Introduction

The Erasmus Mundus Programme supports European top-quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third countries. It fosters cooperation between higher education institutions and academic staff in Europe and Third Countries with a view to creating poles of excellence and providing highly trained human resources. Joint programmes must involve mobility between the institutions of the consortium and lead to the award of recognised joint, double or multiple degrees to successful students / doctoral candidates.

The Erasmus Mundus Programme provides EU-funded scholarships for Third Country students (Category A) and European students (Category B) who have applied to and have been accepted by the NOHA Mundus Masters Course.

Third-country graduate student  (Category A)

Third-country graduate student means a national of a third country other than those from EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and the candidate countries for accession to the EU (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia 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 (EEA-EFTA States and EU candidate countries for accession); 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.

The Erasmus Mundus Category A student grant amounts to EUR 34,000. It covers a monthly allowance for living costs, a contribution to travel and installation costs and a contribution to the programme participation costs:

• EUR 1,000 each month for living costs during the 16 months duration of the programme.
• A fixed amount of EUR 8,000 as a contribution to travel and installation and      any other type of costs to be paid in two installments of EUR 4,000 each per year.
• EUR 10,000 for participation costs including insurance coverage.

The NOHA Consortium will grant scholarship holders a fee waiver for any fee amount in excess of the contribution provided by the Erasmus Mundus programme.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS (for 2013-2014 academic year): 15 DECEMBER 2012 (Central European Time – CET).

European graduate student  (Category B)

European student means a person who is a national or a resident of any of the EU Member States, the EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and the candidate countries for accession to the EU (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia and Turkey) and who has already obtained a first higher education degree.

The Erasmus Mundus Category B student grant amounts to Euro 17,000. It covers a monthly allowance for living costs, a contribution to travel and installation costs and a contribution to the programme participation costs:

• EUR 500 each month for living costs during the 16 months duration of the programme.
• A fixed amount of EUR 3,000 as a contribution to travel and installation.
• EUR 6,000 for participation costs including insurance coverage.

The NOHA Consortium will grant scholarship holders a fee waiver for any fee amount in excess of the contribution provided by the Erasmus Mundus programme.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS (for 2013-2014 academic year): 15 DECEMBER 2012 (Central European Time – CET).

Erasmus Mundus Scholar Scholarships

Scholarships will also be awarded to scholars enrolled in Third-Country institutions who will be selected by the NOHA Mundus consortium to contribute to the joint programme. As the NOHA consortium includes Third-Country partners, there are also scholarships for scholars enrolled in the NOHA Mundus European institutions for contributing to the joint programme within these Third-Country partners. The amount of the grant is Euro 1200 / week for a maximum duration of 3 months per scholar (from € 2400 for a two-week stay, to €14 800 for a 3-month stay).