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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Europe: Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for European Master of Science - International Health Degree Programme

Overview

The European Master of Science Programme in International Health is part of tropEd, a network of 33 European and 7 non-European institutions for higher education. In existence since 1996, tropEd collaborates closely with institutions in Asia, Africa, and the Americas in providing postgraduate education and training opportunities.

The European Master of Science Programme in International Health is a one year, full-time study programme taught in English excepted in Mexico (in spanish). The main objective of the programme is to raise awareness of current global health concerns. Students become qualified to identify and critically analyse key factors shaping the health and well-being of populations in low- and middle-income countries and to formulate effective and appropriate responses to complex health-related issues.

The tropEd EMMC is offered by 7 European Institutions, and 3 Third Country Institutions, each contributing with Specific expertise in a particular area of International Health:

- Kobenhavns Universitet, Denmark
- Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux2, France
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin und Humbold Universität zu Berlin, Germany
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico
- Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
- University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Khon Kaen University, Thailand
- University College London, United Kingdom
- Queen Margaret University, United Kingdom

Admission

European Master of Science in International Health Programme

The minimum admission criteria for the tropEd EMMC are:

Bachelors degree with honours (240 ECTS credits / 4 years) or equivalent;
2 years relevant professional experience;
2 persons recommendation letters minimum;
Internationally recognised English proficiency certificate equivalent to TOEFL score of 550/213/79-80 or IELTS score 6.0. (Reference CEEC - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). No other test will be accepted. No English test is required if a first degree in English has been completed.


The joint Common selection criteria for students are:

- Excellent first degree with outstanding grades and/or other study results;
- Strongly convincing letter/statement of motivation/statement of intent, including a career plan;
- Excellent recommendations by one academic and one professional referee;
- Well-developed thesis proposal.

If you are a non-EU student

- Contribution to travel, installation and any other type of costs: € 4000
Maximum contribution to the EMMC participation costs (including insurance coverage):
€ 4000 / semester
- Monthly allowance: € 1000 / month

If you are an EU student inside the EU

- Maximum contribution to the EMMC participation costs (including insurance coverage):
€ 2000 / semester
- Monthly allowance: € 500 / month

If you are an EU student outside the EU

- Contribution to travel, installation and any other type of costs: € 3000
Maximum contribution to the EMMC participation costs (including insurance coverage):
€ 2000 / semester
- Monthly allowance: € 500 / month

Participation costs must be understood as any compulsory administrative/operational cost related to the participation of the student in the EMMC (e.g. library, laboratory, tuition, social security and insurance costs, etc.). Any other costs that may be charged in addition (e.g. for participation in fieldwork activities), being compulsory or voluntary, must be communicated to the candidate student at application stage.

Monthly allowance amounts may be increased in order to cover the additional costs of students with special needs; EMMCs will have to inform the Agency accordingly in the context of their annual student scholarship applications.

Application deadline: 26 April

How and when to apply?

Please complete and return this form with the all the required documents to the following address:

tropEd Erasmus Mundus Secretariat
DAERI – case 143, 146 rue Leo Saignat
F-33076 Bordeaux, France
Email: deborah.didio@u-bordeaux2.fr
Tel: 00 33 (0)5 57 57 48 24

Further information can be found at http://erasmusmundus.troped.org/index.jsp


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