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Joint Master degrees
Erasmus+
Key Action 1 – Learning Mobility
Version October 2013
General objectives
European education and training policies
Reducing early-school leaving
Improving the leadership of teachers via teacher education
Modernizing higher education by improving its quality, efficiency and openness, and by
upgrading the skills and competences of graduates to increase their labour market relevance
Enhancing the international dimension of education and training, in particular sustainable
cooperation with partner countries
Reducing the number of low-skilled adults by means of up-skilling and re-skilling initiatives in the
adult learning (lifelong learning) system
Enhancing transversal skills including digital skills, entrepreneurial skills and language skills
Increasing and improving learning opportunities by digital technologies
Horizontal policy priorities Erasmus+
Erasmus+
Key Action 1
Learning mobility of
individuals
• Student and staff mobility
• Joint Master degrees
Key Action 2
Cooperation and
innovation for good
practices
• Strategic partnerships
• Partnerships between the
world of work and
education and training
institutions
• IT Support Platforms
• Development, capacity
building, regional
integration, knowledge
exchanges and
modernisation processes.
Key Action 3
Support for policy
reform
• Knowledge collection and
use
• Prospective initiatives
• Support to European
policy tools
• Cooperation with
international organisations
• Stakeholder dialogue,
policy and programme
promotion
Key action 1 – Learning mobility of individuals
Learning mobility of individuals (both intra
Programme countries and with Partner countries)
Joint Master degrees
Specific objectives Joint Master degrees
• Erasmus Mundus Actions = flagship initiative of Lifelong
Learning programme
• International networks of excellence for teaching, learning
and research
First call (draft information)
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November 2013
9 grants will be funded
Calls launched and managed by EACEA
Average budget/grant = 1,9 million euros
Deadline call = March 26 2014, 12:00pm
Programme & partner countries Erasmus+
• Programme countries
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EU-28 (including Overseas Country and Territory depending on
Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom )
Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Rest of the world = partner countries (limitations per action and calls may apply)
Third
countries
neighbouring
the EU
Other partner
countries
Western Balkan
Industrialised
countries
Eastern
Partnership
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Africa,
Carribean and
Pacific
SouthMediterranean
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Asia and LatinAmerica
What is funded?
The delivery of a joint master programme
• 60, 90 or 120 ECTS programmes
• three consecutive cohorts off student intakes (4 or 5 year grant agreements depending on the length of the Joint
Master Degree programme)
• organised by and international consortium of HEIs
• guest lecturers are to be included for teaching, tarining and/or research purposes
• a lump sum covering the consortium management fees and a mandatory minimum number of teaching (staff
mobility)
The award of scholarships to excellent students worldwide
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a lumpsum for individual student scholarships covering the entire duration of the Joint Master Degree
scholarship varies in accordance with the students' country of origin, the duration and the amount of tuition
fees charged by the Joint Master Degree consortium,
The scholarship will contribute to cover: travel costs, installation costs, subsistence costs, course fees and
insurance costs
Maximum EUcofinancing rate = 80%
Minimum three HEIs
from three different
participating countries,
one of which must be
an EU Member State.
The active participation
of at least one
organisation from the
non-academic world
Eligibility criteria / Who can apply?
Coordinator = HEI from a Programme country
All participating HEIs from Programme Countries
• hold an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education
• establish interinstitutional agreements amongst each other
All HEIs from Partner Countries establish interinstitutional agreements with HEIs from
Programme Countries
Non-academic partners
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enterprises and other representatives of the world of work;
research institutions;
bodies active in the area of education and training;
non-profit organisations, NGOs;
associations, foundations, and other bodies involved in the fields of education and training;
local, regional and national public authorities;
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Quality assurance during initial funding period
• Selection process with limited number of grants
• Submission of annual progress reports by consortium
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(necessary for next grant instalments)
Online Mobility tool: qualitative and quantitative monitoring
Minimally 1 monitoring visit
Quality review at the end of initial funding period
Thematic clusters
Expected results
= Contribute to the Europe 2020 and
Education & Training 2020 strategies
• Quality improvement, innovation, excellence and
internationalisation of the involved higher education
institutions
• Quality and attractiveness if European Higher Education
Area by offering full degree scholarships to the best
Master students worldwide
• Supporting EU external actions in higher education
• Improving level of competencies and skills of Master
graduates (labour market relevance)
Award criteria
Relevance of the project
Quality of project design and implementation
Quality of the project team and the cooperation
arrangements
Impact and dissemination
Selected Joint Master Degrees
Long term support to increase
worldwide visibility and
sustainability prospects
Initial funding period
= 4 tot 5 years with 3
consecutive student
intakes
Then, quality review
for the best Joint
Master Degrees
If approved, then
uptake in Joint
Master Degrees
Catalogue with
additional funding for
three student intakes
Erasmus Mundus Master Courses
Current 138 existing Erasmus Mundus Master Courses will be
funded until end of contract
By the end of agreement, then invitation to apply for selection
procedure (quality review) to the Joint Master Degree Catalogue
After successful quality review: additional funding period of up to
3 student intakes
Master study loan
• 1 year Master €12 000
• 2 year Master €18 000
• Other details to be decided yet
KU Leuven advice and support
• Before submission via International Office
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As soon as possible, inform International Office about intentions
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Advice available on request for call specifications, possible (non) academic
partners, consortium management structure, …
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Compulsory consultation joint master degree initiatives via
‘Ondersteuningsgroep Interuniversitaire Opleidingen’
• Submission through International Office (rector as legal
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representative)
After selection via International Office
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Communication to EACEA for budget revise, clarifications, …
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Grant agreement
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Advice on consortium agreement and other documents commiting KU
Leuven via ‘Ondersteuningsgroep Interuniversitaire Opleidingen’
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Welke ondersteuning biedt KU Leuven voor Erasmus+?
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Facultaire dienstverlening
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Centrale dienstverlening
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Facultaire pagina’s
International Office
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biedt een website met calls en informatie over KU Leuven procedures voor mobiliteit en internationale onderwijssamenwerking
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beheert het overzicht van bestaande en nieuwe initiatieven aan KU Leuven rond internationale onderwijssamenwerking
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legt ter advies en ter goedkeuring aan de academische overheid aanvragen voor internationale samenwerking en projecten die
KU Leuven verbinden het uitreiken van een KU Leuven diploma, een bidiplomering of een gezamenlijk diploma
Admissions & Mobility Unit
Ondersteuningsgroep Interuniversitaire Opleidingen
Wie een interuniversitaire opleiding ambieert, krijgt vanuit het centrale niveau ondersteuning en begeleiding van de
Ondersteuningsgroep Interuniversitaire Opleidingen, een permanent werkgroep met vertegenwoordiging uit het
International Office en de Directie Onderwijs en Leren aangevuld met de juridisch adviseur.
More information
(will be available when final)
• Erasmus+ Programme Guide - Joint Master Degrees
• Calls
• Interinstitutional agreement template between programme
countries
• Interinstitutional agreement template between programme
countries and partner countries
• Template Learning agreement & Transcript of records for
students
Johan Evers
International Office
[email protected]
016/37 98 54
Your contact point for Erasmus+
Joint Master degrees