Scholarship to study MSc in Flood Risk Management

The Erasmus Mundus Programme in Flood Risk Management

Start date: Annually in September
Duration: 24 Months
Locations: Delft (the Netherlands), Dresden (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) and Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Degree: MSc degrees from TU Dresden, UNESCO-IHE and UPC, Barcelona 

Integrated flood risk management aims to reduce the human and socio-economic losses caused by flooding while taking into account the social, economic and ecological benefits from floods and the use of flood plains or coastal zones. The need for the adoption of a holistic integrated approach to managing flood risks has been reflected in the Flood Directive of the European Parliament.

Existing masters programmes on floods offered in the European Union cover many technical aspects but lack integration. This programme follows the holistic approach and is explicitly designed to cover a wide range of topics - from drivers and natural processes to models, decisions and socio-economic consequences and institutional environment and is therefore an important advance in water education for Europe.

The Erasmus Mundus Programme in Flood Risk Management is offered by a consortium consisting of

UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (the Netherlands)
Technical University of Dresden (Germany)
Technical University of Catalonia (Spain)
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

There are two types of scholarships:
Category partner countries (when you complete the online application form for admission, choose at question Sponsor "partner country scholarhip" if the country that you are from is eligible for the category partner countries and you wish to take part in the fellowship selection for these scholarships)
Category programme countries (when you complete the online application form for admission, choose at Sponsor "programme country scholarship" if the country that you are from is eligible for the category programme countries and you wish to take part in the fellowship selection for these scholarships)

Erasmus+ Geographical Windows 2015:
Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam)
Central-Asia (Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
Middle East (Iran, Iraq, Yemen)
Latin America - Lower middle income countries (Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hondujras, Nicaragua and Paraguay)
Latin America - Brazil and Mexico
Latin America - Remaining countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela)
South Africa
ENI South (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia)
ENI East (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Territory of Ukraine as recognised by international law)
Gulf countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

More information (external link to the scholarship website)

Sources of text, links and images: Programme website

Application deadline: For applications for the scholarship category "partner countries" the deadline of application is : 6 January 2015 and for applicants from scholarship category ""programme countries" the deadline of application is: 25 January 2015.