Erasmus+ Faculty and Staff Mobility Opportunities

Vytautas Magnus University was founded in Kaunas in 1922, during the early years of the independent Lithuanian republic, and adopted the name of Vytautas the Great in 1930, the Grand Duke under whom Lithuania reached its greatest extent. The Soviet authorities closed the university in 1950, and Lithuanian and émigré scholars re-established it in 1989, making it an emblem of the restoration of national independence. It is distinguished among Lithuanian universities by its arts liberales model, which allows students to combine disciplines freely, and by an exceptional commitment to languages, with some thirty taught on campus.

Its relation with USEK

One of the most consistently generous partnerships in the Erasmus+ portfolio. The Inter-Institutional Agreement was signed in November 2022 and runs to 2027, and the cooperation has been carried above all by VMU's International Staff Week, which USEK colleagues have attended in successive years. Each visit left something behind at USEK.

At a glance

Host institution

Vytautas Magnus University (VMU)

Location Kaunas, Lithuania

Event International Staff Week — end of April 2027

Mobility duration 7 days, including travel days

Funding Fully funded by Erasmus+: EUR 1,036 individual support for a 7-day visit, plus a travel lump sum of EUR 395.

Dates End of April 2027. The exact dates will be confirmed by VMU, which will send the program in November 2026.

Application deadline By December 15, 2026

Places available 2

Mobility type Teaching assignment (STA) or staff training (STT) — priority is given to teaching staff

Fields open Any subject, provided it corresponds to a field taught or researched at VMU

Language English — B2 minimum

Check the academic fields before you apply

VMU has asked expressly that candidates be selected with regard to the areas of study and research covered at the university. Before applying, please consult the list of VMU's academic subdivisions and confirm that a faculty or department corresponding to your own discipline is able to host your teaching assignment:

https://www.vdu.lt/en/academic-subdivisions/

Eligibility

● Open to full-time faculty members of the University. Priority is given to teaching staff, at the partner's express request.

● Language: English — B2 minimum.

● For a teaching assignment, the discipline must correspond to a field covered at VMU. A minimum of 8 to 16 hours of teaching is required.

● The opportunity must be discussed with the Dean or direct manager and approved in writing before the application is submitted.

● Priority is given to colleagues who have not previously benefited from an Erasmus+ mobility.

● A passport valid for at least six months beyond the intended return date, and a Schengen visa where required.

Before you apply

Consult VMU's academic subdivisions at the link above and confirm that a matching department can host your teaching. Consider also the practical dimension: the period that suits your teaching schedule, the time required for a Schengen visa in Beirut, which is considerable, and the objectives you wish to pursue during the mobility.

Where to apply

Submit applications through the MyUSEK platform, where the call is now open.

How to apply

● Complete the online application form and submit it. An application left in draft is not received by the International Affairs Office and cannot be considered.

● Attach the written approval of your Dean or direct manager.

● Attach a short statement of your objectives for the mobility, and an outline of the teaching you propose to deliver.

● Attach a passport valid for at least six months beyond the intended return date.

Each applicant is invited to submit ONE application only, for the partner that best matches their discipline and professional objectives. We assess each application on the coherence between the applicant's field, their objectives, and what the partner offers; a candidacy spread across several institutions presents a weaker case at each.

For any questions: iao@usek.edu.lb

Established in 1918, KUL was for decades the only Catholic university operating in the communist bloc, and it became a center of independent thought throughout that period. Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II, held the chair of ethics there from 1954 until his election to the papacy in 1978; the university took his name in 2005. Its faculties of philosophy, theology, law and the humanities remain among the most respected in Poland.

Its relation with USEK

The deepest of USEK’s Erasmus+ partnerships, and one built on a shared Catholic identity and a comparable mission in the life of the nation. The first memorandum was signed in 2018 and renewed in February 2022 for ten years, to 2032 — the longest term USEK holds with any partner — covering student and staff exchange, joint research and joint academic projects.

Host institution

The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)

Location Lublin, Poland

Mobility duration 5 working days and 2 travel days

Funding Fully funded by Erasmus+: individual support per day and a travel lump sum, at the KA171 rates for the host country. The exact amounts are confirmed at nomination.

Dates The exact dates are to be confirmed with partners in coordination with applicants at nomination.

Application deadline October 15, 2026

Erasmus code PL LUBLIN02

Agreement Erasmus+ KA171 International Credit Mobility, valid 2021–2027

Places available 2

Mobility type Teaching assignment (STA) or staff training (STT)

Fields open Biological and related sciences; Education Science; Information and Communication Technologies; Law; Literature and Linguistics (English); Philosophy and Ethics; Political Sciences and Civics; Psychology

Language English — B2 minimum

Eligibility

● Open to full-time faculty members and to administrative staff of the University.

● Language: English — B2 minimum.

● For a teaching assignment, the discipline must be among the fields listed above, these being the fields covered by the signed Inter-Institutional Agreement. A minimum of 8 to 16 hours of teaching is required.

● The opportunity must be discussed with the Dean or direct manager and approved in writing before the application is submitted.

● Priority is given to colleagues who have not previously benefited from an Erasmus+ mobility.

● A passport valid for at least six months beyond the intended return date, and a Schengen visa where required.

Before you apply

Faculty members: please consult the website of The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) and confirm that the fields listed above correspond to your own discipline, and that a matching department or school is able to host your teaching assignment.

Administrative staff: please consult the website of The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) and confirm that a unit corresponding to your own function exists at the host university and is able to host a training placement.

Consider also the practical dimension: the period that suits your teaching or work schedule, the time required for a visa, and the objectives you wish to pursue during the mobility.

Where to apply

Submit applications through the MyUSEK platform, where the call is now open.

How to apply

● Complete the online application form and SUBMIT it. An application left in draft is not received by the International Affairs Office and cannot be considered.

● Attach the written approval of your Dean or direct manager.

● Attach a short statement of your objectives for the mobility and, for a teaching assignment, an outline of the teaching you propose to deliver.

● Attach a passport valid for at least six months beyond the intended return date, and a Schengen visa where required

Each applicant is invited to submit ONE application only, for the partner that best matches their discipline and professional objectives.

We assess each application based on the coherence between the applicant’s field, objectives, and what the partner offers; a candidacy spread across several institutions presents a weaker case at each.

For any questions: iao@usek.edu.lb