{"id":18623,"date":"2026-09-08T07:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/?p=18623"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:33:20","slug":"erasmus-plus-is-getting-bigger-again-hungary-theuk-and-switzerland-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/en\/erasmus-plus-is-getting-bigger-again-hungary-theuk-and-switzerland-in-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus plus is getting bigger again: Hungary, the UK and Switzerland in focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18623\" class=\"elementor elementor-18623 elementor-18605\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9295395 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9295395\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44b0cfd\" data-id=\"44b0cfd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-575744e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"575744e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Europe\u2019s mobility landscape is changing again.<\/strong><\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>The United Kingdom is officially returning to Erasmus+ in 2027, Switzerland is preparing for full association, and important developments are taking place around Hungarian higher education participation.<\/strong><\/p><p>For Erasmus+ coordinators, these changes could mean <strong>more partners, more mobility opportunities<\/strong> and a wider European network from 2027 onwards.<\/p><h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f1ec-1f1e7.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\" \/> <strong>The UK is coming back to Erasmus+<\/strong><\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">This is now official.<br \/>The United Kingdom will associate to Erasmus+ <strong>from 1 January 2027<\/strong>, putting UK learners, staff, educational institutions and organisations on the same footing as organisations in EU Member States and other countries associated with the programme.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">UK organisations will again be able to participate across the Erasmus+ programme, including opportunities in:<br \/>\u2022 education and training<br \/>\u2022 vocational education<br \/>\u2022 higher education<br \/>\u2022 youth<br \/>\u2022 sport<br \/>\u2022 international cooperation projects<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">For European organisations, this also means something important:<br \/>UK partners are becoming part of the mainstream Erasmus+ network again.<br \/>The first <strong>2027 funding opportunities<\/strong> are expected to be included in the 2027 Erasmus+ Call for Proposals.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18661 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/students-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/students-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/students-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/students-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/students.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f1e8-1f1ed.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded\" \/><strong> Switzerland is preparing for full Erasmus+\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Switzerland could also make a major return to the programme.<br \/>The EU and Switzerland signed their EU Programmes Agreement in November 2025, creating the framework for Switzerland to associate to Erasmus+ <strong>from 2027.<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Full association would give Swiss organisations <strong>access to the complete range of Erasmus+ mobility and cooperation activities<\/strong> \u2013 considerably broader than the opportunities available under the current Swiss mobility scheme.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The remaining step is on the Swiss side: the necessary Erasmus+ funding still requires parliamentary approval as part of the wider Switzerland\u2013EU package.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">If completed as planned, Switzerland would join the UK as another major European education partner entering Erasmus+ as an associated country in 2027.<\/p><h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f1ed-1f1fa.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa\" \/><strong> And what about Hungarian universities?<\/strong><\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18663 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Budapest-1024x537.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Budapest-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Budapest-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Budapest-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arbortalent.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Budapest.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">There are also important developments in Hungary.<br \/>Hungary itself has <strong>always remained<\/strong> an EU Member State <strong>fully participating in Erasmus+<\/strong>. However, since 2022, a group of Hungarian universities maintained by public-interest asset management foundations has been affected by EU restrictions <strong>preventing new Erasmus+ funding commitments with those institutions.<\/strong><br \/>The Hungarian government has announced that students at the <strong>affected universities should be able to participate in Erasmus mobility again from the 2026\/2027 academic year<\/strong>, alongside reforms to the university governance model.<br \/>However, at the time of writing, EU-level confirmation of the complete lifting of the restrictions is still important to watch.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">For Erasmus+ coordinators, the practical message is therefore:<br \/>Hungarian higher education mobility may be opening up again \u2013 but eligibility should still be checked at institutional level before planning a new partnership.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe\u2019s mobility landscape is changing again. \u00a0 The United Kingdom is officially returning to Erasmus+ in 2027, Switzerland is preparing for full association, and important developments are taking place around Hungarian higher education participation. For Erasmus+ coordinators, these changes could mean more partners, more mobility opportunities and a wider European network from 2027 onwards. 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