Under Action 3 of the call for proposals for Erasmus Mundus projects, a partnership between the Erasmus Mundus Consortium (Olomouc, Oslo, Limerick, and Leuven) and 3 third-country partner universities has been established. The third-country partner universities are the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, the University of Queensland in Australia, and the University of Virginia in the United States.

This partnership offers the opportunity to the European students participating in the Erasmus Mundus Program in Adapted Physical Activity (APA) to complete phase 4 or/and phase 5 of the program in one of the three third-country universities (for a maximum period of 3 months). Please refer to the mobility models for more information.

Phase 4 is defined as “introductory course; participation in clinical practice and research-based seminars related to the clinical practice,” and represents 7 ECTS. In this phase, students will be introduced to the existing initiatives of APA intervention and APA research in specialised centres at the partner university with a specific population.

Phase 5 concerns the master's thesis, and comprises “the final assessment of the master's project proposal, and related specialisation in clinical practice, data collection/empirical study and writing of master's dissertation,” representing a maximum of 20 ECTS credits. The defence of the master's thesis will be organised in one of the four Consortium Universities at the end of phase 5, according to the chosen mobility model.

The Consortium agrees to recognise the phases and credits completed in the partner universities.