Master Scholarships in Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics (EUROPHOTONICS)

 Erasmus Mundus Masters Course – EUROPHOTONICS
Master in Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics
Duration: 2 years
The Master for Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics covers one of the most expanding field in physics and material sciences, dealing with the control, manipulation and monitoring of light and its interaction with matter. This master program aims at giving an extensive two-year teaching program from fundamentals to advanced research topics in Photonics and its interdisciplinary applications. Master students benefiting from this program will be able to work on today’s new challenges in their academic or applied research carriers : understanding and control matter and optical phenomena at the ultimate nanometric scale, providing new imaging tools for the most complex biological processes from cells and tissues to clinical applications, bringing original tools in line with future optical devices.
This two years master program (120 ECTS credits) is organized by three groups of institutions : Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III University (France), Universität Karlsruhe (TH) / Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics (Germany), Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya / Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona / University of Barcelona / ICFO (Institute of Photonic Sciences) (Spain). These institutions are recognized for their high quality training and research centers in the field of Optics and Photonics and their applications, with the unique opportunity to benefit from the presence of excellence and interdisciplinary research institutes, high level advice by professors and administrative staff, as well as local companies and international cooperation networking.
Students selected on the basis of their scientific and English-language levels will follow a first semester of fundamental lectures in optics and its applications in Marseille. The second semester on core subjects will be spent in Kalsruhe. The third specialization semester is proposed as a choice (restricted to conditions based on the marks obtained during the 1st semester) between the three institutions: Marseille (imaging : biophotonics / biomedical optics / astronomy), Karlsruhe (photonic materials and devices / nanobiology / optical engineering), and Barcelona (quantum optics / nanophotonics / optical engineering). The last semester is dedicated to the master thesis and summer school.
This program is dedicated to students with background in Physics or Engineering, who will receive a multiple master diploma awarded from the universities where they spent their semesters. The teaching language is primarily English, although some lectures can be given in the local languages supported by training.
Partners:

• UNIVERSITY PAUL CEZANNE AIX-MARSEILLE III, France (Co-ordinating institution)
• KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Germany
• KARLSRUHE SCHOOL OF OPTICS AND PHOTONICS, Germany
• POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA, Spain
• AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, Spain
• UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, Spain
• INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC SCIENCES, Spain

In order to apply:

1. Download the Application form, and fill in all the required fields. To open it, you can use the spreadsheet software of your choice, for instance OpenOffice Calc that can be freely downloaded here for the standard version, or here for a portable version (Windows only). PLEASE SAVE THIS FORM IN THE EXCEL FORMAT : NO PDF. Do not use the recent .xlsx format.
2. The application procedure is available at the page http://www.europhotonics.org/emundus/. Go to this page to create your personal account, then follow the instructions that are given by the Application Software. The Application Software will collect all the electronic documents that you have to submit (the list of these documents is given below). You can interrupt the submission at any time and resume the submission later. Note that the maximum size of each uploaded document is 6MB. You can submit the pictures and scanned documents in any common format (JPEG, PDF,…) – PDF format is however strongly preferred.
3. You must finish the electronic submission using the “Declaration & Post” menu on the Application Software, otherwise your application will not be validated. When done, you will receive an email with subject “Application form submitted ” and with content: “Congratulation you have successfully posted your application form to the EUROPHOTONICS Erasmus Mundus program.”

Deadline for on-line applications (Master 2012-2014 session):

• For Non-European students : January 23th, 2012
• For European students : January 23th, 2012

“Non european students” are students coming from a country other than an eligible applicant country (i.e. a Member State of the European Union, an EEA-EFTA State – Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein), and who are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of these countries.
Students from Turkey, the Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.-, or Switzerland are considered as Non european students.
“European students” are students who do not fill the conditions above.
Students benefiting from a EMMC Erasmus Mundus scholarship get a monthly allowance of:

• Non EU students (Category A) : 1000 €/month
• EU students (Category B) : 500 €/month

Tuition fees:

• Non-EU student (Category A) : 6000 € / year
• EU student (Category B) : 4000 €/year

