Scholarships

The Erasmus Mundus programme in Distributed Computing is a cooperation between KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. It is a two-year Master’s programme including compulsory mobilty for the students.

The EMDC programme offers education of high international standard as well as cultural experience from two different European countries and a double degree from two universities.

Information technology is becoming ubiquitous and increasingly important for all kinds of organizations, including enterprises, factories, public utilities, state bodies, health care, banking,transportation, airport and harbour control, etc. Information technology, and distributed computing in particular, is required to successfully undertake and manage large-scale projects on such organizations. Furthermore, distributed computing provides the foundations to manage the communications and data processing required by other science fields such as health sciences, biology, physics, chemistry, mechanical and civil engineering.

The category A (Non-EU student)scholarship includes:

• Travel and installation costs: € 8000 for a 2 year programme
• Participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 4000/semester
• Monthly allowance: € 1000/month

Required documents for EMDC

1. A signed cover sheet (generated from the web-based application at studera.nu/english – application code EMDCO).
2. A correctly certified copy of your bachelor’s degree in original language and translated into English.
3. A correctly certified copy of your transcript of records in original language and translated into English. All courses taken must be included.
4. Proof of your English proficiency.
5. A Curriculum vitae including details on your academic career.
6. A letter of motivation
7. A copy of your passport or some other kind of identification in English.
8. Two letters of recommendation from professors of the most recently attended higher institution.

You will be able to follow your application by logging on to “Your pages” on www.studera.nu/english. or Create a user account