The project objective is to develop cooperation between Asian and European higher education institutions, through the exchange of students and staff. As the consortium offers a wide range of thematic fields, most individual mobility demand will find the right educational programme or the right research team. The exchanges will contribute to enrich the educational environment in both sides and to prepare the future elites of the concerned countries to a better mutual understanding. The Erasmus Mundus Mobility with Asia - West (EMMA-West) programme consists of 99 individual mobility flows which will start mainly between September and December 2012.