The Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering (COSSE)

The Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering (COSSE) is a two-year master's programme offering a double degree from two universities. The students enter one of the universities and continue the second year at one of the other institutions in another country
COSSE is a joint initiative of four European universities COSSE
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands
Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen – Nürnberg, Germany
The EACEA (the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) awards 7 to 10 category A scholarships and 6 to 8 category B scholarships per Erasmus Mundus Master's programme.
Category A
Scholarships (non-EU member states) can be awarded to applicants from non-EU member states (but not to applicants from Norway, Liechtenstein or Iceland) unless they have resided in a EU member state or in Norway, Liechtenstein or Iceland, for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years (by 31 January of the year of enrollment).
The category A scholarship includes:
Travel and installation costs: € 8000 for a 2 year programme
Participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 4000/semester
Monthly allowance: € 1000/month
Category B
Scholarships (EU-member states) can be awarded to applicants from EU-member states and to applicants from Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland
The category B scholarship includes:
Travel and installation costs – only if the EM master's programme includes a mobility period to a Third-Country partner: € 3000
Participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 2000/semester
Monthly allowance: € 500/month
Candidates who apply for an Erasmus Mundus Master Programme are at the same time considered for a scholarship nomination for this specific programme. The scholarships are awarded to the highest ranked candidates that fulfill the following scholarship conditions:
The applicant has applied correctly, fulfilled the admission requirements and is nominated for a scholarship by the EM consortium.
The applicant has not applied to more than three (3) Erasmus Mundus master's programmes during one round of applications.
The applicant should be able to spend his study period in at least two of the consortium partner countries. These two countries must be different from the country in which the applicant has obtained his/her last university degree; the mandatory mobility periods cannot be replaced by virtual mobility, neither can they take place in institutions outside the consortium.
The applicant has not yet benefited from an EM master's programme scholarship.
The applicant should not benefit from another Community grant while pursuing their Erasmus Mundus masters studies.
The applicant should be enrolled as a full-time student and commit himself to participate in the master's programme in accordance with the terms defined by the consortium in the Student Agreement. Failure to do so could lead to the cancellation of the scholarship.
All applicants must submit the required documents, regardless of prio applications.
A signed cover sheet (generated from the web-based application at studera.nu/english – Application code: COSSE)
A correctly certified copy of your bachelor's degree in original language and translated into English.
A correctly certified copy of your transcript of records in original language and translated into English. All courses taken must be included. Please also provide the university course descriptions from your university study guide or the university website.
Proof of your English proficiency.
GRE test-scores, if available. (GRE General Test as well as GRE Subject Tests in Computer Science and Mathematics).
A Curriculum vitae including details on your academic career.
A letter of motivation including an indication of which specialization you wish to take and why, an indication of your preferred mobility track, a brief summary of your thesis work, stating the credits and grade.
A copy of your passport or some other kind of identification in English.
Two letters of recommendation from professors of the most recently attended higher institution.