The master’s programme in Environomical Pathways for Sustainable Energy Systems (SELECT) offers advanced education in the field of sustainable energy systems for the future. SELECT aims at delivering education for high competency and quality engineering skills in the field, including industrial interaction throughout the programme. Students graduating from the SELECT programme will have gained experience in the following topics:

• Training in multidisciplinary problem analysis and solving.
• Advanced team building in a multinational setting, along with stimulating international experience.
• A novel and multidimensional way of learning involving real and virtual classrooms
• Close collaboration with industry during thesis work.
• A unique network of fellow students, SELECT alumni and industry specialists in the field of sustainable energy.

The SELECT master’s programme is presently a cooperation between the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden (KTH), Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo), Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands (TUE), Technical University of Catalonia in Spain (UPC) and Aalto University School of Science and Technology in Finland (Aalto). SELECT is also part of the InnoEnergy Sustainable Energy masters programme. It is a two-year Master’s programme including compulsory mobility for the students.

SELECT is powered by scholarships opportunities from Erasmus Mundus, as well as the EIT KIC InnoEnergy. Students from all over the world are welcome to apply.

Deadlines and documents for SELECT

NOTE: All applicants must submit a complete application, in the correct category, regardless of prior applications.
Application periods

For applicants from non EU-member states except Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland (category A)

15 September – 15 November, 2010
Latest arrival day for documents: 19 November

For applicants from EU-member states, and Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland (category B)

The application deadline for applicants from EU-member states is being revised due to changes instructed by the European Commission. Please visit the website regularly to stay updated.

Required documents for SELECT

1. A signed cover sheet (generated from the web-based application at studera.nu/english – application code SELEC)
2. A correctly certified copy of your bachelor’s degree in original language and translated into English.
3. A correctly certified copy of your transcript of records in original language and translated into English. All courses taken must be included.
4. Proof of your English proficiency.
5. A Curriculum vitae including details on your academic career.
6. A letter of motivation.
7. A copy of your passport or some other kind of identification in English.
8. Two letters of recommendation from professors of the most recently attended higher institution.

For directions on how to prepare the Curriculum vitae, motivation letter and letters of recommendation please follow the link below.

Attachments

• Document directions for SELECT (89 kB)

Send your documents to the address on the cover sheet and keep an eye out for the link to the Erasmus Mundus Complementary Information form. It will be sent to ‘Your pages’ at www.studera.nu/english when we have received your application documents. Your application is not complete without it.

Erasmus Mundus Scholarships

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

Application period: 15 September-15 November

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

Application period: 15 January-30 March

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

Who can apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship (Action 1)?

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.