Fellowships
– Individual EMJD fellowships are awarded exclusively for full-time enrolment in the doctoral program.
– Individuals who have already benefited from an EMJD fellowship are not eligible for a second grant.
– Doctoral candidates benefiting from an EMJD fellowship cannot benefit from other Community grants while carrying out their Erasmus Mundus doctoral activities.
- Doctoral candidates holding an Erasmus Mundus fellowship must perform their training/research periods in at least two different countries represented in the consortium; for Category B fellowship holders, these two countries must be different from the country in which the doctoral candidate has obtained his/her last university degree.
- Only candidates who have applied to and have been accepted by an EMJD consortium in accordance with its specific doctoral candidate’s application and selection criteria are eligible for a fellowship.
Both Category A and B fellowships are defined by a Fixed Living Allowance (gross salary fixed by the doctorate candidate contract : about 1500 € / month).
- Category A fellowships can be awarded to selected doctoral candidates, who come from a country other than an eligible applicant country eligible applicant country (i.e. a Member State of the European Union, an EEA-EFTA State – Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein- Turkey, the Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.-, or Switzerland) , and who are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of these countries.
The only exception to this rule applies to Third-Country doctoral candidates who have previously received an Erasmus Mundus masters scholarship in order to follow an EMMC.
Category A doctorate candidates benefit from a contribution to the candidate’s travel, installation and any other types of costs) (see below)
– Category B fellowships can be awarded to any doctoral candidate selected by EMJD consortia and who do not fulfil the Category A criteria defined above.
Admission criteria
This program is dedicated to early stage researchers with a master in the field of Physics, Engineering, Optics, Photonics, Biology, Biotechnology, BioPhysics, Nanosciences, selected based on their scientific level, recommendation letters, motivation letter and possibly interview.
The master level corresponds to 120 ECTS (validated for European students or their equivalent for students from third countries).
A medium level in English is required.
Selection
The applications are examined by the selection board of the consortium.
The selection criteria, which aim at recruiting top level candidates, will be based on the marks obtained in the previous academic education of the student, the program of this academic education, motivation and recommendation letters.
Admission
The admission of candidates from EU and Third countries will take place according to the rules of quota imposed by the European commission.
Diploma
A co-tutelle double phD degree is obtained after completing the phD program. The official titles from each institution is given below.
| Paul Cézanne Aix Marseille III University / Institut Fresnel | Doctorat de l’Ecole Doctorale “Physique et Science de la Matière”, Aix-Marseille Université, France Doctorate from the Doctoral School “Physics and Material Sciences”, Aix-Marseille University, France |
| Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO) |
Doctor por la Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Doctor by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) | Dr. rer. Nat. (Natural Sciences) or
Dr.-Ing. (Engineering), depending of specialization |
| The Università degli Studi di Firenze / Laboratorio Europeo di Spettroscopie Nonlineari (LENS) (Italy) | Dottorato di Ricerca Internazionale in SPETTROSCOPIA ATOMICA E MOLECOLARE
International PhD in Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy |
Tuition and Living costs
Tuition fees :
- Non-EU student (Category A) : 7200 € / year
- EU student (Category B) : 7200 €/year
These tuition fees are waived for students benefiting from a EJMD Erasmus Mundus fellowship.
These fees cover :
- Travel and installation support (non-EU students)
- Doctorate mobility travel costs
- Tuition fees/registration
- Teaching/training fees
- Summer school participation
- Insurance
Living expenses (typical) :
- Housing
- student room : 210 €/month
- studio : 350-500 €/month
- appartment : 400-600 €/month
- Food : ~ 350-500 €/month
- Other expenses : ~ 50-200 €/month