2011 Erasmus Mundus Asia Regional mobility programme lots
Last updated: 17 October 2011
On 15th July 2011, the European Commission, through its Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) decided upon the 2011 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 – Strand 1 – Partnership programmes for its Asia Regional lots. Swedish universities – Lund and Mälardalen – coordinate two of the lots focusing on South Asia, and another two Swedish universities – Uppsala and KTH Royal Institute of Technology – are partners in Asia Regional lots.
The scholarship programme is open for students on undergraduate, master, doctoral and post-doctoral level as well as for university staff in academic or administrative positions from Asia to Europe only. They will be fully running from the academic year 2012/13.
Lot No. 12 (corresponding to Lot 11 during in 2010!) is primarily devoted to South Asia, where the proposals should include universities in at least three of the following group A countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; besides at least two of the following group B countries: Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Thailand, China, and North Korea.
Lot No. 13 (corresponding to Lot 12 during in 2010!) on the other hand is primarily devoted to South-East Asian countries, but also also gives the possibility to include Sri Lanka, India and/or Maldives as group B countries.
This is a follow-up programme to the previous mobility scheme entitled Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window (EMECW) running since 2008, and especially to the Asia Regional Lots distributed in 2010 – full information about the 2010 lots. The programme aims to foster co-operation between higher education institutions and the exchange of students, researchers and academic staff between EU Member States and targeted so-called Third countries, including India and the rest of South Asia.
Just like in 2010, ten European-Asian university consortiums were selected for the Asia Regional lots, No 12 and 13.
Go for the list of selected Erasmus Mundus Action 2 projects, July 2011.
Lot 12 Asia Regional programme coordinated by Lund University
Lund University (LU), that already successfully coordinates one of the existing Indo-European Erasmus Mundus Action 2 programmes (more information), was re-selected to coordinate its Asia Regional lot, named EMEA – Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia, that it was first awarded in 2010.
It is one of the five projects run under Lot 12, and is run by a consortium consisting of 20 universities, eight in Europe and 12 in Asia, out of which five are in China (Peking, Tsinghua, Fudan, Zhejiang and Xiamen universities), and four in India (Delhi University; Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK); and Tata Instititute of Social Sciences, Mumbai).
The remaining South Asian partner universities in the LU-led consortium are Karachi University, Pakistan; Tribhuvan University, Nepal; and Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh.
The European universities besides Lund are University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; University College Dublin, Ireland; University College London, UK; University of Milan, Italy; University Pierre and Marie Curie, France; University of Vienna, Austria; and Warsaw University, Poland.
SASNET has been closely involved in the planning for the programme, that was inaugurated with a kick-off meeting in September 2011, see photo – more information.
EMEA is a scholarship programme for students on undergraduate, master, doctoral and post-doctoral level as well as for university staff in academic or administrative positions, financed by the European Commission. It is open to nationals in Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan who want to study or work at one of the European partner universities.
The project coordinator is Ms. Elisabeth Axell, International Relations Office, Lund University.
The on-line application is open between 15th October and 1st December 2011. Full information is available on the EMEA web site. Go for the EMEA project web site.
Four other Asia Regional Lot 12 projects
Four other Asia Regional lot 12 projects were selected on 15th July 2011. Two of them were re-selected from last year, namely the EXPERTS consortium coordinated by Karl August University, Göttingen, Germany; and the EMMA West consortium coordinated by University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France.
Besides them, two new consortia were selected, one of them being coordinated by Mälardalen University in Västerås, Sweden, and the second by City University London, UK.
EXPERTS consortium:
Coordinated by Karl August University, Göttingen, Germany.
EXPERTS is a scholarship project targeted to citizens of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
A call for applications will be open later in the Autumn 2011.
Web site: http://www.expertsasia.eu/
Uppsala University and University of Turku are Nordic partner universities of this consortium. The local coordinator at Uppsala University is Mr. Jonathan Schalk at the university’s International Office.
More information about the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Scholarships at Uppsala University’s Mundus web page.
The following South Asian universities are consortium members:
– Royal University of Bhutan
– Kathmandu University, Nepal
– Tribhuvan University, Nepal
– Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan
– University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
– Khulna University, Bangladesh
– University of Pune, India
– University of Delhi, India
– Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India, is an associated partner.
EMMA West consortium:
Coordinated by University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France. Web page for the EMMA West project
The following South Asian universities are
consortium members:
– University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
– Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
– BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
– Jadavpur University, India
– Kathmandu University, Nepal
– COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Pakistan
– NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
IDEAS (Innovation and Design for Euro-Asian Scholars) consortium:
Coordinated by Mälardalen University, Sweden.
The coordinator is Ann-Catrin Davis.
A Kick-off meeting was held in Västerås 7–9 September 2011.
First application call for PhD students, Post-Docs and Staff opens from 15th October till 1 December 2011.
Web page: http://www.idt.mdh.se/ideas/
The following South Asian universities are consortium members:
– Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
– Lahore University of Management (LUMS), Pakistan
– Royal University of Bhutan (RUB), Bhutan
– Tribhuvan University, Nepal
STRONG-TIES (Strengthening Training and Research Through Networking and
Globalization of Teaching in Engineering Studies) consortium
Coordinated by City University London, UK. More information.
University of Southern Denmark in Odense is a Nordic partner.
The initiative will focus on developing skills in emerging areas of engineering, such as electronic healthcare, information security, nanotechnology, photonics and sustainable energy.
The following South Asian universities are consortium members:
– Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
– United International University, Bangladesh
– National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
– Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
– Kathmandu University, Nepal
– Royal University of Bhutan
– Kabul University Afghanistan
– Pune University, India
Lot 13 consortium with South Asian partners
Five consortiums were also selected for the South-East Asia oriented Lot No 13 (that still may include South Asian partner universities). The following two lots coordinated by a European university has a South Asian partner university:
Let’s Move Together (MOVER) consortium:
Coordinated by Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Includes the following South Asian universities:
– University of Madras, Chennai, India
AREAS (Academic Relations between Europe and Asia) consortium:
Coordinated by Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology is a Swedish partner.
More information about Erasmus Mundus Action 2 programmeswith KTH participation.
Includes the following South Asian universities:
– University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
