ERASMUS aims to enhance the quality and increase the European dimension of higher education by stimulating transnational cooperation between universities, increasing mobility, improving transparency and full academic recognition of studies and qualifications within the European Union.

ERASMUS awards mobility grants to students and teachers, but also aims to help students and teachers, who do not participate directly in exchanges, to deepen the European dimension of their studies.

The 'Enzo Ferrari' Department of Engineering in Modena currently has 30 active bilateral agreements, in particular with universities from the following countries: Spain, Germany, Denmark, France, Hungary, Holland, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom. In recent years, the number of students participating in the call has been around thirty and the trend is growing.

Most of them participate in the ERASMUS programme to take courses at foreign universities, but some also to do their thesis project. The average length of stay is around six months. The degree of satisfaction of the students when they return from this experience is extremely positive.

The ERASMUS student has the opportunity to acquire specific skills and a better understanding of the socio-economic culture of the host country with the support of preparatory or refresher courses in the language of the host country (or in the working language).

During the Erasmus period abroad, a student may only sit one DIEF examination provided he or she makes an explicit request via the form.
In particular, the examination can only be taken at a distance if it is:

• a single examination, but any number of credits (6, 9, 12). It is understood that if the examination is not passed, it cannot be retaken during the Erasmus period.
• the examination  must be oral according to the official form on the Unimore website; extension to a non-oral examination may be envisaged, but only at the discretion of the lecturer(s) involved.

The way to certify 'the only exam' is the simple form (above) where you must indicate: the exam in question, the scheduled date of the exam, the signature of the lecturer and that of the Erasmus Co-ordinator. Thus, the chain of contacts is as follows BEFORE the exam takes place: Erasmus student -> exam lecturer and coordinator in cc -> document signed by both -> possibility of taking the exam.

Also within the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), the ERASMUS Placement Programme has been activated in the last three years. It aims to promote internships in companies or training and research centres in one of the European countries participating in the Programme, with the ultimate goal of fostering the mobility of young workers throughout Europe.

Erasmus Delegate: Prof. Luca Lusvarghi