Study in Europe Erasmus Mundus Programme

The European Union offers varied and interesting cultures and provides the very best conditions for successful higher education studies in a challenging and friendly atmosphere. During study breaks, students can enjoy the vibrant life of modern Europe: contemporary music trends, modern dance, avant-garde theatre, or fashion.

Great intellectual and technical innovations have made Europe what it is today: a leader in areas of the liberal arts, in design and fashion, in banking and financing, in the media and in telecommunications technologies. The large number of European Nobel Prize winners shows the European continent’s tremendous capacity for excellence.

European universities are intensively promoting their own internationalisation, so the number of students from abroad is steadily rising. Already, more than 100,000 students from Asia alone are currently studying at higher education institutions throughout the European Union. Erasmus Mundus offers you the opportunity to be one of them.

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The Erasmus Mundus programme is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education which promotes the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world. It supports European top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third countries. It also provides EU-funded scholarships for third country nationals including Singapore participating in these Masters Courses, as well as scholarships for EU- nationals studying in third countries. The duration of the programme is five years (2004-2008) with a planned financial envelope of 230 million Euro for the whole period.

Yes. The Erasmus Mundus Programme is open to third countries including Singapore.

The Erasmus Mundus programme comprises four different actions (see below) which invite participation from different groups. Erasmus Mundus allows for participation by higher education institutions, graduate students, scholars, higher education staff and public and private bodies active in higher education (only Action 4).

The Erasmus Mundus programme comprises four concrete actions.

A number of selected Masters Courses constitute the central component around which Erasmus Mundus is built. They are high-quality integrated courses at post-graduate level offered by a consortium of at least three universities in at least three different European countries. Each Erasmus Mundus Masters course foresees a study period in at least two of the three universities and leads to the award of a recognised double, multiple or joint diploma.

To allow students and scholars to participate in the Masters courses the Erasmus Mundus programme offers a scholarship scheme for third-country graduate students and scholars from the whole world. The scholarship scheme addresses highly qualified individuals who come to Europe to follow the Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses (students) or to teach on the courses (lecturers).

If you would like to see the list of courses for which scholarships are available please follow this link:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/mundus/projects_en.html

Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses selected under Action 1 also have the possibility of establishing partnerships with third-country higher education institutions. These partnerships allow for outgoing mobility of graduate EU students and scholars involved in the Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses.

Erasmus Mundus also supports projects aimed at enhancing the attractiveness of and the interest in European higher education. This aspect of the programme supports activities that improve the profile, the visibility and the accessibility of European higher education as well as issues crucial to the internationalisation of higher education, such as the mutual recognition of qualifications with third countries.

Each student who has been awarded an Erasmus Mundus scholarship receives 21,000 € for a one-year course or 42,000 € for a two-year course. Scholars receive a grant of 13,000 €.

The European Commission publishes calls for proposals relating to the different actions of the programme. These calls include all information regarding application procedures and deadlines.

Future calls for proposals for the different actions will be published on the following website:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html