Erasmus Mundus - Opportunities for Higher Education Institutions (Actions 1, 2, 3, 4)

Scholarships (Action 2)

This Action addresses Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses selected under Action 1.

In order to give the Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses selected under Action 1 a strong external projection, a scholarship scheme for third-country graduate students and scholars from the whole world is linked to them. This scholarship scheme addresses highly qualified individuals who come to Europe to follow the Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses (students) or to work for them (scholars).

Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses commit themselves to selecting a fixed number of third-country graduate students (around 20) and scholars (around 3) every year over a period of five years. Only the very best international students and scholars should be selected for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. Once students and scholars are selected, the consortia pay the Erasmus Mundus scholarships to them. An Erasmus Mundus scholarship for a third-country student is worth 21,000 euros a year (42,000 euros for a two-year course), while a 3-month scholarship for a third-country scholar amounts to 13,000 euros.

Each Erasmus Mundus Masters Course must establish transparent application and admission conditions as well as transparent selection procedures for third-country students and scholars in accordance with national legislation. These procedures must be explained in detail, communicated to the Commission and published on their websites.

If Erasmus Mundus Masters consortia selected under Action 1 establish a Partnership with higher education institutions in third countries (Action 3), Erasmus Mundus also provides scholarships for outgoing mobility of the European participants in the Erasmus Mundus Masters Course: scholarships for European students worth 3,100 euro to study three months at one of the third-county partner institutions; and scholarships for European academics (scholars) worth 13,000 euros to spend three months of teaching or research at on of the third-country partner institutions.

See the statistical analysis of the nationalities of selected Erasmus Mundus scholarship grantees.