Deadline:
February 03, 2025
Location(s)
Netherlands Portugal Spain
Santander, Delft, Algarve
Overview
Details
The COASTHazar programme is dedicated to furnish students with cutting-edge knowledge, skills and competences. This includes the ability to:
- Confront challenges posed by coastal hazards and associated risks,
- Evaluate and address the impacts of increasing human activities and climate change in coastal regions,
- Devise adaptation measures to mitigate these impacts.
- to meet challenges that coastal hazards and associated risks may pose,
- to assess and tackle the impacts of increasing human activities and climate change in coastal areas,
- to design adaptation measures to minimize those impacts,
The programme is organised in 4 semesters:
- The first semester in Santander, Spain (at UC)
- The second in Delft, the Netherlands (at IHE Delft)
- The third in Faro, Portugal (at UAlg)
- The fourth semester will be at one of the three universities.
Why apply
Approximately half of the global population lives within a proximity of 150 km from a coastline, and eight of the world's largest megacities are strategically positioned along the coast with significant ports in close proximity.
Coastal regions are particularly susceptible to a range of natural hazards, including flooding, erosion, and extreme wind and wave events, all of which are intensifying due to the impacts of climate change. The escalation of hazards and risks has been further compounded by the increased urbanization of coastal areas and population growth.
This collective vulnerability systematically jeopardizes lives, ecosystems, properties, and economies.
Addressing the amplified risk and vulnerability to coastal human settlements and activities necessitates a comprehensive understanding of these hazards, encompassing their physics, effective risk management, and the exploration of potential solutions and adaptation measures.
The COASTHazar program envisions a reality where coastal areas and coastal human settlements confront escalating hazards and risks, demanding specialized, holistic, and multidisciplinary knowledge and competencies. This vision resonates among the programme's associated partners who recognize the current imperative for professionals equipped with such expertise in the labour market.
The COASTHazar Erasmus Mundus joint master’s is a 2-year 120 ECTS programme.
Students start at University of Cantabria, with courses addressing core competences, such as wave dynamics and tides, ocean and atmospheric sciences, fundamental coastal processes and coastal ecosystems, risk theory and introduction to MATLAB, ending with three short courses.
At IHE Delft, in the second semester, students take more advanced courses in areas like coastal morphodynamics, coastal and wave modelling, climate change impacts and adaptation and coastal protection measures, followed by two 1-week long short courses, after which students take part in an international summer school.
During the third semester at University of Algarve, during the third semester, students acquire advanced skills in nature-based solutions, coastal erosion, marine systems, GIS. During the third semester students engage in a set of field work activities, collecting and analysing data in short field campaigns. The semester ends with the presentation and defence of the thesis proposal.
The thesis work will be conducted during the fourth semester.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Admission requirement
B.Sc. degree or equivalent, corresponding to 180 European credit (EC) units in accordance with the European credit transfer and accumulation System (ECTS), with a commendable final mark: a minimum grade point average (GPA) of at least B/B+ (US System) or a classification of at least 2nd upper (UK system), in:
-
Oceanography, Meteorology, Climate Sciences or equivalent;
-
Civil, Coastal or Environmental engineering, or equivalent;
-
or Other degree in the Earth Sciences or Engineering fields, with courses in areas or related subjects, such as Physics, Statistics, Fluid Dynamics or Mechanics, Hydraulics, and Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences).
Demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and physics, supported by the list of subjects taken during the bachelor or equivalent programme comprehensive list of subjects completed during the bachelor's or equivalent programme.
If the first degree of higher education has not been yet obtained at the time of the application, at least 120 EC of the programme must have been successfully completed at that time, the degree must be successfully obtained before August 15, and documents attesting the former and the latter need to be included in the application before the start of the programme.
Eligibility for Erasmus Mundus Scholarships:
-
Applicants from all over the world holding at least a BSc degree are eligible for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship (see admission requirements).
-
Students who have previously obtained an Erasmus Mundus scholarship between 2014 and 2020 are eligible to apply for a COASTHazar scholarship.
-
All students awarded an Erasmus Mundus scholarship will be provided with a scholarship contract.
Dates
Deadline: February 03, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Full Erasmus Mundus scholarships:
-
Erasmus Mundus scholarships are available, and are granted on a competitive basis to a select group of highly qualified applicants, adding an element of prestige to the program.
-
The Erasmus Mundus scholarships span the entire 24-month program duration for full-time enrolment, encompassing all participation costs, plus a monthly allowance of 1,400€, designed to address various expenses such as subsistence, accommodation, travel, and installation costs for the students.
-
The full Erasmus Mundus scholarships will be awarded to 20 deserving recipients annually.
Reduced tuition fee Erasmus Mundus scholarships:
-
Applicants who were not recipients of a full Erasmus Mundus scholarship have the option to enrol in the program with a reduced tuition fee of 3,000€ (excluding VAT) for the entire duration of the program, through a reduced tuition fee Erasmus Mundus scholarship.
-
The reduced tuition fee scholarship covers all participation costs, including the student insurance package (covering health, liability, accident, and assistant insurance).
-
All additional costs, including those associated with visas, travel, living, and accommodation for the 24-month period, are not covered, and a confirmation of available funding for these costs is required, substantiated by bank statements.
-
The reduced tuition fee scholarship option is exclusively open to private individuals, and is not applicable to employers, government entities, or other scholarship providers.
-
The Erasmus Mundus reduced tuition fee scholarships will be awarded to a maximum of 5 deserving restricted number of recipients annually.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
