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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Lotus Project For South East Asians: Erasmus Mundus Scholarship

Overview

Lotus is an Erasmus Mundus Action Two Partnership (EMA2) of European and South-East Asian Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Associations aiming at fostering mutual enrichment and better understanding between the EU and South-East Asia (China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand), through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills at higher education level and to co-operate in the following program activities:

•Mobility of undergraduate and graduate students
•Mobility of PhD students
•Post-doc mobility
•Academic and administrative staff mobility

The Lotus project is sustained by a consortium consisting of 20 partner universities: 9 universities from the EU and 11 universities from the South-East Asion Region.

EU Universities:

Ghent University (Belgium)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
University of Goettingen (Germany)
University of Sciences Po (France)
University of Kent (UK)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands)
Uppsala University (Sweden)
University of Porto (Portugal)
University of Lubljana (Slovenia)

South-East Asian Universities:

Beijing University (China)
Nanjing University (China)
Sichuan University (China)
Can Tho University (Vietnam)
Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)
Hue University (Vietnam)
University of Health Sciences Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia)
West Yangon Technological University (Myanmar)
Thammasat University (Thailand)

The types of mobility to be funded are:

•For students: undergraduate, master, doctorate and post-doctorate mobility opportunities
•For academic staff: exchanges for the purposes of teaching, practical training and research
This project is to give South-East Asian students and staff the possibility to go to a European University to improve, enrich, learn, experience, .... their own knowledge and skills.


Please bear in mind that the scholarships are only granted to South-East Asian students and staff coming to Europe.

The grant covers:
•monthly subsistence allowance
•travel ticket
•insurance
•tuition fee

To enable students to benefit in a linguistic, cultural and educational way from the experience of pursuing academic studies in another country, all students should have a thorough command of English.

Before applying online:

- Make sure to read the eligiblity criteria in order to define the Target Group and mobility type you want to apply for;
- Check the language and the admission requirements of the requested host universities;
- Consider contacting the department where you would like to study: this way you will obtain more information on their study opportunities and formalities;
Know that for exchange students the online application form is valid for application at both home and host institution;
Remember that the online application forms of all Target Group 1 students will be screened and validated by the International Relations Office (IRO) or the contactperson of their university.
- Bear in mind that all full degree seeking students, i.e. those who intend to obtain a diploma at the host university of their choice, will have to apply both online to the Lotus consortium for a scholarship, and then - if they are selected - also follow the standard individual application procedure at their host university.

Email: lotus@ugent.be

Further info :http://www.lotus.ugent.be/index.asp


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