Scholarship and fees

Erasmus Mundus scholarship grants

	Students from programme countries	Students from partner countries
Contribution to participation costs	€3000/year	€9000/year
Contribution to travel and installation costs*	€1000/year if resident in a programme country €2000/year + €1000 if resident in a partner country less than 4000 km from Espoo, Finland €3000/year + €1000 if resident in a partner country 4000 km or more from Espoo, Finland	€1000/year if resident in a programme country €2000/year + €1000 if resident in a partner country less than 4000 km from Espoo, Finland €3000/year + €1000 if resident in a partner country 4000 km or more from Espoo, Finland
Contribution to subsistence costs (maximum of 24 months)	€1000/month	€1000/month
	€32000-€37000	€44000-€49000

Programme countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Partner countries are all countries not listed in the programme countries.
*) Travel and installation costs depend on the place of residence at the time of applying. See distance calculator.

Applicants will be considered as either partner or programme country students as follows:

• Partner country students
  • citizens of partner countries who have not carried out their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in a programme country.
• Programme country students
  • citizens of programme countries.
  • citizens of partner countries who have carried out their main activity for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in a programme country.

Erasmus Mundus scholarships available in 2024 student intake (studies starting autumn 2024)

Name of the scholarship	To whom	Scholarship amount in student intake 2024
Partner Country Scholarship	All non-EU citizens who have not studied or worked in a programme country for more than 12 months over the last 5 years	12
Programme Country Scholarship	All EU citizens and citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, and Turkey. Non-EU citizens who have studied or worked in a programme country for more than 12 months over the last 5 years	3

Additional Erasmus Mundus scholarships available in 2024 student intake for targeted regions (studies starting autumn 2024)

Name of the scholarship	To whom	Scholarship amount for student intake 2024
Partner Country Scholarship: IPA-Western Balkans	Applicants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro	2
Partner Country Scholarship: Central Asia-L-LMI Countries	Applicants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	2
Partner Country Scholarship: Latin America-Remaining Countries	Applicants from Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela	1
Partner Country Scholarship: South Africa	Applicant from South Africa	1

 

Further rules concerning Erasmus Mundus Scholarships (click to open)

• Students with a double nationality (of a partner and of a programme country) must specify the nationality under which they submit their scholarship application.
• Students who have already obtained an EMJMD scholarship or are former Erasmus Mundus Master/Doctoral scholarship holders are not eligible for an additional scholarship under the EMJMD action. Students benefiting from an EMJMD scholarship cannot benefit from another EU grant while pursuing their EMJMD studies.
• Scholarship holders spending part of the EMJMD course in their country of residence are not entitled to benefit from the monthly subsistence allowance for this period.
• The monthly subsistence allowance is not given to scholarship holders from a partner country for the EMJMD periods exceeding three months spent in any partner country (for example, thesis preparation, internship).

 

Other scholarships offered

The SECCLO/HAIC/NTNU scholarship covers the programme fee (participation cost). All applicants who have applied for scholarships have been taken into account.

Name of the scholarship	To whom	Number of scholarships offered
Helsinki-Aalto Institute of Cybersecurity (HAIC) Participation Cost Scholarship	All EU citizens and citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, and Turkey. In 2024, there will be a possibility to grant to non-EU citizens as well.	6
SECCLO Consortium Participation Cost Scholarship	All EU citizens and citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, and Turkey. In 2024, there will be a possibility to grant to non-EU citizens as well.	8
NTNU Participation Cost Scholarship	All EU citizens and citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, and Turkey. Female applicants are encouraged to apply.	–
	Altogether	tbc

 

The applicant is informed about the scholarship decision when the selection results are published. There will be a reserve list for the Erasmus Mundus scholarships. If selected without a scholarship, the student can join SECCLO with their own funding.

Participation costs

	Students from programme countries	Students from partner countries
Participation cost	€3000/year	€9000/year

Programme countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Partner countries are all countries not listed in the programme countries.

What is included in the participation cost?

• tuition fees: educational expenses such as courses, academic supervision, exams, counselling and university support services such as student services, use of library services and use of IT services in accordance with university regulations and policy concerning degree studies.
• insurance: including accident and health insurance satisfying the minimum requirements as published by the EACEA in its guidelines for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees.
• compulsory summer school participation: travel and accommodation costs.

What is NOT included in the participation cost?

• travel from and to the original country of residence
• visa and residence permit related costs
• travel between SECCLO consortium countries and universities
• possible travel costs to internship positions or summer job positions, travel costs to thesis positions, if applicable
• accommodation and personal living expenses
• textbooks, personal computers, printers or study materials the student decides to purchase

any other compulsory or voluntary local costs that may be charged according to the university rules (e.g. student union fees, casing of thesis) or national legislation. For Aalto University, the compulsory Student Union fee is currently €116 for the academic year.

Erasmus Mundus scholarships used in 2021-2024 (click to open)

Erasmus Mundus scholarships used in 2021-2024

Name of the scholarship	To whom	Total number of scholarships in four student intakes (2021-2024)
Partner Country Scholarship	All non-EU citizens who have not studied or worked in a programme country for more than 12 months over the last 5 years	45 /34 (used)
Programme Country Scholarship	All EU citizens and citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, and Turkey. Non-EU citizens who have studied or worked in a programme country for more than 12 months over the last 5 years	15 / 12 (used)

Additional targeted regions Erasmus Mundus scholarships used 2021-2024

Name of the scholarship	To whom	Total number of scholarships in four student intakes (2021-2024)
Partner Country Scholarship: ENI East	Applicant from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Territory of Ukraine as recognised by international law	1 / 0 (remaining)
Partner Country Scholarship: ENI South	Applicants from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia	3 / 0 (remaining)
Partner Country Scholarship: Asia-LDC	Applicants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal	4 / 0 (remaining)
Partner Country Scholarship: Asia-Remaining Countries	Applicant from DPR Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam	1 / 0 (remaining)
Partner Country Scholarship: Central Asia-Remaining Countries	Applicant from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan	1 / 0 (remaining)
Partner Country Scholarship: Latin America-LMI Countries	Applicant from Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay	1 / 0 (remaining)
Partner Country Scholarship: Latin America-Brazil and Mexico	Applicants from Brazil and Mexico	2 / 0 (remaining)
Partner Country Scholarship: ACP Countries	Applicants from ACP countries*	4 / 0 (remaining)
Partner Country Scholarship: Latin America-Remaining Countries	Applicants from Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela	2 / 1 (remaining)

*) ACP countries are: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo – Democratic Republic of the, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia- Federated States of, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Eswatini, Timor Leste – Democratic Republic of, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.