Europe: European Master in Distributed Computing (EMDC) 2010

Overview

The European Master in Distributed Computing aims at giving the best possible foundation for a career in research and development of scalable and reliable distributed systems. After the program, students should not only understand and be able to use large distributed systems but they should be capable of designing and constructing such systems.

The European Master in Distributed Computing is an Erasmus Mundus Master program operated jointly by:

- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

- Instituto Superior Técnico, IST , Portugal

- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, UPC, Spain

Programme outline

The programme comprises three semesters of course work and one semester for thesis work, 120 ECTS in total. The first year of studies, 60 ECTS, is carried out at one of the two optional entry locations, IST and UPC. The third semester of studies will be carried out at KTH, 30 ECTS. Students will then prepare their master thesis at one of the participant institutions, 30 ECTS.

The first year of studies achieves integration of courses between IST and UPC in solid distributed computing fundamentals background, while allowing a significant degree of specialization in more advance courses, tailored for different student profiles and principal faculty expertise of each institution.

The specific profiles offered at IST and UPC address two different sets of concerns in design, development, evaluation, and evolution of distributed computing systems: overall system reliability at IST (fault-tolerance, interoperability, autonomic systems) and performance at UPC (performance measurement, tuning, numerical simulation).

The third semester of studies at KTH receives all students providing them with common advanced courses that assume and leverage course integration of previous semesters. This motivates students to develop large-scale projects integrating both common and complementary skills acquired earlier, and developing research methodology and scientific writing, essential to pursue further studies and research.

Erasmus Mundus Scholarships

There are excellent scholarship opportunities for students accepted to an Erasmus Mundus Master's programme.

Who can apply for an Erasmus Mundus (EM) Master's programme scholarship?
Only candidates who have applied to and have been accepted by an EM consortium* in accordance with its specific students' application and selection criteria, are eligible for a scholarship.

Students can apply for an EM scholarship to the programme of their choice. However, students must not apply to more than three (3) Erasmus Mundus master’s programmes (in total) during this round of applications. Students applying to more than three programmes will be classed as ineligible.

Please note that students may not begin their studies in the country where they have acquired their most recent degree.

* Consortium = the group of universities offering the programme.

Two types of scholarships

Category A scholarships

can be awarded to masters students selected by the EM consortia who come from a country other than an EU/EEA/EU-applicant country* (for instance all non-European countries) 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 category A scholarship includes:
- Contribution to travel, installation and any other type of costs: € 4000 for a one-year EMMCs; € 8000 for courses longer than one year
- Maximum contribution to the EMMC participation costs (including insurance coverage) € 4000 / semester
- Monthly allowance € 1000 / month

* countries other than the 27 EU Member States, the EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), Switzerland and the candidate countries for accession to the EU (presently Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - FYROM and Turkey.

Category B scholarships

can be awarded to any master's students selected by an EM consortia and
who do not fulfil the Category A criteria defined above.

The category B scholarship includes:
- Contribution to travel, installation and any other type of costs: € 3000 - only if the EMMC includes a mobility period to a Third-Country partner
- Maximum contribution to the EMMC participation costs (including insurance coverage) € 2000 / semester
- Monthly allowance € 500 / month

How many scholarships are offered?
Each Erasmus Mundus Master's programme has:

7-10 scholarhips category A
6-8 scholarships category B

Scholarship rules and requirements

Students must not apply to more than three (3) Erasmus Mundus master’s programmes (in total) during one round of applications. Students applying to more than three programmes will be classed as ineligible.

Scholarship candidates must have already obtained a first higher education degree or demonstrate a recognised equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices.

Individuals who have already benefited from an EM master's programme scholarship are not eligible for a second scholarship in order to follow the same or another master's programme.

Students benefiting from an EM master's scholarship cannot benefit from another Community grant while pursuing their Erasmus Mundus masters studies.
EM students scholarships are awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the course editions.

EM master's students will be awarded on behalf of the consortium a joint, double or multiple degree according to the description for the respective consortium and after fulfilling all academic requirements.

EM master's students holding an Erasmus Mundus scholarship must:

Commit themselves to participate in the master's programme in accordance with the terms defined by the consortium in the Student Agreement. Failure to do so could lead to the cancellation of the scholarship.

Spend their study period in at least two of the consortium partner countries. These two countries must be different from the country in which the scholarship holder has obtained his/her last university degree; the mandatory mobility periods cannot be replaced by virtual mobility, neither can they take place in institutions outside the consortium.

How can I apply for a scholarhip?
Students apply to the respective Erasmus Mundus consortia/programme.

How to apply

In order to apply to EMDC, you need to fill out an on-line application form and also send the required supporting documents, including one complementary Erasmus Mundus application form.

http://www.kth.se/studies/master/em/emdc/application/1.46916?l=en_UK
Application code: EMDCO

Required documents

A list of all required documents can be found on the page for admission requirements. Among the required documents is the complementary Erasmus Mundus application form, which can be found below.

Complementary Erasmus Mundus appliction form - EMDC (84 kB)

Admission requirements

The deadline for applying to the programme is November 25th 2009.

Address
Send the complete application package to:
KTH Admissions Office
Drottning Kristinas väg 6
SE - 100 44 Stockholm
Sweden

Enquiries, please contact: mundus-emdc@kth.se

Source: http://www.kth.se/studies/master/em/emdc?l=en_UK

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