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Students
All applicants applying as a student for the Master's Program in Geospatial Technologies will be assessed against the following formal admission criteria:

  1. In an evaluation procedure, up to 32 students will be admitted each year (fall/winter semester), half of them starting at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and half at the Universitat Jaume I, Castellón. The overall entry requirements are defined by the respective national laws for Higher Education in Spain and Portugal.
  2. A requirement for admission is an adequate Bachelor degree of six semesters full time (= 180 ECTS credit points) or more, as recognized by the partner universities in Germany, Portugal, or Spain, for admission to graduate studies. The Master's Program in Geospatial Technologies is recommended to students with relevant degrees in application areas of geographic information. In case of uncertainty, the Examination board or Masters Program coordinator decides about relevance.
  3. Fulfilling 150 ECTS credit points in an ongoing Bachelor program is NOT sufficient to apply for an Erasmus Mundus grant as third-country or Window student. For EU students applying for a scholarship, 150 credits can be accepted for a preliminary approval, if the Bachelor diploma is provided until July 15 of the respective year. For other students – not applying for a scholarship – on the basis of an individual evalution 150 credits can be accepted for a preliminary approval, if the Bachelor diploma is provided at the time of enrolment.
  4. The study program is in English language. Therefore, a TOEFL certificate (minimum 500 points, paper-based), or equivalent, is required. Equivalent can be a certificate from other institutions such as IELTS (academics), a previous Bachelor's or Master's program entirely taught in English (to be documented), or English as mother tongue.
  5. Students will have to apply in fully compliance to the admission procedure published at http://www.mastergeotech.info
    • Submission within deadlines
    • Parallel application: online via application system, and sending original documents by mail (post-stamped within deadline and to be received one week later at latest)
    • Completeness of personal information
    • Completeness and correctness of supporting documents:
      • Online application form - to be printed and signed for the paper version to be sent by mail
      • Bachelor diploma including a grade transcript of records, certified (translated to English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French) copy (additonally Masters or other diplomas, if applicable)
      • if English is not the mother tongue: English language proof – (TOEFL, score > 500, paper-based (or equivalent, see above), certified (translated to English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French) copy
      • Motivation letter
      • European format CV (see template)
      • Recommentation letters (minimum of 2)
      • Proof of nationality (certified copy of passport)
      • Passport photo
      • List with reference names
      • Other

Scholars
All applicants applying as a scholar will be assessed against the following formal admission criteria:

  1. The master program is in English language. Therefore, a TOEFL certificate (minimum 500 points, paper-based), or equivalent, is required.
  2. Scholars will have to apply in fully compliance to the admission procedure published at http://www.mastergeotech.info
    • Submission within deadlines (telephone interviews via Skype for pre-selected candidates in January/February)
    • Parallel application: online via application system, and sending original documents by mail
    • Completeness of personal information
    • Completeness and correctness of supporting documents:
      • Online application form - to be printed and signed for the paper version to be sent by mail
      • Bachelor, Master, and – if applicable - doctorate diploma including grade transcript of records (translated to English, Spanish, Portuguese,or French) copy
      • 2-page Master/doctorate thesis outline
      • Proof of experiences in teaching, certified (translated to English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French) copy
      • Proof of experiences in research, certified (translated to English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French) copy
      • Motivation letter
      • European format CV (see template)
      • Recommentation letters (minimum of 2)
      • Proof of nationality (certified copy of passport)
      • Passport photo
      • List with reference names
      • Other

Applicants may not apply to more than three Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses in the same year.