The ALGANT Master course is open to all interested students in Europe and elsewhere. The European Union supports the course by financing about a ten scholarships for students outside the European Union, and five for European students. Other sources of funding are also available and tuition fees are kept at a very reasonable level.
Students interested in applying have to complete the application. Below is a list of the documents that will be required in addition to the application form. Note in particular the English language proficiency requirement, since most courses will be in English.
The Six Mobility Schemes. Here a large rectangle represents almost one-year study period and a small rectangle represents a study period between half a semester and one semester. White (resp. grey) rectangles represent study periods at a European (resp. third country) institution. Category A Mundus scholarship holders can only follow the first two mobility types. Category B Mundus scholarship holders can follow all other four mobility types but the mobility V shall actually be distributed between two European partners. Category C scholarship holders can follow all six mobility types.
More precisely, in ALGANT, such students from Category A will have to spend all of their time in Europe and those from Category B will have to include a mobility to a third country partner. In fact a number of Mundus scholarships for Category B students, which will be determined every year, will be reserved for students willing to spend the first year in Stellenbosch/AIMS. The student might actually work on his/her research project at any institution setting up a convention through the ALGANT Consortium, provided that this work is performed under the (joint) supervision of a member of the fourth semester partner hosting institution.
Tuition fees
The tuition fees (per year) are 8 000 Euros for Category A students and 4 000 Euros for Category B & C students. They are paid once a year to the consortium’s secretariat. For beneficiaries of an Erasmus Mundus scholarship, the tuition fee will be paid by the European Commission.
The consortium has created the ALGANT Excellence Scholarship programme (ALExS) and all students are invited to apply to it, in order to receive help to cover the tuition fees.
Information for scholars
Thanks to the support from the European Commission, ALGANT is in a position to offer scholarships to scholars from outside of Europe. Every scholarship amounts to 1 200 EUR per week, for a mobility of two weeks minimum, and three months maximum.
It is expected that scholars interact in an active way with the ALGANT students during their stay at the partner institutions.
