Guidelines for applicants
This document contains detailed information about the application procedure. We strongly advise you to read it before starting to fill in the Application Form.
Application Guidelines
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This form expects to be an easy and simple way to prepare your application, allowing you to introduce progressively the details and information required.
You must start creating your application form by setting your USER and PASSWORD. From the beginning, you have to choose the type of scholarship for which you want to receive the support of the Programme.
Before starting to fill in the Application Form, you must be sure of having all the certificates and language skills required to attend the sought programmes(s) and the institution(s). We also strongly advise you to read the Guidelines for Applicants before starting.
If an applicant submits more than one application, the system will automatically consider the most recent one.
Eligibility Criteria
Asian applicants who want to participate in mobility to the EU:
Must be a national of one of Asian countries covered by the lot: China, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia and North Korea;
Must have not resided nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the eligible European countries at the time of submitting their application to the partnership. This rule does not apply to candidates in a vulnerable situation.
Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languages currently spoken in the hosting countries.
There are different categories of possible candidates. If your current situation is in accordance with the scenarios here below, then you are eligible to apply
You are registered / enrolled in one of the partner universities in the project at the moment of application (October 2014 - January 2015):
Sichuan University (China): Management Co-coordinator
Royal University of Agriculture - Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Royal University of Phnomh Penh (Cambodia)
Nanjing University (China)
Peking University (China)
University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
Yezin Agriculture University (Myanmar)
Pyonyang University of Science and Technology (North Korea)
Thammasat University (Thailand)
Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)
Hue University (Vietnam)
You are registered in a university in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand or Vietnam at the moment of application (October 2014 - January 2015).
You are already working AND you have a higher education degree from one of the 6 countries involved.
You are currently unemployed, but you have a higher education degree from one of the 6 countries involved.
Please note that being disadvantaged (disabled students, economically disadvantaged,...), is not the same as being in a vulnerable situation.
Academic and administrative staff :
Must be a national of one of the eligible countries;
The mobility assignments must be based on partnership agreements between the members of the partnership. The home and host universities and the individual staff must agree on the programme of lectures to be delivered by the visiting staff, on the research activities or on the type of training to be followed.
The mobility may constitute a post-per-post exchange or a one-way visitor flow to or from a third country.
Asian Staff members:
SEA staff must work in or be associated to one of the SEA Higher Education Institutions participating in the partnership.
Sichuan University (China): Management Co-coordinator
Royal University of Agriculture - Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
Royal University of Phnomh Penh (Cambodia)
Nanjing University (China)
Peking University (China)
University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
Yezin Agriculture University (Myanmar)
Pyonyang University of Science and Technology (North Korea)
Thammasat University (Thailand)
Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)
Hue University (Vietnam)
SEA staff must work in or be associated to a Higher Education Institution (not included in the partnership) of any SEA country concerned by the lot. EU staff must work in or be associated to a Higher Education Institution (not included in the partnership) of any European country.
The mobility of staff should contribute to strengthen international co-operation capacity of higher education institutions in third countries, with the production of new teaching material, as well as their management capacity.
It should aim to consolidate and extend links between departments and faculties and to prepare for future cooperation projects between the universities. The staff mobility is also expected to lead to progresses in the application of ECTS or other systems for recognition of studies in the partner institution.
European applicants who want to participate in mobility to Asia:
Must be a national of one of EU countries;
Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languages currently spoken in the hosting countries.
There are different categories of possible candidates. If your current situation is in accordance with the scenarios here below, then you are eligible to apply
Either must be registered at one of the EU universities of the project at the time of submitting your application to the partnership. If you are an undergraduate student you must have successfully completed at least 1 year of studies in your home institution:
Uppsala University (Sweden)
Ghent University (Belgium)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
University of Goettingen (Germany)
Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University (France)
University of Limerick (Ireland)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands)
University of Porto (Portugal)
University of Kent (UK)
Either must be registered at another European university which is not a partner in the project or must have obtained a university degree or equivalent from an EU institution (again at the time of submitting your application).
Academic and administrative staff :
Must be a national of one of the eligible countries;
The mobility assignments must be based on partnership agreements between the members of the partnership. The home and host universities and the individual staff must agree on the programme of lectures to be delivered by the visiting staff, on the research activities or on the type of training to be followed.
The mobility may constitute a post-per-post exchange or a one-way visitor flow to or from a third country.
EU Staff members:
EU staff must work in or be associated to one of the EUHigher Education Institutions participating in the partnership. EU staff must work in or be associated to one of the EU
Uppsala University (Sweden)
Ghent University (Belgium)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
University of Goettingen (Germany)
Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University (France)
University of Limerick (Ireland)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands)
University of Porto (Portugal)
University of Kent (UK)
Either must be registered at another European university which is not a partner in the project or must have obtained a university degree or equivalent from an EU institution (again at the time of submitting your application).
The mobility of staff should contribute to strengthen international co-operation capacity of higher education institutions in third countries, with the production of new teaching material, as well as their management capacity.
It should aim to consolidate and extend links between departments and faculties and to prepare for future cooperation projects between the universities. The staff mobility is also expected to lead to progresses in the application of ECTS or other systems for recognition of studies in the partner institution.
Additional requirements / information:
NO Asian or European candidates can benefit from a second scholarship for the same type of mobility (BA, MA) under another project under the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Strand 1. Furthermore, candidates cannot receive more than one grant for a mobility period in Europe within the same project.
No student can benefit from more than one mobility activity in the same project.
Additionally, if you belong to a vulnerable group (Social or Political), then please explain the nature of your situation thoroughly in the application form. Please note that being disadvantaged (disabled students, economically disadvantaged...), is not the same as being in a vulnerable situation. The European Commission describes this category as nationals who are in a particularly vulnerable situation, for social or political reasons:
having a refugee status or asylum beneficiaries (international or according to the national legislation of one of the European recipient countries) or
it can be proved that they have been the object of unjustified expulsion from university on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination or
they belong to an indigenous population targeted by a specific national policy or IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons)