The convergence of European university studies began to occur in the classroom itself thanks to the exchange programs launched in the 1980s, most usually associated with the Erasmus program.
This capacity to strengthen trans-national links can become the driver for a universal space for higher education connecting Europe with the rest of the world, with programs such as Atlantis, Schuman-Fulbright or Erasmus Mundus.
ATLANTIS (Actions for Transatlantic Links and Academic Networks for Training and Integrated Studies) is a jointly financed and managed program between the EU and the USA for higher education cooperation actions requested by universities and higher education institutions under various formats.
Erasmus was one of the first initiatives to put the principles of the European Higher Education Area into practice. Since 1987 it has allowed thousands of students and lecturers to discover the university dimension of a Europe without frontiers, facilitating their mobility through financial aid and administrative services. Its options are as follows:
Erasmus Mundus is a European Union program approved in 2003 that aims to improve the quality of higher education in Europe and cooperation with other geographical areas in order to strengthen relations between European universities with similar institutions in other parts of the world.
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