Overview
he Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Strategies (SETS) is an international programme offered by six of the most renowned universities in this field of knowledge.
The doctorate copes with the challenge to lead the technological transition required by today’s world, where a compromise must be reached between energy and sustainability. Some of the research topics of the programme are future energy networks, regulation and economics of energy systems in future European scenarios and sustainable development.
SETS Joint Doctorate is the only Ph.D. programme on energy and sustainability awarded the Erasmus Mundus excellence label by the European Commission. This excellence label has been granted only to twenty two international doctorates in all disciplines and Universities across Europe so far.
9 Positions available in 2011 for priority research lines. All the candidates selected for these positions will receive a fellowship from the Erasmus Mundus:
Integration strategies of electric vehicles: participation in ancillary services. Comillas.
Power Electronics Applications to Electrical Power Systems. Comillas.
Energy efficiency in railways. Comillas.
Investing in the Energy Transition. TUDelft.
Blending technical and institutional flexibility for a large-scale syngas energy infrastructure. TUDelft.
Policies for the implementation of smart grids. TUDelft.
The Impact of Regulation on the Integration of Distributed Generation in Electricity Distribution Systems. KTH.
Concepts, Methods and Tools for Estimation and Control of Power System Oscillations using PMU Data. KTH.
Concepts, Methods, and Tools for Global Voltage Stability Assessment of Smart Transmission Grids using PMU Data. KTH.
Universities that deliver the SETS Joint Degree:
Comillas Pontifical University at Madrid, Spain, renowned for its excellence in electricity market regulation;
Delft University of Technology at Delft, The Netherlands, known for the quality of its research and teaching in applied industry policy and network economics; and the
KTH Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm, Sweden, reputed for its expertise in electricity technologies.
In consortium with:
The Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, USA, an international standard-setter in energy economics and sustainability;
Paris Sud 11 University, at Paris, France, renowned for the depth of its knowledge of network industry economics and management; and the
Florence School of Regulation at Florence, Italy, Europe’s leading energy policy forum.
Admission Criteria
Candidate selection is responsibility of the SETS Joint Admission Committee in which all the consortium partners are represented.
This section describes the SETS selection procedure and candidate admission criteria.
Candidate selection
The selection procedure comprises a candidate selection and classification and the final selection of students, considering the preferences of the research line leaders. The procedure is arranged in the following steps:
The candidates submit their applications.
Each candidate submits his/her application form and all the documentation that is required to comply with the admission criteria (see Admission Criteria section).
Candidates must provide their preferences regarding, on the one hand, priority research lines and, on the order hand, reserve research lines. Each candidate can select and rank as many priority research lines and reserve research lines as they are interested in. At least one priority research line must be chosen.
The Joint Admission Committee obtains the eligible candidate list.
Candidates are selected and ranked in a short list (hereinafter eligible candidate list) according to the candidates evaluation criteria.
The leaders of the research lines select their candidates from the eligible candidate list.
Research project leaders select their candidates from the eligible candidate list. They can select and sort as many candidates as they are interested in.
The Joint Admission Committee assigns the candidates to research lines
The Joint Admission Committee sorts the research lines. Research lines will be ranked from the most demanded to the least demanded as first option by the eligible candidates, and so forth. In any case, priority research lines will be on top of the list.
Finally, candidates are assigned to research lines according with the leaders preferences and the constrains regarding the number of Category A and B students. The assignment procedure will start with the highest ranked research line and will finish with the lowest ranked research line.
The results are submitted to the Erasmus Mundus Executive Agency for final approval
The final resolution is communicated to the candidates, whether if they are granted with the Erasmus Mundus Fellowship, if they are in the Reserve list, or if they are not selected.
Admission criteria
The selection criteria are defined in keeping with the admission requirements in place in the HEIs awarding the joint degree, while at the same time considering the differences in students’ university systems of origin. The criteria cover previous studies and language skills.
