Hello everyone!

I’m 29, have a Bachelor’s in Architecture with a 3+ GPA, and I’m also a mom to a 3 year old daughter. I’ve recently been looking into the Erasmus Mundus programs and honestly, I really want to give it a shot.

But I have a few questions for those who’ve been through it: Am I still eligible at 29, or are these programs mainly aimed at younger applicants? And for those who actually did Erasmus... how did it change your life, career, or perspective?

I’m at a point where I really want a fresh start and a new chapter for myself after becoming a mother. I’d love to hear honest experiences, especially from anyone who applied later in life.

Any advice, experiences, or reality checks would mean a lot! ❤️

I kinda want to do another one in my masters, but I don't want it to just be a repeat of the first one because getting drunk and having no responsibilities is cool and novel in your early 20s but less so 5 years later. Did you go to a more "serious" country or a country that's culturally completely different from yours (for example Korea or Japan)?

My first Erasmus semester will end on the 5th of February, while the second one (in a different country) starts on the third. It would be very important for me to go in the second semester, as my long-distance partner will also do an Erasmus semester there at the same time.

I've discussed this eventuality with the Erasmus coordinator at my university a few months ago and they said that ANY overlapping would make the mobility impossible. I've heard about cases where it was played cool with a few tricks or with the right excuses, but couldn't find anything right now.

What do you guys suggest? Did anyone experience something like this?

I’m an Italian student graduating this October in Business Administration (International trade). Right after graduation, I’m heading to Lithuania for a 5-month Erasmus+ Traineeship as a Junior Supply Chain & Logistics Operator. I already have some hands-on experience, having completed a 5-month logistics internship in Italy managing transport operations.

​My goal is to use this period as a career accelerator: gain international experience, sharpen my business English, and hopefully either secure a full-time role in Lithuania afterward or leverage the experience for supply chain roles across Europe (I speak native Italian, B2 English, and B2 Spanish).

​My main anxiety is financial: the Erasmus grant won’t fully cover my expenses, so I’ll need to invest around 2000/3000€ of my personal savings. Even though I love the field and see this as an investment in my skills, I'm terrified of burning through my hard-earned savings and ending up with nothing solid in return.

​Has anyone been in a similar situation? Did an Erasmus+ traineeship pay off for your career/job prospects, or was it hard to transition into a full-time role afterward?

​Any insights, reality checks, or advice would be greatly appreciated!

My city is so beautiful and a big student city so it has been so fun to meet so many new people at the bars and go on side quests every night. I have been slowly hanging with people during the day as well and enjoying nature, the city and the cool activities here. But to be honest I am having a much harder time emotionally than I thought. I miss my friends so so so much. They’re the people I do literally everything with, and party with, and live with. I wish they could have come with me, and find myself wishing I could go home even though my hometown is so much less interesting and fun than here. I have two extremely close friend groups that I haven’t been separate from in years and I just feel this underlying loneliness even when I’m with people. I expected the first week to just be all fun and games like first week of uni but I’ve never had the experience of moving to a country and knowing absolutely no one and having to navigate all of the cultural differences and it is so much harder than I thought in my head. This doesn’t feel like real life and I will have a great time when I’m out but I feel so empty during the day and have to confront the loneliness lol. I know it will get better once I get more comfortable with people but I’m not sure how to make sure that happens.