UT Erasmus+ ICM committee selects the partners based on cooperation requests from UT institutes. Selected partners are included in the general ICM Project application.

Partnership selection criteria:
a) developing sustainable cooperation with long-standing, reputable partners, including the University of Tartu’s existing institutional partners/bilateral partners;

b) diversity and broad inclusion, enabling staff from as many units as possible to participate in the mobility project, including those staff members who have not received funding in previous calls for proposals;

c) the content and quality of the cooperation description submitted during the application phase of the mobility project;

d) effective use of mobility grants requested in earlier project periods;

e) balance of mobility between partner institutions.

• Student mobility: 2-5 months
  Student OUT allowed only for PhD and only for few countries for BA/MA: List of Countries SMS OUT for BA/MA

• Student mobility for traineeships: 2-3 months 
  Student OUT allowed only for PhD and only for few countries for BA/MA: List of Countries SMS OUT for BA/MA
  
  From 2022 outgoing mobility only for PhD (except Western Balkans, where all levels are allowed)
• PhD student mobility: 5-30 days or 2-12 months
   
• Staff Mobility for Teaching: teaching period 7 days (incl. travel days) - minimum of 8 hours of teaching required. Private sector included
   
• Staff Mobility for Training: training period 7 days (incl. travel days) – training events (excluding conferences), job shadowing.

Funding consists of 2 parts:

 1. Travel support is calculated with the travel distance calculator

2. Subsistence support:

Students
Incoming students to UT 800 EUR per month;
Outgoing students from UT 700 EUR per month.

PhD short term mobility - 70 eur per day (up to the 14th day)
                                        50 eur (from 15th to 30th day)

Staff
Incoming staff to UT 140 EUR per day. 
20% of income tax will be deducted according to Estonian tax law;

Outgoing staff from UT 180 EUR per day.

3. Inclusion support for the participants  with fewer opportunities (e.g. personal, physical, mental or health related condition) 

All payments will be made by the University of Tartu.

Please note that the home university is responsible for the nomination of students and staff members!

• Student exchange nomination

Spring semester Nominations October 15; Applications November 1 (all applicants)
Autumn semester Nominations March 31; Applications April 15 (all applicants)

Nomination information has to include: student's name, field of study, study level (1st, 2nd or 3rd) and e-mail.
The partner university should send the nominations to the student coordinator:

Student mobility:
piret.maiste@ut.ee

Trainees:
piret.saluveer@ut.ee

• Staff exchange

The partner university should send the staff exchange nominations to:
karoliina.pennarun@ut.ee
+372 737 6164

The nominations should reach the coordinator in UT at least 4 weeks before requested mobility dates. For teaching mobilities the host institute would have to be consulted and contacted well in advance. The mobility agreement for teaching or mobility agreement for staff exchange has to be agreed upon and signed before the start date of the mobility.

Participants will have to make their own travel arrangements. The reimbursement for travel is calculated according to the travel support amount provided by EC (see above) and made upon arrival to UT. The payment will be made in UT upon arrival in cash.