Grants

Erasmus + Grants are categorized according to the length of the exchange and the living expenses in the host country. For a full month (eg. 15.9. - 14.10.) a student receives a payment of either Group 1 or Group 2 euro per month, depending on the category. For the exceeding days a student receives a daily grant according to the Group 1 and Group 2 daily amounts.

Students with underaged children will get an extra grant of 250 euro per month.

Academic year 2023-24

Group 1:

540 eur per month and for the exceeding days 18 euros per day in the following countries:

Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden.
United Kingdom (from 2023-24 onwards).

United Kingdom: for ay 2022-23 the grant is 470eur/month.

Group 2:

490 eur per month and for the exceeding days 13,66 euros per day in the following countries:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey.

Switzerland does not participate in the Erasmus+ programme, but students will receive an equal grant from the Swiss government. This will be paid by the receiving institution.

Partner universities, ISEP programme and International to International ISEP programme:

2 200 eur (USA, Canada, Asia, Australia, Latin America). For academic year 2024-25 exchanges, the availability of grants and the level of grants will be confirmed by end of year 2023.

Travel grants for north2north programme:

Canada and USA 2 000 eur
Nordic countries 1 500 eur

Travel grants for other exchange programmes vary according to programme. Please note that free mover exchanges (including Asia Exchange and other exchanges with non-partner universities) do not get grants from the University of Oulu.

It is recommendable to look for other possibilities for grants, too. One option is database Aurora.