your first payment is not delayed. In case of doubts if this funding might be available to you, or if you have other questions, please email studyabroad@fontys.nl The Erasmus+ Team of Fontys will help you further.
Health circumstance:
- You should get a letter of a doctor, a document with an official diagnosis, an extract of your health file that shows a circumstance or a declaration of a doctor that states that you have a situation that limits you in your behaviour (mentally or physically).
- It can be a disability (mental (intellectual, cognitive, learning), physical, sensory or other disabilities) but also chronic health problems (diabetis, dyslexia etc. etc.), severe illnesses or psychiatric conditions. There is no list and many situations apply.
- With this document you go the Fontys Student Councellors. You can go to their (online) walk-in hours or schedule a meeting with them if you also want to discuss other things. The Counsellor deals carefully with your privacy and they are not allowed to share your health circumstance with other Fontys staff for this matter. You need to show the Councelor a proof of your health circumstance. They will then provide you with a statement that they have seen it. Please do not upload your medical proof to Mobility Online, only the letter of the Fontys Student Counsellor.
Economic circumstance:
- This is for students that have a letter from DUO (Dutch Organisation for Education) where it shows that you are/were entitled to an additional scholarship (aanvullende beurs). An additional scholarship from DUO also means you can apply for an additional scholarship of Erasmus+.
- The height of the additional scholarship/supplementary grant does not matter. As long as it is not € 0.
- If your DUO support already stopped because you received it multiple years, you can still upload a letter from the period you did get the additional scholarship.
- As proof, you have to upload a DUO letter showing the additional scholarship they awarded to you.
- Due to privacy matters we are only allowed to accept DUO letters where the burgerservicenummer (BSN) is not visible. You can use a free online tool, Adobe or manually mark the BSN number on a printed version to hide the BSN number.
Economic circumstance (but no funding/proof from DUO):
- For international students it can happen that they do not get funding from DUO, but that they do meet their criteria for the DUO additional scholarship (aanvullende beurs).
- If you are not entitled to a DUO scholarship, but the DUO Calculation tool shows that would have been entitled to a DUO Supplementary Grant if you were to receive DUO funding, you can get the Erasmus+ additional scholarship.
- In this case you have to download and sign the Declaration on Honour in Mobility Online and upload the signed version in Mobility Online.
2) Erasmus+ Extra Health Scholarship:
- It can be that with the Erasmus+ basic scholarship and the Erasmus+ additional scholarship (€250 per month) it is still not possible to go abroad due to a health circumstance and that your situation requires extra financial support.
- Additional funding is therefore available for students that want to go abroad and that due to a disability need extra support. For example; special housing, medical support, supportive equipment, mentoring or adjusted study materials.
- Students that meet the conditions will get an extra Health Circumstance Scholarship for the amount they need. There is no maximum amount. In the Erasmus+ application procedure in Mobility Online you are able to request this funding for an indicative amount.
- Afterwards you will be contacted to provide the necessary supportive documents. The amount will be based on real costs and approved documents for real expenses. These indicative expenses need to be assessed by the Dutch National Agency for Erasmus+ before Fontys can approve it, and the receipts / invoices will be assessed after your mobility for a final approval.
- The platform Inclusive Mobility is the European platform about inclusion and support services offered by higher education institutions to international students. Visit their website to help prepare yourself.
3) Green Travel:
- students of Fontys that use train, bus or carpool on their 2-way trip to their destination will get € 50 extra Erasmus+ scholarship. Next to that they will get up to 4 extra days of Erasmus+ scholarship for the possible extra travel days. For these additional days you will get the scholarship according to Erasmus+ scholarship amount for your destination, and if applicable the Erasmus+ additional scholarship per day.
- The approval of the extra amount and extra travel days will be done after your stay abroad. The extra payment is therefore only included in the last payment of your Erasmus+ scholarship.
- For tips about Green Travel take a look at this page, read this blog and find Laura’s example here.
> How to apply
- The completion of the Erasmus+ Application step has to be done in your Mobility Online workflow before the deadline and the documentation needs to be signed before the start of your internship abroad.
- If the student does not meet all Erasmus+ Scholarship conditions and fails to complete and submit the Learning Agreement and Grant Agreement in time, the scholarship can be cancelled and no payment will be done.
- Every Fontys student that meets the conditions and applies in time will get the Erasmus+ scholarship. There is no selection or limitation and Fontys has enough budget to support all students that meet the criteria.
- The student is in charge of making sure all the necessary signatures are collected and the correct and completely signed files are uploaded to Mobility Online. In case of doubts or questions they can contact studyabroad@fontys.nl or ask their Coordinator of Internationalisation for support.
> Final steps
- When the study abroad period ends the student needs to fill out and upload additional documents. Based on the exact dates filled out in the Transcript of Records and/or Statement of Host University the scholarship will be re-calculated and the final payment will be done (final amount for the whole period minus the first amount paid).
- If the student fails to complete the Transcript of Records and/or Statement of Host or the Erasmus+ Participant Report the student will need to fully reimburse the financial support received.
- The student is in charge of making sure all the necessary signatures are collected and the correct and completely signed files are uploaded to Mobility Online. In case of doubts or questions they can contact studyabroad@fontys.nl or ask their Coordinator of Internationalisation for support.
> Examples and ambassadors
This section is still under construction and no examples of Fontys students are available yet. Did you get the NL scholarship and would you like to share your story and become an ambassador yourself? Email studyabroad@fontys.nl.
Other examples of students that have been abroad:
> Contact
If you have doubts or questions about your Erasmus+ scholarship you can email us (Petri, Silvana and Nick of Fontys Team Study Abroad) at studyabroad@fontys.nl. We aim to answer your email within 1 or 2 days.
