The EMIN Joint Master Programme offers the opportunity to acquire expertise in network industries management from a global perspective that covers both the economic/regulatory and technological/ management issues. In these industries, teaching, training and research are typically carried out solely by focused specialists, which usually results in a skewed perspective.
The purpose of this Master is to continue integrating specialists from different perspectives and nationalities, and to make them interact in an interdisciplinary program to address the main problems faced by network industries in the current context of economic crisis and environmental concern. Our master students will learn the relevant engineering, economics, policy and management principles in the network and infrastructure industries. These skills and knowledge will be acquired and used together in real-life problems, as this course is dedicated to training qualified professionals.
EMIN Joint Master Programme was awarded in 2006 with the Erasmus Mundus excellence label by the European Commission, award renewed for another 5 years in 2010. This excellence label has been granted only to 126 Masters and 22 doctorates in all disciplines and Universities across Europe so far. Comillas also coordinates the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Strategies (SETS Joint Doctorate).
Duration
The EMIN is a two-year joint programme (120 ECTS) with two separate phases:
Training period (90 ECTS): 3 semesters of lectures at the partner universities worth 30 ECTS each.
Master Thesis and internships (30 ECTS): to be carried by students at any of the EMIN partner universities, with the collaboration of the industry partners that will support the development of professional internship of EMIN students during the last stage of their studies.
Added value
The EMIN Joint Master Programme has an advantage over existing programmes in the added value stemming from its partners’ joint expertise, the relevance of the subjects addressed, the participation of supporting industries and institutions, and the target of offering a joint degree once legal obstacles and national legislation so allow. All these advantages ensure an impact on European competitiveness in this area, and the development of cutting-edge education and collaboration between the academic and the industrial worlds. This added value of the EMIN Joint Master Programme can be summarised in the following points: international component, renowned partners, interdisciplinary approach, industry connection, experience of the programme, and research career opportunities.
Gender balance
Since its foundation the EMIN consortium has established the principle of non discrimination, whether for gender, for cultural, religious or political beliefs. The criteria applied for selection search for students’ excellence and their appropriateness for the EMIN studies. Thus, applicants are evaluated on the basis of only their personal merits as mentioned above.
Category B eligible beneficiaries:
Graduate students not eligible for Category A Student Scholarships
Students
Category A Students
For each student the scholarship amounts to 24,000 Euro per academic year. This includes the contribution to tuition fees of 8,000 Euro, 12 monthly grants of 1,000 Euro and a fixed amount of 4,000 Euro for fees, travel expenses, relocation costs, etc. As EMIN lasts two years, the student will receive double this amount: 48,000 Euro.
Category B Students
For each student the scholarship amounts to 10,000 Euro per academic year. This includes the contribution to tuition fees of 4,000 Euro, 12 monthly grants of 500 Euro. As EMIN lasts two years, the student will receive double this amount: 20,000 Euro.
Scholars
From 2,400 Euro for a two-week stay, to 14,800 Euro for a 3-month stay.
