Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) in Global Environment and Development (MERGED)

Erasmus Mundus Master’s Degree – Denmark, Italy, and Poland

The general aim is to create globally competitive graduates who can identify critical aspects of renewable natural resource management for economic, environmental, institutional, and societal development and develop appropriate and feasible solutions.

MERGED graduates will become professionals in private and public companies, I/NGOs, government bodies, and research institutions. They benefit from interdisciplinary knowledge, direct sector exposure, practical field experiences, specialised abilities to target sustainability problems, and thus high employability.

MERGED is unique in educating graduates who can deal with interdisciplinary challenges at the nexus of renewable environmental resources and sustainable development. We aim to deliver the first-ever joint degree across the partner universities and the 4EU+ European University Alliance.

MERGED is offered by the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science; the University of Warsaw, Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development; and the Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. All are partners in the 4EU+ Alliance and are committed to simultaneously deepening teaching collaboration, enhancing teaching quality, and increasing collaboration. We collaborate with a strong global Associate Partner network. MERGED acts globally to promote a European vision of the environmental-development nexus, enhancing attractiveness through the programme’s reputation, innovative teaching approaches, integrated cross-country and cross-institutional collaboration, and the career profiles of graduates.
Consortium

The Merged Consortium is made of the following 4EU+ Partner Universities:

• The University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Faculty of Science, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Denmark
• The University of Milan (UMIL), Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Production, Landscape, Agroenergy, Italy
• The University of Warsaw (UW), University Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Poland

A 4 Semesters second cycle programme international programme, with 120 ECTS credit units.

DOUBLE DEGREE

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Global Environment and Development (MERGED) is an integrated study programme resulting in a double degree fully recognised in both participating countries.

To obtain the MERGED double degree, you must acquire 120 ECTS and meet the mobility requirement of studying one full year (60 ECTS) at each of two different consortium university.

A double degree means that you will receive two national degrees – one degree from both your first and your second-year university.

Programme

The Erasmus Mundus Joint programme in Global Environment and Development  (MERGED) is a leading international two-year master. The language of instruction is English.

ALL STUDENTS STUDY TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN. IN THE SECOND YEAR, YOU MOVE TO STUDY IN EITHER MILAN OR WARSAW, DEPENDING ON SPECIALISATION:

• Agricultural Development at the University of Milan
• Sustainable Environmental Development at the University of Warsaw

The choice of specialisation is made at the time of application and is binding. We accept up to 40 students each year, distributed equally between the specialisations. The first year focuses on obtaining interdisciplinary knowledge and skills, including supervised data collection in the field and in-depth knowledge preparing you for your specialisation.

In the second year, the first semester is dedicated to coursework and the second semester to the thesis. The programme ends with a two-day End of Programme Employment Workshop.