Tuition Fees and Scholarships
Tuition Fees
The Masters tuition fees differ depending on whether an applicant is considered a European or a Third-country student:- European: € 3.500 per academic year;
- Third-country: € 6.000 per academic year.
Scholarships
EU and Third-country applicants to MAPNET can apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship in accordance with the criteria of the European Union. The application procedure and scholarships available differ depending on whether an applicant is considered an European or Third-country student.Definition of eligible third-country applicants:
- Citizens coming from all countries other than:
- The 27 EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The UK)
- The EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)
- Applicants cannot have been residents of, or carried out their main activities (studies, work, etc.) in, any of the above countries for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years.
- CATEGORY A: full-study scholarship covering all necessary costs during the study course period for third-country students, as defined above;
- CATEGORY B: financial contribution to the students that do not fall within the Third-country applicant definition (i.e. European students and Third country students having been residents of, or carried out their main activities (studies, work, etc.) in, any of the abovementiones countries for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years.
| Category
A |
Category
B |
|
| Contribution to travel,
installation and any other type of costs |
€
8.000 |
€ 3.000 - only if the Study Plan includes a mobility period to a Third-Country partner |
| Maximum contribution to the
Masters participation costs (tuitions, insurance coverage, etc.) |
€
4.000 per
semester |
€ 2.000 per semester |
| Monthly allowance |
€ 1.000 per month | € 500 per month |
| TOTAL
for a two-year stay |
€ 48.000 |
From
€ 20.000 (without mobility) up to € 23.000 (with mobility) |
MAPNET students will have to carry out a period of study in at least two of the countries represented in the Consortium. Each of these mandatory mobility periods must include a volume of study/research or equivalent (e.g. field work, laboratory activities, work placement or thesis research, etc.) corresponding to at least:
- 15 ECTS credits or one trimester for Third-Country university or
- 30 ECTS in the case of European universities;
Although most of the study period must be spent in the European countries represented in the Masters, if the Consortium includes a Third-Country partner (i.e. Osaka University in our case):
CATEGORY A scholarship holders can spend a learning/reaining/research/fieldwork period of a maximum of one trimester (i.e. 3 months or the equivalent of 15 ECTS) in this Third Country, under the direct supervision of the partner member concerned and only if this country is different from the student's country of origin; periods in ecess of this duration or spent in the students country of origin may not be covered by the Erasmus Mundus scholarship.
CATEGORY B scholarship holders can spend a minimum of two months and up to half of their masters course studies in this Thitd-country, under the direct supervision of the partner member concerned; periods in excess of this duration may not be covered by the Erasmus Mundus scholarship.
The number of applications by Third-country students is limited to a maximum of 3 Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses. In the case a student apply to more than three Courses, he/she will automatically be excluded from the selection for an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
Individuals who have already benefited from an Erasmus Mundus scholarship are not eligible for a second scholarship.
Students benefiting from an Erasmus Mundus scholarship cannot benefit from another Community grant while pursuing their Erasmus Mundus Masters studies.
Erasmus Mundus scholarships are awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the Course editions.
