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A number of scholarships, funded by the European Commission, are available for highly qualified third-country graduate students and scholars – to students to follow the EMIN Erasmus Mundus Masters Course, to scholars to carry out teaching and research assignments and scholarly work in the institutions participating in the Course.
Students and scholars must apply to the EMIN Erasmus Mundus Masters Course. If they are accepted to participate, the EMIN Erasmus Mundus consortia apply to the Commission for the corresponding scholarship funds.
According to the European Commission rules, students shall not apply to more than three Erasmus Mundus Masters at the same call. So they have to select only three courses of their convenience at a time
 Eligible beneficiaries:
Third-country graduate students: Third-country graduate student means a national of a third country other than the 25 EU Member States, the countries of the European Economic Area / European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland) and the candidate countries for accession to the EU (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, 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; 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; and who has been accepted to register or is registered in the EMIN Erasmus Mundus Masters Course.
West Balkans and Turkey window students: national of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia or Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99, as well as the three candidate countries, namely Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or Turkey; who has already obtained a first higher education degree; and who has been accepted to register or is registered in the EMIN Erasmus Mundus Masters Course
Third country scholars: Third-country scholar means a national of a third country other than the 25 EU Member States, the countries of the European Economic Area / European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and the candidate countries for accession to the EU (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, and Turkey); who is not a resident of any of the Member States or the participating countries; 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; and who has outstanding academic and/or professional experience.
When selecting students and scholars for scholarships, our Masters Program will pay due respect to the principle of gender equality. Furthermore, we should have a pro-active attitude towards potential grantees with special needs.
Without prejudice to the respect of high academic standards, in order to ensure a geographical balance across third-country students / scholars, the EMIN Masters Course will respect the following basic criteria when selecting third-country students / scholars:
 no more than 25% of the selected third-country students should come from the same country. Each selected third-country scholar should come from a different country (but they can come from the same countries as students);
no more than 10% of the selected third-country students should come from the same institution
Amount of scholarships:
Students
For each student the scholarship amounts to 21,000 Euro per academic year. This includes tuition fees of 9500 Euro, 10 monthly grants of 900 Euro and a fixed amount of 2,500 Euro for fees, travel expenses, relocation costs, etc. As EMIN lasts two years, the student will receive double this amount: 42,000 Euro.
Scholars
The amount of an average three-month scholarship for scholars is 13,000 Euro. This includes three monthly grants of 4,000 Euro and a fixed amount of 1,000 Euro for travel expenses.
Number of scholarships available (indicative):
Students
17 grants for third-country students for academic year 2009/11
In addition, 1 or 2 grants may be available for students from the Western Balkans and Turkey. The following countries will be covered by the "Western Balkans and Turkey Window": Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99, as well as the three candidate countries, namely Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey via additional funds from the European Commission for 2009/10.
Scholars
4 grants for third-country scholars for academic year 2009/11 |
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