International Services and Programs

EU Funded Programs

Erasmus+

The new Erasmus+ programme for 2021-2027 has launched! (europa.eu)

The Erasmus+ program budget for 2021-2027 is €26.2 billion, compared with €14.7 billion for 2014-2020. This will be complemented by about €2.2 billion from the EU’s external instruments. With this increased budget, Erasmus+ will be more inclusive, more digital, and greener.

Information for students

Students can benefit from many different opportunities through Erasmus+ including:

  • International Credit Mobility for exchanges with EU partners
  • Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degrees (EMJMD)
  • Other opportunities for youth:
    • European Solidarity Corps for volunteering opportunities in Europe
    • Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges
    • SALTO providing online tools for training youth

Read the comprehensive info 

 

LAU faculty and staff can benefit from a 1-week exchange opportunity at a partner university through Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) scholarships. The scholarship granted by the host university would cover the travel cost of the scholarship holder and provide a stipend for the duration of the we​ek.

Information for faculty

Erasmus+ provides opportunities for LAU faculty to spend time teaching abroad at a partner university in Europe. These activities also include supervision, examination, attendance/delivery of seminars and workshops, etc.

Outgoing Faculty must show academic interest in the field they teach at LAU and get in touch with the host university to find matching and familiar opportunities. There is no guarantee of placement until the host university approves the mobility and confirms the placement.

Duration: A teaching period is at least 5 working days.

During the stay abroad, the faculty member must deliver a minimum number of teaching hours depending on the agreement with the host university.

Selection criteria for faculty

A GSR selection committee reviews all the applications and the selection is based on the following:

The committee matches opportunities with available ICM applicants based on following main criteria:

  • Priority going to first-time applicants
  • Being a full-time faculty member​
  • Relevance of application and proposed academic activities to academic field and discipline

Once these three criteria are met, seniority is then considered.

The selection decisions are then communicated by the ISP office to the applicant. Once the mobility agreement is prepared and signed by the applicant, it is signed by the GSR office.

​Check available opportunities HERE.

Information for staff

Erasmus+ supports exchange opportunities for LAU staff at a partner university in Europe. Such learning opportunities can consist of job shadowing, observation, professional development courses, or specific competence-building events depending on the availability of mobility and the host university’s offering. Programs are finalized and confirmed on a case-by-case basis with host universities after selection.

Duration: A training period is for 5 working days.

Selection criteria for staff

A selection committee is formed of representatives from the HR office and ISP unit. The selection is based on:

  • Quality of application
  •  Relevance to the Job
  • Performance appraisal
  • Supervisor’s approval

Once the above criteria are met, first-time applicants will then be considered

The selection decisions are communicated by the ISP office to the applicants. Selected staff will be asked to confirm their selection placement. Once confirmed the ISP office sends the staff nominations to partner universities who will need to confirm the final selection.

*Staff who complete mobility funded by Erasmus+ are required to submit a detailed report of their mobility to ISP within one week.​ 

​Check available opportunities HERE.

 

Other EU Funded Programs

StEER-Leb Capacity Building Project

StEER-Leb is an acronym for “Student Empowerment, Engagement, and Representation in Lebanese Universities.” This Capacity Building project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The main Lebanese universities participating in this project are USEK (coordinator), LAU (partner), and USJ (partner). The European partner universities consist of the University of Cadiz (Spain), the University of Rouen (France), and the University of Bologna (Italy). 

The objective of this project is to empower Lebanese university students, involve them in university decision-making, and grant them an effective voice that allows them to actively be a part of their institution. Students from the partner universities in Lebanon and European programme universities attend shadowing visits and capacity building activities to work on the project and tackle the topic of student engagement in campus life.

The project was officially kicked off on the 22 and 23 of March 2018, on the campus of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK).

To join the Steer-Leb team at LAU, you can apply to become a member as per the below:

For more information, visit the StEER-Leb website.

LEBPASS

The LEBPASS project aims at developing a Diploma Supplement for Lebanon to help students and graduates make their skills and qualifications clearly and easily understood both nationally and internationally, thus facilitating the mobility of both learners and workers. The supplement is modeled according to the Diploma Supplement issued in Europe. The objectives of the project is to:

The specific outcomes of the LEBPASS project is to:

Partner institutions

Project start date: January 15, 2019

Contact person details at LAU:

Dr. Diane Nauffal (ext. 1232)
Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Social and Education Sciences
Assistant to the President for Institutional Research and Assessment

For more info, please visit: https://www.lebpass.org

Sustainable Wastewater Treatment for Hospitals (SWaTH) 

Sustainable Wastewater Treatment for Hospitals (SWaTH) is a 3-year project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. SWaTH is a capacity-building project in the field of Higher Education that includes in its partnership five higher education institutions from Lebanon namely the University of Balamand (leading institution), the Lebanese University, the Lebanese American University, the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, and the Notre Dame University - Louaize in addition to the University of La Rochelle from France, the University of Granada from Spain, the KTH Royal Institute of Technology from Sweden, the University of Lleida from Spain, the University of Oulu from Finland, and Plasmatrix Materials AB from Sweden.

The motive of the Project is to bring together European Higher Education Institutions and European factories that own and supply cutting-edge developments, extensive international experience, and innovative learning practices with Higher Education Institutions from partner countries in the Southern Mediterranean – Region 3 (particularly Lebanon) that need and demand the same practices, expertise, and developments.

Project start date: 15 January 2021

Project end date: 14 January 2024

For more info visit:  https://swath.eu/

LAU ICM Erasmus Partners

International Credit Mobility (ICM) supports the mobility of students, staff and faculty members enrolled or employed at a higher education institution (HEI), from a Programme Country to a Partner Country or vice versa.

University

Country
Aarhus University Denmark
Comillas Pontifical University Spain
Danish School of Media and Journalism Denmark
EMUNI University Slovenia
Freie University Germany
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University Romania
ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon Portugal
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Lithuania
Masaryk University Czech Republic
Paris Lodron University of Salzburg Austria
Politecnico di Torino Italy
Sciences Po-Paris France
Warsaw School of Economics Poland
University of Graz Austria
University of Helsinki Finland
University of Iceland Iceland
University of Pavia Italy
University of Tartu Estonia
University of Thessaly Greece
WSB University Poland
   

LAU Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange Program

The Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange is a flagship project launched in 2018 by the European Commission. The project enables university students from Europe and the Southern Mediterranean to engage in intercultural learning through meaningful online, people-to-people, facilitated, and sustained Virtual Exchange activities. Thus, it gives students a chance to expand their worldview and build critical 21st century skills and attitudes, such as self- and global-awareness, empathetic listening, critical thinking, curiosity, and digital literacy.

All courses are non-credit based and free of cost. Participating in this fresh initiative will be an asset to your CV, professional life, and student life as it is guaranteed to enhance your skills.

For more information, please visit this page.

LAU Erasmus Mundus Projects