Deadline:
January 24, 2025
Location(s)
Mexico Portugal Spain United Kingdom
Móstoles, Bangor, Tlaxcala, Lisboa
Overview
Join EMJM GLOBE and become a leader in Global Change and Biodiversity Management, trained by top international scholars and practitioners in these fields.
Details
Education and awareness are crucial for managing global change and reducing biodiversity vulnerability, with higher education linking research, education, and innovation. There is an urgent need for professionals with integrative skills and the ability to communicate across fields. The rise in green jobs, driven by international actions, could create up to 500,000 jobs, but a skills imbalance exists due to a lack of integrative higher education programs that transition students from fundamental ecology to practical solutions.
Programme structure
The GLOBE EMJM Programme is scheduled over two academic years (120 ECTS). All courses will be taught in English.
Programme Mobility
Mobility is key to the GLOBE master programme. It enriches the academic contents and provides transversal skills and diverse cultural experience to prepare highly versatile students. Students embark on their GLOBE journey and stay together for all study periods expect for the master thesis, maintaining a sense of community throughout the entire course.
The EMJM initiative requires that students spend two mobility periods (30 ECTS minimum in each mobility) in countries different to their country of residence at the time of enrolment. In the GLOBE EMJM, the first, second and third semesters are independent mobility periods, as their duration is in all cases at least 30 ECTS. This mobility scheme guarantees the minimum of two mobility periods for each student, regardless of the country of residence of the student.
Degrees awarded
Successful GLOBE graduates will obtain multiple master degrees from the three institutions from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Bangor University and Universidade de Lisboa. Students who carry out their master thesis at Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala will also receive a degree from this institution. The coordinating institution (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) will provide a European Diploma Supplement with the transcript of records, grades and credits.
Master thesis
During the last semester of the programme the students will carry a master thesis, covering 25 ECTS. This master thesis will be carried at any of the institutions where the students have received training during the previous stages of the programme, at the choice of the students, or they can perform their final theses in any of the multiple Associated Partners of the GLOBE Consortium, always under the coordination with an academic tutor enrolled at any of the four Universities leading the Consortium. As we move on with the first edition of the programme, we will publish here guidelines and examples of master theses offered by the different partners.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
What are we looking for?
Are you passionate about biodiversity and want to learn how to implement conservation and environmental management practices?
Starting in the fall of ’24, the GLOBE Erasmus Mundus Joint Master will recruit up to 25 well-motivated students from all over the world. Candidates from a range of disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to apply, as long as they can demonstrate academic excellence and a passion for the ecological, social, economic and political challenges posed by contemporary environmental change.
Admission requirements
Candidates must fulfil the following admission requirements:
- B.Sc. degree or equivalent, corresponding to a minimum of 180 European credit (EC) units in accordance with the European credit transfer and accumulation System (ECTS).
- Qualifying Bachelor’s degrees include biology, environmental sciences, forestry, geography, natural resources, political sciences or economy, environmental law– or an equivalent Bachelor’s degree.
- Language proficiency documentation: a minimum of B2 under language proficiency of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required. Exceptions based on nationality or language of education exist (see below).
- Application complete on time including all required documentation.
Selection procedure
- After completion of the administrative assessment, the eligible candidates will be evaluated for their academic merits in two stages.
- First stage: the dossiers of applicants will be assessed according to the following academic criteria: Academic Excellence, Fit of the degree to the topic of the Master, and professional and academic career as expressed in their CVs.
- Second stage: the top ranked applicants from the first phase will be assesed based on their Introductory Videos, Letters of Motivation, and References Letters.
- The scores from the first and second stages will carry a weight of 70% and 30%, respectively, in the final evaluation of each candidate.
- The selection committee, using the application materials, will compile a final list of applications, ranking candidates according to their qualifications.
- Selected candidates will be promptly informed of the outcome on admission, soon after the selection process, and on whether they are proposed for a scholarship.
- In the event of a candidate withdrawing, the subsequent candidate on the list will be contacted.
Dates
Deadline: January 24, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Scholarships:
Erasmus Mundus scholarships are available and awarded on a competitive basis to a subset of the applicants selected for admission. The scholarships cover the full 24-month duration of the programme for full-time students, including all participation fees, and provide a monthly stipend of 1,400€ to cover expenses such as living costs, accommodation, travel etc. The assignment of the scholarships will balance the criteria explained in the programme selection procedure section, with geographical distribution criteria, as some of the scholarships are only eligible for applicants of certain regions of the world.
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