Scholarship

For the year 2011-2013, there are 9 scholarships available for third country students, 7 scholarships for students from the EU/EEA-EFTA states and 1 scholarship for students from the area of Western Balkans and Turkey.

       

Category A scholarships. A Category A scholarship may be awarded to third country nationals, who are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, training, work) for more than a total of 12 months in an EU-EEA country. The category A scholarship amounts to a monthly allowance of 1200€ per month for 20 months. In addition the students will receive a contribution to travel and installation costs at the beginning of each school year of 4000€, coming to a total of 8000€ for the two-year course. The tuition fees will be covered by the scholarship.

       

Category B scholarships. A Category B scholarship may be awarded to students from the EU-EEA area, as well as third country students who has been residing in the EU-EEA area for more than 12 months within the last five years. The scholarship amounts to 500€ per month for 20 months, plus coverage of tuition fees. Category B students will not be awarded travel and installation costs.

The scholarships for the EU-EEA students should not be considered as a full scholarship, but rather as a contribution. Students are allowed and encouraged to also have other sources of funding (e.g. student loands, other scholarships\grants from their home countries).

       

It is not possible to apply for a scholarship without a place on IMEC. Once you have been accepted to as a student on IMEC, the IMEC consortia will apply for a scholarship on your behalf.

         

The IMEC consortia can also admitt students who do not revceive scholarships. There students must have funding from elsewhere to cover the tuition fees.

       

Definition of eligible third-country applicants:

  • By Third country-students, we mean citizens coming from all countries other than:
    • The 27 EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The UK)
           
    • The EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)
           
  • Third country applicants cannot have been residents of, or carried out their main activities (studies, work, etc.) in, any of the above countries for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years.
  • By Western Balkans and Turkey, we mean students coming from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under the UNSC Resolution 1244/99, Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.