15 Erasmus Mundus EMLex Master Scholarships to Study Abroad, 2019/20

Scholarship Description: The new Erasmus Mundus European Master in Lexicography (EMLex) is now available for all new international students. Erasmus Mundus applicants have the opportunity to name their preferred choices for their home university; the selection committee distributes the applicants equally to the partner universities.

Scholarship Provider: The European Master in Lexicography (EMLex) is an international Master’s degree programme (120 ECTS) that has been offered since 2009. Since 2016 the EMLex can be concluded with an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree. It includes a joint summer semester abroad for all students in cooperation with many universities and institutions.

Degree Level: Scholarships are available to pursue two years Master degree programmes.

Available Subject: Scholarships are awarded to study any of the courses offered by the universities.

Scholarship Benefits: The scholarship includes

• contribution to subsistence costs: 1,000 € per month for the entire duration of the EMLex study programme (24 months maximum)
• contribution to travel and installation costs:
  1. for scholarship holders resident in a programme country: 1,000 € per year for travel costs
  2. for scholarship holders resident in a partner country whose location is situated at less than 4,000 km from the coordinating institution (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg): 2,000 € per year for travel costs + 1,000 € for installation costs
  3. for scholarship holders resident in a partner country whose location is situated at 4,000 km or more from the coordinating institution (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg): 3,000 € per year for travel costs + 1,000 € for installation costs
• The scholarship also includes participation costs for the EMJMD-EMLex (see point 2 for details). These participation costs cover all additional costs which occur during your studies. They particularly include tuition fees, health insurance, library costs, administrative costs, cultural events.

Note: If you study in your home country you will not receive a contribution to subsistence costs for the duration of your stay there. If you are a partner country student and study at Stellenbosch you will only receive the contribution to subsistence costs for the duration of three months of your stay.

Number of Scholarships: EMLex provides 15 scholarships for the intake of 2019/20.

Eligible Nationalities: Scholarships are available for International students.

Entrance Requirements: Applicants must meet the following criteria:

These conditions apply to both Erasmus Mundus students with and without a scholarship (self-financing basis).

4.1. Degree

Applicants must have a Higher Educational Institution (HEI) degree in the area of

• (Computational/Applied) Linguistics
• (Foreign) Languages
• Translation
• Communication/Media
• Book Studies / Library and Information Science
• or other relevant disciplines, subject to the consent of and the approval by the Consortium’s admission committee.

If your HEI degree is still in progress, you may nevertheless submit an application. The restriction, in this case, will be that the HEI degree certificate is available before the start of the EMLex study course.

Competences in textual reception that enable the students to understand texts in their field of studies and to take an active part in specialist discussions are absolutely necessary for a successful participation in the EMJMD EMLex master course. Instruction languages are English and German as lectures will always be held in one of these languages. Language skills must be proven by the respective language certificates.

Note:

• In your application, you have to document text production skills in one of the two instruction languages that correspond to at least level B2.
• At the begin of your studies, you have to have good text reception skills in both languages.
• Language certificates cannot be older than two years.
• No other documents than the above-mentioned will be accepted as evidence for the necessary language requirements.

Proficiency in English (for non-native speakers) must be certified by one of the following institutions for at least the given level (equivalent to B1 // B2):

• onSet-Englisch. This test can be taken at a licensed test centre in your country.
• British Council (IELTS): 4.5 – 5 // 5.5 – 6.5
• Trinity (ISE Foundation): ISE I // ISE II
• TOEFL iBT: at least 42 // at least 72
• Cambridge: Preliminary Certificate // First, Advanced or Proficiency Certificate
• English studies / Anglistik Bachelor degree (or comparable degree) from one of the universities in the EMLex programme

Proficiency in German (for non-native speakers) must be certified by one of the following institutions for at least the given level (equivalent to B1 // B2):

• onSet-Deutsch(former “OnDaF”). This test can be taken at a licensed test centre in your country.
• Goethe-Institut: Zertifikat B1, grade at least ‘gut’ // Zertifikat B2, grade at least ‘gut’
• Österreich-Institut: ÖSD-Zertifikat B1, grade at least ‘gut’ // Zertifikat B2, grade at least ‘gut’
• TestDaF
• Germanistik Bachelor degree (or comparable degree) from one of the universities of the EMLex programme

Application Procedure: 

1. Fill out the application form on the computer and sign it by hand.
2. Send the application form together with the following documents to emlex-erasmusmundus-at-fau.de.
3. Pay attention to the following requirements:

• All documents have to be in PDF format.
• The file should not exceed 4 MB (if so you might have to zip the files).
• The documents have to be in the following order:

   (1) Application form

    (2) Motivation letter (2 pages max., in English or German). In the letter you should respond to the following aspects:

• Explain the reasons why you wish to study the EMLex Master Programme, express your expectations and your own contribution. In addition, you should state what you plan to do with the EMLex master degree.
• Report your experiences with scientific or practical lexicography that you have already made and why you have an interest in lexicography.
• Explain your choice of the preferred home university (while your preferences will be taken into account as far as possible, the final assignment will be made to best fit your study needs).
• Answer the following question: Which lexicographic project would you like to realize in your home country if you had the chance to do so?

 (3) Certificate of HEI degree

 (4) A transcript of academic records

 (5) Language certificates 

  (6) A copy of your identity document

Online Application

Scholarship Link

Deadline: The application deadline for an EMJMD scholarship in the 2019/20 intake expires on March 1, 2019. The application deadline for EMJMD students of the 2019/20 intake on a self-financing basis expires on 15 April 2019.