Erasmus Mundus The programme in brief (Amman, 21st January 2013) Clivio Casali Programme Manager EACEA, Erasmus Mundus and External Cooperation Unit

Erasmus Mundus - objectives  Enhance the quality of higher education through international cooperation  Contribute to intercultural understanding  Contribute to capacity building in partner countries  Boost students’ and staff career prospects  Increase the attractiveness of European higher education

ERASMUS MUNDUS: 3 ACTIONS ACTION 1: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Courses Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates ACTION 2: Erasmus Mundus Partnerships ACTION 3: Projects to promote higher education cooperation between Europe and the rest of the world SCHOLARSHIPS students (undergr to post- doc.) and Staff (acad. and admin.) NO CALL IN 2013

Action 1 Joint Programmes An EM Masters Course or Joint Doctorate  is developed and delivered by a consortium of HEIs (with study in at least two HEIs)  must involve at least three European HEIs and may involve non-EU HEIs  awards full-study scholarships + scholar grants  provides a joint degree/mulitple degrees

Action 1 Joint Programmes In 2013: 138 Masters Courses and 43 Joint Doctorates will offer: 1,500 + Masters scholarships, 300 doctoral fellowships, 450 scholar scholarships Instances of participation:745 EU, 240 non-EU : Scholarships for over 14,000 masters students, 2,000 scholars and 640 doctoral candidates

* Since 2010, EMMC consortia have selected scholars over the course of the academic year, rather than at the beginning, so nationalities of selected scholars will only be known when final reports are submitted. ** First selection of doctoral candidates made for academic year. TOTAL EMMC students EMMC scholars* NA EMJD fellows** 4 NA 031 Action 1: Involvement of Jordan HEIs and mobility( ) Jordanian HEIs have not partecipated in any of the consortia selected for joint master or doctorate programmes so far.

Action 1 Joint Programmes Annual flat rate for consortium management EUR 30,000 (EMMC); EUR 50,000 (EMJD) Scholarships: EMMC scholarships for students and researchers EMJD fellowships for doctoral candidates Cover participation costs (fees), living costs, travel, insurance

Action 1: How much is the scholarship? T wo categories of students/doctoral candidates: Category A: Non-Europeans who are not resident, nor have carried out their main activity for more than a total of 12 months over the last 5 years, in a European country Category B: Any individual fulfilling the academic admission conditions set by the consortium and who does not fulfil Category A requirements (mainly Europeans)

Action 1: Masters scholarships Category A scholarships (1-2 years) Category B scholarships (1-2 years) Academics’ scholarships I Contrib. to travel and other types of personal costs € per year€ only if mobility to a non-EUR partner II Contrib. to participation costs: e.g.fees & insurance Max € per semester Max € per semester III Monthly allowance€ per month € 500 per month IV Living allowance (incl. travel costs) €1200 per week for max. 3 months Total € per year€ per year ( + € if travel) € for a max. 3-mth stay

Action1: Doctorate fellowships Category A fellowship (amounts for a 3-year doctoral fellowship) Category B fellowship (amounts for a 3-year doctoral fellowship) IContrib. to travel, installation and other personal costs € 7500€ 3000 (if mobility to non-EUR partner) IIFixed contrib. to the EMJD participation costs € 300 per month (€ for 36 months) for non- laboratory based EMJDs € 600 per month (€ for 36 months) for laboratory based EMJDs IIIFixed living allowance (36 months in total) € per month (i.e. € for 36 months) for an employment contract € per month (i.e. € for 36 months) for a stipend Maximum fellowship amountBetween € and € (depending on category, lab. or type of recruitment)

 Large partnerships between universities from the EU and non-EU universities from a specific region (lots)  Scholarships of varying length (1 month to 3 years)  Bachelor, master, doctorate, post-doctorate students and Staff (training, teaching, research activities, HE management)  Mobility not linked to specific programmes (all programmes on offer in partner HEIs can be followed)  Addressing different target groups including vulnerable groups  Integration of cross-cutting issues (i.e. disadvantaged group and gender balance) Action 2 Partnerships

Action 2 Partnerships,  215 partnerships worldwide  3915 instances of participation: 1752 EU, 2163 non-EU  Around 34,000 mobility flows implemented or planned

