Erasmus Mundus Scholarships

Category A scholarships can be awarded to applicants from non-EU member states that have not resided in an EU member state or in Norway, Liechtenstein or Iceland for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years (by 28 February 2012). Note that there is an exception for applicants from the EES member states Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, they are not eligible for a category A scholarship.

The category A scholarship includes:

• Participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 8000 per year
• Monthly allowance: € 1000 per month
• Travel and installation costs: € 8000 for a 2 year programme

Category B scholarships can be awarded to all applicants that are not eligible for a category A scholarship. This means applicants from EU-member states, applicants from Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, and applicants from non-EU member states that have lived in an EU or EES member state for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years (by 28 February 2012).

The category B scholarship includes:

• Participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 4000 per year
• Monthly allowance: € 500 per month
• Travel and installation costs - only if the Erasmus Mundus Master's programme includes a mobility period to a Third-Country partner: € 3000

Students fulfilling the eligibility criteria for both Category A and B – e.g. students with a double nationality – must select the Category of their choice. As a result, they are entitled to apply only to one of the two categories of scholarship at a time.

Student candidates for an EMMC scholarship

• Only candidates who have applied to and have been accepted by an EMMC consortium in accordance with its specific students' application and selection criteria are eligible for a scholarship.
• Students can apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to the Erasmus Mundus Action 1 joint programme (EMMC) of their choice but the number of applications must be limited to maximum three different joint programmes (EMMC and EMJD together).
• Each project may give rise to the award of only one EU grant to any student for the same joint course over the length of the course concerned.
• Scholarship candidates must have already obtained a first higher education degreeor demonstrate a recognized equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices. 
• Individuals who have already benefited from an EMMC scholarship are not eligible for a second scholarship in order to follow the same or another EMMC. 
• Students benefiting from an EMMC scholarship cannot benefit from another EU grant while pursuing their Erasmus Mundus masters studies. 
• EMMC students scholarships are awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the course editions.

EMMC students holding an Erasmus Mundus scholarship must:

• Commit themselves to participate in the masters programme in accordance with the terms defined by the consortium in the Student Agreement. Failure to do so could lead to the cancellation of the scholarship;
• Spend their study period in at least two of the full partners located in different European countries. These countries must be different from the country in which the scholarship holder has obtained his/her last university degree; the mandatory mobility periods cannot be replaced by virtual mobility, neither can they take place in institutions outside the consortium;
• Spend most of the study/teaching/research period in the European countries represented in the consortium. However, if the EMMC consortium includes third-country partners (either full partners or associated partners):

  • Category A scholarship holders can spend a learning/training/research/fieldwork period of a maximum of one trimester (i.e. 3 months or the equivalent of 15 ECTS) in these third countries, under the direct supervision of one of the consortium partners and only if this country is different from the student's country of origin; periods in excess of this duration or spent in the students country of origin may not be covered by the EMMC scholarship;

  • Category B scholarship holders can spend a minimum of one trimester or the equivalent of at least 15 ECTS and up to half of their masters course studies in these third countries, under the direct supervision of one of the consortium partners concerned; periods in excess of this duration may not be covered by the EMMC scholarship.

  • For both Category A and B scholarships, the minimum duration of 1 trimester (15 ECTS) should correspond to one consecutive stay in the third-country full/associated partner concerned.