EMJM scholarships
The IMARC programme has been selected as an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) programme. This award is a very prestigious recognition by the European Commission and a sign of top quality. Apply for an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master. Students from all over the world are welcome. Full scholarships are available for the most excellent students. You must have a bachelor’s degree (first degree), or be in your last year of bachelor studies and graduate before the master’s programme starts.
The highest ranked students who match the eligibility criteria, will be offered an Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) Scholarship by the European Commission. EMJM scholarship holders will receive a monthly contribution of maximal 1400 Euro to cover all costs related to travel, visa, installment and subsistence costs for the duration that students will be on the programme (depending on the date of return to the home country). Besides payments from the European Commission, the IMARC consortium will provide all IMARC students with insurance coverage over the whole period of the IMARC academic programme.
For the academic years 2025/2026 up to 2029/2030, the programme may award 60 full scholarships (approximately 15 per academic year). Scholarships will be awarded based on merit, established by the ranking of all applicants who submitted their application complete and within the period of 1 February 2026 until 15March 2026. There are two categories of scholarships, category 1, and category 2. No distinction is made between applicants from EU and non-EU countries when awarding scholarships in category 1. For category 2, scholarships are reserved for the best students from specific target regions of the Erasmus+ programme (IPA III and NDICI).
The scholarships are awarded as follows:
1. Approximately 10 scholarships per year for the best applicants in the overall ranking
2. Additional 5 scholarships per year for applicants from designated target regions of the Erasmus+ programme.
Within the funding period of 6 years, there is a maximum of 10% of students of the same nationality who may receive a scholarship in category 1 (approximately 1-2 students of the same nationality). For category 2, there are percentage targets for the number of scholarships awarded for different regions. Here we particularly, but not exclusively, invite applications from excellent students from the Sub-Saharan Africa region and the Western Balkans (Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo).
We also may offer financial support for students with special needs (e.g. pre-existing medical, physical, psychological impairments) from funds of the European Commission. Students interested in this opportunity must come up with a detailed overview of the needed support and envisioned costs.
If you are interested in applying for the scholarship and have not received an EMJM scholarship from any other EMJM-programmes before, please indicate your interest in your application and motivation letter. You can send you application between 1 February 2026 and 15 March 2026 with all required documents to [email protected]. All applications before 1 February or after 15 March will be evaluated as self-paying applications. Experience shows that we receive lot of applications that are interested in scholarships in general. Before sending your application we strongly urge you to check the eligibility criteria. Our programme is a research-oriented master in criminology with a focus on border crossing, security and social justice.
