Erasmus Mundus

Erasmus Mundus is the international counterpart of the Erasmus programme, which is named after the Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, who studied in different monastic schools in Europe in the 15th century. 'Mundus' is Latin for world, meaning the name 'Erasmus Mundus programme' stands for the International version of the Erasmus programme. It was created on 5 December 2003, gazetted on 31 December 2003 in the official journal of the European Union and became an official programme on 20 January 2004. Most of the programmes are called "European Master" and lead to a joint or double Master Degree.

Objectives

The main general objective, from the European Union's Lisbon Strategy, is to make Europe 'the most competitive and knowledge-based economy in the world and a reference for high quality and excellence in education' . There are over 100 masters programmes designed to help this happen; the full list can be found on the European Commission website. Specific objectives are:

• Promoting a European-way oriented higher education.
• Attracting qualified graduates and scholars from other parts of the world to obtain qualifications and/or experience in the EU.
• Increasing co-operation between the EU and 'third-country' institutions.
• Increasing the visibility of European higher education throughout the world.

Description

In order for a course to be recognised and hosted under the Erasmus Mundus programme, it should be offered by a Consortium of recognised higher education institutions from one of the 27 Member States of the European Union, the EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein & Norway) or of the candidate countries for accession to the EU (Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey). The 'minimum consortium' has three higher education institutions coming from three different eligible countries. After being selected under Action 1, this consortium can establish a partnership with at least one higher education institution of a third-country. The minimum duration to attend an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course is one year and the maximum is two years.

In cooperation with of the Erasmus Mundus Global Promotion Project, MastersPortal.eu lists a searchable, list of Erasmus Mundus programmes administered by the programme coordinators.

EuMAS

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EuMAS class in Munich

EuMAS, a European Masters Course in Aeronautics and Space Technology, is a two-year MSc course in aerospace engineering that was formed under the Erasmus Mundus programme. It started in September 2005 with the first intake of 24 students from 18 different countries.

EuMAS, which is sponsored by the European Space Agency, is offered by five universities: Università di Pisa (Italy), Technische Universität München(Germany), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain), École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (SUPAERO) of Toulouse (France), and Cranfield University (United Kingdom).

In the first two batches of graduates, most of them pursued their career in Aerospace industry such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce, European Space Agency, DLR, etc. while some continued their PhD studies in top universities worldwide.

Intake	1st year Hosting University	2nd year Hosting University
2005 class	Università di Pisa (2005)	ENSAE-SupAero (2006)
2006 class	Technische Universität München (2006)	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2007)
2007 class	Università di Pisa (2007)	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2008)
2008 class	Cranfield University (2008)	ENSAE-SupAero (2009)

EuMAS maintains an active Alumni Association.

Euro Aquae

Euro Aquae, Euro Hydro-Informatics and Water Management, is a two years joint MSc programme offers a joint degree between five European universities as a part of the Erasmus Mundus co-operation and mobility programme. It started in September 2004 with the first intake of 16 students.

The partner universities are following.

• Newcastle University (UK)
• University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France)
• Brandenburg University of Technology (Germany)
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics(Hungary)
• Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain)

There is official website managed by Euro Aquae coordination Board. EA portal is portal related to the Euro Aquae. And discussion forum managed by EAAA( Euro Aquae Alumni Association).

EMCL: European Masters Program in Computational Logic

The European Masters Program in Computational Logic (EMCL) is a two years joint MSc programme offers a joint degree between five European universities as a part of the Erasmus Mundus co-operation and mobility programme. So far (from 2004 to 2008), the European Masters program in Computational Logic had more than 130 students.

Bozen-Bolzano, in the heart of the Italian Alps

The partner universities are following.

• Technische Universität Dresden, Germany (coordinating university)
• Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
• Technische Universität Wien, Austria
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Based on a solid foundation in mathematical logic, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence and declarative programming students will acquire in-depth knowledge necessary to specify, implement and run complex systems as well as to prove properties of these systems.

In particular, the focus of instruction will be in deduction systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, ontologies, artificial intelligence, formal specification and verification, logic and computability. This basic knowledge is then applied to areas like natural language processing, the semantic web, bioinformatics, information systems and database technology, software and hardware verification.

Students will acquire practical experience and will become familiar in the use of tools within these applications. In addition, students will be prepared for a future PhD, they will come in contact with the international research community and will be integrated into ongoing research projects. They will develop competence in foreign languages and international relationships, thereby improving their social skills.

The European Masters Program in Computational Logic is sponsored scientifically by the European Network of Excellence on Computational Logic (CoLogNET), the European Association of Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI), the IBM Center for Advanced Studies (IBM-CAS), the European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI), the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA), the Italian Association for Informatics (AICA, member of the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies), the Italian Association for Logic and its Applications (AILA), and the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA).

