Fees & Scholarships

Tuition fees

• Partner country students: €18,000 for 2 years
• Programme country students: €9,000 for 2 years

The fees do not cover copies, books, accommodation and meals. However, in each institution, students will have access to the university facilities (catering, library, computer laboratories). Students are liable for the payment of any fees related to national regulations (such as insurance).

Applicants may apply for additional funds for students from regions of Partner Countries financed by the following EU external funding instruments:

• Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)
• Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA)

 

Am I a Programme country student or Partner country student ?

• "Programme countries" include students whose nationality is one of the 27 Member States of the European Union, and additionally, Iceland, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Turkey, Serbia.
• "Partner countries NDICI*" include students whose nationality is one of these country
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Pacific: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
    • Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
    • Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
    • Central Asia: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • Americas and the Caribbean:
    • Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
    • Caribbean: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago
    • USA & Canada: Not eligible
  • Sub Saharan Africa:
    • Western Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
    • Eastern Africa: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
    • Central Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome & Principe
    • South Africa – Indian Ocean: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Neighbourhood regions:
    • Eastern Neighbourhood: Not eligible (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine)
    • Southern Neighbourhood: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia
    • Russia: Not eligible to the partner countries NDICI category but to the partner countries category
• "Partner countries IPA*" include students whose nationality is one of these countries:
  • Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro
• "Partner countries" include all other countries

Students who have the nationality of one of the Erasmus+ Partner Countries and who are resident or have carried out their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in a Programme Country can be considered Programme Country students (upon presentation of official documents). The five year reference period for this 12 month rule is calculated backwards from the submission deadline.

*The E-PiCo⁺ project benefits from additional funds from the European Commission for students scholarships from region of Partner Countries financed by EU external funding instruments: Neighborhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA).

 

Erasmus+ EMJM scholarships

Who is eligible?

Students from all over the world are eligible for an Erasmus+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) scholarship.

What is included in the Erasmus+ EMJM scholarship?

The scholarship will be a contribution to the costs incurred by the beneficiary students and shall cover travel, visa, installation and subsistence costs.
It is calculated on the basis of a monthly unit cost of €1400/month for the entire period of the programme (24 months). This period covers study, research, placement activities, thesis preparation and defence, in line with the requirement of the joint Master.
Additionally, students selected as EMJM scholarship-holders will not be required to pay the tuition fees mentioned above.

Principles and regulations

• The student candidate / scholarship holder declares not to have already benefited from an EMJM scholarship during the 2021-2027 period.
• The student candidate / scholarship holder commits not to benefit from another EU funded scholarship scheme to follow the same EMJM course for the entire period of the course.
• The financial support shall be repaid by the scholarship holder in case of fraud or false declaration.

Number of scholarships available

The number of scholarships available each year may vary from one intake to another. Find below the expected annual distribution. Please note that this distribution can be reviewed every year by the admissions board.

 

	Edition 1 (2025-2027)	Edition 2 (2026-2028)	Edition 3 (2027-2029)	Edition 4 (2028-2030)
Number of scholarships	20	20	20	20

Consortium scholarships

A Consortium scholarship shall be awarded by the consortium to students who did not obtain an Erasmus+ EMJM scholarship, but whose quality of application stood out. This scholarship will consist in a reduction from the total tuition fees.
 

Ranking on the reserve list	Reduction amount for Partner country student	Reduction amount for Programme country student
Top 3	100% tuition fees waiver (reduction of €18,000)	100% tuition fees waiver (reduction of €9,000)
Top 4 to 6	75% tuition fees waiver (reduction of €13,500)	75% tuition fees waiver (reduction of €6,750)
Top 7 to 9	50% tuition fees waiver (reduction of €9,000)	50% tuition fees waiver (reduction of €4,500)

Each year 9 Consortium scholarships can be offered to each category of students.