Mobility in Higher Education is mainly facilitated through the Erasmus+ European Programme. The Erasmus+ Programme promotes the cooperation between Higher Education institutions focusing on the improvement of educational quality and the enhancement of the European dimension in Higher Education. In the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, the following actions are promoted:

• Student and staff mobility
• Student mobility for study purposes;
• Practical training of students in businesses, training centres, research centres and other organisations;
• Teacher mobility for teaching purposes;
• Teaching and other educational staff mobility for in-service education purposes.

Organisation of Mobility

Special grants are given by the Erasmus+ Programme to Higher Education institutions that participate in the Erasmus+ Programme, to cover expenses related to the organisation of mobilities.

Erasmus Intensive Language Courses (EILC)

These specialised, short-term courses are offered to help students prepare for their studies in a host country by learning the local language. Higher Education institutions in Cyprus organise Greek language courses for Erasmus+ students for their mobility in Cyprus.

Preparatory visits

Visits among institutions, either for the purpose of contracting cooperation or preparing proposals in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme.

Student Mobility in Higher Education

Student mobility in Higher Education is primarily achieved through exchanges facilitated by the Erasmus+ programme. All universities participate in the Erasmus+ Mobility programme and most of them operate mobility offices encouraging students, faculty, and staff to participate in mobility programmes. The Erasmus+ programme offers the opportunity to study abroad for a period of three to twelve months.
Participants are eligible to receive a study grant from the European Commission, and the period of studies abroad is recognised by the home country of the participant.
The participating student is not required to pay tuition fees at the host institution.
Some Universities have joined the Erasmus Mundus European Masters Programme as well, which supports inter-university European Union Master Courses and promotes the European Union as a centre for excellence in learning world-wide.
Additionally, to the Erasmus+ Programme, student mobility is further enhanced through several measures taken at the governmental and institutional level.
These include various procedures established by universities to create awareness on mobility, i.e. direct mail campaigns, promotional leaflets and posters, information sessions in various classes, promotion via websites, continuous promotion through the opendoor policy of their Erasmus+ offices and the enhancement of close links with appropriate faculty members.
Public and private universities provide services for promotion and the facilitation of mobility.
Arrangements providing visas, work permits and residence permits not to be required from students coming from EU countries.
Accommodation provided at some Universities for exchange students.
Portability of student grants.

The Europass platform

The Europass platform, which is in operation since July 1, 2020, provides a framework of online tools, where information to support the transparency and understanding of skills and qualifications helps to facilitate mobility, progression and learning for employees and employers, thus supporting increased mobility in Europe.
One of the useful tools provided on the platform is the quick tutorial for creating different CVs.