EPICS: Towards a virtual Erasmus scheme

The main objective of the EPICS project is to increase student mobility throughout Europe and to support the realisation of a European Higher Education Area. Building on former virtual mobility projects, EPICS is developing a virtual Erasmus scheme in which students have the opportunity and benefits of participating in other university programmes and courses without the necessity of being physically mobile. EPICS wants to bring virtual mobility out of the pilot phase and works towards mainstream provision of virtual mobility by offering international courses as integral part of the university study programmes. To this end, the project is developing the supporting infrastructure of a European Portal for International Courses and Services (EPICS).