What is the mobility program?
Mobility EU Program is an exchange program within the system of the European Schools (Type 1 and accredited ones).
By visiting a school in a different country, while living in a guest family with different cultural background, students are being given the chance to develop more intensively in many regards, e.g. to improve their language skills and to mature through experiencing a different educational and cultural environment.
What are the types of mobilities ?
Exchanges
Pupils study in a European School abroad while staying with a host family. And they also host a pupil from another European School.
One-way visits (not frequent)
Pupils study in a European School abroad while staying with a host family. They don’t host a student from another European School.
Which schools?
European Schools and Accredited European Schools. Here is the list of schools, language sections and existing options.
You can apply for a maximum of three schools in order of preference.
All the documentation related to the mobility, included the List of European Schools, is published on the school website – section School life -> Mobility EU.
Who?
The mobility takes place in S4/5.
All students in S3/4 are eligible to apply for the Mobility Programme of the following year.
When?
For the S4 students: The 6* weeks between the beginning of the school year and the All Saints Holidays.
For the S5 students: The first semester of S5 (4 months). From September until the end of December (just before the Christmas holidays).
Remember that most ES/AES have a different school year calendar.
What about SWALS students ?
If there is no section in the host school, the pupil will be treated as a Student Without A Language Section (SWALS) provided that the L1 course in S5 exists in the host school.
A SWALS pupil who does find a section of their L1 in the host school will integrate in their L1 section.
Remarks
It is the responsibility of the student to catch up if the programme in the schools involved is not alike.
If there are subjects that are not covered at the host school, the results of the 2nd semester will count double.
Pupils take all the exams at the host school. They will come back to their home school with A and B marks given in all the subjects followed.
The 1st semester report is shared by the European Schools.
Mobility application
Parents have to …
1. fill in the Online Application Form (follow the link).
2. sign and send back by e-mail Annex 3. Consent form for participation – see Guidelines on Organizing Pupils’ Mobility in the European Schools Network (follow the link)
Deadline for 2026-2027: 9th of January 2026
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