The TEMPUS (Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies) is a program that encouraged higher education institutions in the EU Member States and partner countries to engage in structured cooperation through the establishment of "consortia". The "consortia" implemented Joint European Projects (JEPs) with a clear set of objectives to promote exchanges and mobility of teaching staff and trainers. Such projects could receive financial aid for two or three years. Tempus also provided Individual Mobility Grants (IMGs) to individuals working in the higher education sector to help them work on certain specified activities in other countries.Syrquin, Ari (16 July 2008)
"What's New in the EU: Tempus office opens in Jerusalem"
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''. Retrieved 3 June 2013. TEMPUS was adopted on 7 May 1990 by The Council of the European Communities. As of 1 January 2014, Tempus-like activities, namely capacity building activities, became part of a new cooperation programme called

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. These activities involve former Tempus member countries, in addition to countries from Latin America, Asia and Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
"The future of the Tempus programme"
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Member states

Participating countries of TEMPUS included: * The 27

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of the European Union. Partnership countries (organized by region) include:

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Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

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Example projects

* Tambov State Technical University's Centre for International Specialist Training (CIST) runs a specialist training course, "English for Students, Lecturers and Administrators of Technical Universities", developed within the framework of TEMPUS.Shelenkova, Irina and Mishchenko, Elena (2012()
"Innovative Language Curricula at Tambov State Technical University"
Saratov State Technical University, ''International Conference on Information Technologies, International Conference on Information Technologies 2012''. Retrieved 3 June 2013. * According to 2013 figures of the

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between 1993 and 2013 40% of Ukrainian higher education establishments have participated in TEMPUS projects.40% of Ukrainian universities participate in EU Tempus program within 20 years, says education minister

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(14 April 2013) In 2008, TEMPUS opened offices in both

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and

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References

External links

TEMPUS website of the European Commission
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Member states

Example projects

See also

References

Further reading

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