Erasmus Mundus EDISS Scholarship 2025

EDISS Scholarship is a two-year program under the Erasmus Mundus scheme, which was created by collaborating universities in Europe (Finland, Spain, Italy, and Sweden).

Erasmus Mundus was established in 2004 as a higher education cooperation program funded by the European Commission. The Erasmus Mundus EDISS Scholarship is fully supported and valued at 31,320 euros for the duration of the program. It provides a monthly grant of 1400 euros to selected postgraduate students and a participation costs waiver for the entire program duration.

Since its inception, Engineering of Data-intensive Intelligent Software Systems (EDISS) has been bringing together software engineering educators working in data collection, data-driven assessment, and decision-making for both design and runtime and software engineers, architects, and data scientists working on data pipelines, data architectures, DataOps, and experimentation systems.

Students who complete the EDISS Scholarship program will obtain a double master’s degree from Åbo Akademi University in Finland in the first year. In the second year, they will follow their individual mobility path within one of the other European institutions chosen for the specialization.

Applications are still open to international students. EDISS will support five candidates for the academic years 2025-27, and several scholarships (from 10 to 15) will be available.

Tuition Fees in Europe

Foreign students, also known as non-EU/EEA students, generally pay a tuition fee that ranges from 727 EUR to 7,500 EUR per semester, depending on the courses they undertake at a public university in Europe. However, private European universities charge international students around 6,000 to 15,000 EUR per academic year for a Bachelor’s degree and 3,000 to 23,000 EUR/per academic year for a Master’s program.

Eligibility Criteria

These are the set of requirements you must meet to be eligible for the EDISS Scholarships;

• Have a Bachelor’s or equivalent undergraduate degree (at least 180 ECTS) from an accredited university. The degree must be in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent subject.
• Demonstrate proficiency in English. You should possess TOEFL iBT (minimum score 93) or IELTS Academic (minimum score 6,5 with no individual score under 6).

Scholarship Benefits

There are two ways that funding under the scholarship program is provided, and they are as follows;

EDISS Scholarships

The EDISS scholarship is awarded to students from the program or partner countries. Recipients are entitled to a waiver of participation costs and a monthly contribution to subsistence costs.

EMJM Scholarships

The Erasmus Mundus Scholarships Joint Masters EMJM grant is offered at 1400 euros per month and includes a participation costs waiver for the entire duration of the EDISS program (24 months maximum). It will be awarded to only candidates successfully selected in July 2025 for the Erasmus+ Mundus Joint Master program grant.

Application Procedure

• Make sure you fulfill all the requirements before commencing the application.
• Gather, name, and prepare all necessary documents.
• Carefully read the general instructions regarding the academic and English language requirements. If you need to take a language test, book one and take one well in advance.
• Visit the Studyinfo portal and complete the online application form.
• Upload the required scanned documents (in color and PDF format) by the application deadline.
• Applicants who have not completed their Bachelor’s degree by the application deadline must provide an official statement from their higher education institution in the application form stating the expected graduation date of the applicant and the course units yet to be finished.

Required Documents

• Updated Curriculum Vitae
• A diploma supplement (if available)
• A copy of your passport.
• A certificate of residence
• Proof of language skills in English (TOEFL iBT / IELTS Academic, or certificate of exception)
• An officially certified or legalized scanned copy of the original Bachelor’s degree certificate. It must be in the original language AND an authorized translation of the original degree certificate in English.
• An officially certified or legalized scanned copy of the original transcript of records in the original language of all the higher education studies completed so far AND an authorized translation of the transcript of records in English.
• Two academic recommendation letters
• Motivation video (2 min +/- 30 seconds)
• Copies of relevant work certificates, publications, or other relevant activities (if available)

Deadline/Expiration: January 8, 2025