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The Higher Education Authority (HEA) is the national agency for the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme: Erasmus.

Under Erasmus, undergraduate and postgraduate students registered in a participating higher education institution are eligible to apply for financial support to enable them to spend periods from three to twelve months studying or working in another participating country. The eligible countries are the 27 member states of the EU as well as Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Turkey.

The objectives of the programme are:

• To enable students to benefit educationally, linguistically and culturally from the experience of learning in other European countries
• To promote co-operation between institutions and to enrich the educational environment of host institutions
• To contribute to the development of a pool of well-qualified, open-minded and internationally experienced young people as future professionals
• To facilitate credit transfer and recognition of periods abroad, utilising the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) or a compatible credit system

Under the programme, students with disabilities are eligible for additional assistance while all institutions are encouraged to pay particular attention to the needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.