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Joint Master Degrees (JMD) Erasmus+ Key Action 1 – Learning Mobility Version January 2014
Joint Master Degrees (JMD)
Erasmus+
Key Action 1 – Learning Mobility
Version January 2014
Joint Master Degrees in a nutshellJoint Master Degrees are 60, 90 or 120 ECTS course programmes organised by consortium of higher education institutions.
Focus is on o award scholarships to excellent students worldwideo involve guest lecturers for teaching, training and/or research
purposes
1 preperatory year and 3 consecutive student intakes, min. 3 Programme countries, study in at least 2 Programme Countries
Funding for management and student scholarships: between 2 000 000 and 3 000 000 EUR for whole grant
Yearly deadline = 27 March 200XStart between 1 August and 31 October 200X
Overview
General information
Specific information on Joint Master Degrees
Selection procedure
Important KU Leuven information
General information
General objectives European education and training policies
Reducing early-school leaving
Improving the leadership of teachers via teacher education
Modernizing higher education by improving its quality, efficiency and openness, and by upgrading the skills and competences of graduates to increase their labour market relevance
Enhancing the international dimension of education and training, in particular sustainable cooperation with partner countries
Reducing the number of low-skilled adults by means of up-skilling and re-skilling initiatives in the adult learning (lifelong learning) system
Enhancing transversal skills including digital skills, entrepreneurial skills and language skills
Increasing and improving learning opportunities by digital technologies
Horizontal policy priorities Erasmus+
Erasmus+
Key Action 1
Learning mobility of individuals• Student and staff mobility• Joint Master Degrees
Key Action 2
Cooperation and innovation for good practices• Strategic partnerships • Partnerships between
the world of work and education and training institutions
• IT Support Platforms • Development, capacity
building, regional integration, knowledge exchanges and modernisation processes.
Key Action 3
Support for policy reform• Knowledge collection
and use• Prospective initiatives• Support to European
policy tools• Cooperation with
international organisations
• Stakeholder dialogue, policy and programme promotion
Key action 1 – Learning mobility of individuals
Learning mobility of individuals (both intra Programme countries and with Partner countries)
• Successors of Erasmus Mundus Action 1 Joint Masters = a flagship initiative of Lifelong Learning programme
• Focus is on international networks of excellence for teaching, learning and research
Joint Master Degrees
Expected results of this type of funding
= Contribute to the Europe 2020 and Education & Training 2020 strategies
• Quality improvement, innovation, excellence and internationalisation of the involved higher education institutions
• Quality and attractiveness if European Higher Education Area by offering full degree scholarships to the best Master students worldwide
• Supporting EU external actions in higher education • Improving level of competencies and skills of Master graduates (labour market relevance)
Results, dissemination & exploitation Tangible results: reports, events, newsletters, good practice guide, case studies, ...
• Information tool• Project database• Tangible deliverables• Showcasing best practices (annual selection by NA or EACEA)
Intangible results such as experience gained, increased (language) skills and awareness by interviews, questionnaires, tests and observations
Define target audiences and approaches
Before, during and after project
Use Erasmus+ dissemination Platform
Results, dissemination & exploitation
Multiplier events
• organisation of national and transnational conferences/seminars/events aimed at sharing and disseminating the intellectual outputs realised by the project
• multiplier events taking place in a Partner Country are not eligible for funding!
Assessment of success
• Facts and figures related to the website of project organisers (updates, visits, consultation, cross referencing); • Numbers of meetings with key stakeholders; • Numbers of participants involved in discussions and information sessions (workshops, seminars, peer reviews); follow-up measures; • Visibility in the social media; • Participation in public events; • Links with existing networks and transnational partners; transfer of information and know-how; • Impact on regional, national, EU policy measures; • Feedback from end-users, other stakeholders, peers, policy-makers
Specific information on Joint Master Degrees
Joint Master degrees – timing
Launch call
Selection and
granting procedure
: 2014
Preperatory year:
September 2014 –
September 2015
3 consecutive intakes for 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-
2018
4 or 5 year grant
agreement (depending on 1 or 2
year programmes)
First call• Deadline current call = March 27 2014, 12h00 (Brussels time)
• Start granted projects = between 1 August and 31 October 2014
• 9 grants will be funded• Calls launched and managed by EACEA• Average budget/grant = 1,9 million euros
Programme & partner countries Erasmus+• Programme countries
o EU-28 (including Overseas Country and Territory depending on Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom )
o Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerlando Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Rest of the world = partner countries (limitations per action and calls may apply)Western Balkan
Eastern Partnership countries
South-Mediterranean countries
Third countri
es neighbouring the EU
Industrialised countries
Africa, Carribean and Pacific
Asia and Latin-America
Other partne
r countri
es
What is funded? (1/3)
The delivery of a joint master programme
• 60, 90 or 120 ECTS programmes• three consecutive cohorts off student intakes (4 or 5 year grant agreements depending on the length of the Joint Master Degree programme)• organised by and international consortium of HEIs• guest lecturers are to be included for teaching, tarining and/or research purposes• a lump sum covering the consortium management fees and a mandatory minimum number of teaching (staff mobility)
The award of scholarships to excellent students worldwide
• a lumpsum for individual student scholarships covering the entire duration of the Joint Master Degree • scholarship varies in accordance with the students' country of origin, the duration and the amount of tuition • fees charged by the Joint Master Degree consortium, • The scholarship will contribute to cover: travel costs, installation costs, subsistence costs, course fees and insurance costs
Maximum EU-cofinancing rate = 80%
Minimum three HEIs from three different participating countries, one of which must be an
EU Member State.
