Self-funded applications are open NOW
Deadline for applications is April 30th 2025
Selection results for all candidates will be announced May 2025!
(mandatory reading before applying: Registration and Application Instructions)
1st. You’ll need to register in Iscte‘s online platform, Fenix+. The APPLY HERE button above will take you there. Make sure to select English on the right hand side
2nd. After registration, login to Fenix+ and select the option 1st round Erasmus Mundus in Human Response:
Requirements
Mandatory documentation to upload is:
- Passport
- Photograph
- Diplomas
- Transcript of records with all courses and grades
- English proficiency test results certificate
- Curriculum vitae
- Statement of purpose
- 2 Recommendation letters
All of the identified documentation is mandatory. Applications with missing documents will not be considered.
Only candidates with a Bachelor degree (180 ECTS) can be admitted.
Candidates who are not from a country where English is an official language must demonstrate proficiency in English or will not be admitted.
Accepted tests of English proficiency and minimum scores are:
92 overall (out of 120). Tests must be taken within 2 years 5 months of the start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements, including TOEFL MyBest.
A minimum overall score of 6.5 (out of 9) and no individual score below 5.5. Tests must be taken within 2 years 5 months of the start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements with a single test.
No other English proficiency tests will be admitted. Applications not presenting the test certificates or presenting expired tests or scores below the indicated above will not be considered.
Selection
The candidates final score will be obtained through the following criteria:
| Criterion | Weight |
| Level of academic qualification | 40% |
| Relevance of academic qualification | 20% |
| Relevance and level of research experience | 10% |
| Relevance and level of professional experience | 15% |
| Statement of purpose | 15% |
Candidates who meet the entry requirements will be assessed on a scale of 0 (zero) to 3 (three) points in each of the indicated criteria.
Costs and funding
Scholarships
- Student scholarships are allocated as per the Erasmus Mundus guidelines for 15 scholarships per edition.
- Each student will be allocated 1400 Euros per month.
- Students with scholarship do not pay fees.
- 24 months insurance is provided to all students.
Note:students who have already benefitted from an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional scholarship
Self-funded
- Tuition fee is 16.000,00 EUR.
- 24 months insurance is provided to all students.
Typical costs (every students)
- Travel expenses (example for the first intake of the programme)
- From home country to Portugal (1st semester);
- From Portugal to Norway (2nd semester);
- From Norway to Cape Verde (summer school – intake 1 june 2026);
- From Cape Verde to Uganda (3rd semester);
- From Uganda to one of the 25 Associated Partners or Full partners to do field work for dissertation (Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Greece, Portugal, Mozambique, Norway, Nepal or Uganda);
- From field work location to Dissertation presentation – If the field work location is different from Full Partner university where student will be presenting/defending its dissertation thesis
- Returning home;
- Housing (rent, gas, water, electricity, internet)
- Living expenses (food, transportation, health, telephone)
- VISA/Residency permit costs
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), in the context of managing the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters, collects and processes the personal data of some of the candidates. In particular, certain data of the scholarship holders and non-scholarship holders is shared with the Agency and treated according to this privacy statement