These tuition fees are waived for students benefiting from a EMMC Erasmus Mundus scholarship.
These fees cover:

• Travel and installation support (non-EU students)
• Master mobility travel costs
• Tuition fees/registration
• Teaching/training fees
• Summer school participation
• Insurance

Living expenses (typical):

• Housing
  • student room : 210 €/month
  • studio : 350-500 €/month
• Food : ~ 350 €/month
• Other expenses : ~ 50-200 €/month

For more information, please visit official website: www.europhotonics.org

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Erasmus Mundus MSc Scholarships in Dependable Software Systems (DESEM), Europe

The National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM) in Ireland; the University of St. Andrews (UStA) in Scotland; and Université Henri Poincaré Nancy (UHP) in France are offering a two-year double Master Programme, named Erasmus Mundus MSc in Dependable Software Systems (DESEM).
Course Objective:
Our objective is to provide students with the knowledge, skill and in-depth technical understanding of the key concepts required to design and build dependable software systems. This will be achieved by bringing together the theory and practice of software development and, in particular, through the transfer of knowledge from the classroom via research driven and commercially relevant projects.
Degree Description:
The double-degree will be achieved over two years, through the allocation of 120ECTS. Students will study in two of the three partner universities, achieving a degree from each university in which they accomplish 60ECTS.
The degree awards are:

• Erasmus Mundus MSc in Rigorous Software Development (NUIM)
• Erasmus Mundus MSc in Software Engineering (UStA)
• Diplôme de Master (Mention Informatique) (UHP).

A student will achieve the double Erasmus Mundus MSc in Dependable Software Systems, through the award of two of the above degrees.
Admission Criteria:
The following criteria must be fulfilled by students applying for the Erasmus Mundus MSc in Dependable Software Systems:

• An honours degree in Computer Science or a related discipline with an average grade of 60% (equivalent to a B, II.1, or assez bien) or above. Extensive industrial experience may be considered as equivalent to academic qualification although such applicants will normally be subject to interview by the consortium.
• English-Language certificate (for non-native speakers of English only). Since the language of instruction is primarily English, students whose first language is not English must provide proof of a minimum knowledge of English such as an IELTS (>= 6.5) certificate or equivalent.
• French-Language certificate (for non-native speakers of French only, who are intending to study in France). Since the language of instruction in L’Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy is a mixture of French and English, students whose first language is not French must provide proof of a minimum knowledge of French such as Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française (D.A.L.F.) certificate or equivalent. Students who opt to study in France in their second year will have the option of meeting this requirement through courses offered by the consortium during the first year of the course.

On application the student shall indicate their mobility preference. Students will spend one year in one university followed by one year in another university. Permitted mobility combinations are presented in Fig 2.1. All students shall be admitted to the Programme through the co-ordinating institution; the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. The Institution at which the students are resident at any one time shall be referred to as the ‘host’ institution. At any point in time, each student shall be associated with one host institution, which may or may not be the co-ordinating institution. Over the duration of the Programme, each student shall be associated with any two of the three Institutions.
SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS
Category A scholarships

• Contribution to travel, installation and any other type of costs: € 4 000 for a one-year EMMCs; € 8 000 for courses longer than one year
• Maximum contribution to the EMMC participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 4 000 / semester
• Monthly allowance: € 1 000 / month

Category B scholarships

• Maximum contribution to the EMMC participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 2 000 / semester
• Monthly allowance: € 500 / month
• The number of monthly allowances is calculated from the start to the end of the course and includes, if applicable, the summer break between two academic years. The monthly allowance amounts may be increased in order to help cover the additional costs of students with special needs; EMMCs concerned will have to inform the Agency accordingly in the context of their annual student scholarship applications.