The active participation of at least one organisation from the non-academic world
What is funded? (2/3)
Joint Master Degree management
€ 20 000 for the preparatory year
€ 50 000 per intake
What is funded? (2/3)Joint Master Degree student scholarships
Participation costs (higher amounts must be covered by
the participating organisations, never by the
student):
Max. € 9000/year/scholar
ship from a partner country
Max. € 4500/year/scholars
hip from a programme country
Travel and installation costs:
€1000/year/scholarship holder resident of a
Programme Country for travel costs
€2000/year for travel costs + €1000 for installation costs for scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country
whose location is situated at less than 4000 km from the coordinating HEI
€3000/year for travel costs + €1000 for installation costs for scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country
whose location is situated at 4000 km or more from the coordinating HEI
Subsistence costs (except for study/research/placement/the
sis preparation activities spent in their country of
residence):
€ 1000/month for the entire
duration of the JMD study
programme (24 months
maximum).
Important notes on scholarships!
No more than 3 canidates from the same country (with the same natioanlity) should be awarded a
scholarship during the same intake
Self-funded students should be approx. 25% of Erasmus+ grant holders
Grant holders from previous Erasmus Mundus programme of JMD programme
are not eligible
Scholarship holders cannot transfer university credits prior to enrolment in JMD to reduce mandatory activities
Cumulation of grants for JMD scholarships with Erasmus+ student or
staff mobility grants is not allowed!
Eligibility criteria / Who can apply?
Centralised action Selection and management by the Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA)
• hold an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education• establish interinstitutional agreements amongst each other
Coordinator = HEI from a Programme country
• enterprises and other representatives of the world of work; • research institutions; • bodies active in the area of education and training; • non-profit organisations, NGOs; • associations, foundations, and other bodies involved in the fields of education and training; • local, regional and national public authorities; • …
All participating HEIs from Programme Countries in the consortium
All HEIs from Partner Countries establish interinstitutional agreements with HEIs from Programme Countries
Non-academic partners
Quality assurance during initial funding period• Selection process with limited number of grants• Submission of annual progress reports by consortium
(necessary for next grant instalments)• Online Mobility tool: qualitative and quantitative monitoring • Minimally 1 monitoring visit• Quality review at the end of initial funding period
Selection procedure
Award criteria
Relevance of the project
Quality of project design and implementation
Quality of the project team and the cooperation arrangements
Impact and dissemination
Selection procedure
Step 1 by independent academic experts
Focus on first award criterion (Relevance of
the project)
Pass or fail (= end of selection)
Step 2 by independent academic experts
Focus on three other award criteria
Ranking of best proposals
Step 3 Interview roundRepresentatives of
consortium and EC/EACEA/NA
Final list of proposals
Selected Joint Master Degrees
Erasmus Mundus Master Courses
Erasmus Mundus to Erasmus+Please contact International Office for further support ([email protected])
Important KU Leuven information
KU Leuven advice and support• Before submission via International Office
o As soon as possible, inform International Office about intentionso Advice available on request for call specifications, possible (non) academic
partners, consortium management structure, … o Compulsory consultation joint master degree initiatives via
‘Ondersteuningsgroep Interuniversitaire Opleidingen’(OGIO)
• Submission through International Office (rector as legal representative)
• After selection via International Officeo Communication to EACEA for budget revise, clarifications, …o Grant agreemento Advice on consortium agreement and other documents commiting KU
Leuven via ‘Ondersteuningsgroep Interuniversitaire Opleidingen’
Deadlines call spring 2014• 28/02/2014: Application form has to be delivered to
[email protected] for compulsory OGIO feedback• Applications are assessed by Executive Board of KU
Leuven (Gemeenschappelijk Bureau) on 18/03/2014• Upon approval, final application forms are signed by the
rector (through International Office) • Only approved and rector signed applications can be
submitted to the external funding body!
More information • Erasmus+ Programme Guide - Joint Master Degrees (p.
109-116 and Annex 2 p.233-235)• Erasmus+ intranet page International Office
Johan EversInternational Office
[email protected]/37 98 54
Your contact point for Erasmus+Joint Master degrees
