ERASMUS MUNDUS SCHOLARSHIP

INTRODUCTION

The NOHA European Master's in International Humanitarian Action has been selected by the European Commission among the first Erasmus Mundus masters courses for five years. This implies that the European Commission will grant scholarships to highly qualified third-country graduate students and scholars - to students to follow the NOHA Mundus Masters Course, to scholars to carry out teaching and research assignments and scholarly work in the NOHA universities participating in the Course.

Third-country graduate student:

Third-country graduate student means a national of a third country other than those from EEA-EFTA States and candidate countries for accession to the European Union; 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 amount of the student grant is EUR 35, 600. Each grantee will receive EUR 1,600 each month for living costs during the 16 months duration of the program plus a fixed amount of EUR 10,000 to be paid in two instalments of EUR 5,000 each per year.

Third-country students eligible for receiving an Erasmus Mundus scholarship fall into two different categories: one general category in which grantees can come from any third country and one specific category ("Asian windows") in which funds are earmarked for nationals from specific Asian countries.

With regard to the general category NOHA consortium will reserve a 13 to 18 places for third-country students and 3 to 4 places for third-country scholars every year.

With regard to the specific category ("Asian windows") the NOHA consortium will have the possibility to select 8 or 9 additional Asian students every year.


Third-country scholar:
Third-country scholar means a national of a third country other than those from EEA- EFTA States and candidate countries for accession to the European Union; who is not a resident of any of the Member States or the participating countries as provided for in Article 11; 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; and who has outstanding academic and/or professional experience.

The amount of the scholar grant is EUR 13, 000. Each scholar will receive EUR 4,000 each month for a period of 3 months and a fixed amount of EUR 1,000.

Third-country scholars eligible for receiving an Erasmus Mundus scholarship fall also into two different categories: one general category in which scholars can come from any third country and one specific category ("Asian windows") in which funds are earmarked for a scholar from China.

STUDENTS ADMISSION, APPLICATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA:

Entry Requirements and Joint Admission Criteria

The admission to the NOHA Masters on Humanitarian Action degree programme may be granted to applicants who meet the following common admission criteria:

• Candidates must have completed a good level first cycle degree in a discipline of relevance to humanitarian action.
• Candidates are required to have a recognised qualification in the language(s) of instruction of the university that they plan to attend:

• Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium : English and French
• Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Germany : English
• Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III (UPCAM), France : French (Description)
• University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland: English
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG), The Netherlands: English
• Universidad de Deusto (UD), Spain : Spanish
• Uppsala universitet, Sweden: English
• Knowledge of languages of the place of study is an asset.

• Practical experience in the area of humanitarian action in governmental, inter-governmental, and/ or nongovernmental organisations and institutions is valued.
• Completed applications received.
• Selection criteria include motivation; academic qualifications; language skills; research experience and professional experience.

REGISTRATION FEE: Euro 10,000 for the whole study programme (3 semesters) to be paid to the network.

Students receive as part of the grant a fixed amount of 10,000 to be paid in two instalments of 5,000 each per year. In order to facilitate the management of the transfer of the lump sum and the registration fee and, in order to reduce costs for money transfer, students can authorise the NOHA Mundus Consortium to deduct the registration fee from the lump sum.

more information please visit:

http://www.noha.deusto.es/Noha_Mundus.asp