Master of Humanitarian Action
2008 Program
Deadline: 30 November 2007
Call for Applications from Monash Students for this Prestigious EU Erasmus Mundus Program
The Monash Asia Institute, on behalf of Monash University, joined the NOHA (The Association of European Universities) consortium in 2005 in a successful bid to the European Commission in Brussels for an Erasmus Mundus Partnership. This involves collaborative teaching and research in NOHA's International Masters of Humanitarian Action. This is the only Masters program of its kind with official EU support and recognition. The Masters program has been taught by NOHA for ten years; each year 140 students have been trained. In 2005 the EU Commission agreed to extend the Erasmus Mundus program by admitting eight non-European universities - Monash is one of these eight universities.
Monash University has been invited to send one Monash postgraduate to the EU each year. This is the third time we have advertised for eligible students to apply. The winning candidate will be able to travel to the EU and complete the Master of Humanitarian Action, a program of coursework and research over a period of 16 months. The Masters program is fully funded by the EU. We now invite applications from Monash honours and postgraduate students who would be interested in taking up this opportunity. Given the prestigious nature of the Master of Humanitarian Action, and the requirement to write a research dissertation, Monash students involved in this program will be offered a full PhD scholarship on their return to complete a doctorate in the Monash Asia Institute.
Applications are now invited from Honours and Masters students willing to undertake the European program from 1 September 2007 to 1 December 2009.
The deadline for applications is Friday 30 November 2007 at 5:00 pm to
Professor A M Vicziany c/- Ms Juliet Yee
Director, Monash Asia Institute
Room S812, Menzies Building no. 11
Monash University, Clayton Vic 3800
Email: monash.asia.institute@adm.monash.edu.au
Your printed application should include a short letter stating why you wish to undertake this program, a resume of professional and academic track records for all university courses; copies of degrees/diplomas; certified copies of academic transcripts; letters from two referees.
For further information please check the EU website:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html
The winner of the award will be announced by personal email within a week of the submission deadline. The award is for EU 10,000 to cover the fee plus EU 1,600 each month for living expenses. NB The Monash Asia Institute can only nominate a candidate: we will forward the name of the ‘winner’ to NOHA in December but the final decision about the scholarship is made by the EU Commission. In 2007 and 2006, our nominations were accepted without further queries.
Eligibility
Australian citizenship; current enrolment at Monash University in any faculty; 1st class honours or its equivalent in any field of study related to humanitarian action.
Membership of the NOHA consortium involves the following prestigious European universities: Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Université d'Aix-Marseille III (France), Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany), University College of Dublin (Ireland), Universidad de Deusto ( Spain), University of Uppsala (Sweden) and University of Gröningen (The Netherlands).
The eight non-European universities which joined the consortium in 2005 are: York University (Canada), Saint-Joseph University, Beyrouth (Lebanon), Universidade de Brasilia (Brasil), Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia), Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), University of Western Cape (South Africa), Columbia University in New York (USA) and Monash University (Australia).
More about Erasmus Mundus, see: http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html
See also: http://www.noha.deusto.es/introduction.asp