Previous studies
The criteria on previous studies include:
Candidates must have earned the equivalent of 300 ECTS credits, including at least 60 in a master’s degree or equivalent.
Candidates must hold a degree in engineering.
Student selection will be based on an evaluation of their academic studies, among others. In this regard, the consortium will require students to submit a transcript. The minimum admission requirements will be a master’s (or equivalent) grade point average (GPA) of at least 75 % of the highest grade and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores of at least 450 in verbal reasoning, 4.1 in analytical writing skills, and 700 in quantitative reasoning.
Language skills
Verification of applicants’ language skills is believed to be of cardinal importance. Students must prove that they have a sufficient command of the English language. They will therefore be required to pass the DIALANG European test (http://www.dialang.org/), which is free of charge. Students last university will be asked to organize the examination, to ensure it is held under controlled conditions.
All this requires is a network connection and a professor able to verify applicants’ identity and the test scores. Where the test cannot be organised at applicants’ last university, the consortium will make arrangements for them to write the exam at their embassy or consulate. The consortium has established level B2 as the minimum for admission. Students may forego this exam if they submit official proof of a similar level of command of the language, for instance: English Proficiency Certificate, a minimum score of 6.5 IELTS or 80 IBT TOEFL (or equivalent).
IMPORTANT: The Joint Admissions Committee will decide whether deviation from one or more of the above selection criteria is justified on a case-by-case basis. Exceptional circumstances may result in conditional admission, in which case final admission and enrolment will be subject to meeting the condition(s).
Erasmus Mundus Fellowship constraints
Eligibility constraints
Individual EMJD fellowships are awarded exclusively for full-time enrolment in one of the doctoral programmes.
Individuals who have already benefited from an EMJD fellowship are not eligible for a second grant.
Doctoral candidates benefiting from an EMJD fellowship cannot benefit from other Community grants while carrying out their Erasmus Mundus doctoral activities.
Only candidates who have applied to and have been accepted by an EMJD consortium in accordance with its specific doctoral candidate’s application and selection criteria are eligible for a fellowship.
Candidates can not apply to more than 3 EMJD the same year.
Doctoral candidates holding an Erasmus Mundus fellowship must:
Commit to participate in the doctoral programme in accordance with the terms defined by the consortium in the Doctoral candidate agreement. Failure to do so could lead to the cancellation of the fellowship;
Perform their training/research periods in at least two different countries represented in the consortium; for Category B fellowship holders, these two countries must be different from the country in which the doctoral candidate has obtained his/her last university degree;
Spend most of the doctorate period in the European countries represented in the consortium or among the associated partners. However, if the EMJD consortium includes Third-Country partners and/or associated members:
Category A fellowship holders can spend a training/research/ fieldwork period of a maximum duration of one semester (or 6 months, cumulative or consecutive) in these countries; periods in excess of this duration may not be covered by the EMJD fellowship;
Category B fellowship holders can spend up to one year (cumulative or consecutive) of their doctorate activities in these countries; periods in excess of this duration may not be covered by the EMJD fellowship.
Without prejudice to high academic standards, in order to ensure geographical diversity among the doctoral candidates, no more than two doctoral candidates with the same nationality should be awarded an EMJD fellowship. If consortia wish to diverge from this criterion, prior permission to do so must be obtained from the Agency.
Erasmus Mundus Fellowships
Categories
Category A fellowships can be awarded to doctoral candidates selected by EMJD consortia, who come from a “Third country” (other than Member States of the European Union, an EEA-EFTA State, Turkey, the Western Balkan countries or Switzerland) 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 only exception to this rule applies to Third-Country doctoral candidates who have previously received an Erasmus Mundus masters scholarship in order to follow an EMMC.
Category A fellowships Turkey and Western Balkans can be awarded to doctoral candidates selected by EMJD consortia, who come from a “WB&Turkey country” (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia & Turkey)
Category B fellowships can be awarded to any doctoral candidate selected by EMJD consortia and who do not fulfil the Category A criteria defined above.
