Erasmus Mundus is offering fully-funded scholarships for graduate students who want to get a Master's Degree in Big Data Management and Analytics. Scholars who join the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree’s Programme 'BDMA' will visit and study in several countries, with different languages and cultures.
Eligibility and Conditions:
Candidates must have been awarded a Bachelor’s degree (i.e., the equivalent of 180 ECTS) with a major in computer science, from an accredited university. The university has to be listed in the World Higher Education Database (WHED) or be included in the following university rankings:
Candidates must be able to demonstrate proficiency in English by means of an internationally recognized test equivalent to level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
The consortium will rely on how certification bodies evaluate their own equivalences against this framework, e.g., Cambridge General English FCE, IELTS (Academic) 5.5, TOEFL (paper-based) 570, TOEFL (computer-based) 230, TOEFL (internet-based) 72, etc.
To apply for a visa as a self-funded student, you will need to have a financial guarantor. The guarantor must be able to prove that he has a monthly income that is sufficiently high for him to be able to pay you 666 EUR/month while retaining 1254,82 EUR/month for himself and 150 EUR/month for each dependent. If these conditions cannot be met, the Belgian consulate will not issue a student visa.
Students applying for ERASMUS MUNDUS JMD scholarship for a specific academic intake are not allowed to submit a scholarship application to more than three ERASMUS MUNDUS JMD consortia.
Students who have already obtained ERASMUS MUNDUS JMD scholarship, an Erasmus Mundus Master Course scholarship, or an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional scholarship under the ERASMUS MUNDUS JMD action.
Students benefiting from ERASMUS MUNDUS JMD scholarship cannot benefit from another EU grant while pursuing their studies in an Erasmus+ ERASMUS MUNDUS JMD.
Scholarships:
Two categories of scholarships are available:
The scholarship for students from Programme Countries comprises:
Participation costs: up to 4,500 euros per year
Travel costs: 1,000 euros per year
Contribution to subsistence costs: 1,000 euros per month for the entire duration of the BDMA program (24 months maximum).
The scholarship for students from Partner Countries comprises:
Participation costs: up to 9,000 euros per year
Travel costs: 2,000 or 3,000 euros per year depending on whether the student is a resident of a country whose location is, respectively, less than or more than 4000 km away from Brussels, the coordinating institution of the BDMA program.
Installation costs: 1,000 euros.
Contribution to subsistence costs: 1,000 euros per month for the entire duration of the BDMA program (24 months maximum).
The participation costs covering the tuition fees are directly taken by the consortium. The remainder of the scholarship will be allocated to selected students as follows:
Two yearly installments, each one covering half of the travel costs.
One installment of 1,000 euros covering the installation costs for students from Partner Countries.
24 monthly installments of 1,000 euros for the subsistence costs
Application Required Material:
Cover letter (stating your interest, your possibilities in the Master, and anything you consider relevant to know for the Selection Committee).