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Erasmus Mundus
www.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-mundus
Erasmus Mundus – Programme objectives:
• Promote European quality offer in higher education
• Encourage incoming mobility of third-country graduate students
and scholars
• Foster structured co-operation with third-country higher education
institutions
• Improve profile, visibility and accessibility of European higher
education in the world
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Erasmus Mundus – Programme structure:
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Action 1 –
Action 2 –
Action 3 –
Action 4 -
Erasmus Mundus Master Courses
Scholarships
Partnerships
Enhancing Attractiveness
 EU, EEA, Candidate countries are not eligible for Action 2
 Third countries are not eligible for Action 1
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Erasmus Mundus
Action 2 - Scholarships
• Erasmus Mundus consortia and Commission publicise selected
Masters Courses world-wide
• Students and scholars apply directly to consortia
• Consortia select students and scholars
Funding:
• Student mobility: 21,000 € per student for a one-year course and
42,000 € per student for a two-year course
• Scholar mobility: 13,000 € per scholar (3 months x 4,000 € plus a
fixed amount of 1,000 € for travel expenses)
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Number of selected students from Serbia
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Who can participate?
• European higher education institutions (Actions 1, 2, 3, and 4)
• Third-country higher education institutions seeking European
partners (Actions 3 and 4)
• Third-country students having obtained a first degree awarded by a
higher education institution (Action 2)
• European students having obtained a first degree awarded by a
higher education institution (Action 3)
• Third-country scholars (academics or professionals) who lecture or
conduct research (Action 2)
• European scholars (academics or professionals) who lecture or
conduct research (Action 3)
• Other public or private bodies active in the field of higher
education (Action 4)
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How to apply?
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Third-country graduate students and scholars are
invited to apply for a scholarship to a selected
Erasmus Mundus Masters consortium, regardless of
the year of selection of the Masters Course.
• The deadline for application is usually 31.12. 2007
• Budget is around 2 million euro for Western Balkans
– around 100 scholarships
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Action 4 – What activities are eligible?
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Promoting European higher education in the world
Facilitating access for third-country students to European
higher education
The development of courses or material for language training and
cultural preparation, the development of more effective methods
of hosting and integrating third-country students, services
facilitating mobility, etc.
Complementary activities
such as the international dimension of quality assurance, of
credit recognition, of curriculum development, surveys and
studies, etc.
Projects can last between one and three years.
Normally projects cost between 100,000 and 350,000 euros
Call for proposals will be published in February 2008
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Erasmus Mundus
External Cooperation Window
(EM ECW)
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The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window is
designed to:
• Foster co-operation in the field of higher education between the
European Union and Third Countries through a mobility scheme
addressing student and academic exchanges
• For following types of mobility:
- Undergraduates
- Masters
- Doctorates
- Post-doctorate fellowships
- Academic staff
• Provide scholarships for students and academic staff
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EM ECW: Aims
• Mobility of students and academic staff in priority
fields according to national/ regional needs (agreed
with partner countries)
• Cooperation with high quality European institutions
with extensive experience (Erasmus Charter) and on
credit recognition
• Improved cultural understanding & respect for diversity
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EM ECW: Expected results
• To enrich the educational & cultural environment of both the
hosting and sending institutions
• To enable students to benefit linguistically, culturally and
educationally from pursuing academic studies abroad
• To improve the transparency and recognition of studies and
qualifications
• To enhance in the medium term the political, cultural, educational
and economical links between the European Union and Thirdcountries
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EM ECW – Geographical Coverage
1. EU Members States, Acceding (Romania, Bulgaria) and Candidate
Countries (Croatia, FYROM, Turkey) EEA countries (Iceland,
Liechtenstein, Norway)
2. THIRD-COUNTRIES grouped in 9 “geographical lots” (windows)
• Neighbouring Countries in South Mediterranean and Eastern
Europe (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon,
Palestinian Territories, Israel, Syria, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia)
• Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
• East Of Jordan (Yemen, Iraq and Iran)
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• So far there are 9 EM ECW Lots
• As per January 2008, 10th lot will be established: Western
Balkans
• First call for proposals for HEIs in these countries January 2008
• Budget will be around 2 milion euro.
• First mobilities for students and staff from Western Balkan
universities which joined the scheme - academic
2008/2009
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National Tempus Office
Lazareviceva 9/14, Belgrade
+381 11 32 33 409
www.tempus.ac.yu
[email protected]
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Thank you for your attention!
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