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Impacts of the coronavirus on Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes

During the spring semester 2020 the Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) collected statistical information on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on international student mobility within higher education to/from Finland.

Egyptian Mohamed Hamdi studied in Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences for four months as part of the Erasmus+ programme. The exchange was an educational experience in many ways.

Internationalisation is for everybody! Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) has published stories of two students who received a special needs grant for their exchange period.

My name is Lejla Cardzic. I come from Bosnia and Herzegovina. But now I live and work in Finland. I have graduated, as a Mechanical Engineer, a year ago. During my study exchange period in JAMK in 2017, I fell in love with the country and decided to look for work and stay.

EDUFI organised a national level coordinators’ meeting for the representatives of Finnish higher education institutions taking part in Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education projects.

The European Commission awarded funding to a total 163 of Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education projects of which nine are coordinated by Finnish higher education institutions.