The UC3M offers its students a wide range of international activities and the possibility of participating in them doing part of their studies at a university in another European country or at a university outside Europe.
Thanks to our exchange programmes, you will be able to internationalize your studies during a year or a semester, by taking part in the Erasmus + Program, the Non-European Mobility Program or collaborating in international Volunteer programs too.
At the UC3M International Fair you can find out all the possibilities and options of internationalization first hand.
You can also carry out a mobility within Spain under the SICUE Program (Exchange System between Spanish University Centers).
Throughout your studies you will be able to carry out more than one mobility.
- Europe
Erasmus+ undergraduates
These places are publicly offered every year and they are awarded based on your academic record and the language level (English, French, Portuguese, Italian and German) required by the university of destination. Therefore, you should consult as soon as possible which language certificate you will need.Annually, an Erasmus+ mobility call is published. Thanks to this program, you will have the chance to study up to twelve months of your academic program (one or more semesters) in other european universities that we have agreements with (Erasmus University Rotterdam, King's College London, Copenhagen Business School or Università Bocconi, among others)
If you are a student with special needs you have an additional financial aid to complete your Erasmus +.
All information about calls is available in your Virtual Secretariat. In this page you can also see the experiences of some UC3M students who have participated in the Erasmus Programmes in previous years.
Erasmus+ BIPs studies
This call allows for Erasmus+ international mobility of short-term face-to-face studies, generally one week, together with another virtual mobility at a European university under one of the BIP programs in which UC3M participates.
More information on the page of the call for virtual secretariat.
Erasmus+ Postgraduate
If you are studying a Master at UC3M, you are able to apply for an Erasmus+ mobility.
These are the two options you can choose from for the master exchanges:
- International mobility period for studying master's courses.
- International Suplemment: you can do your international academic mobility as additional education, even if you have already completed you master's courses.
If you are a student with special needs, you will have an extra financial aid for your postgraduate Eramus+.
You can find all the information at your Virtual Secretariat.
Erasmus+ Proyectos Internacionales
HECSOs (Higher Education Institutions and Civil Society Organizations together for community)
The Erasmus+ HECSOs (Higher Education Institutions and Civil Society Organizations together for community) project, coordinated by the University of Turin, Italy, and in which the Carlos III University of Madrid participates, aims to improve the capacity of Universities to cooperate in systematically and continuously with Civil Society Organizations in community commitment as an innovative and impactful way for the socioeconomic inclusion of people in need. The project is implemented by 8 partners (4 Universities and 4 NGOs) from 6 EU countries (Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain), with the support of a European network of NGOs, 2 Universities and 2 NGOs such as associated partners.
The purpose of this call is to allocate 5 training and mobility places to UC3M master's students, enrolled in one of the master's programs on the list published in Annex I of the call, so that they can carry out a summer school and mobility program. on "Community Engagement" .
The Summer School will take place in several phases:
- Previous online phase: Includes the first Regional Policies Workshop and access to introductory material on Community Engagement in Moodle, adapting to the pace of each student.
- In-person phase in Turin: It takes place from June 3 to 7, 2024, combining morning visits to local practices and 3-hour conferences/workshops in the afternoons at the University of Turin.
- Final online phase: Students participate in a second Regional Policy Workshop, generating reports on the related topics as a final evaluation.
- Call for the Summer School on Community Engagement program
- More information in the next link
- Registration through this form
- Application period: from 02/27/2024 to 03/05/2024, inclusive
- Provisional Resolution of the Call. Deadline for allegations and acceptance of place from 03/09/2024 to 03/18/2024
For reasons of data protection, the lists, resolutions or videos will only be visible to applicants who access through Google Drive with their UC3M username..
- Out of Europe
Non European Mobility
UC3M graduate students have the opportunity to study one or several semesters in a non-european University. Currently, we have exchange agreements with 150 universities in 29 different countries (University of California, George Mason University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Waseda University, Monterrey Institute of Technology, among others).
To participate in the Non-European Mobility program, pay attention to the call published in September every year, to do the mobility in the following year.
The squares are awarded based on student grades, provided that you have exceeded the threshold of language (English, French etc) required by the call.
After obtaining a square, students do not pay the tuition fees of the destination university, they only pay UC3M tuition fee. Morever, students can ask for an UC3M financial aid awarded according to the academic records and limited financial capacity; Banco Santander Latin America scholarships for associate universities included in the program Scholarship Latin America Santander Bank; and European Commision financial aids for associate universities of the International Credit Mobility Program KA107.
More information about the calls is available in your Virtual Secretariat.
The university Carlos III hosts a similar number of graduate students from the associate universities, for one or two semesters, in Spanish or in English.
- Feedback from the UC3M students about their personal experiences who have already enjoyed a non-european mobility.
Mobility Program Sui Luris (Undergraduates)
The University Carlos III belongs to the Facutly Association and Law Schools “Sui Luris”, alongside with Latin American universities.
This Association calls every year this mobility program, so UC3M students can study one semester in any university from the association.
To participate in this program you must study a Bachelor’s Degree in Law or any Double Bachelor’s Degree which includes Law.
If you obtain a square, you will not pay the destination university tuition fee, but only the UC3M ones.
Erasmus+ International Program Credit Mobility KA 107 (KA 107 before)
The International Credit Mobility Program (ICM) KA171 supports teaching and research staff (PDI) and administration and services staff (PAS) to carry out a teaching and/or training stay at Higher Education Institutions (IES) in countries partners outside of Europe .
Within the framework of this program, UC3M is currently participating in two projects, the first in consortium with the Alianza 4 Universidades (A4U), and the second, in its own project:
- En España
Movilidad Nacional-SICUE
SICUE (Sistema de Intercambio entre Centros Universitarios Españoles) es un programa de movilidad nacional que permite a los estudiantes de universidades españolas realizar parte de sus estudios en una universidad distinta de la suya con garantías de reconocimiento académico.
En la UC3M, los estudiantes de Grado interesados en este programa pueden consultar en su Secretaría Virtual todo lo relacionado con las convocatorias, requisitos, acceso, etc.
Más información sobre SICUE: CRUE-SICUE