5 Irish Universities to receive share of €15m in Erasmus Mundus awards 2017
By Rebecca Wright
Five Irish higher education institutions feature in the 2017 Erasmus+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees (EMJMD) awards following the completion of the European Commission’s evaluation process. 38 awards were made in total from 117 applications. The total budget for the five courses is €14,671,000. The Erasmus+ National Agency at the Higher Education Authority has been actively promoting this action for a number of years.
Maynooth University has been approved to lead an EMJMD in Advanced Systems Dependability with partner universities the Universite de Lorraine in France and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. DCU, UL, UCC and UCD are Associated Partners in other master programmes.
| University | Master Programme | Lead | Associated Partner | EU Support € |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynooth University | Advanced Systems Dependability | Maynooth University | Universite de Lorraine University of St. Andrews | 3,393,000 |
| Dublin City University (DCU | Excellence in Analytical Chemistry | Tartu Ulikook | DCU | 1,955,000 |
| University of Limerick | Central, East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies | University of Glasgow | UL | 3,187,000 |
| University College Cork | Water and Coastal Management | Universita di Bologna | UCC | 3,089,000 |
| University College Dublin | Programme in International Humanitarian Action | Universidad de La Inglesia de Deusto | UCD | 3,393,000 |
