Students and staff members from all universities in the EU-METALIC II partnership, both from the EU and Lot countries Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya can apply for scholarships. The EU-METALIC II Scholarships are designed for:
1. Students and staff members and graduates from Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Algerian and Libya wanting to study at a partner EU University.
2. Students and staff members from EU Partner Universities wanting to study at a Moroccan, Egyptian, Tunisian, Algerian or Libyan partner university.
Please note that exchange between two EU countries or between two third-country universities is not possible.
Neither European nor third-country students can benefit from a second scholarship for the same type of mobility under another project under the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 - Strand 1. Furthermore, candidates cannot benefit from more than one mobility activity with the same project.
Please see below the rules on individual mobility flows:
Mobility of EU Nationals to Third-Country Universities
In order to be eligible, applicants:
1. Must be a national of one of the eligible European countries
2. Must be registered/employed at one of the partner European institutions (Target Group 1);
3. Students need to either be registered in a HEI (not included in the partnership) of any European country or to have obtained a university degree or equivalent from a HEI of any European country (Target Group 2)
4. Undergraduate students must have successfully completed at least one year of studies at first higher education level;
5. Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses or of one of the languages currently spoken in the hosting countries
6. Staff must work in or be associated to a HEI (not included in the partnership) of any European country (Target Group 2).
Mobility of Moroccan / Egyptian / Tunisian / Algerian and Libyan Nationals to European Universities
In order to be eligible, applicants:
1. Must have Moroccan, Egyptian, Tunisian, Algerian or Libyan Nationality;
2. Students (Undergraduate, Masters, Doctorate, Post-Doctorate) must not have resided nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of the eligible European countries at the time of submitting their application to the partnership. This rule does not apply to Target Group 3 applicants.
3. Staff must work in or be associated to one of the third-country HEIs participating in the partnership (TG1); OR must work or be associated to a HEI (not included in the partnership) of any third country concerned by the Lot (TG2).
4. Must have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses;
5. Must belong to one of the following target groups:
Which target group do you belong to?
Target Group 1
Applicants who are registered / employed at one of the EU or Third-country partner Higher Education Institutions at the point of submitting the application. Undergraduate students must have successfully completed at least one year of studies in their home institution.
Target Group 2
Applicants who are registered at European, Moroccan, Egyptian, Tunisian, Algerian or Libyan Higher Education Institution that is not a partner in the EU-METALIC II project;
OR….
Applicants who have obtained a university degree or equivalent from a European, Moroccan, Egyptian, Tunisian, Algerian or Libyan Higher Education Institution.
Target Group 3
Third-country nationals who are part of the vulnerable target groups, for example:
a) having a refugee status or asylum beneficiaries;
b) it can be proved that they have been the object of unjustified expulsion from university on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination;
c) they belong to an indigenous population targeted by a specific national policy or IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons)