Scholar Scholarships:
Living allowance (including travel costs): € 1 200 / week for a minimum duration of 2 weeks and a maximum duration of 3 months per scholar
“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.
SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
Student Candidates:

• Only candidates who have applied to and have been accepted by an EMMC consortium in accordance with its specific students’ application and selection criteria, are eligible for a scholarship.
• Students can apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to the Erasmus Mundus Action 1 joint programme (EMMC) of their choice but the number of applications must be limited to maximum three different joint programmes (EMMC and EMJD together).
• Each project may give rise to the award of only one EU grant to any student for the same joint course over the length of the course concerned.
• In order to make the programme more attractive for third-country nationals, the amount of the full-study scholarship will be higher for third-country masters students (Category A scholarships) than for European masters students (Category B scholarships). More specifically:
  • Category A scholarships can be awarded to third-country masters students selected by EMMC consortia who come from a country other than a European country and who are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of these countries (The five-year reference period for this 12-month rule is calculated backwards as from the submission deadline for Category A applications by the EM consortia to the Agency).
  • Category B scholarships can be awarded to European masters students selected by EMMC consortia as well as to any masters students selected by EMMC consortia who do not fulfil the Category A criteria defined above.

Students fulfilling the eligibility criteria for both Category A and B – e.g. students with a double nationality – must select the Category of their choice. As a result, they are entitled to apply only to one of the two categories of scholarship at a time.

• Scholarship candidates must have already obtained a first higher education degree or demonstrate a recognised equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices. Candidates who will only obtain their first higher education degree at the end of the academic year preceding the one concerned by the scholarship application can nevertheless apply for a scholarship and be selected by the consortium concerned, under the condition that they acquire the required degree prior to the beginning of the masters course edition concerned.
• Individuals who have already benefited from an EMMC scholarship are not eligible for a second scholarship in order to follow the same or another EMMC.
• Students benefiting from an EMMC scholarship cannot benefit from another EU grant while pursuing their Erasmus Mundus masters studies.
• EMMC students scholarships are awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the course editions.

Scholar Candidates:
EMMC scholarships will be awarded to European and third-country scholars in accordance with the following criteria:

• Scholarships can be awarded to scholars enrolled in any third-country HEI who will be selected by the EMMC consortium to contribute to the joint programme within the European partner institutions;
• If the consortium includes third-country partners (either as full partners or associated partners), scholarships can be awarded to scholars enrolled in a European HEI acting as a full partner institution for the purpose of contributing to the joint programme within this(/these) third-country partner(s).
• EMMC scholars must demonstrate outstanding academic and/or professional experience and bring concrete added value to the delivery of the EMMC.
• Only candidates who have been accepted by an EMMC in accordance with its specific scholars’ selection criteria are eligible for a scholarship.

EMMC scholars holding an Erasmus Mundus scholarship must:

• Commit themselves to actively participate in the masters course activities;
• Spend a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of three months in the partner HEIs;
• Perform teaching/research/student tutoring activities:
  • in the European partner HEIs (for scholars from third-country HEIs),
  • in the third-country full or associated partner HEIs (for scholars from European partner HEIs);
• Bring concrete added value to the course and students (through teaching of specific classes, leading and participating in seminars or workshops, monitoring and tutoring student research/project activities, participating in thesis reviews, preparing new teaching modules, etc.);
• Contribute, after their visiting scholar activities, to the promotion and dissemination of the Erasmus Mundus Programme in general, and the EMMC concerned in particular, in their HEI and country of origin.

Basic criteria for selection of scholarship recipients:
Without prejudice to high academic standards, in order to ensure geographical diversity among students/scholars, EMMC consortia shall respect the following basic criteria when selecting students/scholars for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship:
– No more than two of the students selected for an EMMC scholarship should have the same nationality.
– The number of scholarships awarded to scholars from the same HEI should cover a maximum duration of 3 months (i.e. equivalent to 6 scholarships of 2 weeks).
– No scholar can be awarded a scholarship for more than 3 months (i.e. up to 6 scholarships of 2 weeks)
Third-Country Scholars on DESEM:
In order to support delivery of the programme, each Institution shall agree to select at least one external academic or incoming external doctoral student, as an ‘Erasmus Mundus’ Scholar. The Erasmus Mundus Scholars shall provide teaching and related assistance, as appropriate, to the delivery of the programme in at least one Institution that they visit during the course of their scholarship.
Scholars may also engage in teaching at the summer schools and assist in the evaluation of student project work, overall course evaluation and quality assurance. Each scholar will be offered the opportunity to visit other institutions and facilities such as office space will be made available.
Scholars will indicate their mobility preference upon application and will be matched to the institution(s) that are most appropriate to their academic and professional experience. This pairing will be done through consultation with the scholar applicant to ensure that an optimal mobility arrangement is reached.
How To Apply:
Online application only www.pac.ie/NUIM
How to Apply for Scholarships: Apply as above before January 31^st 2012
Application Procedure

