European Commission Scholarships

NOHA Mundus Scholarships for 2009/2010 (EU)
The European Commission invites applications for scholarships for 2009/2010 from highly qualified third-country graduate students to follow the NOHA Mundus Masters Course, in the NOHA universities participating in the Course.

Deadlines : 15 Dec 2008

INTRODUCTION
The NOHA European Master's in International Humanitarian Action has been selected by the European Commission among the first Erasmus Mundus masters courses for five years. This implies that the European Commission will grant scholarships to highly qualified third-country graduate students to follow the NOHA Mundus Masters Course, to scholars to carry out teaching and research assignments and scholarly work in the NOHA universities participating in the Course.

Third-country graduate student
Third-country graduate student means a national of a third country other than those from EEA-EFTA States and candidate countries for accession to the European Union; who has already obtained a first higher education degree; who is not a resident of any of the Member States or the participating countries (EEA-EFTA States and EU candidate countries for accession); who has not carried out his or her main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the Member States or the participating countries.

Scholarship

The amount of the student grant is EUR 35, 600. Each scholarship holder will receive EUR 1,600 each month for living costs during the 16 months duration of the program plus a fixed amount of EUR 10,000 to be paid in two instalments of EUR 5,000 each per year.

Third-country students eligible for receiving an Erasmus Mundus scholarship fall into two different categories: one general category in which grantees can come from any third country and one specific category ("Asian windows") in which funds are earmarked for nationals from specific Asian countries.

With regard to the general category NOHA consortium will reserve a 13 to 18 places for third-country students and 3 to 4 places for third-country scholars every year. With regard to the specific category ("Asian windows") the NOHA consortium will have the possibility to select 8 or 9 additional Asian students every year.

Entry Requirements and Criteria

The admission to the NOHA Masters on Humanitarian Action degree programme may be granted to applicants who meet the following common admission criteria: Candidates must have completed a good level of first degree in a discipline of relevance to humanitarian action.

Candidates are required to have a recognised qualification in the language(s) of instruction of the university that they plan to attend
Knowledge of languages of the place of study is an asset.
Practical experience in the area of humanitarian action in governmental, inter-governmental, and/ or nongovernmental organisations and institutions is valued.
Completed applications received.
Selection criteria includes:-motivation; academic qualifications; language skills; research experience professional experience.Detailed Information

The detailed information, application procedure and forms are available on the following link.
Please follow the link and browse through:- Introduction Students Application and Selection Criteria Scholars Selection
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