Number
SETS Joint Doctorate EMJD tender 2011, offers:
5 Category A fellowships
1 Category A WB&Turkey fellowship
3 Category B fellowships
Management
COMILLAS will draft students’ PhD contracts and allocate the funds as specified in the individual fellowship table set out in the programme guide for Category A and Category B research contracts:
Fixed contribution for travel, relocation and any other costs: Category A fellowship: €7500. Category B €3000. To be allocated to students and paid in equal instalments, depending on the student’s pathway during the 3 years of the EM doctoral-fellowship.
Fixed living allowance (gross enterprise cost): €2 800 per month, during 36 months - 3 years funded by the EM doctoral-fellowship for both Categories. Students will be parties to an employment contract, which according to Spanish labour law, includes social security, health care insurance, tax and the student’s net monthly allowance; student insurance will also be deducted from this amount.
Application
The consortium will require each applicant to submit
An online application form
A motivation statement (included in the online application form)
Two recommendation forms from referees from his/her university (submitted online, according to contact information provided by the candidate in the online application form)
Photocopies of passport or Identification Cards
Certified Photocopies of University Diplomas (in English)
Certified Photocopies of Transcripts (in English)
Certified Photocopies of English Certificate (in English)
Document proving any other funding (the document must state the name of the payer or awarding authority, and the value of the award)
The aforementioned documents must be submitted to COMILLAS to the following address, after completing and signing the printout of the online application form:
SETS Joint Doctorate
ETS de Ingeniería ICAI, Universidad Pontificia Comillas,
c/ Alberto Aguilera 23
28015 Madrid, Spain
Application can be made online through scholarization
Deadline for SETS applicants requesting an Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Contract Fellowship is January 31st.
Contact
SETS Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Pablo García González.
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería – ICAI
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
sets@icai.upcomillas.es
SETS Coordination Manager
Andres González García
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería – ICAI
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
sets@icai.upcomillas.es
http://www.setsjointdoctorate.eu/
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
he Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Strategies (SETS) is an international programme offered by six of the most renowned universities in this field of knowledge.
The doctorate copes with the challenge to lead the technological transition required by today’s world, where a compromise must be reached between energy and sustainability. Some of the research topics of the programme are future energy networks, regulation and economics of energy systems in future European scenarios and sustainable development.
SETS Joint Doctorate is the only Ph.D. programme on energy and sustainability awarded the Erasmus Mundus excellence label by the European Commission. This excellence label has been granted only to twenty two international doctorates in all disciplines and Universities across Europe so far.
9 Positions available in 2011 for priority research lines. All the candidates selected for these positions will receive a fellowship from the Erasmus Mundus:
Integration strategies of electric vehicles: participation in ancillary services. Comillas.
Power Electronics Applications to Electrical Power Systems. Comillas.
Energy efficiency in railways. Comillas.
Investing in the Energy Transition. TUDelft.
Blending technical and institutional flexibility for a large-scale syngas energy infrastructure. TUDelft.
Policies for the implementation of smart grids. TUDelft.
The Impact of Regulation on the Integration of Distributed Generation in Electricity Distribution Systems. KTH.
Concepts, Methods and Tools for Estimation and Control of Power System Oscillations using PMU Data. KTH.
Concepts, Methods, and Tools for Global Voltage Stability Assessment of Smart Transmission Grids using PMU Data. KTH.
Universities that deliver the SETS Joint Degree:
Comillas Pontifical University at Madrid, Spain, renowned for its excellence in electricity market regulation;
Delft University of Technology at Delft, The Netherlands, known for the quality of its research and teaching in applied industry policy and network economics; and the
KTH Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm, Sweden, reputed for its expertise in electricity technologies.
In consortium with:
The Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, USA, an international standard-setter in energy economics and sustainability;
Paris Sud 11 University, at Paris, France, renowned for the depth of its knowledge of network industry economics and management; and the
Florence School of Regulation at Florence, Italy, Europe’s leading energy policy forum.
