2013 Erasmus Mundus scholarships in Euroculture Masters program

Erasmus Mundus scholarships

School: Third-Country institutions/Europe

Level : M.Sc

Field(s): Euroculture

Deadline: 01 December 2012

Funded by: European Commission

Beneficiaries : Open to international students

Benefits:a monthly allowance for living costs+contribution to travel and installation costs

Description

• The Euroculture consortium has Erasmus Mundus scholarships on offer for students entering the programme in 2013.
• The deadline to apply for the Erasmus Mundus scholarship programme is: 1 December 2012.
• The online application tool for the 2013-2015 and to apply for EM scholarships will become available as per 1 October 2012 via this website.

• In 2005 the Euroculture Master was selected by the European Commission among one of the first Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses (EMMC), for which the Eueoculture consortium received funding from 2006 to 2011.
• It has again been selected for 5 years of funding in the second phase of the Erasmus Mundus Programme, which covers the period 2012-2017.
• The Erasmus Mundus Programme supports European top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third countries.
• It fosters cooperation between higher education institutions and academic staff in Europe and Third Countries with a view to creating poles of excellence and providing highly trained human resources.
• Joint programmes must involve mobility between the institutions of the consortium and lead to the award of recognized joint, double or multiple degrees to successful students / doctoral candidates.

• The Erasmus Mundus Programme provides EU-funded scholarships for Third Country students (Category A) and European students (Category B) who have applied to and have been accepted by the Euroculture Master Course.
• There will be only a limited number of grants available. For the 2013 intake the European Commission will make available a number of Category A grants and Category B grants to our consortium.
• In November 2012 we will be able to specify the number of scholarships for the Euroculture consortium.

• Third-country graduate student (Category A)

• Third-country graduate student means a national of a third country other than those from EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and the candidate countries for accession to the EU (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia and Turkey);
• who has already obtained a first higher education degree; who is not a resident of any of the Member States or the participating countries (EEA-EFTA States and EU candidate countries for accession);
• who has not carried out his or her main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the Member States or the participating countries.

• The student grant covers the participation costs, a monthly allowance for living costs and a contribution to travel and installation costs.
• Each grantee will receive EUR1,000 each month for living costs during the 24 months duration of the programme.
• The scholarship also includes a fixed amount of EUR 8,000 as a contribution to travel and installation and any other type of costs to be paid in two installments of EUR 4,000 each per year, as well as the Euroculture participation costs of EUR 16,000.

• DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS (for 2013-2015 programme) will be: 1 DECEMBER 2012 (Central European Time – CET).
• European student means a person who is a national or a resident of any of the EU Member States, the EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and the candidate countries for accession to the EU (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia and Turkey) and who has already obtained a first higher education degree.

• The student grant covers the participation costs, a monthly allowance for living costs and a contribution to travel and installation.
• Each grantee will receive EUR 500 each month for living costs during the 24 months duration of the program.
• The scholarship also includes a fixed amount of EUR 3,000 as a contribution to visit one of the third country universities, as well as the Euroculture participation costs of EUR 8,000.

• DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS (for 2013-2015 academic year): 1 DECEMBER 2012 (Central European Time – CET).
• The application tool will be open for the 2013
• Scholarships will also be awarded to scholars enrolled in Third-Country institutions who will be selected by the Euroculture Erasmus Mundus consortium to contribute to the joint programme.
• As the Euroculture consortium includes Third-Country partners, there are also scholarships for scholars enrolled in the Euroculture European institutions for contributing to the joint programme within these Third-Country partners.
• The amount of the grant is Euro 2400 / 2- weeks. The minimum stay is 2 weeks and the maximum duration is 3 months per scholar.

For more Information, please visit:

• Website

For informal enquiries, please contact:

• Email: euroculture@rug.nl

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