Start date: 6 December 2023 (00:00 CET) *
End date: 19 January 2024 (23:59 CET) *
* Brussels time
For 2024/2025, the 3rd edition of MBUILD intends to attract 26 motivated students from all over the world and the application procedure will be carried completely through this platform.
The application process will run from 06 December 2023 until 19 January 2024 and the Final Selection List is expected to be published in early March 2024.
The 1st semester of MBUILD will start at FEUP/Porto in the beginning of the academic year, early September 2024.
To be eligible for the MBUILD Erasmus Mundus Joint Master programme the applicant should fulfil the following ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
MBUILD is open to all applicants from all over the world (EU or non-EU), without any restrictions, besides the limit for the award of scholarships to applicants of any single country, as described below in “Scholarships”.
The applicants will have to submit all the information required in the platform, according to the requirements and formats specified in it. Only the complete applications will be assessed.
The selection procedure will go through the following stages:
For this 3rd editions, MBUILD offers a total of 26 places, of which 15 will be awarded a Scholarship and 11 will be available for Self-funded students.
MBUILD is an EMJM Erasmus Mundus Joint Master co-funded by the European Union. Included in this support there is the provision for the award of scholarships. MBUILD will have 4 editions (first edition in 2022-2023 and last in 2025-2026) and the following rules apply for the award of scholarships:
These restrictions will be taken into consideration for the establishment of the Final Selection List mentioned above.
Students who will be granted a scholarship, will have the following costs covered:
Students who have previously obtained an EMJM scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional scholarship under the EMJM.
In the present edition, in addition to the 15 students who will be awarded scholarships, MBUILD will be able to enrol 11 SELF-FUNDED STUDENTS, for whom we are unable to provide any economic support from the programme and will have to provision themselves all travel, living and participation costs in the course, including tuition fees. For the 3rd edition of 2024-2025, the tuition fees will be:
During the process of application, the applicants will have the possibility to indicate if their application should keep being considered even if no more scholarships are available (therefore, with the possibility of enrolling as self-funded students, if their assessment ranking will entitle them to).
IMPORTANT: When you will reach this option (possibility of enrolling as self-funded if not selected for scholarship), please be aware that Self-funded students will have to cover for all living and travelling expenses, as well as tuition fees (see above), and will be required to pay a part of the tuition fees at the enrolment, for confirmation of their intent and guarantee of place.
Self-funded students will be entitled to:
The Executive / Academic Committee will consider the following criteria for the selection of candidates:
Criteria | Weight | Items |
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1. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND | 50% |
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2. PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE | 30% |
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3. OTHER MERITS | 20% |
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Start date: 6 December 2023 (00:00 CET) *
End date: 19 January 2024 (23:59 CET) *
* Brussels time