Overview
The University of Trento (Italy), the RWTH Aachen University (Germany), and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) offer a two year (120 ECTS credits) Joint Master’s Programme, named European Master in Informatics (EuMI). The objective of the Master’s Programme is to educate professionals who will understand advanced techniques, tools, and methodologies in the field of Computer Science, and who will be able to put this knowledge to practice in the key application domains of Net-Centric/Media Informatics, Life Science Informatics, and Embedded Systems Informatics. The Programme will admit a maximum number of 50 students for the academic year 2010/2011 and 2011/2012.
Eligible Candidates
This Call is directed at applicants who are residents of countries within the European Union, the European Economic Area / European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway).
Degree certificates
The EuMI School can accept only students who already have a first level degree.
Students who have not yet completed their first degree, but who predict to graduate before August 31, 2010, can apply to EuMI. If selected, their admission will be conditional on the receipt of the degree certificate by EuMI not later than August 31, 2010.
English (IELTS/TOEFL/CAE) certificates
Fluent written and spoken English, certified (certificate not older than 2008) by either an IELTS score of at least 6.0, a TOEFL score of at least 550 (paper-based) / 217 (computer-based) / 81 (internet-based) or CAE score of at least C; students with higher English scores (IELTS 6.5; TOEFL 580 / 237 / 88; CAE B or A) will be preferred.
Only applicants who are Nationals and/or first-degree-holders of Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom do not have to submit language certificates.
Students will be selected according to the following criteria:
Profile: academic records, work experience, other related qualifications
Level of English knowledge
Research & Development experience
Motivation
Reference letters
Tuition fees
The tuition fees are € 4.000 for each academic year. The tuition fee may be waived in part or in total depending on the financial sources available at the moment of the selection. Students will be provided access to the facilities of the participating universities (library, computers, laboratories, Internet).
Scholarships for EU applicants
For the academic years 2010/12 up to 6 scholarships will be offered to EU students and will cover:
Tuition waiver and
a financial contribution to the student’s costs of € 3.500 per each year
These scholarships are funded directly by the EuMI School.
Additional scholarships and tuition waivers may become available depending on the financial sources at the time of the selection.
IMPORTANT NOTE: BY SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION YOU ARE ALSO AUTOMATICALLY APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIP (there is no need to fill a separate scholarship application form).
How to apply
Detailed description is available here.
Important dates
May 16, 2010 Deadline for on-line application
May 21, 2010 Deadline for surface mail application
May 31, 2010 Notification of admission and of scholarship and beginning of visa procedures
September 2010 Start of Master courses
Contacts
EuMi School Secretariat
Ms Elena Bortolotti
c/o Faculty of Science
University of Trento, 38100 Trento
E-mail: info@eumi-school.org
ph: +39 0461 28 3783
fax: +39 0461 28 3166
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