The main objective of the Erasmus Mundus Design Measures is to encourage the development of innovative, highly integrated new internationalstudy programmes at Master level. These international study programmes are jointly delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions from different countries worldwide and, where relevant, other educational and/or non-educational partners with specific expertise and interest in the concerned study areas/professional domains.
Erasmus Mundus Design Measures aim to enhance the capacities of higher education institutions in Europe to modernise and internationalise their curricula by developing new master programmes in partnership with universities worldwide to modernise and internationalise their curricula and teaching practices, pool resources, and for higher education systems to develop common mechanisms related to quality assurance, accreditation and recognition of degrees and credits. The support is also intended to explore and exploit the opportunities offered by the European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes.
Beneficiaries should provide a level of education corresponding to level 7 of the international standard classification of education ISCED 2011.
The jointly designed Master should:
The EU grant per project provided is €60.000.
The support takes the form of a financial lump sum contribution to the costs directly linked to the activities necessary to set up the new Master programme, such as meetings and conferences, studies/surveys, accreditation/evaluation process, etc. The contribution can also be used to cover staff costs, travel and accommodation costs, administrative costs and sub-contracted activities, in so far as relevant for the implementation of the Erasmus Mundus Design Measures.
In order to be eligible, applicants must be:
The project must include activities that involve higher education institutions from 1 or more countries not associated to the Erasmus+ programme.
EMDM are mono-beneficiary projects. The beneficiary will initiate contacts and collaboration activities in view of setting up a Master programme in line with the definition of an “integrated Master programme”. At application stage, the beneficiary should identify the participating organisations. However, these will not take part in the signatory process of the grant agreement.
Foundation for the Management of European (EU) Lifelong Learning Programmes
Website: Erasmus+ – IDEP
Website with Contact details: Εpikoinonia – Erasmus+ – IDEP
Address: Prodromou & Dimitrakopoulou 2, Nicosia 1090, Cyprus
Τelephone: +357 22448888
Email: info@idep.org.cy
For help related to this call, please contact: EACEA-EPLUS-ERASMUS-MUNDUS@ec.europa.eu