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France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Norway, Finland, Poland - 2008 / 2009 Erasmus Mundus Scholarships: Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry Master Course (ASC)

January 10th, 2008

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ASC - Master of Science: Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry
Duration: 2 years

Course description:
The Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry Masters course is a two year (120 ECTS) programme within 7 european universities, providing students with state of the art spectroscopic techniques in a broad range of modern chemistry applications. The ASC Master of Science diploma is delivered after completion of 90 ECTS (3 semesters) of courses and 30 ECTS of a Master thesis.

Courses are taught in English at the seven partner universities. The network student population will be in the 60-70 brackets, with a student to teacher ratio of 2.0 or better. The ASC programme recruits students with a Eurobachelor in Chemistry, or holders of equivalent degrees, and a B2 prerequisite English level.

The selected students will study in at least 2 countries (minimum mandatory mobility: one semester):

A 1st semester at Lille (FR) or Leipzig (DE), dedicated to provide all candidates with a common platform of core courses in advanced spectroscopic methods, including magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopy and diffraction techniques.
A second semester at Lille (FR) or Leipzig (DE), where in addition to courses in spectroscopy, the ASC curriculum prepares students for specialisation courses and research projects to be carried out at a later date, in which spectroscopy will be the backbone.
A 3rd semester mobility in any of the consortium institutions for specialization courses, where expansion is provided with applications in the following specialties :
- Univ. of Bergen (NO): Spectroscopy of natural products.
- Univ. of Bologna (IT): Quantum Chemistry, Catalysis.
- Univ. of Helsinki (FI): Spectroscopy of Environmental and Green Chemistry.
- Univ. of Krakow (PL): Optical Spectroscopy, Computational and Forensic Chemistry
- Univ. Leipzig (DE): Bioorganic NMR, Protein Crystallography.
- Univ. of Lille (FR): Solid State Spectroscopy - NMR, X ray diffraction.
- Univ. of Madrid (ES): Chemical sensors, ultrafast Lasers and femtochemistry.
A 4th semester mobility in any of the consortium institutions upon student choice of a research topic towards the Master thesis, which will be strongly encouraged to be based on a collaborative project between two of the partner institutions.

A Summer school will be organised each year in the ASC Master programme, at the end of the first year, bringing ASC students in one location as a group. The ASC Master aims to prepare students to become experts and develop international skills
towards doctoral programs and/or professional activities in chemical analysis, characterization of the structures of materials, and measurements of fast phenomena.

The joint/ multiple Masters of Science diploma in Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry is awarded by the seven universities of the consortium, with a joint Diploma Supplement.

Eramus Mundus scholarships (For Third-country students)
Students selected for Erasmus Mundus scholarships are to be third-country nationals of high academic quality whose enrolment in an Erasmus Mundus Master Course has been accepted by the consortium offering the Course.

Third-country nationals, eligible for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship, are Citizens from all other countries than: the 27 EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Nederlands, Portugal, the UK, Sweden,Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain), the EEA-EFTA states (Norway, Lichtenstein, Iceland ), and the candidate countries for accession to the EU (Turkey, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).

who are not residents of any of the above countries, and who have not carried out their main activities (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the above countries.

Students apply for these scholarships directly to the Erasmus Mundus consortium offering the Course. For each student the scholarship amounts to 21,000 Euro per academic year. This includes 10 monthly grants of 1,600 Euro and a fixed amount of 5,000 Euro for fees, travel expenses, relocation costs, etc.

N.B. : Please note that the number of applications by third country students must be limited to three Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses maximum. The students should be informed that in the case they apply to more than three Courses they will automatically be excluded from the selection for an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.

Erasmus Mobility Scholarships (For European students)
- Mobility grants are available for registered ASC students.

Application
For applying, you must download, print and fullfil the following application forms (details about the procedure at the end of Application Form):

Non UE Students: ERASMUS MUNDUS Scholarships (Action 2)
Download : Application Form + Reference Form

Deadline of electronic submission: January 31th 2008
Deadline of postal submission: February 6th 2008
Admission decision (pending completion of Bachelor Degree): April 2008

Partner Universities:
France - University of Sciences and technologies of Lille (Co-ordinating Institution)
Italy - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
Spain - University Complutense of Madrid
Germany - University of Leipzig
Norway - University of Bergen
Finland - University of Helsinki
Poland - Jagiellonian University of Karkow

Contact:
Jean-Pierre Wignacourt
University of Sciences and technologies of Lille
Bat C7, Avenue Mendeleïev
BP90108
FR-59652 Villeneuve D’Ascq, FRANCE
E-mail : jean-pierre.wignacourt@ensc-lille.fr
Website: http://www.master-asc.org/