Deadline: January 3, 2019.

Mundus MAPP/MUNMAPP is a two-year-long international joint Masters program in Public Policy, offered by  four top-rankedEuropean institutions: Central European University, Budapest (Hungary), International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (Spain) and the University of York (UK). Established in 2007, the program operates as an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Program funded by the European Commission.

Mundus MAPP directly responds to the educational needs created by the rapidly changing global environment and new public policy challenges. The program equips graduates with the conceptual knowledge and hard skills that are necessary for understanding and decisively intervening in contemporary transnational policy problems, from climate change to international terrorism or financial regulatory failure. It provides a detailed and systematic understanding of how political institutions, processes and public policies operate and interact from the global political economy through to national and local levels with a direct focus on European engagements at these levels of governance. Inter-disciplinarity and practical application of conceptual knowledge are hallmarks of Mundus MAPP.

 

ELIGIBILITY

Mundus MAPP is open to both European and third country national students. Scholarships are provided for the best eligible applicants by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme, as well as by the Consortium institutions.

Minimum requirements are:

1)    Educational background

For all tracks of the program, candidates need to have a Bachelors degree comprising at least three years of studies at a recognized university or institute of higher education. Applicants must have obtained at least class 2.2 (Lower Second), B or equivalent but preferably class 2.1 (Upper Second), B+ or equivalent. Normally applicants with a preliminary degree in any of the social sciences or equivalent are given preference. Candidates with a Bachelors degree in Natural Science or Engineering are not eligible to apply.

2)    High motivation and interest in European and international public policy

3)    Work experience
Applicants with relevant work experience (internships, jobs) will be ranked higher.

4)    Fluency in English

5)    Other
Although Spanish is no longer a requirement for mobility tracks involving IBEI, basic knowledge of Spanish is recommended as some electives will only be available in Spanish.

 

FUNDING

 

I)    EMJMD scholarships

1)    Programme Country scholarships: for selected applicants who are citizens of one of the countries of the European Union, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Turkey.

Programme Country scholarships consist of the following contributions:

a)    Contribution to participation costs (tuition fees): 4,500 EUR/academic year (9,000 EUR in total for two academic years)

b)    Contribution to travel costs: 1,000 EUR/academic year (2,000 EUR in total for two academic years)
Programme Country students who are residents of the country where their EMJMD mobility takes place are not eligible for this contribution.

c)    Contribution to subsistence costs (stipend): 1,000 EUR/month (24,000 EUR for two academic years)
Programme Country students who are residents of the country where their EMJMD mobility takes place are not eligible for this contribution.

d)    The remaining tuition fees (13,000 EUR in total for two academic years) will be waived by the consortium institutions.

2)    Partner Country scholarships: for selected applicants from all other countries (countries not listed above under Programme Country scholarships), provided that they are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, training, work, living) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the Programme Countries listed above.

Partner Country scholarships consist of the following contributions:

a)    Contribution to participation costs (tuition fees): 9,000 EUR/academic year (18,000 EUR in total for two academic years)

b)    Contribution to travel and installation costs: up to 7,000 EUR in total for two academic years

c)    Contribution to subsistence costs (stipend): 1,000 EUR/month (24,000 EUR for two academic years)

d)    The remaining tuition fees (4,000 EUR in total for two academic years) will be waived by the consortium institutions.

 

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Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Public Policy