European Commission DG Education and Culture - Erasmus Mundus
Application deadline: May 15, 2008
Erasmus Mundus is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education. It promotes the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world. The programme supports European top quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in third countries. It also provides EU-funded scholarships for third-country nationals participating in these Masters Courses, as well as scholarships for EU-nationals studying in third countries.
The proposed duration of the programme is five years, 2004-2008 with a budget of EUR 230 million. The planned budget for 2008/2009 is EUR 88,9 million.
ACTION 4 - Enhancing attractiveness
Erasmus Mundus will support measures aimed at enhancing the attractiveness of and the interest in European higher education. It will support activities that will improve the profile, the visibility and the accessibility of European higher education. Equally, it will support issues crucial to the internationalisatio n of higher education, such as the mutual recognition of qualifications with third countries.
Participation is open to institutions from all over the world.
The programme will also offer teaching or research scholarships in Europe for in-coming third-country academics and for a certain number of outgoing EU scholars.
The countries eligible to participate are: the 27 EU Member States; the candidate countries for the accession to the EU - Croatia, Former Republic of Macedonia and Turkey; the countries of the European Free Trade Association/ European Economic Area - Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; all the other countries of the world -Third countries.
Eligible participants are:
- Higher education institutions
- Other public or private bodies active in the field of higher education.
More information
Website: http://eacea. ec.europa. eu/static/ en/mundus/ index.htm
E-mail: EACEA-Erasmus- Mundus@ec. europa.eu
If you want to receive academic resources in your e-mail on daily basis, please subscribe to 10resources-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