• Candidates apply online using the DESEM online application form (http://pac.nuim.ie) using the course code MHG60
• There is an application fee of €45 which is paid directly to PAC. PAge 3 of the application form provides more details.
• Note that the application may be done in stages – the system will recall your previous data entry, and allow you to modify it
• All supporting documents MUST be either uploaded via the ‘Application Status’ from the online applications system (PAC) or posted to the Postgraduate Applications Centre, 1 Courthouse Square, Galway, Ireland. Required documentation can be scanned in and submitted to the PAC system (using “BROWSE” and “UPLOAD FILE”).

If you have enquiries on the application procedure, or on filling in the form, please email erasmus.mundus@cs.nuim.ie or phone +353-1-7083847
For more information, please visit official website: www.cs.nuim.ie

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MathMods MSc Scholarships, Mathematical Modelling in Engineering, Erasmus Mundus, Europe

 Erasmus Mundus MSc Course in MathMods – Mathematical Modelling in Engineering: Theory, Numerics, Applications.
MathMods is coordinated by the University of L’Aquila in Italy and involves other four leading universities in Europe: the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Catalonia – Spain (UAB), the University of Hamburg in Germany (UHH), the Gdansk University of Technology in Poland (GUT) and the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis in France (UNSA).
Requirements
Applicants must have obtained a recognized Bachelor’s Degree (BS, BSc, SB, etc.) – or a degree at the same level of an academic Bachelor’s Degree, for instance its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of high standing, or 180 ECTS credits in the European system – in one of the following (or equivalent) fields:

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics with a good background in Physics
• Physics with a good background in Mathematics
• Engineering with a large background in Mathematics and Physics.

Students in their final year of undergraduate study may be admitted on condition that their Bachelor’s degree is awarded before the enrolment on MathMods MSc. The accomplishment of the Bachelor’s studies must be documented no later than 15 August 2011.
Language certificate
All applicants whose native language is not English are required to prove a satisfactory level of spoken and written English, certified by:

• TOEFL: minimum 550 for PBT / 213 for CBT / 80 for IBT. You may send the TOEFL certificate simply as a photocopy or you may send it directly through ETS. Use these data when adding us as a new score recipient: Code number: 3676, Institution: University of L’Aquila.
• IELTS: 6.0 points
• CPE: Grades A, B, C
• CAE: Grades A, B
• or equivalent to the above.

The test must have been taken within the four years immediately preceding the requested semester of admission and be valid at the time of enrollment.
If applicants don’t have an English certificate by the deadline, we may also accept a temporary certificate by the Director/Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree study programme (or an academic in that group) stating that the applicant is so fluent in English that s/he can understand and discuss high level scientific topics. If possible, the letter should be signed either by a native English speaker academic full Professor or by an academic full Professor in English language (with full contacts included). Then, if you are selected, you will have to send an official certificate (see the list above) no later than 15 August 2011.
Deadlines for EM scholarships
* The applications for Erasmus Mundus Scholarships Category A
will open on 11 October 2010 and close on 31 January 2011.
* The applications for Erasmus Mundus Scholarships Window (Western Balkans and Turkey)
will open on 11 October 2010 and close on 16-em-check 31 January 2011.
* The applications for Erasmus Mundus Scholarships Category B
will open on 11 October 2010 and close on 31 January 2011 .
Deadlines for applications without EM scholarships
* The applications for those who wish to apply for the Master’s course without an Erasmus Mundus scholarship
o will open on 11 October 2010 and close on 31 January 2011 (if you want your application to be evaluated by 28 February 2011)
o will open on 1 February 2011 and close on 15 May 2011 (if you want your application to be evaluated by 31 May 2011).
Visit http://www.mathmods.eu
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International Master in Quaternary and Prehistory (IMQP), Erasmus Mundus

