Master Scholarships in Public Health (EUROPUBHEALTH), Erasmus Mundus, Europe

The EUROPUBHEALTH European Masters Program is an innovative and tailored answers to the challenges of professional training to outstanding international work in this sector is important.

Students will be trained in several prestigious European universities conducting this program:

* EHESP School of Public Health (French) program coordinator
* University of Rennes 1 (France)
* Andalusian School of Public Health (Spain)
* University of Copenhagen, (Denmark)
* Jagellonian University of Cracow (Poland)
* School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield (UK)

and have the opportunity to engage with our new partners,:

* America's Mailman School of Public Health New York (USA)
* Institut d'Etudes politiques Rennes (France)

Erasmus Mundus Masters program EUROPUBHEALTH provide high level education in public health.

Its main purpose is to allow the students to improve the health of specific population groups and the population as a whole through:

* Designing, planning, implementation, and assessment suggest preventive health and promotion programs.
* Management of health and social services and companies.

It is designed to provide students with methods, analytical tools and conceptual knowledge necessary to understand the public health problem.

It is based on the acquisition of basic academic knowledge and savoir-faire related to public health as well as all the skills required for various functions that students, as future public health professionals, will embrace at the local, regional, national, European or international, in public or private sector.

EUROPUBHEALTH: two-year master's course
EUROPUBHEALTH is a two-year Erasmus Mundus Masters Course (120 ECTS)

* In the first year, the curriculum covers the basic issues of public health. It is offered in Spanish or English.
* In the second year, students specialize in a particular topic.

Europubhealth offers seven areas of specialization based on the excellence of the six university consortium members.

Over the years this specialization, students carry out research (dissertation) and practical placements.

Each student chooses one of the specialties and attend courses in a country that should be different from year 1 (Denmark, Poland, Spain or France).

At the end of each academic year the Master, two integration modules bring together all students Europubhealth for international and interdisciplinary work at the end of each academic year.

* Integration Module 1: "Dimensions of Global Public Health" (3 weeks EHESP Rennes - France).
* Integration Module 2: "Interspecialisation - Project Management Public Health" (3 weeks EHESP Rennes - France).

Depending on the background of the university, the chosen specialization and language skills of the students, they follow a training pathway among 13 different possibilities following.

Admission Requirements
EUROPUBHEALTH has a goal of registering an annual intake of 40 students.

Application procedures and selection process the same for all candidates, regardless of whether they come from European countries or the third.

Interdisciplinary by nature, Europubhealth open to students with diverse but complementary profiles taken from the medical sciences (including doctors, nurses, pharmacists) or social science background (including, for example, sociology, economics, psychology, anthropology, geography, political science, law ).

To be eligible, applicants must meet the following requirements approved by the Consortium:

* Have at least a university Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent certified at one of the disciplines mentioned in the profile of access and capable of providing a copy of this certificate when applying on line.
* Studying full time for two years of the Master course.
* Become proficient in the language appropriate for the selected combination of mobility (in English; English + Spanish; English + French; Spanish English + French +):
* Being able to provide copies of language tests is less than year old tree for the languages ​​you need. To find out more about the minimum required level of language, see the "language" on the web page that describes the Master course.
* Selecting a combination of mobility in different countries from which students graduate university degree
* Submit application on-line complete, along with all required supporting documentation (diplomas, certificates, language certificates, letters of recommendation, etc.) before the deadline.

NB: Applicants applying for Erasmus Mundus scholarship must meet the eligibility criteria than those referred to in the relevant Call for Proposals.

Tuition
For the 2011-2013 Master course, tuition EUROPUBHEALTH has been set at:

* € 16,000 for two years of study (120 ECTS) for non-European students
* € 8,000 for two years of study (120 ECTS) for students from EU countries.

This fee covers all of the following services:

* Enrollment in all teaching units and modules and access to relevant education ressources
* Participation to the orientation program for international students
* Free access to libraries, document centers and related services
* Language course during the first year and second (survival language)
* Examination, diplomas and certificates

Cost does not include costs associated with accommodation,, international food trip travel, or insurance on the site.

In addition to tuition, health insurance is compulsory for scholarship holders. This health insurance costs € 350 per year and will be directly deducted from the grant. Purchase of third party insurance is also highly recommended.

