Erasmus Mundus II

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Erasmus Mundus II
Voorlichtingsdag Actie 1 Nuffic, Utrecht 3
Maart 2009 Koen NOMDEN Programme Coordinator
Erasmus Mundus Education, Audiovisual and Culture
Executive Agency

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Presentation Overview

• Erasmus Mundus I (2004-2008)
• Erasmus Mundus II (2009-2013)
• Aims/objectives
• New features
• Programme Guide/Call Action 1 Joint Masters and
  Joint Doctorates

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Erasmus Mundus I Actions

• Action 1 Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses
• Action 2 Scholarships
• Action 3 Partnerships with Third-Country Higher
  Education Institutions
• Action 4 Enhancing Attractiveness
• Total Budget 230 Million EUR (70 million for
  additional scholarships for students from
  targeted countries/regions)

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EM I Main results (2004-2008)
Number of Masters Courses 103 (468 EU HEI in 24
EU countries)
Number of non European Students 6000
Number of non European Scholars 1000
Number of Partnerships 40 (involving 31 non-EU
countries)
54 Attractiveness projects

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Erasmus Mundus II

• Erasmus Mundus II (2009-2013) integrates
• Erasmus Mundus 2004-2008
• Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window
• And adds some new features

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EM II Aims

• Promoting European higher education
• Helping improving and enhancing the career
  prospects of students
• Promoting intercultural understanding through
  cooperation with third countries in the field of
  Higher Education

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EM II Specific Objectives

• To promote structured cooperation between HEIs
  and to promote an offer of high quality in higher
  education with a distinct European added value
• To contribute to the mutual enrichment of
  societies by developing the qualifications of men
  and women
• To contribute towards the development of human
  resources and the international cooperation
  capacity of HEIs in third countries
• To improve accessibility and enhance the profile
  and visibility of European higher education in
  the world

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EM II Actions

• Action 1 joint masters and joint doctoral
  programmes (former Actions 1, 2 and 3)
• Action 2 structured partnerships between EU and
  targeted non European countries (the current ECW)
• Action 3 promotion of European higher education
  (former Action 4)

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ERASMUS MUNDUS IIWhat is new?

• Wider scope inclusion of external policy
  objectives -gt overarching programme in the field
  of HE cooperation with non European countries
• Joint doctoral programmes fellowships
• Inclusion of non European HEIs in joint masters
  and doctoral programmes
• Role of associated Members in EMMC and EMJD
• Scholarships for EU students
• Information Grants for National Structures

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EM II Key figures

• Overall Budget of almost 1 billion euros
• 493.69 Million EUR for Actions 1 and 3 (from the
  EUs Education Budget)
• About 460 Million EUR for Action 2 (from
  different funding instruments ENPI, DCI, IPA,
  ICI, EDF)
• Output objectives (Action 1)
• 150 joint Masters Courses
• 35 Joint Doctorate programmes
• 8.500 student scholarships (60 non European)
• 4.000 grants for scholars
• 750 fellowships for doctoral candidates

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Action 1 Joint Masters (EMMC)

• Offered by HEIs in at least 3 EU countries
• HEIs in Third Countries may participate
• Joint admission, selection and exam criteria
• Award of double, multiple or joint degrees
• Selected for 5 years
• Increased weight on quality assurance and
  monitoring
• Obligatory mobility for students
• Student scholarships for non European and
  European students (min 1 max 2 years)
• Fellowships for non European and European
  scholars (3 months max)

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Obligations of EMMC

• Be fully developed at the time of the application
  and ready to run for 5 consecutive editions as
  from 2010/11
• Provide for the use of at least two European
  languages spoken in the countries where the
  study/research is carried out
• Provide insurance coverage
• Sign a consortium agreement between the partners
• Support third country candidates in obtaining
  their visas and residence permits
• Take measures to recruit top class students /
  doctoral candidates / scholars

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EMMC scholarship amounts

• Scholarship Calculation

• Maximum contribution to fees and other
  participation costs
• 8,000 per year for non European students
• 4,000 per year for European students
• A fee waiver should be granted by the consortium
  if tuition fees are higher
• Integration of insurance costs in fee
  contribution
• Annual flat rate contribution to the Masters
  Course 30,000

