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



Gerry O'Sullivan

Posted: 11 March, 2021

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%.



Action20152017% Change
Outbound Staff6711064%
Number of Destination Countries243546%
Number of Participating Irish HEIs12120%
Outbound Students1816-11%
Number of Destination Countries81025%
Number of Participating Irish HEIs54-20%
Total Number of Mobilities8512646%

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



Sending HEIs (2017)Number of Staff
University of Limerick37
University College Dublin20
Mary Immaculate College Limerick14
University College Cork8
Limerick Institute of Technology5
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin5
Trinity College Dublin5
Technological University Dublin4
Munster Technological University4
Dublin City University4
Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin3
National College of Art and Design, Dublin 1


Sending HEIs (2017)Number of Students
University College Dublin7
University College Cork4
TU Dublin3
Mary Immaculate College Limerick2

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



Top Destination Countries - 2017Number of Staff
China12
Russia12
Canada9
Israel9
Ukraine8
Japan6
Lebanon5
Georgia4
Palestine4

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



Destination Countries Study Visits - 2017Number of Students
Canada4
China2
India2
Japan 2
Australia1
Bolivia1
Brazil1
Israel1
USA1
Vietnam1

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



Inbound Staff Mobilities (2017)Receiving HEI
University of Limerick20
Mary Immaculate College Limerick10
University College Dublin9
Munster Technological University6
Trinity College Dublin5
Limerick Institute of Technology5
University College Cork2
Technological University Dublin1
IADT, Dún Laoghaire1
National College of Art and Design, Dublin1
St. Nicholas Montessori College Dublin1

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



Country of Origin (2017)Student Inbound Numbers
Georgia7
Russia6
Israel5
Bosnia and Herzegovina3
Bangladesh3
Vietnam3
Ethiopia2
Honduras2
Kenya2
Malaysia2
Ukraine2
Canada1
Japan1
Lebanon1
South Africa1

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.



Main Countries of Origin (2017)Number of Staff
Russia13
Ukraine8
Armenia5
Georgia5
Lebanon5

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