Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees are high quality international study programmes, jointly delivered by multiple higher education institutions. The Erasmus Mundus programmes include studies in at least two different countries. Students have access to considerable scholarships and, after graduation, they are awarded with a degree from at least two European higher education institutions.
Karttapallo
Photo: Unsplash

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees aim

  • to foster quality improvements, innovation and internationalisation of higher education
  • to increase the quality of the European Higher Education Area and to attract talented degree students worldwide to Europe
  • to improve graduates' level of skills and competences through the increased involvement of employers

Who can participate?

Erasmus Mundus Join Master Degrees are organised by a consortium. A consortium is open for

  • degree-awarding higher education institutions located in Erasmus+ Programme Countries
  • higher education institutions located in Partner Countries outside of Europe
  • public or private organisations.

The consortium must include higher education institutions from at least three Programme Countries. One of these higher education institutions acts as the project coordinator and compiles the funding application on behalf of the consortium.

A consortium is composed of

  1. a coordinating higher education institution which signs the grant agreement with the European Commission and coordinates the joint programme in cooperation with the partners of the consortium
  2. partners which can be higher education institutions or other public or private organisations; these partners participate actively in the preparation, implementation and assessment of the joint programme
  3. possible associated partners which can be organisations that participate in some form in, for example, disseminating the joint programme results or contributing to the sustainability of the programme.

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees are open to all students worldwide. Interested students and teachers are asked to contact the higher education institutions organising the Master programmes directly.

Back to top

What is the funding for?

The project period for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees is 4 to 6 years, and the maximum funding available for the whole duration of the project is 4,4 million euros.

The funding is composed of

  • support for an optional preparatory year intended for marketing the programme and organising the first student intake (20 000 €)
  • support for the joint Master programme administration and funding for visiting scholars (50 000 € / intake)
  • scholarships for highly talented students recruited worldwide; the consortia are granted a maximum of 60 student scholarships for four consecutive student intakes
  • in addition, the consortium can apply for specific additional scholarships for students from targeted regions of the world. In total, a maximum of 28 scholarships can be awarded for the entire project period

Principles for student scholarships

  • Student scholarships are meant for full-time studies and they cover the completion of the entire Master degree programme. Considerable scholarships are intended to attract the most talented students, researchers and teachers worldwide into the programme.
  • 75% of the scholarships are granted for students coming from outside of Europe.
  • Students need to be selected from different parts of the world. In the same intake, a maximum of three students from the same country (same nationality) can be selected.
Back to top

Application forms and guidelines

At application stage, the joint programme must already be ready to be implemented. This also includes the recognition of the awarded degree in all countries of the consortium. The preparatory year is meant for marketing the programme and organising the first student intake.

The coordinator of the joint programme submits the application to the European Commission's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) which is in charge of administering the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master programmes. In Finland, EDUFI gives guidance to Finnish applicants. 

 

Application period

The last application round under the current programme period closed on 13.2.2020. The next application round is expected in spring 2021.

Information on application rounds will also be announced on our EDUFI_HigherEd email list.

Application forms

You will find application forms and the applicant's guide as well as the Erasmus+ Programme Guide and Call for proposals on EACEA's Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees webpage
National attachments
There is no accreditation procedure for individual degree programmes in Finland. To explain this in the application, it is recommended to attach either of the national attachments to their application (see below). This document indicates that the planned Erasmus Mundus degree complies with the Finnish system of degrees and curricula.
Back to top

Support for applicants

The executive agency EACEA is responsible for the applications for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees. EDUFI gives guidance to Finnish applicants and organises an application guidance session after the Call for Proposals has been published. You will get general information from the materials of our application webinar from autumn 2018. We also give guidance per email and over the phone. Please see our contact details at the end of this page.

Memorandum on International Joint Degrees

EDUFI has prepared a Memorandum on International Joint Degrees which includes information on what higher education institutions planning joint degree programmes should pay attention to when awarding degrees and issuing degree certificates. The memorandum was updated in 2019.

Other sources of information

Below you will find further sources of information for joint programmes as well as joint and double degrees. You can read more about the student point of view through the lower link.

Guidance for applicants

Back to top

Results

Results per application round on the EACEA website.

Finnish higher education institutions taking part in Erasmus Mundus Master programmes
In this attachment, you will find all Finnish higher education institutes that participate in Erasmus Mundus Master programmes as either a coordinator (COR) or a partner (PAR).
Back to top

Contact

Back to top