Erasmus+ Grant and Marco Polo Grant

Your application for an exchange also counts as your application for a grant. In general the grant offered to exchange students is either the Erasmus+ grant or the Marco Polo grant and it is based on your destination.

IMPORTANT: If you haven't obtained at least 3 ECTS per moth of your mobility, you will have to pay back the grant!

Erasmus+ grant (more information at Erasmus+ for mobility within EU/EEA)

• available for exchange inside Europe (see IESE for the grant that is available with your university of choice);
• covers part of the travel and accommodation expenses;
• the amount awarded is decided by the European Commission in Brussels on a year-by-year basis; in the past few years the Erasmus+ grant has been set at €330-390 per calendar month, depending on the destination country;
• the maximum monthly grant is fixed by NUFFIC, the body in the Netherlands that manages the Erasmus+ grants on behalf of the European Commission;
• can be awarded to a student once per study cycle for a study period abroad.
• ATTENTION: you may go on exchange for a whole year, but you would receive a grant for a maximum of 5 months. This is an internal rule of the UG in order to spread the Erasmus+ funds amongst as many students as possible.

Marco Polo grant

• available for study periods outside Europe and UK (see IESE for the grant that is available with your university of choice);
• covers part of the travel and accommodation expenses: a contribution towards the extra costs involved in studying abroad;
• the amount awarded comprises of both faculty and university resources and is decided on a year-by-year basis: in the past few years the Marco Polo grant has been set at €210-390 per calendar month, depending on the destination country;
• the amount may vary, depending on the destination country (region) and academic year;
• in principle a Marco Polo grant can be awarded only once during a student’s study programme.
• ATTENTION: you may go on exchange for a whole year, but you would receive a grant for a maximum of 5 months. This is an internal rule of the UG in order to spread the Marco Polo funds amongst as many students as possible.

Besides the Erasmus+ grant and the Marco Polo grant there are other grants available from different institutions (see other grants). 

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