ERASMUS MUNDUSGENESISGENESIS

Article 149: Enhance quality education

Lisbon, Bologna/Prague, G8 …

Communication on reinforcing co-operation with third countries

Intercultural dialogue: new political priority

MAIN CHALLENGESMAIN CHALLENGES

Prepare citizens for global societyEnsure world-wide recognition of European

universities as centre of excellenceRemain at leading edge of developmentsContribute to cultural understanding

ERASMUS MUNDUS

OVERALL AIMOVERALL AIM

Improve quality of higher education in Europe

Promote intercultural understanding through co-operation with third countries

ERASMUS MUNDUS

SPECIFIC AIMSSPECIFIC AIMS

Promote quality offer in higher educationEncourage incoming mobility of third-country

graduate students and scholarsStructured co-operationImprove profile, visibility and accessibility of

higher education in Europe

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ERASMUS MUNDUSERASMUS MUNDUS

Programme Actions

Action 1: Erasmus Mundus Masters CoursesAction 2: ScholarshipsAction 3: PartnershipsAction 4: Enhancing Attractiveness

PARTICIPATING and THIRD COUNTRIESPARTICIPATING and THIRD COUNTRIES

EU Member States (the 25)

EU candidate countries (BG, RO, TR)

EFTA/EEA countriesThird countries

ERASMUS MUNDUS

ERASMUS MUNDUSPARTICIPANTSPARTICIPANTS

Higher Education institutionsGraduate studentsScholarsHigher Education staffPublic and private bodies active in HE

(only Action 4)

Erasmus Mundus Masters CoursesErasmus Mundus Masters Courses

High quality Masters Course (1 to 2 years)At least 3 HE institutions from 3 different Member

StatesStudy in at least 2 HE institutionsFull recognition of studiesJoint/double/multiple diplomas deliveredUse of at least 2 languages

(not necessarily 2 languages of instruction)

ERASMUS MUNDUSAction 1

ScholarshipsScholarships

Linked to Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses

Grants for incoming third-country graduate studentsGrants for incoming third-country scholars

ERASMUS MUNDUSAction 2

PartnershipsPartnerships

Cooperation between Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses and third-country HE institutions

Grants for outgoing EU student & staff mobility

ERASMUS MUNDUSAction 3

Enhancing AttractivenessEnhancing Attractiveness

Joint promotion of European higher education (seminars, conferences, publications, etc.)

Tackling of quality, recognition and mobility issues

Pilot projects with third countries

Alumni association

ERASMUS MUNDUSAction 4

OVERALL FUNDINGOVERALL FUNDING

230 M€ 2004-2008Modest start (8 M€), steep annual increaseCruise speed by 2008 at 92 M€

ERASMUS MUNDUSFunding

SPECIFIC FUNDINGSPECIFIC FUNDING

15,000 € per year for Masters Courses (Action 1)

1,600 € per month for third-country students plus amount for travel expenses and fees (Action 2)

4,000 € per month for third-country scholars plus amount for travel expenses (Action 2)

ERASMUS MUNDUSFunding

3C studen

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3C scholars

SPECIFIC FUNDINGSPECIFIC FUNDING

5,000 € per year for each participating third-country institution (Action 3)

700 € per month for EU students plus amount for travel expenses (Action 3)

4,000 € per month for EU staff plus amount for travel expenses (Action 3)

Grant amounts vary according to size of project but do not normally exceed 75% (Action 4)

ERASMUS MUNDUSFunding

HEI

EUR Studen

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EUR scholars

MAIN OUTPUTS 2004-2008MAIN OUTPUTS 2004-2008

90 Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses 5,000 grants for incoming third-country students 1,100 grants for incoming third-country scholars 100 Partnership projects 4,400 grants for outgoing EU students 900 grants for outgoing EU staff 355 promotion projects

ERASMUS MUNDUS

IMPLEMENTATIONIMPLEMENTATION

Annual calls for proposals Application to the Commission Application to Masters Courses for mobility

grants National structures: contact and information points

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further information

http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/

programmes/mundus/index_en.html

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SELECTION 2004/2005 List of selected Erasmus Mundus full Masters Courses – (1)