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EMMC Number of scholarships

• A constant number of students scholarships per
  Masters programme during the first 4 editions of
  the programme (17)
• A reduction as from the 5th edition for reasons
  of sustainability of the EMMC (7 in the 10th
  edition)
• Between 43 and 50 of scholarships for European
  students
• 3 or 4 scholarships for non European scholars
  (standard duration 3 months, with some
  flexibility)
• 3 or 4 scholarships for European scholars,
  provided that non European HEI are part of the
  consortium (standard duration 3 months, with
  some flexibility)

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EMMC Scholarships - Eligibility

• Category A Scholarships non European students
  who are not residents nor have carried out their
  main activity for more than a total of 12 months
  over the last five years in a participating
  country
• Category B scholarships
• All other students (mainly Europeans)
• Study periods must be spent in at least two
  different countries than the country in which the
  last university degree was obtained

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EMMC Scholarships other aspects

• Obligation for signature of a Student agreement
• If a TC partner is involved in the consortium
• Category A possibility to spend a period up to 3
  months/15 ECTS in the TC for study/fieldwork
  under the supervision of the partner(s) concerned
  (not in the student's country of origin)
• Category B possibility to spend between two
  months and half of the Masters duration under the
  supervision of the partner(s) concerned

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EMMC Award Criteria

• Academic quality 25
• Course integration 25
• Course management, visibility and sustainability
  measures 20
• Students facilities and follow-up 15
• Quality assurance and evaluation 15

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Academic quality (25 )

• Needs analysis and added value of the integrated
  study programme both on national and
  international level
• The adequacy of the partnerships to the
  objectives of the programme (capacity, expertise
  and experience and quality of the teaching staff)
  
• The quality and relevance of the learning
  outcomes, acquired competences and professional
  outcomes
• Work placements and/or research activities,
  interrelation with business including the role of
  associated members
• EMMC structure (including including mobility
  mechanisms) and its relevance for its academic
  and professional objectives
• If relevant, the level and appropriateness of
  Third-Country partner(s) contribution to the EMMC

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Academic quality expert comments
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Course Integration (25)

• Integration of the Masters Course (jointly
  developed by the consortium partners, full
  recognition of the programme by all participating
  HEIs) if relevant, integration of the
  Third-Country partner HEIs
• Common student application, selection, admission
  and examination procedures
• Financial arrangements among the partner
  institutions (calculation and distribution of
  fees among participating institutions)
• Use of ECTS or other compatible mechanisms
  (including the grading scale)
• Degree(s) awarded and, if applicable, the
  measures taken by the consortium to deliver a
  joint degree
• Diploma Supplement (if possible jointly issued)

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Course integration expert comments
The final degree awarded already exists and
double degrees agreements have already been
provided The proposed Course is modularised
and the ECTS credit allocation is done in a
proper way The application procedure will be
on-line and common to all students, and the
selection process will be very transparent and
will pass different filters
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Management, visibility, sustainability (20)

• The quality of the cooperation mechanisms within
  the consortium
• Financial and human resources dedicated by the
  consortium to the EMMC implementation
• Strategy and measures to ensure the visibility
  and worldwide promotion of the EMMC
• Sustainability plan (involving all partners,
  associated members, other organisations)
• Complementary funding sources (availability of
  additional scholarships to participating
  students)

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Management, visibility, sustainability expert
comments
detailed description of the cooperation
mechanisms to be created Board of Directors,
External Advisory Board, Admissions and Quality
Committee, Secretariat and Students
Checkpoint The partners have a very extensive
world-wide network useful to attract students and
scholars A report on all the financial aspects
will be presented at every meeting of the Board
of Directors, which adds a control value to the
financial management of scholarships
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Students facilities and follow up (15)

