European students benefit from ERASMUS exchange in many ways

The impact of EU-funded study in another country through ERASMUS exchanges are significant and broad. Specifically, students who take advantage of this opportunity are more likely to find jobs, ascend to management positions, live abroad and find life partners from other nationalities. Striving for full employment of young adults is a concern throughout EU countries. The  very encouraging news is that the positive impact of ERASMUS exchanges was greater for southern and eastern EU countries, where unemployment is a bigger problem than in the west and north.

While the ERASMUS Impact Study found that students who participate in exchanges start ahead of their peers, 52% of the students who participate still experience significant further gains related to employability characteristics such as tolerance for ambiguity, curiosity, confidence, serenity, decisiveness and vigor. The ERASMUS exchange benefit likely extends to students from outside the EU who choose to attend European institutions.