Title Discipline Duration Coordinator Partner universities

1 CoMundus Media, Communication and Cultural Studies

1 year 6 months DE – Kassel DK - Roskilde DK - Aarhus FR – BurgundyFR – StendhalIT – FlorenceUK – London

2 EMMS Materials Science 2 years PT – Aveiro DE - Hamburg-HarburgDK – Aalborg

3 EuMI Informatics 2 years IT – Trento DE - Aachen UK – Edinburgh

4 Water and Coastal Management

1 year 6 months PT – Algarve NO - Bergen ES - Cadiz UK – Plymouth

5 EURO-AQUAE

Hydro-Informatics & Water Management

2 years FR – Nice (Sophia Antipolis)

DE - Cottbus UK - Newcastle upon TyneHU - Budapest ES - Polytècnica Catalunya

SELECTION 2004/2005 List of selected Erasmus Mundus full Masters Courses – (2)

Title Discipline Duration Coordinator Partner universities

6 Law and Economics

1 year NL – Rotterdam BE - Ghent DE - Hamburg FR - Aix-MarseilleIT – BolognaAT – Vienna

UK – Manchester 7 Computational

Logic 2 years DE – Dresden IT - Bozen-Bolzano

AT - Vienna PT - Lisbon ES – Madrid

8 HEEM Higher Education 2 years NO – Oslo PT - AveiroFI – Tampere

9 IMRD Science in Rural Development

2 years BE – Gent DE - Humboldt BerlinES – CordobaFR – Inst. Nat. RennesIT – PisaNL – Wageningen

SK – Nitre

SELECTION 2004/2005 List of selected Erasmus Mundus full Masters Courses – (3)

Title Discipline Duration Coordinator Partner universities

10 Quaternary and Prehistory

2 years IT – Ferrara FR – Nat. Museum Nat.HistoryPT - Tomar ES - Rovira I VirgiliPT-Tras-os-Montes+AltoDouro

11 Europäischen Rechtspraxis

2 years DE - Hannover PT – Univ. Catolica Portuguesa FR - Le HavreFR – Rouen

12 MScEF Forestry 2 years FI – Joensuu SE - Swedish Agric. SciencesES – LleidaNL – WageningenAT – BokuDE – Freiburg

13 NOHA MUNDUS

International Humanitarian Aid

1 year 6 months ES – Deusto BE – LouvainDE - Bochum FR - Aix-MarseilleIE - Dublin NL - Groningen SE – Uppsala

14 tropEd International Health

1 year DE –Charite Berlin

DK – CopenhagenFR - Bodeaux 2NL - Amsterdam SE - Karoliska InstituteUK - London UK – EdinburghNO – Bergen

15 ALGANT Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory

2 years FR – UFR NL – LeidenIT – Padova

16 EMCL Clinical Linguistics

1 year 3 months DE – Potsdam NL - Groningen FI – JoensuunIT - Milano Bicocca

17 MEEM Mechnical Engineering

2 years FR – Lyon ES - Politècnica de CatalunyaIE – Dublin

18 MEES Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Seismology

1 year 8 months IT – Pavia UK - Imperial College LondonGR – PatrasFR - Joseph Fourier

19 MERIT Research in Information Technologies

2 years ES – Politècnica de Catalunya

BE – LouvainDE - KarlsruheIT - Politecnico di Torino

SELECTION 2004/2005 List of selected Erasmus Mundus preparatory year Masters Courses

Selection 2004/2005Selection 2004/2005

Statistical data

ERASMUS MUNDUS

Country participation(All applicants)

Co-ordinator = number of projects 128

Partner446

TOTAL574

Percentage

BE 8 22 30 5,23

CZ   8 8 1,39

DK   9 9 1,57

DE 16 41 57 9,93

EE   4 4 0,70

ES 11 63 74 12,89

FR 25 55 80 13,94

EL 2 10 12 2,09

IE   11 11 1,92

IT 26 46 72 12,54

CY     0 0,00

LV 1 5 6 1,05

LT 3 5 8 1,39

LU   1 1 0,17

HU   12 12 2,09

MT   2 2 0,35

NL 5 23 28 4,88

AT 1 6 7 1,22

PL 1 18 19 3,31

PT 9 25 34 5,92

SI   4 4 0,70

SK   1 1 0,17

FI 3 9 12 2,09

SV 3 18 21 3,66

UK 12 34 46 8,01

NO 2 7 9 1,57

Country participation(Selected + reserve list)

