Current framework-building actions

European programmes

ERASMUS LLP: lifelong learning

One of the main aims of the ERASMUS programme is to contribute to the construction of a European Higher Education Area through its main objectives, which include:

• improving the quality and increasing the volume of student and lecturer mobility in Europe
• improving the quality and increasing the volume of multilateral cooperation between higher education establishments (HEE) and, since 2007, between higher education establishments and industry
• improving the transparency and compatibility of qualifications attained in higher education and advanced vocational training in Europe.

The first large-scale European exchange programme, ERASMUS encourages mobility within Europe for students (periods of study or internships), teaching staff (teaching assignments), and all other staff within higher education establishments (training periods).
 Erasmus also fosters cooperation between higher education establishments by drawing up intensive programmes and encouraging networks and multilateral projects, as well as programmes of conferences and European schools. Montpellier 1 University is a holder of the Erasmus University Charter for 2008-2013, which enables the financing of the different actions to be carried out within the programme. Within the framework of the "Jean Monnet" programme, Montpellier 1 University (CERCOP) benefited from a grant in 2010 for the organisation of a conference exploring the topic of “The state of European constitutional law one year after the Lisbon Treaty”.
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ERASMUS MUNDUS

The Erasmus Mundus programme aims to promote academic excellence and the attractiveness of European higher education throughout the world and to strengthen cooperation with certain non-European countries in order to contribute to their development. The programme is based around three areas of activity:
 Action 1 aims to put joint Masters and Doctorate programmes in place and includes a system of study grants.  
 The aim of action 2 is to improve student and staff mobility between European and non-European higher education establishments.
 Action 3 aims to promote the quality and the attractiveness of European higher education throughout the world.

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AVERROES PROGRAMME

Montpellier 1 University has been part of the “Averroes” programme since 2008. This project finances mobility grants for top students to spend time studying in universities in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
 Financed by the European Commission, this exchange programme is intended to foster mobility from both sides of the Mediterranean. It forms part of action 2 of the Erasmus Mundus programme, which enables students of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, those carrying out doctoral and post-doctoral research and academic staff to take advantage of mobility options between Europe and the Maghreb countries.

Led by Montpellier 2 University, the Averroes programme brings together a consortium of   

•  10 universities in 5 European Union countries: Belgium (Liège), Spain (Balearic Islands), France (Aix-Marseille 2, Montpellier 1, 2 and 3, Nice, Perpignan), Italy (Trento) and Sweden (Linkoping) and of
• 10 universities in 3 countries in Maghreb: Algeria (Béjaia, Constantine, Oran and Tlemcen), Morocco (Marrakech, Rabat, Tétouan) and Tunisia (Sfax, Sousse, Tunis).

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MAHEVA

Montpellier 1 University has been an associate member of the “MAHEVA” programme since 2010. The programme is part of Erasmus Mundus action 2 and aims to establish exchange and cooperation programmes with a number of universities in Asian countries (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, India, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia).
 This programme, which was piloted by Montpellier 2 University, focuses on mobility in the fields of health, the environment and biodiversity.
 The programme only deals with mobility from Asia to Europe.
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JISER-MED

JISER-MED (Joint Innovation & Synergies in Education and Research – Mediterranean Region is a project that forms part of Erasmus Mundus action 3.
 The project’s main aim is to strengthen relations between the European Union and the Mediterranean region in the sector of higher education.
 As indicated by the project title, JISER-MED is intended as a “bridge” between Europe and its Mediterranean neighbours in the higher education and research area based on existing policy lines and declarations (Cairo 2007 – Slovenia 2010) and by taking advantage of experience gained from existing forums and networks created through EC projects and programmes as well as other initiatives promoted by the EUROMED ministerial summit.
 The main aim of JISER-MED is to strengthen existing networks created by programmes financed by the European Commission and to contribute to the consolidation of initiatives generated by EUROMED in the field of higher education and research.
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Framework-building actions

European Masters in Law and European Integration Policy

Following the creation of a course in European Constitutional Law in the first year of the Masters programme and the organisation of five European Summer University sessions on this topic, the CERCOP (Centre for Comparative Constitutional and Political Studies and Research) was instrumental in the creation of a European Masters in the law and politics of European  integration, “European Constitutional Law and multilevel constitutionalism”.
 This programme, which is coordinated by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, is organised by the University of Milan, the University of Szczecin and Montpellier 1 University. With places for 40 students, this new university training course was launched for the academic year 2008-2009. Teaching is divided among four European universities and students receive a joint diploma certificate.  
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European Masters in Consumer Affairs (EMCA)

The EMCA is a Masters course offered by a consortium of 5 European universities: the University of Barcelona (coordinating university), the University of Bologna, Brunel University, the University of Timisoara, and Montpellier 1 University. The course requires student mobility, with study periods spent at one or several of the partner universities. Successful students receive a degree from their home university and the university they visit for a term of study.
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Special partnership with HEIDELBERG University

Heidelberg, a city of some 140,000 people located in the state of Baden-Württemberg on the banks of the Neckar river, is one of the most beautiful spots in Germany.
  The partnership with Heidelberg University is active at all levels. Grants for exchanges enable students to spend an academic year in the partner city, studying and taking part in student life there. Almost all disciplines within the universities of the two cities are involved in the partnership (law, medicine, sport, etc.)
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Special partnership with SHERBROOKE University

The partnership with Sherbrooke University (Canada) set up in 2004 under the aegis of the European University Centre of Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon is part of a multidisciplinary dynamic. Every faculty of Montpellier 1 University has formed links with its counterpart in Quebec. The 3

 Sherbrooke-Montpellier meeting took place from 6

 to 8

 October 2010 at the University of Sherbrooke and was attended by over 150 representatives of the higher education establishments of Montpellier, who participated in themed workshops.
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