EMSE: European Master on Software Engineering

The European Masters Program in Software Engineering (EMSE) is a two years joint MSc programme that offers a double degree between European universities as a part of the Erasmus Mundus co-operation and mobility programme. The goal is to provide students with a top quality master program in co-operation with the computer science departments of the following universities:

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain (coordinating university)
• Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
• Free University of Bozen Bolzano, Italy
• Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany

This program held completely in English, is an integrated study plan of two years of studies, one year per university.

The discipline Software Engineering is traditionally designed to bridge industry and research needs. The European Masters in Software Engineering enforces this aspect offering a wide spectrum of courses based on the high scientific knowledge of each partner University both in theoretical and applied research. With this program students will be guided into a cognitive path including foundation courses - such as statistics, requirements engineering, verification and validation, software quality - and elective courses in which basic knowledge is applied, such as distributed systems, information management, computer networks, technology integration, software product lines, system engineering, system security, internet technologies, software usability. The program aims at forming high qualified professionals in Software Engineering with a strong theoretical base and practical competence that can be spent both in industry and for further studies. Namely, motivated students are also prepared to access a PhD course, taking also advantage of the excellent connections of the EMSE consortium with international research centres and European consortia.

SpaceMaster

Kiruna Space Campus

The Joint European Master in Space Science and Technology (SpaceMaster) is a similar 120 ECTS masters programme, currently in its third round, offered by 6 universities throughout Europe: Luleå University of Technology (Sweden Coordinating University), University of Würzburg (Germany), Cranfield University (England), Czech Technical University (Czech Republic), Helsinki University of Technology (Finland) and Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (France).

Students spend their first first semester in Germany, the second in Kiruna, Sweden and can chose from all universities for their second year. They will receive two degrees issued from two universities of the consortium, usually one from Luleå and one from the university of choice for the second year or Würzburg in case Luleå is chosen).

Since 2007 this programme is part of the Erasmus Mundus Action 3 Program which led to the creation of the SpaceMaster Global Partnership. This framework allows EU students to do part of their thesis or project work at one of the following partner universities:

• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China
• Stanford University (SU), USA
• University of Tokyo (UT), Japan
• University of Toronto (UT), Canada
• Utah State University (USU), USA

An alumni programme is currently still in the planning stages.

CIMET-Color in Informatics and MEdia Technology

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Four European Universities ( University of Granada, Spain, University of Saint-Etienne, France, University of Joensuu, Finland, Gjøvik University College, Norway )are gathering their skills and knowledges to propose a two-year Master Programme entitled "Color in Informatics and MEdia Technology" (CIMET ).

The study programme of this Master course is broadly interdisciplinary, encompassing photonics, computer vision and imaging science, computer science and multimedia technology as a mix of relevant theoretical and practical knowledge. The objective is to educate students in advanced methodologies and models in computational color science with two goals of research orientation and further studies at the doctoral level on one hand, and practical applications on the other hand. CIMET offers three areas of specialization: Color Imaging Science, Spectral Color Science and Multimedia Technology Science. These areas are being emergent, rapidly evolving, and of growing impact on the Information Society Technologies which require specialized competencies.

The first semester is devoted to foundation courses necessary to students before beginning the two specializations they will follow. Foundation courses are proposed in any university of the consortium. The first specialisation, in the second semester, is devoted to compulsory courses in color imaging science necessary to students before beginning the second specialization. It is done either in Granada or Saint Etienne. The second specialisation, in the third semester, is done either in Joensuu or Gjøvik. Therefore, during the first three semesters, students will spend their Master Courses in either two universities or three universities. This arrangement leaves open the possibility to visit during the Master thesis period another university of the consortium which will not deliver a degree. During one of the first three semesters, students will have to follow courses on the culture and language of the visited country.

MathMods

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MathMods – Mathematical Modelling in Engineering: Theory, Numerics, Applications

MathMods Master's Course is coordinated by the

• University of L'Aquila in Italy (UAQ)

and involves four leading institutions in Europe:

• Autonomous University of Barcelona in Catalonia (UAB),
• University of Hamburg in Germany (UHH),
• Gdansk University of Technology in Poland (GUT),
• University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis in France (UNSA).

Aims

Mathematical modelling lies at the heart of most current technological innovations and has become a fundamental tool in many fields of engineering. Essentially multidisciplinary in its applications, mathematical modelling and simulation is in its own right a key technology which is bound to increase its presence within efficient industries and business innovation departments. The proposed programme reflects this multidisciplinarity, drawing on the unifying mathematical aspects from the various and often separate engineering disciplines. This allows the development of an essentially unified methodological approach to modelling and simulation of real engineering challenges.

