Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek was involved in the exchange of students and teachers from beginning of the implementation of the ERASMUS program at Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Erasmus+ coordinators at the Faculty are prof.dr.sc Vlatka Rozman (academic) and Daniel Haman, LL.M. (administrative).

Erasmus + is the new EU program for education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014 - 2020

Key activity 1 - Mobility for the purpose of learning for individuals

• Erasmus+ includes all European and international programs and initiatives of the European Union in the field of education, training, youth and sport
• Erasmus+ will replace seven existing EU programs: Lifelong Learning Programme (with its sub-programs Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius and Grundtvig), Youth in Action and five international cooperation programs (Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, Alfa, Edulink and program of cooperation with industrialized states and territories)
• Erasmus+ aims to strengthen the skills and employability of European citizens as well as improving education, training and work in the field of youth and sports
• The seven-year program will have a budget of 14.7 billion euros, an increase of 40 percent compared to the existing program budgets

The University has already signed twenty four Erasmus + contracts with agricultural universities / faculties in the program countries which are in force until 2020: