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Erasmus Kit

Erasmus+ grant · academic year 2027-28

Credits, deposits and first times.

Erasmus Kit works out your Erasmus+ grant and brings together what your university asks of you and what awaits you abroad: how much money to pay up front, whether a flat is trustworthy and what those who went before you reported. Free, cookie-free and with the source of every figure.

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Semester pass2027-28

Germany Bologna

Stay
1 Sept to 31 Jan
Erasmus+ grant
€600 a month
First payment
1 Oct
Days with no payment
60

You must pay up front

€2,010

Example: 5 months, room at €670 a month, using the 2026-27 grant amounts.

Before you arrive

€1,340

first month and deposit in Bologna

62.7%

receive the grant after leaving

Three tools for your semester

01 · Money

How much do you pay up front before the grant arrives?

Your country, your university, your destination and your dates. We show you the lowest point of your bank balance, day by day.

Calculate

02 · Housing

Before you pay, check the listing for warning signs

Paste the listing and the messages, in seven languages. We will never tell you it is safe: we will tell you what we see.

  • Payment before viewing
  • IBAN from another country
  • Landlord abroad
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03 · Destinations

The grant and the housing in each country

34 countries: how much you get depending on where you come from, reference rent and the most common scams.

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What the grant doesn't tell you

62.7%

received the Erasmus+ grant only after leaving. Of those leaving Spain, only 11.6% are paid before they go.

ESNsurvey XV, mobilities from 2021 to 2023

Source: Erasmus Student Network. Accessed on 22 October 2026.

25%

were scammed while looking for accommodation; in Italy, more than 38%.

ESN and ESU housing survey, 2022

Source: Erasmus Student Network y European Students' Union. Accessed on 22 October 2026.

35.63%

say the grant isn't enough to cover the cost of living, the most cited problem.

ESNsurvey XV

Source: Erasmus Student Network. Accessed on 22 October 2026.

Europe

Same destination, different grant.

The European Union sets the ranges and each National Agency decides its amount. What you get depends on the country you leave from, and so does when you get it.

Compare your country
To study in Italy, per month
  • Germany€600
  • Spain€350 minimum
  • Portugal€500
  • Czechia€660
  • Poland€670

‘Minimum’: each university can pay more. National Agencies, 2026 call.

Received the grant before leaving
  • Denmark71%
  • European average37%
  • Germany36%
  • Italy20%
  • Spain12%

ESNsurvey XV only breaks down these sending countries.

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What those who went before you learned

Which module wasn't offered, what language it was really taught in, which landlord returned the deposit. Every cohort finds out on its own. Erasmus Kit will keep it for the next one.

Module card

[Module name]

Was it offered?
[yes or no, and in which academic year]
Actual language
[language]
Workload
[low, medium or high]
Recognised at home
[equivalent module]

Postcard from the previous cohort

[Advice from a student who came back from this destination]

How Erasmus Kit works

  • Free, always

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  • Warning signs, not verdicts

    We tell you what we see in a listing and what we can't check.

Erasmus Kit complements the official tools (Online Learning Agreement, Erasmus+ App, OLS); it does not replace them.

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