Simplifying student mobility
The European Student Card (ESC) simplifies student mobility in Europe. It enables higher education institutions and student service providers to seamlessly and reliably verify a student’s status at European level.
Student status verification means confirming that a student is currently enrolled at a higher education institution.
By incorporating the ESC elements into their existing physical or digital student cards, higher education institutions simplify the recognition of their students’ status across Europe, empowering them to make the most of their exchange abroad.
Students travelling across Europe for their education will get easier access to services - both on and off campus - offered by their host institution. This means a better, more connected mobility experience and a sense of belonging to the European higher education community.
Goals
The goal is to allow as many European students as possible to benefit from an ESC in their pocket, or digitally on their phone, making their access to on- and off-campus services (e.g. university buildings, library services, discounts on transports, etc.) easier and their mobility experience simpler and more fulfilling.
The European Student Card aims to
- become more widely available in all Erasmus+ programme countries
- bring more possibilities for validation of student status by higher education institutions and student service providers
- become more widely used by students, higher education institutions and student service providers
- increase the offer of digital student cards by higher education institutions in all Erasmus+ programme countries