Co-ordinator = number of projects 31

Partner134

TOTAL165

Percentage

BE 4 6 10 6,06

CZ   3 3 1,82

DK   6 6 3,64

DE 6 16 22 13,33

EE   1 1 0,61

ES 2 14 16 9,70

FR 5 15 20 12,12

EL   2 2 1,21

IE   5 5 3,03

IT 4 13 17 10,30

CY     0 0,00

LV   1 1 0,61

LT   1 1 0,61

LU     0 0,00

HU   3 3 1,82

MT     0 0,00

NL 2 9 11 6,67

AT   4 4 2,42

PL   2 2 1,21

PT 2 6 8 4,85

SI   1 1 0,61

SK   1 1 0,61

FI 2 3 5 3,03

SV 1 7 8 4,85

UK 2 11 13 7,88

NO 1 4 5 3,03

Disciplines(Selected + reserve list)

Interdisciplinary 7

Engineering 4

ICT 3

Maths and Computer Sciences 3

Medicine and Health 3

Agriculture and Forestry 2

Physics 1

Earth Sciences 1

Law 1

Business management 1

Political Sciences 1

Humanitarian aid 1

History 1

Media, Communication, Culture 1

Sport 1

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THIRD-COUNTRY STUDENTS ORIGIN (1)

COUNTRY N° STUDENTS MALE FEMALE N°RECEIVINGCONSORTIA

1 China 12 4 8 8

2 Brazil 11 7 4 6

3 Russia 10 5 5 6

4 Indonesia 9 5 4 8

5 Argentina 5 1 4 4

6 India 5 4 1 4

7 Mexico 4 2 2 4

8 Pakistan 4 4 / 3

9 Ukraine 4 2 2 3

10 Venezuela 4 1 3 4

11 Bangladesh 3 3 / 3

12 Belarus 3 2 1 2

13 Ethiopia 3 2 1 3

14 Kenya 3 2 1 2

15 Korea 3 / 3 1

16 USA 3 2 1 2

17 Vietnam 3 2 1 3

COUNTRY N° STUDENTS MALE FEMALE N°RECEIVINGCONSORTIA

18 Albania 2 / 2 2

19 Algeria 2 2 / 2

20 Australia 2 / 2 2

21 Canada 2 / 2 2

22 Colombia 2 1 1 2

23 Ghana 2 2 / 2

24 Israel 2 / 2 1

25 Japan 2 / 2 2

26 Jordan 2 2 / 2

27 Morocco 2 2 / 2

28 Nepal 2 2 / 2

29 Nigeria 2 2 / 2

30 Peru 2 / 2 2

31 Philippines 2 1 1 2

32 Sri Lanka 2 / 2 1

33 Turkey 2 2 / 2

THIRD-COUNTRY STUDENTS ORIGIN (2)

COUNTRY N° STUDENTS

MALE FEMALE N°RECEIVINGCONSORTIA

34 Burkina Faso 1 1 / 1

35 Cameroun 1 1 / 1

36 Chili 1 1 / 1

37 Cote d’Ivoire 1 / 1 1

38 Ecuador 1 1 / 1

39 Georgia 1 / 1 1

40 Iran 1 1 / 1

41 Lybia 1 1 / 1

42 Nicaragua 1 1 / 1

43 Senegal 1 / 1 1

44 Serbia & Montenegro 1 1 / 1

45 Singapore 1 / 1 1

46 South-Africa 1 1 / 1

47 Taiwan 1 1 / 1

48 Tajikistan 1 / 1 1

49 Tchad 1 1 / 1

50 Thailand 1 / 1 1

51 United Arab Emirates 1 / 1 1

52 Zambia 1 1 / 1

TOTAL 140 78(55,7%)

62(44,3%)

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THIRD-COUNTRY STUDENTS ORIGIN (3)