Erasmus Mundus
Scholarships
2013/2014
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Erasmus Mundus Program
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Erasmus Mundus
External Cooperation Window
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
• The Erasmus Mundus - External
Cooperation Windows (EMECWs)
offer a unique higher education
institutional cooperation frame
and
training
opportunities
relevant to the skilled manpower
needs of the targeted regions
and the EU.
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Erasmus Mundus Scholarships
• The Erasmus Mundus program is a cooperation and mobility program in the
field of higher education. It aims to
enhance quality in European higher
education and to promote intercultural
understanding through co-operation
with third countries.
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Erasmus Mundus Programs
• Three different programs. Two of them
are suitable for Egypt (Action 1 &
Action2) and the third one is devoted to
fund Universities and Research Centers
in EU.
•Action 1: Joint programmes, including scholarships
•Action 2: Partnerships with third-country higher education institutions and scholarships for mobility
•Action 3: Promotion of European higher education
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Action 1
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/programme/action1_en.php
Joint programmes, including
scholarships
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Action 1
• Support for high-quality joint programmes –
Erasmus Mundus Masters courses (Action 1 A)
and Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates (Action
1 B) – offered by a consortium of European,
and possibly third-country, higher education
institutions.
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http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_acti
on_1_master_courses_en.php
• Action 1 - Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses (EMMCs)
• Here are the Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses that will
be offering scholarships for courses starting in the
academic year 2014-2015.
• List of all Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses (EMMCs) | Download a
list of all 138 EMMCs
• Agriculture and Veterinary
• Engineering, Manufacture and Construction
• Health and Welfare
• Humanities and Arts
• Science, Mathematics and Computing
• Social Sciences, Business and Law
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Full list of Master programs
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Full list of Ph.D. Programs
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http://www.erasmusmundus-nanofar.eu/
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Deadline
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Admission criteria
• Master Degree (300 ECTS credits) in Nanomedecine,
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Physico-Chemistry,
Applied Biology, Chemical Engineering or Bio-Engineering, or a
equivalent degree.
• Candidates are required to provide : academic record,
professional experience and qualification, motivation letter and
letters of recommendation.
• Candidates are required to demonstrate their proficiency in
English, either by proving that some of their previous studies
were successfully completed in English, or by submitting the
results of a recognized language proficiency test (IELTS with
minimum score of 6 with no less than 5.5 in any element (i.e.
reading, writing, listening and speaking)
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Application procedure
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Complete the online NanoFar Application Form (Application form page) and
upload all required documents listed below:
Detailed Curriculum Vitae in English, specifying scientific and professional
experiences, academic degrees, publications and special skills. Europass CV template is
preferred.
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Click here to create your Europass CV Maximum 3 pages.
Copy of international passport
Certified copy of academic degree(s) in original languages and translated in English.
Signed Letter of Motivation in English; what made the candidate decide to apply to
NanoFar, which skills and abilities make the applicant a good candidate, motivations to carry out
research abroad, professional interests in coming to Europe. Maximum 1 page.
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2 reference letters signed by a university lecturer or an expert in the area of Nanomedicine.
Letters must be printed on letterhead and duly signed to be sent in a separate envelope to ;
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NanoFar Consortium
C/o Frank Boury
Presidence - University of Angers
International Relation Office
40 rue de Rennes - BP 73532
49035 Angers cedex 01
FRANCE
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Application form
http://laulau.limequery.com/index.php/836419/lang-en
NanoFar Application form - 2014-2017 Edition
This application must be completed in English
Have the scanned copies of the following documents prepared:
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae. Europass CV template is preferred (submit as: Name_CV.pdf),
Click here to create your Europass CV online by following a step-by-step process.
- Degrees (submit as: Name_DegreeTitle.pdf),
Academic transcripts (submit as: Name_Academic_transcripts_DiplomaTitle.pdf),
- English language certifications (when applicable), or written confirmation from institution that the
degree was conducted in English (submit as: Name_English.pdf),
- Letter of research statement (submit as: Name_Research.pdf),
- Signed letter of motivation (submit as Name_motivation.pdf),
- 2 reference letters signed by a university lecturer or an expert in the area of Nanomedicine. Letters
must be printed on letterhead and duly signed, submitted as Name of the Candidate_Name of the
Referee (please follow exactly this template),
- Copy of passport or ID document (submit as Name_identity.pdf),
Medical certificate (in case of special condition) (submit as: Name_MedicalCertificate.pdf),
- Declaration by the candidate (submit as: Name_Declaration.pdf).
(More details about these docuements are available on the NanoFar website, section How to apply →
General and specific criterias)
When all details have been completed, you will be able to validate your application (which will been
transmitted to us) by the deadline indicated on the NanoFar website (midnight French time).
There are 109 questions in this survey.
Action2
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FFEEBB & FFEEBB2 2009/2011
www.ffeebb.eu
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Erasmus Mundus Scholarships
2011/2012
• http://www.em-element.eu/
• http://www.emwelcome.polito.it/
• http://www.medastar.eu/
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Erasmus Mundus Scholarships
2012/2013
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1- WELCOME : http://www.emwelcome.polito.it/
Deadline was February 8 2013
2- EU-METALIC:
http://www3.cardiffmet.ac.uk/english/international/eumetalic/pages/home.aspx
Deadline was 21 January 2013 at 23:59 GMT
3- Al Fihri
http://www.alfihri.eu/
Deadline was January 15, 2013 midnight (CET)
4- GreenIT
http://www.emundusgreenit.uvigo.es/
Deadline was March 2013 .
5- EMMAG
http://www.emmag-mundus.eu/
Deadline was 15 Jan 2013
Search for information
• Use Google to search on (Erasmus
Mundus 2014 Egypt), then you can go
to the following link;
• http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mu
ndus/funding/scholarships_students_a
cademics_en.php
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http://www.alfihri.eu/
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Al Fihri
http://www.alfihri.eu/
Useful information Published on 13 September 2013
Second CALL FOR APPLICATIONS under EMA2
Lot 1 Fatima Al Fihri project
The second call for applications will be opened ONLY for:
• UNDERGRADUATE mobilities (Target Group 1 and 3)
• ADMINISTRATIVE and ACADEMIC STAFF (All TGs)
Both types of mobilities(Undergraduate and Staff) will be
opened to North african and European applicants.
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Al Fihri
http://www.alfihri.eu/
• This second call for applications will be
launched from October 29th midnight
(CET) 2013 to January 15th 2014
midnight (CET). Both dates included in
the application period.
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Al Fihri Partners
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University of Deusto Spain
Université de Mons Belgium
Université de Lille Fance
Université de Strasbourg France
Humboldt Universitësit ze Berlin Germany
Università degli studi di Padova Italy
Université du Luxembourg Luxembourg
University of Groningen Netherlands
Universidade do Porto Portugal
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EU-METALIC
http://www3.cardiffmet.ac.uk/english/international/eu
-metalic/pages/home.aspx
Closed on 25th October 2013 .
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GreenIT
http://www.emundusgreenit.uvigo.es/
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Green IT Mobilities
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Green IT Fields of Study
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Green IT could offer
M.Sc. Or Ph.D to Fayoum
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How to apply to Green IT
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Green IT Partners
• Campus universitario de Vigo Spain
• Hamburg University of Technology – Institute of
Business Logistics and General Management Germany
• IMT TSP France
• The University of Bordeaux France
• Lodz University of Technology Poland
• Politecnico di Milano Italy
• UNINETTUNO Italy
• UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID (UC3M) Spain
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EMMAG
http://www.emmag-mundus.eu/
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EMMAG timetable
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EMMAG Partners
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Université Pierre et Marie Curie France
Université d’Aix Marseille France
Université Lumière Lyon 2 France
Université Polytechnique de Valencia Spain
Université Santiago de Compostelle Spain
Université de Messina Italy
Université de Sienne Italy
Université Aristote de Thessalonique Greece
Université Mazaryk Czech
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New Erasmus Mundus Projects
2013/2014
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2013/2014 Projects
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EU METALLIC II
AL IDRISI II
UNETBA
BATTUTA
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Action 2: Projects selected in 2013
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_action_2_en.php
Lot
Countries covered Coordinating institution
Project website
(to be added)
Website
AL IDRISI
II
Website
University of Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria (ES)
UNETBA
Website
University of Rouen (FR)
BATTUTA
Website
Morocco, Algeria,
Tunisia, Libya,
Universidad de Granada (ES)
Egypt
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Project
description
EU
METALLIC
II
Cardiff Metropolitan University
(UK)
1
Project
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EU-METALIC II
http://http://www3.cardiffmet.ac.uk/english/international/eu
ropean-projects/erasmus-mundus/eumetalicii/pages/home.aspx
The deadline is
Friday 17th January 2014 23:59 GMT.
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http://www3.cardiffmet.ac.uk/english/international/europea
n-projects/erasmus-mundus/eu-metalicii/pages/home.aspx
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EU METALLIC II
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University of Graz, Austria
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
Montpellier University 1, France
University of Bordeaux 1, France
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Partners
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Fields of Study
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http://planeteserv.com/Amundus/Account/Login
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Al Idrisi II
http://www.al-idrisi.eu/en/
Deadline : Monday 20 January 2014 at 23.59 CET
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Al Idrisi II
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European Partners:
Universidad de Granada, Spain - Coordinator
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Université de Poitiers, France
Université Jean Monnet, Saint Étienne, France
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi, Romania
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UNetBA
http://www.unetba.ulpgc.es/
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EU Partners of UNetBA
Institution
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Country
Spain
Website
www.ulpgc.es
Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV
France
http://www.u-bordeaux4.fr/
Universidade do Porto
Portugal
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Spain
http://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/web
_page.inicial
http://www.uib.es/
The Business School of Huddersfield
UK
http://www.hud.ac.uk/uhbs/
AEGEE-Europe/European Students’ Forum
Belgium
http://www.aegee.org/
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees
Spain
http://www.acnur.es/
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BATTUTA
http://www.battuta.eu/
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BATTUTA Project
• University of Mons, Belgium
• Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de
Rouen, France
• Université du Havre, France
• University of Naples "L'Orientale", Italy
• Riga Technical University, Latvia
• Universidade do Porto, Portugal
• Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Romania
• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Scholarships
• All these Projects could support
mobility for M.Sc. , Ph.D. and PostDoctorate For Fayoum University
members as
(Target Group 2).
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ELEMENT Mobility Durations
Target Group 1
Target
Group 2
Target
Group 3
Flow Type
Available
Duration
(month)
For Fayoum
For Fayoum
Undergraduates
4 - 10
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Master of
Science
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Philosophy
Doctorate
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Post-Doctorate
6 - 10
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Academic Staff
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Application Dead Time
Please, follow up for the websites of
UNETBA and BATTUTA
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The projects funds cover;
• Travel Costs.
• Insurance Costs up to 75€ per month .
• Tuition Fees for degree students of up
to 3000€ per year .
Type of mobility
Monthly allowance
Master
1,000 € per month
Doctorate
1,500 € per month
Post-doctorate
1,800 € per month
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Eligibility check
by Home University
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Must have Egyptian Nationality
Must have sufficient knowledge of the
language of the courses
Check Is the application complete (Eligibility)?
Employment / registration
Has the Candidate been a beneficiary of a
grant in the same project
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Mobility Flows
TARGET GROUP 1 – all 5 mobility levels, both mobility directions
Students, and staff registered in one of the HEIs that is a member of the partnership.
TARGET GROUP 2 – Masters, Doctorate and Post-Doctorate only; South-North mobility only
Egyptian Nationals who are registered in a higher education institution of these countries that is not
included in the partnership, or who have obtained a university degree or equivalent by an
Egyptian institution. This includes the possibility of providing mobility opportunities to Egyptian
nationals working in public administration, public and private enterprises.
TARGET GROUP 3 – Undergraduate, Masters, Doctorate and Post-Doctorate only; South north mobility
only
Egyptian Nationals who are in particularly vulnerable situations, for social and Political
reasons. For example:
1) having a refugee status or asylum beneficiaries (international or according to the national
legislation of one of the European recipient countries) or
2) it can be proved that they have been the object of unjustified expulsion from university on racial,
ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination or
3) they belong to an indigenous population targeted by a specific national policy or IDPs (Internally
Displaced Persons)
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Assessment of Academic Quality
(Check by Host University in collaboration with Home University)
Applications ranking will be based on the following criteria:
U/G
M.Sc.
Ph.D.
PostDoc
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Requirements)
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Motivation Letter
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Recommendation Letter
Proposal Quality
Language Proficiency
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Egyptian Students
To be eligible, Egyptian undergraduate and master students as well as doctoral and post doctoral
candidates:
1. Must be of Egyptian nationality;
2. Must have not resided nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc) for more than a
total of 12 months over the last five years in one of the European countries;
3. For target group 1 (TGI): students need to be registered at one of the third-country HEIs within the
partnership. Undergraduate students must have successfully completed at least one year of studies
in their home institution;
4. For target group 2 (TGII): students need either to be registered in an Egyptian HEI (not included in
the partnership) or having obtained a university degree or equivalent by an Egyptian institution.
They will need to justify how this study period abroad will benefit them (and their direct socioeconomical environment) and include letters of support in their individual application;
5. For target group 3 (TGIII): students need to be Egyptian nationals and be part of the vulnerable
target groups.
6. Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languages currently
spoken in the hosting countries.
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How to apply ?
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How to apply ?
• Applicant should study all the information
carefully before starting the application .
• All applicant from Fayoum University are
considered Target group 2 .
• Select the host institutions. Please get
informed concerning study, research,
teaching or training possibilities at the host
institutions of your choice.
• Please make sure to upload all the relevant
documents for your programme of choice .
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How to apply ?
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The application for External Cooperation
Window is divided into 3 steps;
1. Registration for an account on the website
Note that you are only allowed to register
once. If you register and apply from several
accounts the selection committee will
consider only the first one.
2. Application for course/program together
with personal information.
3. Uploading of required documents.
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All the study fields are available in the
website of the selected project
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Where you find the contact Person data?
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You can continue your application
latter in any day as you login your
username & password
Remember the Dead time for
the project
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Questions and Answers
You can send your questions through
the Project system and you will get the
answer by e-mail
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Wish you successful proposal
Thank you for your time!
Prof. Dr. Mahmoud M. Shendi
mms00@fayoum.edu.eg
mmshendi@yahoo.com
Tel: +2010-05350018
Fax: +2084-6377054
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