Available Scholarships

Three types of scholarships are available within the scope of the MEEES programme:

  • Category A Scholarships
  • Category B Scholarships
  • Consortium Scholarship


The Category A Scholarship is directly sponsored by the European Commission, under the scope of its Eramus Mundus programme, and is available to third-country applicants. In order to qualify as a third-country national, applicants must:

  • not be a national from any of the EU Member States: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK, Sweden, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  • not be a national from any of the EEA-EFTA states: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
  • not be a resident on any of the above countries
  • not have carried out their main activities (studies, training, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the above countries

It is noted that for the 2012/2013 Academic Year, a Western Balkans and Turkey Window has been opended by the European Commission which will allow students from Turkey and the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) to apply for dedicated Category A Scholarships.

The Category B scholarship, directly sponsored by the European Commission, is open to European applicants who are not eligible to the Category A scholarship.

The Consortium scholarship, on the other hand, is funded by the MEEES Consortium and is open to students of any nationality, without exceptions.

To be eligible for a scholarship directly sponsored by the European Commission, i.e. a Category A or a Category B Scholarships, the scholarship holder must study in countries different form the country in which he/she has obtained his/her last university degree. This means e.g. that a student who obtained his/her last degree in Italy is not allowed to study at the ROSE School if he/she is receiving a Category A or a Category B scholarship.

Deadlines for application to these two scholarships are given in here. It is also noted that, as the above renders evident, the term "third-country" does not bear any relation with the expression "third world".