Deadline:
January 17, 2025
Location(s)
Belgium Portugal
Genk, Lisbon, Aalto
Overview
Details
Academic Programme
- 1st Semester: Lusófona University (Lisbon/portugal)
- 2nd semester: LUCA School of Arts (Genk/Belgium)
- 3rd semester: Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland)
- 4th semester: Students develop the Final Project/thesis in Lusófona, LUCA or Aalto
The Thesis
The core outcomes of REPLAY are the students' final projects which they develop for their thesis:
- one individual or collective project – “vertical slice” – consisting of a playable demonstration that is highly-representative of an envisioned final-product and suitable for dissemination and promotion.
- a written report;
The project included in the thesis can be on the medium the student decides and with the field of application the student decides. Games demonstrated in the final project can be digital, analog, mixed-media, VR, play in public spaces, and more, and can be meant for commercial distribution, deployment at events, festivals, installations, or particular local contexts, or serious/applied games for use in institutional, cultural or social contexts.
Complementarily, the student is required to produce a theoretical and critically grounded report / project dossier that frames and reflects upon that same project. The report is developed individually.
Mobility Scheme
The mobility scheme offered by REPLAY is mandatory. During the first semester, the students all work together in Lisbon. The first semester in Lisbon is dedicated to harnessing local networks, contexts, and cultures, using these resources against the established grain of game-making.
On the second semester, all students move to Genk, to work together at Luca School of Arts followed by a move to Helsinki, at Aalto University for the third semester.
Finally, for their final semester, students will be guided in selecting a host university between Lusófona, Luca, and Aalto. If the student's final project involves an organization or company in a country outside Portugal, Belgium, or Finland, this organization has to be an official partner institution of REPLAY Masters. In that case, they can spend their final semester in the relevant country.
Diploma Award
The REPLAY consortium will award successful students with a joint degree diploma (including diploma supplements).
REPLAY Masters will grant from the beginning a joint degree and attached diplomas supplement based on the already existing and locally accredited master courses (second cycle degrees) in the area of Game Design, offered by each one of the schools in the consortium.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Selection Criteria
All eligible applicants will be assessed by members of the consortium taking into account the following elements:
- The applicant’s academic quality, judged primarily from the results of prior university studies.
- The applicant’s motivation and justification of the application in relation to prior studies, work experience (if applicable) and future career plans towards the aims of REPLAY, judged from the CV in combination with the letter of motivation, analysis and portfolio/show reel.
- The applicant’s English language skills, judged from the certificate provided and from the interview.
- Applicants with the highest scores resulting from the application package will be called for an online Interview in a date to be settled by the selection committee.
Dates
Deadline: January 17, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
ERASMUS MUNDUS SCHOLARSHIPS
- Candidates are eligible for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship, awarded on the basis of excellence.
- Candidates eligible for scholarships are students who have obtained a primary higher-education degree or can demonstrate a recognised equivalent according to national legislation and practices of the degree awarding country.
- Students who have already obtained an EMJM scholarship or an Erasmus Mundus Master Course / Joint Doctorate scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional scholarship under the EMJM action.
- Erasmus+ scholarship holders cannot benefit from another EU funded scholarship scheme to follow the same EMJM course. This holds for the entire period of the course.
- Erasmus Mundus Scholarship will cover the total tuition fee and will guarantee a monthly allowance of 1.400€ for the duration of the academic activities and/or maximum of 24 months, to cover installation, travel and subsistence costs.
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