An Erasmus Mundus Joint Master is a one- or two-year master’s degree run by at least three universities in three different countries, funded by the European Union. Students study in at least two of the partner countries and graduate with a joint or multiple degree. For scholarship holders the award is fully funded: no tuition, insurance provided, and a monthly allowance of €1,400 for the whole programme, up to €33,600 for two years. More than 200 programmes are listed in the official Erasmus Mundus catalogue, so the first step is to find the programmes that match your field.
There is no central application. Each programme runs its own admission and scholarship selection on its own website, and there is no application fee. You may apply to a maximum of three Erasmus Mundus programmes in one cycle, and the same application is used for admission and for the scholarship — there is no separate scholarship form. The scholarship goes to the best-ranked applicants, not to everyone admitted, and no more than 10% of a consortium’s scholarships may go to students of a single nationality.
For September 2027 entry, most scholarship deadlines fall between December 2026 and mid-January 2027. Examples from the 2027 cycle include 15 December 2026, 20 December 2026, 4 January 2027, 15 January 2027 and 15 February 2027, but every programme sets its own date, so the programme’s own page is the only reliable source. Results usually arrive between late February and April 2027, and teaching starts in September 2027.
Prepare a bachelor’s degree certificate and transcripts, a CV, a motivation letter, proof of English — typically around IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL iBT 90 — and two recommendation letters. Some programmes ask for a passport copy, a residence certificate or a short video statement. Start early: the strongest applications are written for one programme at a time, with the motivation letter matched to that programme’s subject and partner universities, not copied across all three choices. Source: Erasmus+ (accessed 10 November 2026).
