Call: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree

Erasmus+ will provide opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to study, train, gain work experience and volunteer abroad.

Erasmus+ will support transnational partnerships among Education, Training, and Youth institutions and organisations to foster cooperation and bridge the worlds of Education and work in order to tackle the skills gaps we are facing in Europe.

It will also support national efforts to modernise Education, Training, and Youth systems. In the field of Sport, there will be support for grassroots projects and cross-border challenges such as combating match-fixing, doping, violence and racism.

Erasmus+ brings together seven existing EU programmes in the fields of Education, Training, and Youth; it will for the first time provide support for Sport. As an integrated programme, Erasmus+ offers more opportunities for cooperation across the Education, Training, Youth, and Sport sectors and is easier to access than its predecessors, with simplified funding rules.

This Key Action supports:

• Mobility projects in the field of education, training and youth;
• Large scale European Voluntary Service events;
• Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees;
• Erasmus+ Master Loans.

The Actions supported under this Key Action are expected to bring positive and long-lasting effects on the participants and participating organisations involved, as well as on the policy systems in which such activities are framed. 

What are joint Erasmus Mundus Master's degrees?

A joint Erasmus Mundus Master's degree (EMJMD = Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree) is an integrated international program for Master's degree courses, which can comprise 60, 90 or 120 credit points and which is carried out by an international consortium of higher education institutions from different countries and possibly other partners inside and outside of the educational sector, who have special knowledge in the fields of study / vocational sectors of joint study programs and have a special interest in  the programs.

The special feature of EMJMD is that it consists of strong common / integrated character.

With the joint Erasmus Mundus Master's degrees following objectives are sought by the European Union:

•  Promoting excellence, quality improvements, innovation excellence and internationalization in higher education institutions
•  Increasing the quality and attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
•  Supporting the EU's external action in the field of higher education by providing full scholarships for the best Master's students worldwide
•  Improving the skills and qualifications of graduates of master's programs (in particular, increasing the labor market relevance of the joint masters programs) through increased involvement of employers.

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's degrees should contributre to the achievement of the objectives of the strategy "Europe 2020" and the Strategic Framework in the field of education and training (ET2020), including the respective specified benchmark.

Students must be able to acquire Master's degrees at all participating higher education institutions of a program country, and the corresponding Master certificates (for the entire study program of the joint Erasmus Mundus Master's Degree) must be fully recognized by the competent national authorities of the countries where these higher education institutions are located.

Upon successful completion of the joint study program, either a joint degree (i.e. a diploma issued by at least two higher education institutions from different Programme Countries and fully recognized in these countries) or a multiple degree (i.e. at least two diplomas of two higher education institutions from different Programme Countries, which are fully recognized in these countries ) must be issued.

Therefore, EMJMD applications for joint masters courses must include already in the application fully elaborated joint study programs, so that after the approval of the finanicng, projects can be carried out without delay and can be made known worldwide.

Eligible activities:

• Implement a joint Erasmus Mundus Masters program with 60, 90 or 120 creditsn, which is run by an international consortium of higher education institutions

• Organize the participation of scientists (guest lecturers), who are invited for teaching, training and / or research purposes.
•  Award scholarships to outstanding students worldwide to participate in one of these joint Erasmus Mundus Masters programs.

Eligible partnership:

• Higher education institutions from at least three different program countries, all of which are considered as full partners.

• Higher education institutions from program countries must be able to accommodate the EMJMD students and to give at least the minimum number of credits for the study period.
•  All partner organizations from Programme or Partner countries must be specified at the time of submission of the grant application.

Duration of the project:
Depending on the duration of the joint Erasmus Mundus Masters Course (1-2 years), a grant agreement (on the financing of a preparatory year and three successive cohorts) is concluded with the Consortium for periods up to four or five years .

Attention! Financial support is granted not according to the calendar year but according to the academic year.

Duration of scholarships:
The scholarships for students are awarded exclusively for a full-time enrollment for a master course and cover the entire duration of each joint Erasmus Mundus Masters program.

Eligible costs for a joint Erasmus Mundus Master Programme:
Depending on the parameters, the total funding for a project of joint Erasmus Mundus Masters Programmes is expected to be up to € 3 million.

• Administrative costs and costs for scientists and guest lecturers

€ 20 000 in the preparatory year
€ 50 000 per year of the joint Master's program

• Scholarships for students of joint Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses

The scholarships cover the costs of participation of the students (tuition, comprehensive insurance coverage and other prescribed tuition fees), a part of the travel and accommodation expenses and subsistence from throughout the duration of the respective joint Erasmus Mundus Masters program).

•  Contribution to the costs of a joint master's program:

  max. € 9 000 per year and a scholarship from a partner country
  max. € 4 500 per year and a scholarship from a Programme Country

Costs exceeding these maximum amouts are covered by the participating organizations and they must not be borne by the grantees.

•     Contribution to travel and accommodation expenses:

€ 1 000 per year and a scholarship from a partner country
€ 2 000 per year for travel expenses and 1 000 € for accommodation for scholarship holders from a partner country, whose residence is located less than 4 000 km from the coordinating higher education institution.
€ 3 000 per year for travel expenses and € +1 000 for accommodation for scholarship holders from a partner country, whose residence is situated at least 4 000 km from the coordinating higher education institution.

• Contribution to residence expences:

€ 1 000 per month for the entire duration of the joint Erasmus Mundus Masters program (maximum 24 months).

The contribution to accommodation costs will EMJMD fellows neither for stays (for study / research purposes, organizing traineeships or as part of a promotion) in their country of residence nor EMJMD fellows from a partner country for stays in another partner country, the one term (3 months or equivalent of 15 credit points) exceed done.

• Erasmus + loans for students of master's degrees

Master students who want to carry out a complete study program in another program country can apply for a student loan.

The loan amounts up to 12 000 € for a one-year Master program and up to 18 000 € for an up to two-year master's program and cover both the cost of living and tuition fees in any of the 33 Erasmus + -Programm countries.

Granting criteria must be observed. See Program Guide Version 3 (2015) 12.16.2014, S. 112th