• The existence of a Student Agreement
• The nature and quality of the services provided
  to host students/scholars including the insurance
  scheme proposed to cover the non European
  students during their EMMC studies and services
  available to grantees with family or with special
  needs
• EMMC language policy and linguistic facilities
  offered
• Arrangements to facilitate networking among EMMC
  students (e.g. Alumni Association)

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Students facilities and follow up expert
comments
the Consortium has agreed to develop a learning
Platform which may be really helpful for
students The language policy is clearly
presented (language diversity, language of
instruction, languages of examination, language
learning support offered) All course documents
will be available online. Linguistic, cultural
preparation, coaching and counselling, housing
facilities and social activities are planned
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Quality Assurance and Evaluation (15)

• Internal (e.g. student/scholar feed-back systems,
  etc.) and external quality assurance (by e.g.
  national, international or professional bodies)
  mechanisms
• If applicable, the involvement of associated
  members are in course monitoring
• Measures taken to allow balanced gender
  participation and to facilitate access to
  students/scholars with special needs

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Quality Assurance and Evaluation expert comments
The students will have the opportunity to
evaluate teachers and courses, also non academic
aspects such as infrastructure and organisational
points A quality assurance committee
(international panel) will intervene to monitor
the programme The evaluation of the Programme
by its success in terms of completion of the
Masters Course time to get the first employment,
career performance... is also relevant
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Action 1 Joint Doctorates (EMJD)

• Same features as joint masters programmes
• Fellowships for a period of 36 months (employment
  contracts or stipends)
• Obligatory mobility of 6 months (over the 3-year
  period)
• Focus on inter-disciplinarity and innovation
• Participation of research institutes industry
  (associated members)
• Co-tutelle for thesis

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EMJD fellowship amounts

• Fellowship Calculation

• Fellowships paid for a duration of 36 months
• Annual flat rate contribution to the EMJD 50,000
  

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EMJD Fellowships - Eligibility

• Category A Fellowships non European doctoral
  candidates who are not residents nor have carried
  out their main activity for more than a total of
  12 months over the last five years in a
  participating country (exception former EMMC
  scholarship holders)
• Category B Fellowships
• All other doctoral candidates (mainly Europeans)
• Research periods to be spent in at least two
  different countries than the country in which the
  last university degree was obtained

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EMJD Fellowships other aspects

• Mobility
• Training/research in at least two countries for
  min 6 months (cumulative or consecutive)
• At least two thirds of the doctoral programme
  must be spent in Europe
• In case of TC partner instutitions in the
  consortium
• Cat A can spend a period of max 6 months
  (cumulative or consecutive) in the relevant TC
• Cat B can spend a period of max 1 year
  (cumulative or consecutive) in the relevant TC
• Obligation for signature of a Doctoral candidate
  agreement
• Every edition of the EMJD between 6 and 10
  fellowships (for Category A and B together)

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EMJD- Award Criteria

• Academic and Research quality 20
• Partnership experience and composition 20
• European integration and functioning of the
  programme 20
• Provisions for candidates granted an EMJD
  fellowship 20
• Management, sustainability and Quality Assurance
  of the programme 20

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Academic and research quality (20)

• Needs analysis (including a socio-economic
  perspective) and objectives of the EMJD
  (including those relating to inter/multi-disciplin
  ary, inter-sectoral and/or newly emerging fields)
• Contribution to European education, research
  excellence and competitiveness, added value,
  expected educational, scientific and innovative
  outcomes
• Scientific quality of the education, training and
  research programme, existence of training
  activities, articulation between
  education/training and research, participation of
  industry (where relevant)
• Inter-sectoral and inter-organisation
  collaboration and mobility (such as placements),
  graduate employability

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Partnership experience and composition (20)

• Partners capacity, expertise and experience
• Diversity (countries/regions, type of
  organisations), complementarities and synergies
  between partners their track records in joint
  cooperation activities and their level of
  internationalisation
• The appropriateness of industry (or other types
  of partners) participation (e.g. co-funding,
  co-supervision, intellectual property rights,
  publishing possibilities, quality assurance,
  etc.) their formalisation in agreements
• If relevant, the level and appropriateness of the
  Third-Country partner(s) contribution to the EMJD