The self-funded students will have the option of taking their own health insurance and present their insurance certificate or insurance consortium takes.
The students must be in compliance with the social welfare of the country that welcomed them.

For all students, third party insurance must be purchased separately.

Erasmus Mundus grants
Of course Master Europubhealth supported by the Erasmus Mundus programs launched by the European Commission in early 2004.

Erasmus Mundus offers scholarships to students to study abroad.

To be eligible for grants, students must choose a combination of pathways that allow them to spend their study period in at least two European partner countries must be different from the state in which the scholarship holder has obtained his / her last university degree.
Appropriate amount of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship is offered to the intake of 2011-2013 are:

* Category A scholarship: 8
* Category A scholarship "window western Balkans and Turkey" *: 1
* Category B scholarships: 6

* "Western Balkans and Turkey window" including students from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yougoslavian Republic of Macedonia, l'Ancienne de République Yougoslave Macédonie, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo under UNSC resolution 1244/99, and is derived from the candidate countries Turkey.

Session 2012-2014: module on line application is open
Application deadline for scholarship applicants Erasmus Mundus: December 10, 2011

Grant Category A:

* Candidates who wish to make their first year at Sheffield: December 10, 2011
* Candidates who wish to make their first year in Granada: 10 Decembre 2011

Category B grants:

* Candidates who wish to make their first year at Sheffield: December 10, 2011
* Candidates who wish to make their first year in Granada: 10 Decembre 2011

Application deadline for self-funded students: 6 April 2012

Scholarship eligibility criteria for category A

* To be a citizen of a "third country", which means all states except:
o The EU Member States;
oa EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)
* Does not reside in the countries mentioned above;
* For not doing his / her principal (studies, work, etc.) in each of the above mentioned countries for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years (from 28/02/2007 to 28 / 02/2012).
* Individuals who have already benefited from the Erasmus Mundus scholarship are not eligible
* Students benefit from the Erasmus Mundus scholarship can not benefit from other grants while pursuing their studies Community Erasmus Mundus Masters
* The number of applications should be limited to a maximum of three different joint Erasmus Mundus Master's program.
* Students must have at least a university bachelor's degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent officially recognized and can provide a copy of this certificate when they apply on line.
* Full-time study for two years only Europubhealth Erasmus Mundus Master

All files are eligible to be studied by the selection comitee.

Grant eligibility criteria for category B
Category B grants can be awarded to each student selected by the consortium Europubhealth and does not meet the criteria for Category A is defined above.

An integrated process of selection
There are two stages in the selection process:

Phase 1: pre-selection
The application form is completed and until carrefully loaded on the line under study by the University of Cracow is responsible for this process. Pre-selection of examination procedures that the applicant meets all eligibility requirements set by the consortium, namely:

* Applicant has at least a university degree, ie 180 ECTS
* Applicant can speak * the language required for the selected combination of mobility, namely:
o English
o English + French
o French + English + Spanish
o Spanish + English

* Some tests a new language with the file upload application can prove good language skills of the candidat
* Applicant has filed a complete online application, along with all required supporting documents (diplomas, certificates of language, letters of recommendation, etc.), scanned and loaded through the web link application tools.

NB: The selection process is an integrated procedure. These files online applications will be consulted by all consortium partners, then, pre-selected applications will be sent to the Selection Committee.

Stage 2: the final selection
A Selection Committee consisting of representatives from the seven partner universities meets once a year. Commission studies each eligible application, classify them and publish a list of selected candidates and reserve list.

Coordination of the Consortium institutions notify each applicant of results and adjust the final registration for EUROPUBHEALTH Master course.

On-line application form in English
The application form must be filled EUROPUBHEALTH Teacher on-line with all supporting documents uploaded.

Our goal is to recruit online, but, in solving the case eMundus, candidates can submit their applications on emundus@cm-uj.krakow.pl or (as a last resort) by post to the address of the institution:

Institute of Public Health JU MC
Att. Mrs.Irmina Jurkiewicz
Administrative Coordinator Européanisme
20 Grzegorzecka Road
31-531 Krakow
Polska

For more information, please visit the official site: www.europubhealth.org