How to Apply to Erasmus Mundus

1. How to Apply to Erasmus Mundus HibaMassoud Local information day Damascus University, 25 May 14

2. What is Erasmus Mundus • Erasmus Mundus programme aims to enhance quality in higher education and promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through mobility and academic cooperation between Europe and the rest of the world. Funding is available for: • European joint masters and doctorates • Partnerships with non-European higher education institutions and scholarships for students and academics • Projects to promote European higher education worldwide

3. Steps to Apply 1 • Go to Erasmus Mundus website from EACEA via the link http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/scholarships_students_academics_en.php If you are looking for fellowship (scholarship) then you are interested in Action 2 as an academic you are advised to read more about the program when you intend to apply.

5. Steps to Apply 2 • Choose Syria as your country and press go The new page will show the followings important information and all programs in Action 2 2. Erasmus Mundus partnerships: Study at European partner universities in a range of disciplines at a range of academic levels. All Action 2 partnerships selected in 2013 will be offering scholarships from late 2013 or early 2014 onwards: • AVEMPACE III • HERMES • PEACE II • PHOENIX • Avempace II • DUNIA BEAM • PEACE(USC) • EPIC Please note that you can only apply when they open the call for applications therefore you need to check the websites of the programs regularely to check on that.

7. Steps to apply 3 • Start by reviewing each program separately Note: you need to read the Application Guidelines as they help you throughout the applying process (and they might differ slightly between projects) Here I took PHOENIX as an example. And the like should take you to the project website. • Here you need to look for specialization, country of preference, and opportunities. In this project it is under Institutionslist. You are interested in European partners

10. Steps to apply 3 • Under Institutionslist you will be able to determine your target group code; that will be: Target Group 1 (TG1) who are registered/work in one of the third-country partner universities that is a member of the partnership. Target Group 2 (TG2) who Are registered/work in a higher education institution that is not included in the partnership

12. Step to apply 4 • To know more about specializations available in your country of preference go to Courseslist, in the new site choose • Middle-east >>Europe (in the direction), and • Academic staff or Post doctorate (in the type of mobility. • Press ok and start reviewing the scholarships

14. Step to apply 4 • Press ok and start reviewing the scholarships by clicking of the university and specialization you are interested in.

16. Step to apply 4 • by clicking of the university and specialization you are interested in you will have more details that may look like the following. Please note that you need to be organized and read the specific details of the scholarship you want to apply to. Here I took the UNIVAQ- University of L’Aquila as an example

18. Step to apply 5 • Once you have decided the universities and specializations you want to apply for start by reviewing the application and required documents in the Apply list. Please note: that the most important document is the invitation letter from the universities you are applying for. The application can only be submitted online via the project website.

21. Step to apply 6 • Start by contacting the universities that you have chosen to get invitation letter. • Meanwhile: • fill the application form • Get all documents needed these are: • Passport • Work programme/work plan • PhD /MA certificate • Euro pass CV • Declaration of honor/oath statement • Employment letter • Motivation letter • Recommendation letter , and • Invitation letter

22. Steps to apply Step 7 • Once you have filled the application form and uploaded all needed documents, submit your application and wait for the results.

23. Step to apply 7 • You will be contacted by email by the program management to tell you about the results of your application. Got the fund Did not get the fund Follow the instructions Try again next time and prepare for your travel

24. Selection Criteria • Each project has it’s own selection criteria (read the guidelines of each project to know more). But in general the selection steps are:

25. Selection steps Step one • Validation of applications: eliminate duplicated applications and modified wrongly attributed TGs. The invalid applications are immediately eliminated of the selection process..

26. Selection steps Step two • Evaluation and ranking of the validated applications only: all the aspects of the application will be taken into consideration, that is; • Quality of the academic record • Date in which the applicant concluded his/her degree at the home institution • Veracity of the provided information and of the submitted documents (including the documents which prove the personal identification of the applicant), • Presented motivation, • Priority areas for the partner institutions and for the Middle-East countries, • Necessity of reaching the gender balance, maintain the applications’ quality, etc.    

27. Selection steps Step three • Final selection: done on the basis of • academic merit  • Applicants scientific achievement  • research production • teaching experience • previous experience and work plan of the staff applicants, intended to reach