Europe:Erasmus Mundus EMECS Scholarships

The European Master's Course in Embedded Computing Systems (EMECS) is designed to educate Bachelor graduates from Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science as well as graduates from related disciplines to become experts in the field of Embedded Computing Systems. The participating institutions are:

University of Kaiserslautern (TUK), Kaiserslautern, Germany
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
Faculty of Information Technology Mathematics and Electrical Engineering

University of Southampton (UoS), Southampton, United Kingdom
School of Electronics and Computer Science

EMECS is a two-years Master's course (120 ECTS credits) that is pursued at two out of the three participating institutions. Students will spend one year at each of the selected universities and will receive a joint degree from the respective institutions. The language of instruction is English. Students participating in this program will be trained in three major areas:

- Hardware Architectures of Embedded Systems
- System-on-Chip Design
- System Software


Admission Requirements

The applicant must hold at least a B.Sc. degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related programme. At the time of application preliminary transcripts are accepted.

The grade average of the previous study should prove high qualification of the applicant. This will normally be the case for a grade average of ‘B’ or better in terms of the ECTS grading scale.

Applicants need to prove that they have sufficient fluency in English. A TOEFL test with at least a score of 600 paper-based/250 computer-based/100 internet-based or an Academic IELTS score of at least 6.5 overall and with 6 in writing is required. The TOEFL code number of the University of Kaiserslautern is 7967.

For nationals of countries listed under this link the proof of language proficiency is waived.

Taking the GRE test is recommended (but not mandatory). The GRE code number of the University of Kaiserslautern is 7143.

The applicant must show that he/she is well motivated for the Embedded Computing Systems programme by writing a short letter of motivation.

The application must be supported by two letters of recommendation.

Application Form

In order to apply for EMECS you need to create an account on the online application platform. On the application platform you can also apply for an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. No separate scholarship application is needed.

Erasmus Mundus EMECS Scholarship Description

If you are a non-EU student (Category A Scholarship):

Contribution to travel, installation and any other type of costs: € 4000 per year
Full coverage of the EMECS participation costs (tuition): € 4000 / semester
Monthly allowance: € 1000 / month

If you are an EU student (Category B Scholarship):

Full coverage of the EMECS participation costs (tuition): € 1500 / semester
Monthly allowance: € 500 / month

Participation costs must be understood as any compulsory administrative/operational cost related to the participation of the student in the program (e.g. library, laboratory, tuition, social security and insurance costs, etc.). Any other costs that may be charged in addition being compulsory or voluntary, must be communicated to the candidate student at application stage.

Monthly allowance amounts may be increased in order to cover the additional costs of students with special needs; EMECS will have to inform the Agency accordingly in the context of their annual student scholarship applications.

Category A

Scholarships can be awarded to masters students selected by the EMECS consortium who came from a country other than an eligible applicant country 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.

Category B

Scholoarships can be awarded to any masters students selected by the EMECS consortium and who do not fulfil the Category A criteria defined above.

Inquiries

General program-related issues:
• Application procedure: Dr. Christian Tuttas
Email: emecs@eit.uni-kl.de
• EMECS Coordinator: Prof. Wolfgang Kunz
Email: kunz@eit.uni-kl.de

For partner-specific questions please contact:

(TUK)General information and services:

International School of Graduate Studies
Mr. Arthur Harutyunyan

University of Kaiserslautern
Building 36 Room 264

Phone: +49 631 205 4980
Fax: +49 631 205 4997
Academic course advisor: Prof. Wolfgang Kunz


(NTNU)General information and services:

Office of International Relations
Ms. Oddrun Maao
Gløshaugen campus
O. S. Bragstads plass 3
NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway

Phone: +47 7359 8139
Fax: +47 7359 5210
Academic course advisor: Prof. Einar J. Aas

(UoS)General information and services:

Student Services Centre

George Thomas Building 37
University of Southampton
University Road
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
Phone: +44 2380 599 599
Fax: +44 2380 599 595


School of Electronics and Computer Science
Mrs Denise Harvey / Mrs Sue Ganney
Phone: +44 (0) 2380 593782/02380 592630
Fax: +44(0)2380 594508
Email: dh@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Source: http://mundus.eit.uni-kl.de/index.php?id=24