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International Credit Mobility (ICM)-KA171

The Mobility of Individuals action is an opportunity for KTH to seek funding for mobility between KTH and universities in non European Partner countries. External Policy Funds, KA171-HED.

Financing on this page are funded by the European Union.

Erasmus+ projekt finansieras av Europeiska kommissionen.

Mobility of Individuals is one of the actions within the EU programme Erasmus+ that creates opportunities for staff and students to work, study and strengthen their competences in other parts of the world. Application for this action is done centrally through International relations office.

The Call for Applications

The internal deadline at KTH is usually late January.  

Summary of action

The programme contributes to raising the quality of higher education and to get greater transparency between education programmes in different countries. The aim of the programme is also to increase competence and quality through internationalization. Staff mobility is available for both teaching and non-teaching staff and studies are available at all levels.

  • For studies the minimum time spent abroad is 2 months (incoming and outgoing).
  • For both teaching and non-teaching staff the minimum time spent at a partner organisation is 5 days not including days for travel.
  • For teachers going abroad on a teaching assignment there is a minimum of 8 hours teaching per 5 days abroad.

Application and deadline

Application deadline is usually mid-February. KTH will apply centrally for this action to strengthen cooperation and mobility at all levels.

If you would like to apply for funding for an existing cooperation or project please contact Bassam Kayal: Bassamk@kth.se

KTH will be responsible for both incoming and outgoing mobility, including scholarship payment. In case of approved application, a call for applying for mobility will be set up.

Erasmus Charter 

Erasmus Policy Statement (EPS) for KTH

ICM-2024 – Internal Application (docx 84 kB)   

2024-Erasmus Programme-Guide_EN.pdf (pdf 6.0 MB)  * for more details, please refer to the ICM 2023 guideline  

ICM Handbook-2023 (pdf 1.4 MB)   

ICM Guideline-2024  (pdf 6.0 MB)

Document for school approval_word 2024 (docx 71 kB)