The IANUS project was an Erasmus Mundus mobility programme financed by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus Mundus programme, Action 2 – Partnerships with Third Country higher education institutions and scholarships for mobility, covering the geographical Lot 5: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The duration of the project was of 48 months (15 July 2012 – 14 July 2016) and the total number of scholarships awarded was of 306, for all study levels.
Final mobility distribution per type of mobility
- Numbers:
| Type of mobility | Estimation in the project proposal | First Cohort | Second Cohort | TOTAL grants awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduates | 70 | 55 | 32 | 87 |
| Masters | 70 | 54 (24 non degree, 30 full degree) | 20 (all non-degree) | 74 |
| Doctorates | 70 | 22 | 35 | 57 |
| Post-Doctorates | 28 | 20 | 14 | 34 |
| Staff | 42 | 34 (29 academic, 5 administrative) | 20 (9 academic, 11 administrative) | 54 |
| TOTAL | 280 | 185 | 121 | 306 |
- Percentages:
| Type of mobility | Distribution in the Call 42/11 | Distribution in the Application | Final distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduates | 25-35 % | 25 % | 28.43 % |
| Masters | 15-25 % | 25 % | 24.18 % |
| Doctorates | 15-25 % | 25 % | 18.62 % |
| Post-Doctorates | 5-15 % | 10 % | 11.11 % |
| Staff | 15-20 % | 15 % | 17.64 % |
Final scholarship distribution per origin (EU / LOT 5):
| EU/ LOT 5 | Call 42/11 | Estimation in the project proposal | FINAL distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOT 5 | > 70 % | 231 (82 %) | 248 (81.05 %) |
| EU | < 30 % | 49 (18 %) | 58 (18.95 %) |
| TOTAL | 280 | 306 |
Final scholarship distribution per country:
| Country | Undergraduates | Masters | Doctorates | Post-doctorates | Staff | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Georgia | 39 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 75 |
| Republic of Moldova | 9 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 54 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 70 |
| TOTAL | 81 | 67 | 37 | 28 | 35 | 248 |
The impact of the IANUS mobility on grantees´ studies/ work and (future) career, as well as on the cultural and personal benefits of their mobility abroad (some extracts from the grantees´ reports):
- I’d say that every Erasmus student during mobility grows as an individual. (Master student Oksana Rudenko);
- Certainly, considerable time was spent on investigating and revealing the delights of Granada, its history and culture, without which it would have been impossible to get glimpses of the present life of the University. (Staff grantee Amalya Babayan);
- I will share my experience with my university and also encourage my course mates to get the same experience. I think this experience will be one of the most important in my life. (Bachelor student Besiki Gogisvanidze);
- It was fabulous to lecture in one of the oldest and famous universities in the World. (...) I’ve created firm connections with academics in the host university and will share thiee connections as well as the whole experience with my colleagues in Kyiv. (staff grantee Iryna Bondarevska);
- My expectations became true. I met even better things here, in this university. My activities are going as I planned. I felt the efficiency of my mobility from the early days. (Doctoral student Hashim Akbarov)
- From a personal point of view, my experience of the Erasmus Mundus Ianus mobility at Yuriy Fedkovich Chernivtsi National University was great. I met wonderful people with a different mentality, I made contact with a different culture, I visited beautiful sights, I tried the local cuisine. I fulfilled my personal goals to visit a new country, to carry out the final report as a part of my PhD thesis, to get feedback for my papers and to participate to international conferences. (Doctoral student Cosmin Popovici)
The impact of the IANUS project activities on the third-country partner institutions involved:
- New units were established or already existing units in the partner institutions were further developed, mostly related to student services and international mobility;
- Institutional changes in intitutional capacity, management, governance and quality assurance have been implemented;
- Joint research projects were developed and joint publications were initiated by students and staff in mobility;
- Activities related to curriculum development increased and new teaching/training programme(s) were introuced;
- Bi-lateral/Multilateral agreements were signed among the partner universities, for further cooperation.
The original version of the project website is available here