Admission Criteria
Candidate selection is responsibility of the SETS Joint Admission Committee in which all the consortium partners are represented.
This section describes the SETS selection procedure and candidate admission criteria.
Candidate selection
The selection procedure comprises a candidate selection and classification and the final selection of students, considering the preferences of the research line leaders. The procedure is arranged in the following steps:
The candidates submit their applications.
Each candidate submits his/her application form and all the documentation that is required to comply with the admission criteria (see Admission Criteria section).
Candidates must provide their preferences regarding, on the one hand, priority research lines and, on the order hand, reserve research lines. Each candidate can select and rank as many priority research lines and reserve research lines as they are interested in. At least one priority research line must be chosen.
The Joint Admission Committee obtains the eligible candidate list.
Candidates are selected and ranked in a short list (hereinafter eligible candidate list) according to the candidates evaluation criteria.
The leaders of the research lines select their candidates from the eligible candidate list.
Research project leaders select their candidates from the eligible candidate list. They can select and sort as many candidates as they are interested in.
The Joint Admission Committee assigns the candidates to research lines
The Joint Admission Committee sorts the research lines. Research lines will be ranked from the most demanded to the least demanded as first option by the eligible candidates, and so forth. In any case, priority research lines will be on top of the list.
Finally, candidates are assigned to research lines according with the leaders preferences and the constrains regarding the number of Category A and B students. The assignment procedure will start with the highest ranked research line and will finish with the lowest ranked research line.
The results are submitted to the Erasmus Mundus Executive Agency for final approval
The final resolution is communicated to the candidates, whether if they are granted with the Erasmus Mundus Fellowship, if they are in the Reserve list, or if they are not selected.
Admission criteria
The selection criteria are defined in keeping with the admission requirements in place in the HEIs awarding the joint degree, while at the same time considering the differences in students’ university systems of origin. The criteria cover previous studies and language skills.
Previous studies
The criteria on previous studies include:
Candidates must have earned the equivalent of 300 ECTS credits, including at least 60 in a master’s degree or equivalent.
Candidates must hold a degree in engineering.
Student selection will be based on an evaluation of their academic studies, among others. In this regard, the consortium will require students to submit a transcript. The minimum admission requirements will be a master’s (or equivalent) grade point average (GPA) of at least 75 % of the highest grade and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test scores of at least 450 in verbal reasoning, 4.1 in analytical writing skills, and 700 in quantitative reasoning.
Language skills
Verification of applicants’ language skills is believed to be of cardinal importance. Students must prove that they have a sufficient command of the English language. They will therefore be required to pass the DIALANG European test (http://www.dialang.org/), which is free of charge. Students last university will be asked to organize the examination, to ensure it is held under controlled conditions.
All this requires is a network connection and a professor able to verify applicants’ identity and the test scores. Where the test cannot be organised at applicants’ last university, the consortium will make arrangements for them to write the exam at their embassy or consulate. The consortium has established level B2 as the minimum for admission. Students may forego this exam if they submit official proof of a similar level of command of the language, for instance: English Proficiency Certificate, a minimum score of 6.5 IELTS or 80 IBT TOEFL (or equivalent).
IMPORTANT: The Joint Admissions Committee will decide whether deviation from one or more of the above selection criteria is justified on a case-by-case basis. Exceptional circumstances may result in conditional admission, in which case final admission and enrolment will be subject to meeting the condition(s).
Erasmus Mundus Fellowship constraints
Eligibility constraints
Individual EMJD fellowships are awarded exclusively for full-time enrolment in one of the doctoral programmes.
Individuals who have already benefited from an EMJD fellowship are not eligible for a second grant.
Doctoral candidates benefiting from an EMJD fellowship cannot benefit from other Community grants while carrying out their Erasmus Mundus doctoral activities.
Only candidates who have applied to and have been accepted by an EMJD consortium in accordance with its specific doctoral candidate’s application and selection criteria are eligible for a fellowship.
