AUREA

About AUREA

The AUREA project aims to support automatic recognition for credit mobility students by identifying barriers, analysing existing options, and providing policy recommendations for the future of automatic recognition. By assessing the state of play in recognition for mobile students undergoing credit mobility, creating a shared understanding of (full) automatic credit recognition on a European level, providing higher education institutions with the necessary tools and information to assess their readiness for implementation of automatic credit recognition and fostering evidence-based policy making, AUREA seeks to address challenges and promote unobstructed mobility within the Erasmus+ community, thereby advancing the goal of automatic recognition.

The leading organisation of this project is the European Students’ Union (ESU), and the partner organisations are the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), European University Foundation (EUF), European University Association (EUA), Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem (ELTE), Universiteit Gent (UGENT), Philipps Universität Marburg (UMarburg), and Universiteti Publik Kadri Zeka (UZK).

The goals of AUREA

The main objective of AUREA is to support automatic recognition for credit mobility students by identifying barriers, analysing existing options, and providing policy recommendations for the future of automatic recognition.

Mapping recognition practices

Assess the state of play in recognition for mobile students undergoing credit mobility.

Building a common understanding

Create a shared understanding of (full) automatic credit recognition on a European level.

Empowering implementation

Provide higher education institutions with the necessary tools and information to assess their readiness for implementation of automatic credit recognition and fostering evidence-based policy making.

News

Kick-starting the AUREA project to advance credit recognition in Europe

The AUREA project has officially kicked off in Brussels, uniting partners to shape fair, transparent, and automatic credit recognition across Europe.

14 Apr 2025

Resources

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Timeline

Take a look and learn more about the timeline and expected outputs of the AUREA project. The project started in January 2025 and will be finalised in March 2027.

Aug 2025

Report on the current state of automatic credit recognition

The report will analyse the current state of automatic credit recognition, identifying barriers and practices that impact seamless recognition of mobility credits.
Oct 2025

Online Multiplier Event

The Online Multiplier Event will present the report's findings on automatic credit recognition, highlighting challenges and opportunities for improving mobility credit recognition.
Feb 2026

Higher Education Social Labs

The Social Labs will bring together higher education practitioners in 4 countries to validate a framework with enabling factors for automatic credit recognition.
Mar 2026

Comparative report on approaches to automatic recognition in credit mobility

The comparative report will present an in-depth analysis of perceptions on barriers to full automatic credit recognition, highlighting the implications for students and evaluating existing tools and solutions across various countries.
Dec 2026

Capacity building and self-evaluation

Providing resources, a self-evaluation tool, and workshops to help HEIs integrate automatic credit recognition, reducing workload and barriers for student mobility.
Dec 2026

Data Visualisation Scoreboard

An interactive scoreboard that will showcase how Automatic Recognition is comparable across Europe.
Mar 2027

AUREA Roadmap for Automatic Recognition

Providing concrete recommendations to ensure the onboarding of the project results by stakeholders.
Mar 2026

AUREA Policy Conference

The final conference will be an important opportunity to disseminate the results of the project and create a space for stakeholder collaboration and future follow up initiatives.
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