ERASMUS + – Capacity Building in Higher Education – 2026

Objectives

• To enhance the relevance of higher education for the successful implementation of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy
• To improve the level of competences, skills and employability potential of students in HEIs
• To promote inclusive education, equality, equity, non-discrimination and the promotion of civic competences
• To improve the training of teachers and continuous professional development
• To stimulate cooperation of institutions, capacity building and exchange of good practice

Priorities

• Priority 1: Green Deal – Higher Education systems are crucial for supporting the Green Deal
• Priority 2: Digital transformation – Raising the quality and inclusiveness of education through digital technologies
• Priority 3: Integration of migrants – Education and training systems play a key role in addressing the challenges of migration as well as unlocking migration’s benefits
• Priority 4: Governance, peace, security and human development – Commitment to the rule of law, human and fundamental rights,
  equality, democracy and good governance are the bedrock of stable, fair and prosperous societies
• Priority 5 : Sustainable growth and jobs – Higher education is needed to build skills for life and work

Among financed actions

• National and Regional projects
• Cross-regional projects
• Activities aiming at ensuring high quality and relevant education
• Innovative curricula in terms of content or structure, new learning methods, tools and materials

Eligibility

• Be public or private legal entity
• Be higher education institutions (HEIs) or organisations of HEIs
• Be organisations or institutions active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training and youth
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • an EU Member State
  • a third country associated to the Programme
  • a third country not associated to the Programme from an eligible region (see call document)

• A consortium composed of
  • at least 2 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (National projects strand 1 & 2)
  • at least 2 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (multi-country projects strand 1 & 2)
  • at least 2 entities, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (strand 3)

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action:  between 24 and 48 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

• Contact: EACEA-EUROPEAN-UNIVERSITIES@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 113 117 100 euros
• Budget per topic :
  • Strand 1: 23.359.660 euros
  • Strand 2: 60.135.496 euros
  • Strand 3: 29.621.954 euros
• Amount of the grant per topic :
  • For strand 1 between 200.000 and 400.000 euro
  • For strand 2 between 400.000 and 800.000 euros
  • For strand 3 between 600.000 and 2 million euros
• Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs