Would you like to study in a leading European university?
Would you like to participate in an unprecedented international
experience?
Would you like to receive outstanding training for your
professional career?
Would you like to acquire strong language skills on a
professional/academic level?
Would your like to develop intercultural awareness and
understanding?
Because by combining a high
quality academic environment and generous scholarships,
Erasmus Mundus offers Western Balkan nationals the opportunity to
realize all that!
What is Erasmus Mundus?????
Erasmus Mundus
Action 2
Action 3
Scholarships for short-term &
Promotion of
European higher
education
Action 1
Master &
Doctoral
programmes
JoinEUSEE>PENTA
degree mobility
Basileus V
Eraweb
SIGMA
Euroweb
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 ?????
Overall objective  a understanding and
mutual enrichment between the European
Union and Third Countries and co-operation in
the field of higher education.
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What are Erasmus Mundus
Action 2 scholarships for?
To
finance the mobility of:
1. Western Balkan nationals wanting to study/research at a
partner EU university
2. EU nationals wanting to study/research at a Western
Balkan partner university
Exchange between two EU countries and within the
Western Balkans is not possible
Erasmus Mundus
action 2 project
YOU CAN APPLY
TO!!!
– JoinEU-SEE>PENTA
– Basileus v
– Eraweb
– Other projects with additional calls: Euroweb and Sigma
Are you eligible to apply for an
Erasmus Mundus scholarship?
• Yes! If you are a national of one of the Western Balkan countries
covered
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Yes!
• Yes!
If you are registered at one Western Balkan university
If you are an undergraduate students must have
successfully completed at least one year of studies in their home
institution
Are you elegible to apply?
• Yes! If you are already graduated from an institution of the
Western Balkan countries
• Yes! If you are a student in a particular vulnerable situation
• Yes! If you have sufficient knowledge of the language of
instruction of the course chosen at the host university (and you
have a document that can prove it!).
And If I am a Staff…?
• Yes! If you are a national of one of the Western Balkan
countries covered
• Yes! If you work or are associated to a university of the
Western Balkan countries covered.
You would not be eligible if…
• If you already received an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for the
same type of mobility (BA, MA, PhD, postdoc) This is not
applicable for Staff!
• If you have resided, studied or worked for more than a total of 12
months over the last five years in any of the eligible European
countries
OK, I am eligible!
What
with an Erasmus Mundus
scholarship?
Study and/or research abroad!
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Undergraduate exchange
Master exchange
Master degree
Doctorate exchange
Doctorate degree
Post-doctorate exchange
Staff exchange
1
1
1
6
3
6
1
semester or 1 academic year
semester or 1 academic year
or 2 academic years
or 10 months
academic years (36 months)
or 10 months
month
Study and research abroad…With a
fully
covered scholarship!
Type of mobility
Monthly allowance
Undergraduate
1000 €
Master
1000 €
PhD
1500 €
Postdoc
1800 €
Staff
2500 €
+ Travel Cost
+ Insurance
+ Tuition fees
Ready to apply? Remember!
 Applications for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship  Fully
online
 Respect the deadline(s)!!!
 You may apply for several projects but cannot have 2
EU grants at the same time and for the same level
 JoinEU-SEE>PENTA  1 February, 2014
 Euroweb  1 February, 2014
 Basileus V  2 February, 2014
-- Sigma December 2013 – 1 February 2014
Eraweb  20 December 2013 – 1 April 2014
Ready to apply? Go!!!
1. Go to the project (JoinEU-SEE; Basileus, Eraweb, etc) website and…
2. Inform yourself about:
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Eligibility criteria (can I apply for a master degree???; do I have the right
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Academic offer of the university/ies of your choice (What can I study
at each European University?)
nationality?; do I have sufficient language knowledge???)
3. Collect all required documents to apply (learning agreement,
admission letter, certificates, transcripts, recommendation letters….)
4. Apply online!
Coordinator: University of Graz, Austria
www.joineuseepenta.eu
European Universities you can apply
to:
What is unique about
??
• Two calls of applications: next one November 2014  PhD exchange +
Post-doc + staff
• Degree seeking applicants: must hold a degree at the time of application
• Mandatory official translation of documents
• Undergraduate & Master exchange: can chose 2 host EU university
• Some hints 
Coordinator: Ghent University, Belgium
www.basileus.ugent.be
European Universities you can apply
to:
What is unique about
??
• One call for applications
• Master degree applicants: can be on last year of their undergraduate studies
on condition that they present their diploma by mid July 2014
• Not mandatory official translation of documents
• Western Balkan applicants can only chose 1 host EU university
• Some hints   
Coordinator: Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands
www.erasmus-westernbalkans.eu
European Universities you can apply
to:
What is unique about
??
– Focus on research in medicine & health sciences
– Limited fields of study:
• Research clinical medicine
• Epidemiologic research
• Drug research
• Public health research
• Health-policy research
– Undergraduate applicants  Must be on their 5th or 6th year of studies.
Coordinator: University of Warsaw, Poland
www.portal.uw.edu.pl
European Universities you can apply
to:
What is unique about
• Limited call: Exchange only
• Approx. 12 scholarships in total
• Encouraged to apply: Albania, B&H and FYROM nationals
• Only WB to EU
• Applications to ALL but University of Warsaw, Poland possible
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What happens after I submit my
application?
Your application will be:
1. checked (is it eligible?);
2. ranked (how good is it?) and…
3. selected or not selected
 selected grantees will be informed by mid May 2014
 Eligible but non selected grantees will pass to the reserve list
In disagreement with the evaluation and/or ranking of
your application? You will have the right to appeal against this
decision!
I am selected for an Erasmus Mundus grant…
What happens next?
Before leaving:
 Host university:
 Visa, housing, language courses, welcome guides, etc
 The project will provide you with:
 Insurance
 Travel (plane)
After returning:
 Exchange mobility > Recognition of your study period abroad (Learning
Agreement + transcript of records!)
 Degree seeking students > European Degree
Thank you for your
attention!