Structure of the Study Programme

The MathMods Master's degree course will be given in four semesters. Each semester will total 30 ECTS credits. Mobility scheme will provide for at least two locations. The first year will be common for all students. This will guarantee an equal knowledge platform for all of them. The second year will be divided into five tracks, which reflect the partners' field of excellence. Students will spend their fourth semester on preparing their Master's Thesis, for which will be free to choose any of the five different partner institutions.

• First semester: Theory at the University of L'Aquila in Italy (UAQ)
• Second semester: Numerics at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis in France (UNSA)
• Third semester: Applications (UAB / UHH / UAQ / GUT / UNSA)
• Fourth semester: Thesis (UAB / UHH / UAQ / GUT / UNSA)

Language

The language of the whole course will be exclusively English at each of the five universities. Students will also have to attend a local language course during the semester they are spending in each university partner.

Admission criteria

Applicants must have obtained a recognized Bachelor's Degree (BS, BSc, SB, etc.) – or a degree at the level of a Bachelor's Degree, for instance its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of high standing, or 180 ECTS credits in the European system – in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Engineering with a large background in Mathematics.

All applicants whose native language is not English are required to prove a satisfactory level of spoken and written English, certified by TOEFL (550 points), IELTS (6.0 points) or equivalent.

Scholarships

Several Erasmus Mundus scholarships are offered by the European Commission to non European students. These scholarships amount to a maximum of EUR 42,000.00 to cover the two year expenses and are granted to the most promising applicants. A limited number of scholarships are also available for European students.

MONABIPHOT

It is one of the interdisciplinary two years Masters Programs named as MOlecular NAno and BIo PHOTonics for Telecommunications & Biotechnologies which offers an original qualification in the highly innovative domain of molecular photonics for telecommunications and biology. Skills will be acquired at the strongly interdisciplinary level for emerging technologies and to develop original concepts and applications aiming at novel technological breakthroughs in this domain. The program was first commenced on September 2006.

Consortium Institutions

• • Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan – Institut d’Alembert – Cachan (Parisarea), France (coordinator)
    • English Website
  • Universidad Complutense - Madrid, Spain.
  • University of Wroclaw - Wroclaw, Poland.
  • Wroclaw University of Technology - Wroclaw, Poland.

Mobility Scheme & Focused Topic

This integrated study program starts with a common basic training at Ecole normale supérieure - Cachan (Fundamentals in Photonics and Biology). The second semester is spent either at Complutense University (Organic chemistry and sensors), or at the University of Wroclaw (Biochemistry and modelling). At the end of the first year a summer school will be organized and devoted to a research topic relevant to the Master Program. The third semester will be spent either in ENS-Cachan (materials and photonic devices for optical signal processing or biological applications), or at the Wroclaw University of Technology (optoelectronics and photonics for life sciences). The last semester will be fully devoted to a research project in an Academic or Industry laboratory.

Degrees Awarded

Degrees awarded by each institution (ECTS units acquired at one place are recognized by other institutions)

• Master's degree in Molecular Photonics for bio- and nanotechnologies (ENS Cachan)
• National Master's degree in Molecular nano- and bio-photonics for telecommunications and biotechnologies (Universidad Complutense, Madrid)
• MsC in Chemistry (University of Wroclaw)
• MSc Eng in Materials Science (WUT)

Euroculture

The Erasmus Mundus MA programme Euroculture ( Euroculture) is a unique, multilingual, interdisciplinary and inter-university project. Its aim is to prepare graduates from Europe and third-countries for professions in which knowledge of present Europe and European Union institutions are of relevance. The focus of the programme is on cultural and social developments: its inheritance as well as its standards, values and citizenship. Because of the multidisciplinary studies approach, the Euroculture programme stands out from many other European Regional Studies programmes. From the beginning of the programme in 1999, Euroculture was used as a concept to reflect in an interdisciplinary way on the many different expressions and manifestations of self-understandings of societies, social groups and individuals of, about and within Europe. Its core questions are:

• Whether, to what extent and in which forms does a common and unique European culture exist and how is it related to other regional or non-European cultures?
• How is Europe and how are cultural transformations perceived within Europe and from the outside?
• What is the mutual impact of political and social processes on European culture(s) and culture(s) in Europe?

As of September/October 2006 it became an Erasmus Mundus programme, as one of the few in Humanities.

Consortium Universities

• Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands (coordinating institution)
• Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Kraków, Poland
• Universidad de Deusto, Spain
• Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

Mobility Scheme

The programme is taught in English and the students study at two of the partner universities in Europe, they gain 90 ECTS credits and are awarded double degrees at the two universities (home university - 1st and 3rd semester, host university - 2nd semester). An integral part of the programme is also the Intensive Programme which is run every June at one of the partner universities for all the students.

