ERASMUS MUNDUS SCHOLARSHIP

BATCH 15 (2025/26)

FOR CANDIDATES APPLYING TO THE FIRST CALL (15 NOVEMBER 2024 – 15 FEBRUARY 2025):

Thanks to the support of the European programme Erasmus Mundus, every year, approximately 20 Erasmus Mundus scholarships are available, distributed per academic path:

PATH 1: Climate change, sustainability, development / Cambio Climático, Sustentabilidad y Desarrollo (University of Padova and Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar; teaching languages: English and Spanish)

• 4 Erasmus Mundus scholarships (maximum 15 places available)

 

PATH 2: Regional and local studies / Estudos Regionais e Locais (University of Padova and Universidade da Madeira; teaching languages: English and Portuguese) (maximum 10 places available)

• 7 Erasmus Mundus scholarships
• 3 Erasmus plus mobility scholarships available only for the second semester> The scholarship will include:
  – subsistence allowance of 250 EUR/month for mobility to Universidade da Madeira (II semester), max 6 months;
  – travel allowance of 195 EUR tot.

 

PATH 3: Territorial management / Aménagement du Territoire (University of Padova and Université Joseph Ki Zerbo; teaching languages: English and French)

• 7 Erasmus Mundus scholarships (maximum 10 places available)

 

PATH 4: Environmental Management (University of Padova and University of Johannesburg; teaching languages: English and French)

• 4 Erasmus Mundus scholarships (maximum 10 places available)

The scholarship confirmation will be sent in May 2025 to the selected students having signed the student agreement.

The Erasmus Mundus scholarships allocation follows these criteria:

• The resulting selection scores
• The nationality, for an equal distribution of scholarships to students coming worldwide (see below)

The scholarship holders comply with the following conditions:

• have — at the date of enrolment — a first higher education degree (or demonstrate a recognised equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices in the degree-awarding countries)
• be enrolled in the EMJM master course
• not have already benefited from a previous Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) scholarship

Scholarships cover the cost of a student’s tuition fees, travel and living allowance.

The EMJM scholarship covers the entire duration of the Master (24 months), through a monthly allowance of 1400 euros.

Students with scholarships will have covered the tuition fees and insurance for the entire duration of the Master.

The scholarship allows students to cover the costs implicated in the Erasmus Mundus Programme, for
example:

• Visa
• Travel costs
• Installation and subsistence costs (food and accommodation)
• All other costs

For every year there are around 10 additional places available with partial support and fee waiver, and other places for self-financed students. See details in the different paths’ descriptions.

 

IMPORTANT: Erasmus Mundus scholarships are allocated following the selection rank. However, for the academic year 2025/2026, students coming from the following countries will be given priority in the scholarships allocation:

EUROPE: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland,  Ireland, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

AFRICA: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada, United States of America.

CENTRAL AMERICA: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.

SOUTHERN AMERICA: Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.

ASIA: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

OCEANIA: Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.