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Erasmus Mundus action 2

SilkrouteSILKROad Universities Towards Europe

Duration of the project: 4 years, from 15th July 2013 to 14th July 2017

Bishkek/Kyrgyzstan/ 22.11.2013

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Erasmus Mundus – Action 2

Complementary to other EU HE initiatives:LLP, Tempus, Asia Link, Alfa, Alban, Edulink

Financing partnerships for student and staff mobility between the EU and“Third Countries” grouped in geographical lots.

Cooperation and mobility scheme at 5 levels:Undergraduate , Master, Doctorate, Post-doc and Staff

Funded by the European Comission.

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What is Erasmus Mundus?

“Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the filed of higher education for:

the enhancement of quality in European higher education;the promotion of the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world;the promotion of intercultural understanding through cooperation with third countries in the filed of higher education.

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•COORDINATING UNIVERSITY:

Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy

•JOINT COORDINATOR:

•Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

5 EUROPEAN PARTNER UNIVERSITIES from 5 Countries

Coordinating universities

• Universita di Bologna, (Italy)

• Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz, (Austria)

• Universidad de Cantabria, (Spain)

• Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Iasi)

(Romania)

• University of Zagreb, (Croatia)

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Fields of study:

Agricultural Sciences (01)Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning (02)Business Studies and Management Sciences (04)Education, Teacher Training (05)Engineering, Technology (06)Geography, Geology (07)Law (10)Medical Sciences (12)Social Sciences (14)

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Bachelor course http://www.unipd.it/corsi/corsi-di-laurea/corsi-di-laurea-triennale

• Agriculture and veterinary medicine

• Economics and political science

• Jurisprudence

• Engineering

• Medicine and surgery

• Psychology

• Science

• Humanities , social and cultural heritage

Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy)

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Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy)

Master course

http://www.unipd.it/corsi/corsi-di-laurea/corsi-di-laurea-magistrale

• Agriculture and veterinary medicine

• Economics and political science

• Engineering

• Medicine and surgery

• Psychology

• Science

• Humanities , social and cultural heritage

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Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz (Austria)

courses

http://www.uni-graz.at/

• Arts and Humanities

• Environmental and Regional Sciences and Education

• Law

• Natural Sciences

• Social and Economic Sciences

• Theology

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Sveučilište u Zagrebu (Croatia)

courses

http://international.unizg.hr/international_students/coursesprogrammes_in_english

• Arts

• Biomedicine

• Biotechnology

• Engineering

• Humanities

• Natural sciences

• Social sciences

• Centre for postraduate studies

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Universidad de Cantabria (Spain)

courses

Degree

• Engineering (Civil, Industrial and Chemical)

• Social Sciences

• History

• Physics

• Engineering

Master

• Molecular Biology

and Biomedicine

• Economics of Globalisation and

European Integration

• European Construction

http://www.unican.es/en/Silkroute.htm

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Università di Bologna(Italy)

courses

http://www.eng.unibo.it/PortaleEn/default.htm

• Sciences and technologies

• Humanities

• Social sciences

• Medicine

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Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Iasi) (Romania)

courses

• Law

• History

• Economics and Business Administration

• Philosophy and Social – Political Sciences

• Physical Education and Sports

• Psychology and Education Sciences

• Letters

• Orthodox Theology

• Roman – Catholic Theology

• Center for European Studies

http://www.uaic.ro/uaic/bin/view/Main/WebHome

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• 58,5% of the scholarships open to candidates of Target Group 1: Students, teachers and administrative staff registered or affiliated in one of the Central Asian universities member of the partnership.

• 29% of the scholarships open to candidates of Target Group 2: Students, teachers and administrative staff registered or affiliated in other Central Asian universities or PhD candidates having obtained a university degree by an institution of the Central Asian countries involved.

• 12% of the scholarships open to candidates of Target Group 3: Nationals of the participating countries who are in particularly vulnerable situations, for social, economics and political reasons.

Distribution of mobility in 3 groups:

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• Bachelors• Masters• Doctorate • Post-doctorate• Teaching/Administrative staff

Degree:

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Mobility overview   % Months

TG 1

TG 2 TG 3 TOT TOTCA EU

Under 20-40

36       6 6

276 3     0 3

10 15     3 18

Master 15-35

24 5   4 1 10

256 2 2 1   5

10 5   4 1 10

Doc 10-30

36 5   3 1 9

236 3 2 3   8

10 3   3   6

Post-Doc 5-206 6 1 4 1 12

1610 2   2   4

Staff 15-35 2 13 2 7 NO 22 22

      62 7 31 13 113 113

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2 Calls for applications

Type of Mobility Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Total

Undergraduates 20 7 27

Masters 18 7 25

Doctorates 19 4 23

Post-doctorates 12 4 16

Staff 16 6 22

 Total 85 28 113

  75% 25%  

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•Distribution of undergraduate mobility flows (20-40%)

•Distribution of master mobility flows (15-35%)

•Distribution of doctorate level mobility flows (10-30%)

•Distribution of post-doctoral level mobility flows (5-20%)

• Distribution of Staff mobility flows (15-35%)

Distribution defined by the call:

TGI represents at least 50% of people participating in mobility flows

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Study period

• Bachelors

• Masters

• Doctorate

• Teaching staff

• Post-doctorate

10 month

1-2 years

3 years

1-3 months

1 year

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Economic benefits:

Monthly allowance depending on the level of mobility.

•Undergraduate & Master: 1,000 Euro per month

•Doctorate: 1,500 Euro per month

•Post-doctorate: 1,800 Euro per month

•Academic & Admnistrative Staff: 2,500 Euro per month

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Required documents:

see European Universities: requirements and

hospitalityhttp://www.em-silkroute.eu/european-universities-requirements-and-hospitality.html

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