Deadline:
January 15, 2025
Location(s)
Greece Portugal Spain
Places: Pamplona, Vila Real and Athens
Overview
Details
Why study the Master's Degree in Sustainable Agriculture?
The Master's degree is a two-year full-time academic programme leading to a Joint Master Degree to be awarded, accredited and recognised by three universities: Public University of Navarre (UPNA, Spain), the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA, Greece) and University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD, Portugal). You will obtain training in the most advanced technologies and methodologies that can be applied to enhance the environmental, economic and social sustainability of farming. You will have the skills to:
- Apply such cutting-edge technologies to daily operational work in farms.
- Provide assistance and advice to farmers in the implementation of smart agriculture systems.
- Use technology efficiently to reduce the environmental impact of farming activities, costs and emissions and the presence of agrochemicals in surface and underground waters, and besides, avoid soil degradation.
- Follow on a basic or applied research career in industry or academia, eventually leading to a Doctoral degree.
From which degrees can I access SUSTAGRI?
Bachelor's degree in the following areas:
- Agricultural Engineering.
- Computing and Telecommunication Engineering.
- Environmental Engineering.
- Civil Engineering.
Any other similar degrees.
What will I be able to work on when I finish the Erasmus Mundus SUSTAGRI?
- Consultancy in quantification, prevention and control of environmental effects of agriculture.
- Foster the uptake of technological and agronomical advances to improve agricultural production.
- Consultancy to transfer technological advances to agricultural production to make it both more sustainable and competitive.
- In companies and organisations in the following areas:
- All types of farms engaged in crop production.
- Public or private companies providing advice to farmers and agricultural extension.
- Universities, public or private centres that carry out research related to sustainable agriculture.
- National or international agencies that seek to improve and make the agri-food chain more efficient and sustainable.
- All types of entities aimed at managing water resources.
- All types of entities aimed at managing land and territory in general.
- Irrigation system design, installation, operation and control companies.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
- Education: Bachelor´s degree, with a minimum of three years’ study at a university and a minimum of 180 ECTS, or equivalent, according to the regulations in the country of origin and the European regulations, or to be in your last year of a Bachelor´s degree, preferably in:
- Agricultural Engineering
- Computing and Telecommunication Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Any other similar degrees
You must graduate before the Master’s programme starts
- English: International students attending the SUSTAGRI Programme and whose first language is not English are required to have a grade equivalent to level B2 before registration.
Dates
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Erasmus Mundus Scholarships (EMS)
The SUSTAGRI Consortium will offer 20 full EMS
- 3 students from EU member states and third countries associated to the Erasmus Programme
- 17 students from third countries not associated to the Programme, of which:
- 4 students shall be from countries of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation – Global Europe Instrument (NDICI-Global Europe)
- 1 student shall be from countries of Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III)
The EMS is paid as a monthly non-taxable stipend of 1400€ for the entire length of the programme (24 months) to contribute to student travel and installation costs and a subsistence allowance for the entire duration of the programme.
The EMS also covers all student participation costs to SUSTAGRI master: tuition fees, full insurance coverage and other mandatory costs related to student participation in the course.
If you are offered an EMS, you will be given 3 to 5 days to accept our offer. If you do not accept our offer, your EMS will be provided to the next ranked student.
The first EMS payment will only be made after you arrive in Pamplona for the first semester of the SUSTAGRI programme.
Students who have previously obtained an EMJM scholarship or an Erasmus Mundus Master Course/Joint Doctorate scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional EMS.
EMS holders cannot benefit from another EU-funded scholarship scheme to follow the same course, which is for the entire course period.
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