Deadline:
January 21, 2025
Location(s)
France Ireland Italy Spain
Dublin, Avignon, León, Pisa
Overview
Details
Overview
EMILDAI has been developed as a response to the legal, technical and ethical challenges of digitisation. Businesses and public institutions require experts to legally, ethically and safely process data, in particular in the context of the use of AI systems. EMILDAI aims to educate the leaders who will achieve the goals of the EU Digital Compass. Through a two-year fully integrated study curriculum, including up to three mobility periods, work placements, language courses, summer schools and networking opportunities, EMILDAI will produce legal and technical professionals with a solid expertise in data protection, data governance, cybersecurity, AI law and ethics.
This fully interdisciplinary programme is divided into two study streams, Law and Computing, and offers two areas of specialisation, Data Governance and Cybersecurity. EMILDAI aims to attract excellent students worldwide, thanks to the offer of an internationally recognised joint degree, monthly scholarships, world-class support services, and by paying due attention to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion with regard to all students, in particular those with fewer opportunities. EMILDAI promotes research-led teaching and staff mobility in order to support collaborative research, funding bids, and establish a network of excellence in the field of law, data and AI. The programme offers a vibrant teaching and learning environment, ultimately enhancing the level of internationalisation and competitiveness of the partner universities.
Structure
EMILDAI offers a highly integrated, multilingual and interdisciplinary curriculum, which is articulated into two years (120 ECTS). EMILDAI students will receive a joint master degree awarded by the partner universities they attend (joint degree ‘per track’). Students are required to know at least two languages: either English and French or English and Spanish.
Year 1 aims to offer students a comprehensive introduction to the core themes related to law, data and AI, while Year 2 aims to provide students with a specialisation in the fields of data governance, cybersecurity and AI law and ethics.
Students are divided into two Study Streams: Law and Computing, depending on the student’s disciplinary background and professional experience. EMILDAI’s programme and curriculum design supports the learning outcomes of the programme, which include subject-specific, practical, intellectual, and transferable skills.
In Year 1, students of both streams will spend semester 1 and 2 at DCU completing an ‘Introduction to Law, Data and AI’. In Year 2, Law Stream students will specialise in either data governance at Avignon Université (Study Track A, taught in French) or cybersecurity at Universidad de León (Study Track B, taught in Spanish) in semester 3, and will gain an in-depth understanding of AI Law and Ethics at Università di Pisa in semester 4. In Year 2, Computing Stream students will spend both semester 3 and 4 specialising in either data governance at Avignon Université (Study Track A, taught in French) or cybersecurity at Universidad de León (Study Track B, taught in Spanish).
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
To ensure the best candidates are selected for EMILDAI, the following entry requirements have been jointly set and agreed by the partners. All entry requirements should be met at the time of the application.
- Computing stream students: Applicants must have a 2.2 Undergraduate Honours degree or equivalent qualification in Computer Science, Computing, Computer applications or a related discipline with at least three modules in computing (e.g. Engineering). Candidates with significant experience in the software development sector in addition to an Honours primary degree in some other discipline, may also be considered for entry in accordance with DCU’s Recognition of Prior Learning Policy.
- Law stream students: Applicants must normally have achieved a 2.1 Undergraduate Honours degree or equivalent qualification in Law or other degree which includes law as a significant component (e.g. Economics, Political science and International relations). Candidates with significant experience in the legal and policy sector in addition to an Honours primary degree in some other discipline, may also be considered for entry in accordance with DCU’s Recognition of Prior Learning Policy. In that case, students will have to satisfy the specific entry requirements established by the University of Pisa for students without a law degree (i.e. having passed at least 30 ECTS of law modules and 9 ECTS of economics modules).
Dates
Deadline: January 21, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Full Erasmus Mundus Scholarships
EMILDAI Full Scholarships are funded by the Erasmus Mundus programme of the EU Commission. They cover the programme tuition fees and provide a monthly non-taxable stipendium of €1400 for the full length of the programme (24 months).
In order to apply for a scholarship you need to complete the application form within the first round of applications. We will select the best students based on their academic merit, professional experience and their personal statement. We will also ensure that geographical and gender balance is achieved.
If you are offered a scholarship, you will be given two weeks to accept our offer. If you don’t accept our offer, your scholarship will be offered to the next ranked student. Your scholarship will only be paid once you complete your registration at DCU.
For prospective students that have already benefited from an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) scholarship, you are not eligible to apply for an additional EMJM scholarship.
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