Erasmus Mundus

Erasmus Mundus programme is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education which promotes the European Union as the centre of excellence in teaching and learning around the world. It supports European top-quality master degree programmes and enhances the visibility and attractiveness of European higher education in the third countries, it also provides EU-funded scholarships for the third country nationals participating in these courses as well as scholarships for EU-nationals studying at partner universities all over the world.

Currently, Erasmus Mundus supports about 100 Erasmus Mundus 2-year master degree courses of outstanding academic quality: all programmes are conducted in English, the candidates are expected to have good study results and confirmed knowledge of English language.

 

Warsaw University of Technology participates in 9 Erasmus Mundus programmes:

 

ACTIVE - Atlantic Caucasus Technical universities Initiative for Valuable Education is an Erasmus Mundus programme which aims mainly at launching a research and education network comprising HEIs from the European Union, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. ACTIVE programme is focused on engineering and technology fields of study. The programme objective is to promote the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills and higher education level.

ACTIVE programme offers student and staff scholarships to citizens of the Europen Union, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. 200 scholarships can be awarded for 1-36 months depending on mobility type/academic level.

More information available at: http://active.meil.pw.edu.pl

 

Avempace is an Erasmus Mundus programme which aims at enhancing the academic cooperation between European, Jordanian and Syrian universities by bringing together students, staff as well as young and senior researchers involved in the same disciplines, or by forming multidisciplinary teams to cover research domains identified by the Jordanian and Syrian universities as „priorities”.

Avempace programme offers scholarships to undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, post-doctoral students and staff. These scholarships are financed by the European Commission as part of the Erasmus Mundus programme and cover travel, insurance, tuition fees and subsistence allowance.

Consortium conducting the programme is composed of 10 HEIs from EU, 5 universities from Jordan and 5 universities from Syria.

Students and staff members from all universities in the Avempace consortium can apply for scholarships. The Avempace scholarships are allocated to:

  • Students, staff members and graduates from Jordan and Syria wanting to study at an EU university.
  • Students and staff members from EU partner universities wanting to study AT a Jordanianor Syrian partner university.

More information is available at: http://www.avempace.eu

 

EMARO is an Erasmus Mundus programme in Advanced Robotics for graduate students holding B.Sc., B.Eng. or equivalent degrees in fields related to robotics (e.g. electrical engineering, electronics, mechanical engineering, computer science and engineering). The teaching programme covers advanced and intelligent robotics, including mathematical modelling, control engineering, computer engineering and mechanical design in order to prepare students to deal with modern robotics systems. Programme is offered at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering.

Consortium conducting the programme is composed of 3 institutions:

  • École Centrale de Nantes (France),
  • Università di Genova (Italy),
  • Warsaw University of Technology (Poland).

EMARO students who are EU citizens are eligible for 6-month grants for the research stay in one of 3 selected universities: Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand), Keio University (Japan) Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China).

More information is available at: http://emaro.irccyn.ec-nantes.fr

 

EWENT – East-West European Network on higher Technical education is an Erasmus Mundus programme which offers mobility scholarships for students and staff from Belarus, Moldova or Ukraine to European Union partner universities and from EU countries to partner universities in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. The programme is focused on engineering, technology, mathematics, informatics and natural science fields of study.

Duration:

B.Sc.: 5-10 months

M.Sc: 5-24 months

Ph.D.: 5-36 months

Postdoc: 5-10 months

Staff: 1-3 months

Consortium conducting the programme is composed of 10 universities from Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine and 7 universities from the EU. EWENT Project is coordinated and offered at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering.

More information is available at: http://ewent.meil.pw.edu.pl/

 

e-ASTANA – euroAsian Starter for Technical Academic Network Application is an Erasmus Mundus programme which offers mobility scholarships for students and staff from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to travel to EU partner universities. More than 100 scholarships will be available for the period of 1 to 34 months depending on mobility type or academic level. The project is coordinated by the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering.

Consortium conducting the programme is composed of 6 universities from the EU and 8 universities from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

More information is available at: http://eastana.meil.pw.edu.pl/

 

M.E.S.C. – Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion is an Erasmus Mundus programme which provides advanced education in materials science and electrochemistry. The course consists of 3 semesters of classes and 1 semester devoted to research in one of the 16 European laboratories. The M.E.S.C. consortium includes: Université de Paul Sabatier – Toulouse (France), Université de Picardie – Amiens (France), Université de Provence – Marseille (France), Universidad de Córdoba (Spain), Warsaw University of Technology (Poland).

Tuition fee for European students is 1000 EUR per year. Students of the university which is a member of the consortium, pay regular fees to their home university.

More information is available at: http://www.u-picardie.fr/mundus_MESC/

 

HERITAGE is an Erasmus Mundus programme focusing on the creation of partnerships at an academic level to strengthen ties between India and the European Union. It also aims at strengthening research and development of cooperation and relations in such areas as trade, politics and international organizations.

HERITAGE offers scholarships to Indian students and academic staff wanting to participate in an institutional mobility scheme. Candidates will have the opportunity to study, teach or work in prestigious European universities. Scholarships will be granted to Indian students and professors to perform the study or Professional practice in Europe in one of the 10 European partner HEIs. There will be above 140 scholarships to be awarded for 1-34 months stay depending on mobility type/academic level. The HERITAGE project focuses on science and technology in line with the development priorities of India and Europe.

More information is available at: http://www.heritage-ema2.eu/

 

INTERWEAVE is an Erasmus Mundus Partnership Project funded by the European Commission, coordinated by École Centrale de Nantes and the University of Malaya. The INTERWEAVE Project provides scholarships to undergraduate, graduate, doctor al and post-doctorate students and staff for mobility between Europe and Asia.

Duration:

B.Sc. mobility: 6-10 months

M.Sc. mobility: 6-10 months

M.Sc. full programme: 12/24 months

Ph.D. mobility: 6-10 months

Ph.D. full programme: 36 months

Post Doctorates mobility: 6-10 months.

 

OpSciTech – Optics in Science and Technology is an Erasmus Mundus Master Programme providing comprehensive and multidisciplinary coverage of the field of Optics from upstream scientific aspects to engineering and applications in major sectors of economy. Applicants should hold B.Sc. or B.Eng degree, have good knowledge of physics and basis of optics (e.g. physics, mechatronics, electrical engineering, electronics, computer science). Programme is offered at the Faculty of Mechatronics.

Consortium conducting the programme is composed of 6 institutions:

  • Institut d’Optique (France)
  • Université Paris-Sud 11 (France)
  • Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
  • Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany)
  • Warsaw University of Technology (Poland).

More information is available at: http://www.master-optics.eu/

 

PANTHER (Pacific Atlantic Network for Technical Higher Education and Research) is a common initiative of European Union, Australian and New Zealand’s technical universities for research and education development, in the framework of Erasmus Mundus Action 2. The consortium carrying out the project consists of 8 partners:

  • Warsaw University of Technology, the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering (Poland) – coordinator
  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)
  • Dublin University of Technology (Ireland)
  • Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France)
  • The University of the Basque Country (Spain)
  • University of New South Wales (Australia)
  • Griffith University (Australia)
  • Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand).

The project enables exchanges for 1-36 months, depending on the mobility type, and is dedicated to post-graduate students, post-doctoral researches and educational staff. Scholarships are awarded for living, travel and insurance expenses.

More information is available at http://panther.meil.pw.edu.pl/