Candidates can not apply to more than 3 EMJD the same year.
Doctoral candidates holding an Erasmus Mundus fellowship must:
Commit to participate in the doctoral programme in accordance with the terms defined by the consortium in the Doctoral candidate agreement. Failure to do so could lead to the cancellation of the fellowship;
Perform their training/research periods in at least two different countries represented in the consortium; for Category B fellowship holders, these two countries must be different from the country in which the doctoral candidate has obtained his/her last university degree;
Spend most of the doctorate period in the European countries represented in the consortium or among the associated partners. However, if the EMJD consortium includes Third-Country partners and/or associated members:
Category A fellowship holders can spend a training/research/ fieldwork period of a maximum duration of one semester (or 6 months, cumulative or consecutive) in these countries; periods in excess of this duration may not be covered by the EMJD fellowship;
Category B fellowship holders can spend up to one year (cumulative or consecutive) of their doctorate activities in these countries; periods in excess of this duration may not be covered by the EMJD fellowship.
Without prejudice to high academic standards, in order to ensure geographical diversity among the doctoral candidates, no more than two doctoral candidates with the same nationality should be awarded an EMJD fellowship. If consortia wish to diverge from this criterion, prior permission to do so must be obtained from the Agency.
Erasmus Mundus Fellowships
Categories
Category A fellowships can be awarded to doctoral candidates selected by EMJD consortia, who come from a “Third country” (other than Member States of the European Union, an EEA-EFTA State, Turkey, the Western Balkan countries or Switzerland) 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 only exception to this rule applies to Third-Country doctoral candidates who have previously received an Erasmus Mundus masters scholarship in order to follow an EMMC.
Category A fellowships Turkey and Western Balkans can be awarded to doctoral candidates selected by EMJD consortia, who come from a “WB&Turkey country” (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia & Turkey)
Category B fellowships can be awarded to any doctoral candidate selected by EMJD consortia and who do not fulfil the Category A criteria defined above.
Number
SETS Joint Doctorate EMJD tender 2011, offers:
5 Category A fellowships
1 Category A WB&Turkey fellowship
3 Category B fellowships
Management
COMILLAS will draft students’ PhD contracts and allocate the funds as specified in the individual fellowship table set out in the programme guide for Category A and Category B research contracts:
Fixed contribution for travel, relocation and any other costs: Category A fellowship: €7500. Category B €3000. To be allocated to students and paid in equal instalments, depending on the student’s pathway during the 3 years of the EM doctoral-fellowship.
Fixed living allowance (gross enterprise cost): €2 800 per month, during 36 months - 3 years funded by the EM doctoral-fellowship for both Categories. Students will be parties to an employment contract, which according to Spanish labour law, includes social security, health care insurance, tax and the student’s net monthly allowance; student insurance will also be deducted from this amount.
Application
The consortium will require each applicant to submit
An online application form
A motivation statement (included in the online application form)
Two recommendation forms from referees from his/her university (submitted online, according to contact information provided by the candidate in the online application form)
Photocopies of passport or Identification Cards
Certified Photocopies of University Diplomas (in English)
Certified Photocopies of Transcripts (in English)
Certified Photocopies of English Certificate (in English)
Document proving any other funding (the document must state the name of the payer or awarding authority, and the value of the award)
The aforementioned documents must be submitted to COMILLAS to the following address, after completing and signing the printout of the online application form:
SETS Joint Doctorate
ETS de Ingeniería ICAI, Universidad Pontificia Comillas,
c/ Alberto Aguilera 23
28015 Madrid, Spain
Application can be made online through scholarization
Deadline for SETS applicants requesting an Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Contract Fellowship is January 31st.
Contact
SETS Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Pablo García González.
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería – ICAI
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
sets@icai.upcomillas.es
SETS Coordination Manager
Andres González García
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería – ICAI
Universidad Pontificia Comillas
sets@icai.upcomillas.es
http://www.setsjointdoctorate.eu/
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
0 comments:
Post a Comment