Scholarships
We regret to inform you, there will be no Erasmus+ scholarships available for the course starting in 2025.
Note that the information below is reference information for the current Erasmus+ GEM students.
The GEM programme (2021-27) has 60 Erasmus+ scholarships that are equally allocated across the tracks – 15 per track. The number of scholarships available in a given track in a given year will vary, but the total per track will add up to 15 across the four intakes (2021-23, 2022-24, 2023-25, and 2024-26).
For the 2024-26 intake we have 16 Erasmus+ scholarships. We have provisionally allocated the following number of Erasmus+ scholarships across the four tracks to bring all tracks to 16 scholarships in total: Track 1 – four scholarships; Track 2 – four scholarships; Track 3 – two scholarships; and Track 4 - six scholarships.
Candidates are encouraged to apply apply for other types of funding/scholarships to enter the GEM programme. For more information, we refer you to our page for self-funded students
ERASMUS+ SCHOLARSHIP
All applicants who submit their application before the deadline are automatically applying for the Erasmus+ (EMJMD) Scholarship.
Note that Erasmus+ adhere to the following clauses regarding their scholarship funding:
- The scholarship holder declares not to have benefited from a previous EMJMD scholarship or an Erasmus Mundus Master Course/Joint Doctorate scholarship.
- The scholarship holders commits not to benefit from another EU funded scholarship scheme to follow the same EMJMD course and this for the entire period of the course.
- The financial suppport shall be repaid by the scholarship holder in case of fraud or false declaration.
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW FOR ERASMUS+ SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS
Approximately 15 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) Scholarships are offered each year. EMJMD scholarships will offer funding for the duration of a maximum of 24 months and provide the following:
There is a difference in funding depending if you are a Programme Country or Partner Country student: 
**Please use the Distance Calculator
In the table below it is made visible which countries are considered a Partner country of a Programme country according to the European Commission:
Programme Countries | Partner Countries |
Member States of the European Union (EU): Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden. | ALL OTHER COUNTRIES |
Third countries associated to the Programme: North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Türkiye. |
The difference between a Partner and Programme Country is explained more in detail on the website of the European Commission.
Important Note: A Partner Country applicant cannot have lived in a Programme Country for 12 or more months in the past 5 years (otherwise the applicant would be categorised as an applicant from a Programme Country). Proof needs to be provided (upon being selected) to show this.
Below a visual overview for more clarity on the financial overview (first overview is concerning the travel allowance and the second overview concerning the living allowance):
The difference between a Partner and Programme Country is explained more in detail here.
