The Erasmus Mundus Master in Quality in Analytical Laboratories (EMQAL) is a master's course for laboratory managers and scientists who wish to implement and manage quality systems in analytical laboratories, or work in a quality system environment in accredited analytical laboratories.
After ten years of running as an Erasmus Mundus Master's Course, EMQAL was in 2019 reevaluated and reselected by the European Commission for Erasmus Mundus funding.
In the 2019 call, EMQAL was one of only 44 programs to be selected for Erasmus Mundus funding. As a result, EMQAL is again able to offer Erasmus Mundus grants to students and scholars. Fundiong has been awarded for four intakes, starting in 2020. The last intake in this funding period will be in 2023, and these students will graduate in 2025.
EMQAL has more than 50 associate partners. These including several higher education institutions, private and public companies, accredited laboratories and research centers. The Partner Institutions section includes details anout the partners.
The programme duration is 24 months, which corresponds to 120 ECTS. The first year (60 ECTS) consists of 30 theoretical and practical modules taught at one of the partner universities. The second year involves a research project and a three month internship in an accridted laboratory or a laboratory with an implemented quality management system. The activities undertaken are summarixed in a master's thesis.
In the first year, classes take place at a host university. Classes are taught by specialists from all the partner institutions, as well as invited scholars. The role of host university rotates among the partners of the Consortium. The main language of instruction is English. The university hosting the first year also offers an intensive local language school prior to the programme, as well as the opportunity of local language training during the course.
There is a limited number of Erasmus+: Erasmus Mundus scholarships which fully cover fees and also contribute to subsistence costs and travel. You will find detailed information in the section Erasmus Mundus scholarships.
You may enroll the program without a grant from the EU. Detailed information can be found in section Self-paying students.
Erasmus Mundus scholarships:
Each year the European Commission provides 15 Erasmus Mundus scholarships for selected students after the selection process and ranking of the eligible candidates. In addition to this EMQAL will on average offer 7 scholarships each edition for students coming from special regions of the world.
The regions picked for a particular edition of EMQAL will depend on the pool of applicants.
Individuals who have already benefited from an Erasmus+: Erasmus Mundus scholarship are not eligible for a second scholarship in order to follow EMQAL.
An individual may apply to a maximum of three Erasmus+: Erasmus Mundus Master courses at the same time. Candidates who do not comply with this rule may have their applications cancelled by the EACEA.
The scholarships will include the students' participation costs (including the tuition fees, full insurance coverage and any other mandatory costs related to the students' participation in the course), a contribution to student travel and installation cost and a subsistence allowance for the entire duration of the study programme.
Details on the student scholarship amounts are given in the next paragraphs:
Payment of the participation costs for the whole EMQAL programme (including the tuition fees and the full insurance coverage)
Contribution to subsistence costs:
A monthly allowance of 1000€ for the entire duration of the EMQAL study programme (24 months).
Contribution to subsistence costs will not be given to the scholarship holders for the study/research/placement/thesis preparation periods spent in their country of residence.
Contribution to the travel and installation costs:
1.000€ per year per scholarship holder resident of a Programme Country (see NOTES) for travel costs.
2.000€ per year for travel costs + 1.000€ for installation costs for scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country (see NOTES) whose location is situated at less than 4.000 km from the coordinating Higher education institution (HEI), that is University of Barcelona.
3.000€ per year for travel costs + 1.000€ for installation costs for scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country whose location is situated at 4.000 km or more from the coordinating HEI (University of Bergen).