 The International Master in Quaternary and Prehistory (IMQP) lasts two years. It is formed of a partnership of six HEIs with multi-annual experience in prehistoric research and formation: Università degli Studi di Ferrara (Italy, coordinator), Muséum National d`Histoire naturelle (France, partner), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain, partner), Instituto Politecnico of Tomar (Portugal, partner), Universidade de Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal, partner) and University of the Philippines Diliman (Philippines, partner).
The main subjects of the IMQP educational program are the following: prehistory, anthropology, human palaeontology, chronology, evolution of fauna and flora, archaeometry and Quaternary geology. The main objective of the Master is to provide an essential knowledge on Prehistory and Quaternary geology by adopting an interdisciplinary approach and exploiting the scientific specialities of each partner Institution.
The IMQP master award a JOINT DEGREE signed by all Partners Institutions (UNIFE, URV, MNHN, IPT & UTAD). The students can also ask for a national degree awarded by the first hosting institution. The officials languages of the joint degree are Italian and French.
Admission criteria
For all partner Institutions the same procedures for application and selection criteria for the admission to the Master Degree will be valid. Students from at least 3 year university courses can be admitted. These courses have to be legally acknowledged with university degree or similar qualifications within archeology, literature, prehistory, paleontology, Quaternary`s geology, natural and environmental science, biology and geology, technology and cultural heritage preservation, education and tourism science.
Partner institutions are engaged in the acknowledgment of degrees of Third Countries` candidates according to the rules in force. Selections and applications, carried out at each partner institution`s with common agreed procedures, are consequently acknowledged by other participants to the Master Degree.
Students selected by partner University will be admitted to the Master Degree at the origin University and at Ferrara University, administrative center of the course.The application forms for the scholarships for third country students are published on this sites 4 months before the closing date of the call.
Erasmus Mundus (Quaternary and Prehistory – IMQP) Scholarship
The scholarships will be awarded as follows:
Category A – no. 6 scholarships awarded to masters students selected by EMMC consortia who come from a country other than an eligible applicant country and who are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of these countries. No. 1 scholarship awarded to masters students selected by EMMC consortia who come from Western Balkans and Turkey.
Category B – no. 4 scholarships awarded to any masters students selected by EMMC consortia and who do not fulfill the Category A criteria defined above.
Category A scholarships can be awarded to masters students selected by EMMC consortia who come from a country other than an eligible applicant country and who are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of these countries.
Category B scholarships can be awarded to any masters students selected by EMMC consortia and who do not fulfil the Category A criteria defined above.
Application Deadline: 10 February 2012
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA (ITALY)
Contacts Prof. Carlo Peretto – me4@unife.it
dott.ssa Marta Arzarello – marta.arzarello@unife.it
www.unife.it
Universitat Rovina i Virgili di Tarragona (spain)
Contacts prof. Robert Sala – robert.sala@urv.cat
www.urv.cat
Istituto Politecnico de Tomar (portugal)
Contacts prof. Luiz Oosterbeek – loost@ipt.pt
www.ipt.pt
UniverdidadE de Tràs-os-Montes e Alto Douro (portugal)
Contacts prof. Mila Abreu – msabreu@utad.pt
www.utad.pt
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle di Parigi (France)
Contacts prof. François Semah – semahf@mnhn.fr
dott. Christophe Falguère – falguere@mnhn.fr
www.mnhn.fr
University pf the philippines diliman (philippines)
Contacts prof. Alfred Pawlik- alfred.pawlik@up.edu.ph
http://www.upd.edu.ph/
For more information, please visit official website: web.unife.it
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