Numbers of Staff and Students on mobilities to Partner Countries grew by 48%

Introduced in 2015 for the first time, the Erasmus+ Action – International Credit Mobility (IC M) – which provides for inbound and outbound staff and student mobilities grew by 48% in the period 2015 to 2017.  ICM partnerships normally cover a three year period.  2017 provides the first set of complete data.  The Irish higher education institutions (HEIs) manage both the outbound and inbound flows.

In common with most other Erasmus+ Programme Countries, staff mobilities dominate with numbers increasing from 67 in 2015 to 110 in 2017, a rise of 64%.

A total of 12 higher education institutions have been active in the period.

In 2017 Ireland had staff mobilities to 35 countries spread across all continents.

In the same year, 16 students went to a total of 10 different countries for study periods.

Inbound numbers fell from 231 in 2015 (86 staff, 60 students) to 177 in 2017 (61 staff, 42 students).

In 2017, Irish higher education institutions welcomed students from 15 countries.

Ireland is a popular destination for staff from Russia and neighbouring countries countries Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia accounting for 51% of incoming staff visits.  In total staff from a total of 23 countries undertook visits to Irish HEIs in 2107.