1. Erasmus Mundus North West University 17.09.2014 EU Delegation to the RSA

2. The Erasmus Mundus Programme Erasmus is one of Europe’s flagship programme, 'Mundus' added an international window. 3 Actions: A1. joint programmes (Masters and Doctorates) A2. partnerships A3. promotion of the European Higher education

3. Action 2 in South Africa How it works? SA universities partner with European universities, according to requirements. For what? to award scholarships to students (Masters and Doctorates) and to staff. Source of funding? Instrument for Development cooperation (for SA mobility) and for cooperation with industrialised countries and other high income countries (for EU mobility). Since when? 4 th year of implementation.

4. Erasmus Mundus: 2011-2014 About EUR 28 million (including EUR 4.4 million for EU mobility). South African beneficiaries from Target group 1 and Target group 2. 537 beneficiaries: 278 Masters, 150 doctoral and 109 university staff. 13 to 33 European universities formally involved. 10 to 16 South African universities formally involved.

5. Selected beneficiaries 2011- 2014

6. Fields of study 2014 cohort

7. Host European universities 2014

9. 2011-2014 concentration by home institutions Year2011201220132014 Main home universities SU (33), UCT (26), CPUT (15), UWC (12) and NMMU (12) SU (23), CPUT (12), UCT (10), NMMU (10), UFS (10), UP (7), and UFS (8) SU (32), UWC (21), CPUT (12), UFS (10) and UCT (9) UWC (18), UP (16), UFS (15), SU (13), UCT (12), UFH (12) and UL (11) % of total62%67%65%64%

10. 2014 distribution by home institution

11. Selected partnerships In 2010: Ema2sa; EUROSA; SAPIENT In 2011: Ema2saII; EUROSAII In 2012: Ema2saIII; EUROSA III; EU-SATURN In 2013: AESOP; EUROSA+; EUSA_ID In 2014: AESOP+;EUR-SA; INSPIRE Acronyms have changed over time, composition of partnerships as well.

12. A European and South African Partnership on Heritage ad Past AESOP + European PartnersSouth African Partners Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3 (Coordinator); Universidade Do Porto; Liverpool John Moores University; Uppsala Universiteit; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; Universitat Pompeu Fabra; University College Dublin; Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Universta Delsalento; and Sveuciliste U Splitu. University of the Western Cape (SA Coordinator); University of Fort Hare; University of Pretoria; University of Venda; Durban University of Technology; Vaal university of Technology; Tshwane University of Technology; and Central University of Technology.

13. International Science Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship (INSPIRE) European PartnersSouth African Partners Uppsala university (Coordinator); Ghent university; University Groningen; Gottingen University; Telecom Bretagne; University Valladolid; Massaryk University; and Evotvos Lorand University University of the Western Cape (SA Coordinator); Cape Peninsula University of Technology; University of Cape Town; Stellenbosch University; North West University; University of Fort Hare; Durban University of Technology; Central University of Technology; University of KwaZulu-Natal; and University of Johannesburg.

14. Europe and South Africa Sustainable Partnership for Human Development ( EUR∞SA) European PartnersSouth African Partners University of Antwerp (coordinator); University Graz; Leipzig University; Lund University; Tilburg University; University of Bologna; University of Montpellier; Utrecht University; and University of Malaga Cape Peninsula University of Technology (SA Coordinator); University of Free State; University of Venda; University of the Western Cape; University of Limpopo; Durban University of Technology; University of KwaZulu-Natal; Stellenbosch University; University of Fort Hare; University of Pretoria; and North West University

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