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Erasmus Mundus II
2009-2013
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Objectives
To enhance the quality of European higher education,
To promote dialogue between and understanding for different
societies and cultures,
To promote EU external policy objectives and contribute to the
sustainable development of third countries in the field of higher
education.
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Challenges
Europe's status as a center of excellence in learning.
Concentration of international students to a few European
countries.
Students rank the US first in terms of innovation, dynamics and
competition.
Asian students rank the US above Europe in major academic and
labor market-related categories.
“Traditional" Europe, lagging in terms of modernity, capacity for
innovation and tolerance.
Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity is regarded as a
challenge.
European higher education is seen as confusing and fragmented.
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Summary of Erasmus Mundus II
Action 1 (joint programs including scholarships)
• high-quality joint masters and doctoral programs;
• provides full-study scholarships to European and thirdcountry students and short-term scholarships to European
and third-country academics to carry out research or teaching
assignments as part of the joint programs;
• will foster co-operation 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.
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Action 2 (partnerships with third-country higher education
institutions including scholarships)
provides support for broad co-operative partnerships
between European and third-country higher education
institutions in order to
• facilitate transfer of know-how to third-country
institutions,
• support short- or long-term exchange of students and
academics at all levels of higher education.
Action 3 (enhancing the attractiveness of European higher
education)
provides support to transnational initiatives, studies, projects,
events and other activities aiming at enhancing the
attractiveness, accessibility, profile and visibility of European
higher education in the world.
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Budget
The overall budget for the entire programming period (20092013) for Action 1 and Action 3 (joint masters and doctoral
programs, including scholarships, and attractiveness projects)
amounts to Euro 493.69 million.
The Commission will endeavor to devote for the entire
programming period (2009-2013) a global indicative amount of
up to Euro 460 million for Action 2.
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Budget details for Action 1
Flat rate Joint Masters programs 30 000 Euro per year, total of
150 programs over the whole program period.
Scholarships
– Third country students – approx 9 per program and year
• 24 000 Euro per student and year
– European students – approx 5 per program and year
• 9 000 Euro per student and year when mobility within
Europe only
• 11 000 Euro per student and year when mobility includes
third country
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Flat rate Joint PhD programs 50 000 Euro per year, total of 35
programs over the whole program period.
Scholarships
– Third country doctoral students – approx 4 per program and
year
• Three year scholarship
– 123 000 Euro for employment contract (unlikely
option)
– 78 000 Euro for stipend (most likely option)
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– European doctoral students – approx 3 per program and year
• Three year scholarship
– 100 000 Euro for employment contract (most likely
option)
– 60 000 Euro for stipend (unlikely option)
– Academics – estimated nr over the whole program period is
1932 third country academics and 1932 European academics
with a funding of 14 500 Euro per academic.
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