7 Ukrainian organisations will work on implementation of Erasmus Mundus Joint Master projects under EU’s Erasmus+ Programme

Kyiv, August 14, 2024

This summer seven organisations from Ukraine have become winners of Joint Master Action projects under European Union Erasmus+ Programme. Out of a total of 34 selected proposals, 6 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master projects involving Ukrainian Higher Education Institutions and other organisations from Dnipro, Kyiv, Ternopil and Sumy were selected for funding.

These projects aimto develop of Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters programs by international partnerships of Higher Education Institutions from different countries of the world and, in appropriate cases, by other educational and/or non-educational partners with specific expertise and interest in the area of study.In particular, the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master projects' consortium included 5 Higher Education Institutionsand 2 business companies from Ukraine as partner and associate partners:

• National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", Partner of "Mathematical Modelling, Simulation and Data Science for Industrial and Societal Challenges";
• National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Associate partner of "Leading International Vaccinology Education for Innovation";
• Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Associate partner of EMJM Environmental Contamination and Toxicology + ONE HEALTH ";
• Sumy State University, Associate partner of "Research and Innovation in Higher Education";
• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Associate partner of "Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's programme in Surface, Electro, Radiation, and Photo-chemistry";
• Private Joint Stock Company "VF Ukraine",Associate partner of "Mathematical Modelling, Simulation and Data Science for Industrial and Societal Challenges";
• FOREIGN COMPANY EOS UKRAINE,Associate partner of "Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Cutting-Edge Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture".

The Ukrainian organisations will be working in the international consortiums with the following countries: Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

From 2021,eleven Ukrainian universities as coordinators, full partners and associated partners are involved into implementation of 9 Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters and 3 Erasmus Mundus Design Measures projects. Since 2021, 138 Ukrainians were funded by the European Commission to study at the excellence joint master degree programmes by Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.Background information:

Erasmus+ isthe European Union Programme that aims to support, through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in education, training, youth and sport, in Europe and beyond. It provides opportunities for learning mobility, projects and partnerships, policy development and cooperation. The Programme is inclusive for people of all ages and backgrounds and open to different types of organisations.

Erasmus Mundus projects are working on the design, development and implementation of the Joint Master Degree Programmes. Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degreesare unique master programmes of excellence developed by a consortium of a minimum of two European universities which provide grants that fully cover the study programme, internship, travel cost, insurance, visa support, plus scholarship of EUR 1,000 per month, etc. 390 Ukrainians have been studied in Erasmus Mundus Joint Programmes from 2014.

For more details on the Erasmus+ Programme please visit the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine websiteand Facebook page.