International Credit Mobility

International Credit Mobility (ICM) is an Erasmus+ sub- program that offers mobility opportunities for students, teachers and non-teaching staff at higher education institutions (HEIs) outside Europe. It also provides the same possibility for students, teachers and staff from institutions in non-European partner countries to undertake a period of mobility at HEIs holding the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education. Each ICM project is developed with a set of countries and specific institutions as partners, according to the annual application submitted to the Portuguese National Agency. The main objective of the UPB Double Degree Platform, together with the ICM sub-program, is to consolidate the ongoing cooperation between UPB and HEIs outside the EU, particularly to promote student mobility for double degrees and personal development on the best European higher education practices, and to improve the management and operation of partner HEIs in international relations. At UPB, the ICM provides for the following flows: Students Mobility IN (incoming) – in addition to the international mobility experience, with recognition of ECTS credits at the partner HEI, priority is given to mobility for double degree (DD) projects; Mobility OUT (outgoing) – priority is given to the international mobility of UPB master’s students, integrating co-supervised research activities, constituting a first approach to the creation of DD programs; Teachers and non-teaching staff Mobility IN – UPB organizes intensive programs integrating teachers and collaborators from partner HEIs; the intensive program introduces the EU and Portuguese higher education systems, the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), mobility tools and recognition procedures; it also supports ongoing double degree projects, including meetings with students and teachers, seminars and co-supervision activities. Mobility OUT– this type of mobility is used to spread the word about the project at partner HEIs and to help participants implement best practices in using mobility tools and recognizing mobility periods.