Iceland

Outgoing students

Erasmus+ Inclusion Support

A person with fewer opportunities faces personal, physical, mental or health-related conditions that make participation in the project/mobility action not possible without extra financial or other support.

Group: Students that are immigrants, or children of immigrants
Conditions

The NA uses the following definition of an immigrant by Statistics Iceland: An immigrant is a person born abroad with both parents foreign born and all grandparents foreign born, whereas a second generation immigrant is born in Iceland having immigrant parents. 

To confirm the need for the top-up the student has to sign a student declaration. Please note that the higher education institution allocating the Erasmus+ grant may ask for a relevant proof, in addition to the declaration.

Students that belong to more than one target groups can only receive top-up due to one target group.

Group: Students with a refugee status
Conditions

To confirm the need for the top-up the student has to sign a student declaration. Please note that the higher education institution allocating the Erasmus+ grant may ask for a relevant proof, in addition to the declaration.

Students that belong to more than one target groups can only receive top-up due to one target group.

Group: Students with health problems: e.g. severe illnesses, chronic diseases, or any other physical or mental health-related situation
Conditions

To confirm the need for the top-up the student has to sign a student declaration. Please note that the higher education institution allocating the Erasmus+ grant may ask for a relevant proof, in addition to the declaration.

Students that belong to more than one target groups can only receive top-up due to one target group.

Group: Students with a physical disability, developmental disability, visual impairment, hearing impairment or a learning disability
Conditions

To confirm the need for the top-up the student has to sign a student declaration. Please note that the higher education institution allocating the Erasmus+ grant may ask for a relevant proof, in addition to the declaration.

Students that belong to more than one target groups can only receive top-up due to one target group.

Group: Students with children under the age of 18.
Conditions

To confirm the need for the top-up the student has to sign a student declaration. Please note that the higher education institution allocating the Erasmus+ grant may ask for a relevant proof, in addition to the declaration.

Students that belong to more than one target groups can only receive top-up due to one target group.

Grants

Group: Students that would face additional costs in comparison to other students, due to their situation
Conditions

Students can apply for additional grant support in order to cover the supplementary costs that can arise during a mobility which cannot be covered through the top-up amount for individual support. In particular these costs aim at covering the extra financial support required for participants with physical, mental or health related conditions to allow their participation in the mobility as well as in preparatory visits and for accompanying persons (including costs related to travel and subsistence, if justified and as long as it is not covered through budget categories "travel support" and "individual support" for these participants). In particular these costs aim at covering the extra financial support required for participants with physical, mental or health related conditions to allow their participation in the mobility as well as in preparatory visits and for accompanying persons (including costs related to travel and subsistence, if justified and as long as it is not covered through budget categories "travel support" and "individual support" for these participants).

For further information on the top-ups and real cost support, please see: https://www.erasmusplus.is/taekifaeri/haskolastig/inngilding-a-haskolas…

National Inclusion Support

This Country has not provided information about National Inclusion Support for outgoing students.

Incoming students

National Inclusion Support

This Country has not provided information about about National Inclusion Support for incoming students.

National Policies

Erasmus+ National Inclusion Strategy

National definition of underrepresented groups in Higher Education

Strategies and policy measures to widen participation in Higher Education

The Ministry has not developed a specific strategy for internationalisation in higher education, only quantitative indicators in the national Fiscal Plan. 

In Erasmus+, inclusion has been and continues to be a priority area in Iceland. In the new programme period, three staff members at the National Agency have the role of inclusion officers. They are currently working on a national inclusion strategy for Erasmus+ together with external stakeholders, building on the new Erasmus+ inclusion strategy from EC. Special attention will be paid to accessibility in all events and promotional work carried out by the NA.

Students with disabilities will continue to receive an Erasmus+ grant based on real cost in the new programme period. The NA places emphasis on this target group in the promotion of Erasmus+ with the help of role models who have been mobile in the past. See as an example (only in Icelandic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvVCc4GMaaYþ

Institutions

Organisations