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European integration and functioning of the
programme (20)

• Organisational structure integration of the
  EMJD programme research environment
  (doctoral/graduate/research schools or
  co-tutelle arrangements), recognition (ECTS or
  other in-built mechanisms)
• Relevance and organisation of the mandatory
  mobility periods
• Joint mechanisms for the selection,
  supervision/monitoring and assessment of doctoral
  candidates
• Financial arrangements among partners including
  the participation costs to the EMJD, co-funding
  possibilities in particular for candidates
  without EMJD fellowships
• Degree(s) awarded and the extent to which the
  consortium aims to deliver fully recognised and
  accredited joint degrees

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Provisions for EMJD candidatesand fellowship
holders (20)

• Information and marketing strategy
• Use of employment contracts
• Implementation of the principles of the European
  Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct
  for the Recruitment of Researchers the Doctoral
  Candidate Agreement
• The administrative arrangements to cover the
  fellowship holder's rights (e.g. health care,
  social security and pension rights, etc.), the
  mechanisms for the delivery and financial
  management of the fellowship scheme, the
  distribution of grantees between institutions
• The services provided to EMJD candidates
  (housing, coaching, visas, candidates with a
  family or special needs), language policy and
  linguistic facilities
• The arrangements concerning the candidates
  career (prospects, monitoring after graduation)

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Programme Management and Quality Assurance (20)

• The organisational arrangements and cooperation
  mechanisms within the consortium and the specific
  role played by each of its members
• The development and sustainability plan
• Internal and external evaluation quality
  assurance mechanisms
• Gender balance, access for disadvantaged students
  (for economic, racial, religious or any other
  reason) and for students with special needs

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Selection procedure (EMMC EMJD)

• Prior eligibility check by the Agency
• Expert assessment procedure
• Two individual expert assesments of each proposal
• Consensus discussions between the two experts on
  each proposal if necessary a third expert will
  assess
• The best proposals are submitted to the sectoral
  and general panels
• Selection Board (composed of high standing
  academic personalities)
• Selection proposals on the basis of the experts
  analyses

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Submission of proposals - Important points

• Respect of all formal eligibility criteria (e.g.
  deadline, signatures etc.)
• Coverage of all questions of the application form
• Be clear, simple, coherent and explicit
• Use examples to demonstrate evidence
• Provide crosschecked information regarding degree
  recognition
• Elaboration of methodology (not only  Where 
  and  When  but also  How )
• Clear information about the role of the
  coordinator and the partners in the consortium
• Provision of supporting information where
  necessary

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Selection of EMMC EMJD in 2009

• Publication of Programme Guide and Call for
  Proposals on 6 February
• Selection of EMMC and EMJD to start in the
  academic year 2010-2011
• EMMC
• Selection of at least 15 new EMMC
• Possible reselection of 2004 (19) and 2005 (17)
  consortia
• Same assessment for existing EMMC and new
  proposals
• Selection of 10 EMJD

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EMMC EMJD Timetable

• Submission of summary sheet 31 March (only
  EMJD, no eligibility criterion)
• Deadline for Application 30 April
• Assessment by external experts May
• Selection Board June
• Selection Decision July
• Communication of results (including experts
  comments) September
• Framework partnership agreement Autumn 2009
• Submission of student and doctoral candidate
  lists
• Cat A Late Jan 2010
• Cat B May 2010
• Specific agreements Spring 2010
• Start of the EMMC and EMJD academic year
  2010-2011

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Management of EMMC and EMJD by the Agency

• Conclusion of a 5-year  framework partnership
  agreement  between the coordinating institution
  and the Agency
• Conclusion of annual specific agreements with
  each consortium for the duration of the EMMC or
  EMJD
• Payments to the coordinating institution
• Day-to-day contacts with the consortia
• Analysis of progress and final reports
• Monitoring visits
• Organisation of coordinators meetings
• Possibility for audits

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Further Information

• Erasmus Mundus Website
• http//ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-pr
  ogrammes/doc72_en.htm
• koen.nomden_at_ec.europa.eu

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