Action 2 Partnerships in  53 partnerships selected in 2012 All offering mobility in 2012 and/or 2013 Over 8,000 scholarships planned  46 partnerships selected in 2011 Many will still be offering mobility in 2012/2013  Almost all regions of the world covered

Action 2: involvement of Jordanian HEIs ( ) Organisation Grand Total AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY 11 AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY 11 GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY 11 HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUTAH UNIVERSITY 11 PRINCESS SUMAYA UNIVERSITY FOR TECHNOLOGY TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN YARMOUK UNIVERSITY 224 Grand Total

Action 2 partnerships A. Organisation of the mobility : EUR 10,000 flat rate per partner EUR 10,000 flat rate for co-coordination (if applicable) B. Scholarships: Monthly allowance Tuition and registration costs Insurance Travel costs, according to distance-based flat rates

Action 2: how much is the scholarship? TypeMonthly subsistence Duration (months) Tuition/ Registration Insurance (per month) Maximum (excl travel) Masters€ sem – 24 m € 3000 if > 10m - Fee waiver if stay below 10 months € 75€ Doctorate€ – 36 € 3000 for min 10 m € 75€ Post- Doctorate € – 10 No unit costs. € 5000 per acad yr for specialised postdoc studies € 75€ Staff€ n.a.€ 75€ 7 725

Action 3 promotional projects Supports transnational initiatives, events, studies, and other projects that: promote European higher education tackle issues of international higher education cooperation: - in specific geographical areas - in particular academic disciplines - relating to higher education management

18 Action 3 to date 9 promotion projects selected in promotion projects instances of participation by 433 different HE organisations (221 from Europe, 212 from third countries) 10 information projects managed by National Structures ( ) 5 Clusters of existing Erasmus Mundus projects ( )

Action 3: involvement of Jordanian HEIs InstitutionTitleSelection Year Princess Sumaya University for Technology FORT - Forging Ties and Building Bridges between Mediterranean Higher Education Institutions 2008 Princess Sumaya University for Technology Joint Innovation & Synergies in Education and Research - Mediterranean Region 2010 University of Jordan Synergies and Innovation: Linking the MENA region, the Gulf and Europe in Higher Education 2012 Gesco for Academic Services Personal on-line advice for study in Europe orientation 2012 International Federation of Medical Students Personal on-line advice for study in Europe orientation 2012

Erasmus Mundus Call for Proposals 2013 EACEA/38/2012

NEW Call for Proposals(EACEA/38/12)  2013 Call launched December 2012  Deadline for proposals: 15 April 2013  Targets: - 62 Action 2 Partnerships - 8 Action 3 Projects  Selection to be completed by July

What’s new in 2013?  No Action 1 Call (Masters Courses and Joint Doctorates)  Increased budget for Action 2 and 3  Action 2 award criteria: Importance of geographical coverage: EU and non—EU partners Past/current performance of partnership: management capacity (where applicable) 22

2013 Call – Action 2 targets  18 lots for 57 partnerships  Total budget EUR million  Mobility for minimum 6,877 individuals

Lot 13 India Lot 17 South Africa Lot 18 ACP countries NEW! Lot 16 Brazil Lot 11 Asia West Lot 15 Latin America (C) Lot 12 Asia East Lot 8 Iran Iraq Yemen Lot 1 North America Lot 4 Australia New Zealand Lot 4 Gulf countries Lot 14 Latin America (S) Lot 3 Japan Korea 1 1 Proposed shape of lots: Action 2 Call 2013 (rest of the world) Proposed n° of partnerships : x x Strand 1 Strand 2

Proposed shape of lots: Action 2 Call 2013 (neighbouring countries) Proposed n° of partnerships: Lot 4 Russia Lot 1 Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt Lot 2 Jordan, Lebanon, OPT, Syria Lot 3 Israel Lot 5 Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia Lot 7 Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina FYROM, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia Lot 9 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan NEW! Lot 10 Uzbekistan country lot x x NEW! Lot 6 Tunisia 2 2 *This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence

Lot 2 Countries Budget per prtnships Nr. of Prtnships Nr. of scholarships per partn. Maximum grant per prtnship Jordan Lebanon OpT Syria € 12 Mln1204€ 3 Mln Max. duration of the project: 48 months Action 2 partnerships: Lot 2