Since 2008 European students are offered a possibility to study at other four partner universities outside Europe for three months during the 3rd semester. They are supported in the framework of the Action 3 of Erasmus Mundus.

The partner universities outside Europe are:

• University of Pune, India
• University of Osaka, Japan
• UNAM, Mexico
• University of Indiana, USA

VIBOT

VIBOT is abbreviation of Vision and Robotics. Its a 2 years European Masters in Computer Vision and Robotics course, conducted by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, Universitat de Girona in Girona, Spain and Université de Bourgogne in Le Creusot, France. It started in 2006 as part of European Commission's Erasmus Mundus programme.

VIBOT Day 2008

VIBOT Day 2008 was held in Le Creusot, France, on September 09, 2008. It was a one-day event during which participants learned more about the VIBOT Master program and the collaborative opportunities that were offered to companies wishing to sponsor the program. Participants also attended several oral and poster presentations given by newly graduated students that raised their awareness of the academic excellence of the students as well as the high level of the courses taught in the program. Moreover, the one-day event also gave an opportunity for participants to meet and discuss with past, current and future international students.

Master MAMASELF

MaMaSELF is a one year European Master course in Materials Science, in the frame work of the European program Erasmus Mundus. Mamaself aims to teach the application of “Large Scale Facilities” for the characterisation and development of materials.

The Mamaself Consortium includes 4 primary European Universities in the field of Materials sciences, Engineering Physics, Chemistry : University Rennes1, FRANCE (coordinator of the program, University TUM and University LMU, München, GERMANY, University of Torino, ITALY. During this Masters year, the student will have to study in two of the four universities and will receive two diplomas.

Programme: The academic year will start with a summer school of two weeks, where both lectures and practicals will offer an excellent introduction into the use of “Large Scale Facilities”.Each year the core lectures will be supported by specific seminars given by other university colleagues and by researchers directly coming from national or European Large Scale Facilities centres.

The duration of the Mamaself Masters course is one year. The academic year is split into two semesters: The first semester consists of lectures and practicals at one out of the four universities.During the second semester each student has to shift to one out of the three other universities to undergo the Master thesis work. The research topic can be supervised and located at large Scale Facilities, but will then be jointly supervised by an advisor of one of the consortium institutions.

The language of instruction and examination is English.

The consortium disposes on a variety of research projects in relation to “Large Scale Facilities” as well as industry partnerships on a European level.The Large Scale Facility partners support the Master Mamaself : PSI villigen(Switzerland), ILL, Grenoble,(France), ESRF, Grenoble, LLB, Saclay (France) DESY, Hamburg (Germany), ELETTRA, Trieste,(Italy) FRMII, Munich (Germany)...

Consortium Universities

• Mamaself website
• University Rennes1 website
• TUM website
• University of Torino website
• Ludwig Maximilian Universität website

EuroPhilosophy

What would happen if philosophers from places so different as China and Argentine, Cameroun and Czech Republic, Canada and Italy were put together to think the world and the thought itself through a deep approach of French and German philosophical traditions? At least that would be an enormous effort to build up the greatest international network of philosophy ever. Well, it is already done, or to be more precise it is a work in progress: it is called EuroPhilosophy, a young Erasmus Mundus Master Program with a pluralistic view of our times.

Since 2007 students and scholars from all around the world have been choose to take part in this project. The axes of the program are classical German philosophy, contemporary French philosophy and phenomenology which are studied in French and also in German in seven European universities (University of Toulouse II, Ruhr University Bochum, Catholic University of Louvain, University of Luxembourg, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Charles University Prague and University of Wuppertal), as well as in USA (University of Memphis), Brazil (University of Sao Carlos) and Japan (Hosei University).

The general idea is to put people together by means of the philosophy, to diffuse critical information and to promote intellectual activities. The task of the philosopher in the XXI century is to generate effective conditions for a pluralistic thought in a pluralistic world and this presupposes to change and interchange perspectives passing by different languages and cultures. Philosophizing is still and more than ever possible at the condition that one comprehends thinking as practice and practice as thinking: EuroPhilosophy want to make it real.

• EuroPhilosophy official Website

See also

• MONABIPHOT official Website
• CIMET official Website
• The EuMAS website
• The Alumni Website
• Università di Pisa
• Technische Universität München
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
• École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ENSAE-Supaero)
• Cranfield University
• European Space Agency(ESA)
• Euroculture
• VIBOT
• Mamaself website

External links

• European Commission ERASMUS MUNDUS website
• The Education Audiovisual,& Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)