Erasmus+ programme helps 4,500 Ukrainians study in EU

“We have been participating in the Erasmus+ programme as a partner for a long time. Over these six years, more than 4,500 students have gone to study in EU countries, and more than 2,000 students and professors have come to Ukraine from EU countries,” Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Hanna Novosad said at a press conference, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

She noted that Ukraine should improve the quality of education in Ukrainian higher education establishments to be able to compete with European universities and thus become a full-fledged member of Erasmus+.

According to Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas, the European Union has allocated EUR 70 million in assistance to Ukraine’s education sector since 2014. Within the framework of Erasmus+ programme, the assistance totaled more than EUR 42 million for 2014-2019. The EU will continue to allocate funds to Ukraine under the Erasmus+ programme and its main elements will remain.

Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support projects of cooperation, partnerships, activities and mobility in higher education, vocational training, youth and sport in 2014-2020 with the budget of EUR 14.7 billion. The programme's member states are 28 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey.

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