 Applicant: EU HEI  Partnership composition ( maximum 20 HEIs) : 5 EU HEIs 5 HEIs from at least 3 different country of the lot (extra point for total geographical coverage)  Joint Coordination: Lot 2 HEI universities Action 2: Lot 2 (Jordan, Lebanon, OpT and Syria)

Joint coordination -Not compulsory but strongly encouraged -better efficiency, feasibility and sustainability of the partnership -Supports capacity building in Lot 1 universities -Primary legal responsibilities to the applicant (EU HEI) but Lot 1 co-coordinator plays a key role in the joint coordination of the project at regional level Action 2 partnerships: Lot 2

Action 2 partnerships: mobility requirements  Start of student and staff mobility: 3 cohorts (Sept – Dec. 2014/Sept – Dec. 2015/Sept – Dec. 2016)  No-EU mob. min. 70% - EU mob max 30%  Mobility open to all fields of study Type of mobility Distribution Undergraduates30-40% Masters15-25% Doctorates5-15% Post-doctorates5-15% Staff15-25%

Scholarships beneficiaries must be Libyan or nationals of the any country concerned by the lot and specifically: Target Group 1 registered in one of the HEIs member of the partnership (50% of the total mobility) Target Group 2 registered/work in a HEIs not included in the partnership or have obtained a university degree by an institution of these countries Target Group 3 in particularly vulnerable situations, for social and political reasons (e.g. refugee status or asylum seekers, indigenous population or IDPs) Action 2 mobility target

 TG 1 (in partner univ) TG 2 (other candidate) TG 3 (vulnerable group)   Action 2 individual mobility  

Coordinating InstitutionTitlePartner Institutions Technische Universität Berlin(DE) Avempace Hashemite University Princess Sumaya University For Technology Yarmouk University Mutah University Tafila Technical University Lund University (SE)JOSYLEEM Hashemite University University Of Jordan Jordan University Of Science And Technology Yarmouk University Tafila Technical University Action 2: involvement of Jordanian HEIs (Call 2011)

Coordinating InstitutionTitlePartner Institutions Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES) PEACE Al Balqa Applied University Princess Sumaya University for Technology Al Hussein Bin Talal University Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK)EPIC German Jordanian University Princess Sumaya University For Technology University of Jordan Yarmouk University Technische Universität Berlin (DE)Avempace II Princess Sumaya University for Technology Yarmouk University Tafila Technical University Universita degli studi di Pavia (IT)DUNIA BEAM Princess Sumaya University for Technology University of Jordan Jordan University of Science And Technology Action 2: involvement of Jordanian HEIs (Call 2012)

Undergrad.MastersDoctoratePost- doctorate StaffTOT * * * Total *figures for 2010, 2011 and 2012 represent the partnerships' planned mobility Action 2: Jordanian mobility ( )

Action 2: selection process for HEIs 35 EACEA: Eligibility and selection criteria EU Delegations: Eligibility non-EU HEIs Relevance regional priorities External experts: Assessment of proposals Evaluation Committee Selection Decision Partnerships (EU coord.) submit an application

EM Students selection (Action 1 and 2) All students are selected by consortia / partnerships 1.Students have to review: the EMMCs/EMJDs offer (Action 1) the partnerships selected under Lot 2 and the study opportunities they offer (Action 2) 2.Students apply directly to the course or partnership

Benefits for HE institutions Establish lasting links between institutions Improve quality of teaching and students Put in place mechanisms to facilitate mobility and degree recognition Increase university visibility, attractiveness worldwide Enhance reputation through involvement in excellence programmes

Benefits for individuals Participate in high-level masters/doctoral courses Receive double/multiple/joint degree from consortium of excellent universities Acquire in-depth knowledge of Europe + European HE Improve linguistic skills, intercultural experience Improve employability through recognition of qualifications and study periods abroad Academic exchange of knowledge, ideas, contacts

Check the Call documents & guidance Check the official Call documents published on the Agency website: _mundus/funding/2013/call_eacea _38_12_en.php Guidance for applicants

Programme Guide Calls for Proposals How to apply for scholarships Selected projects HEI partner search FAQs

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