The selection procedure starts right after each application deadline. For your understanding, you will find below the main steps followed by the Selection Committee for each application campaign:
An application will be declared eligible for admission if the formal check is positive and the admission criteria are met.
The formal check is negative when:
The admission criteria are of yes/no type:
A student applying during the first campaign, and only the first, will be declared eligible for an EMJM scholarship under the following conditions:
Note: students, who are ineligible for an EMJM scholarship can still be eligible for admission to the MULTIPHASE master as self-funded students. They are equally welcome !
Each application eligible for admission receives a "written application score" based on the following evaluation criteria:
Criterion | Comment | Score |
Scientific background | relevance of previous study | 15% |
Academic records | marks, awards, grants, ... | 40% |
University quality | ranking | 10% |
Practical/research experience | internships, placements, jobs, professional qualifications, ... | 15% |
External assessment | recommendation letters, referees, academic potential, ... | 10% |
Motivation | personal and professional plans, interests, ... | 10% |
Based on the "written application" score, a first ranking is produced, from which the Selection Committee establishes a short list.
Short-listed applicants will be invited to an oral interview in English by video conference. During this interview, a 10 minutes presentation will be given by the candidate, followed by 15 to 20 minutes of discussion and possible questions to assess scientific knowledge. An "oral interview score" will be given by the Jury according to the following evaluation criteria:
Criterion | Score |
Motivation to participate in MULTIPHASE | 30% |
Consistency of the student project with the programme's objectives | 20% |
Critical thinking skills | 20% |
Scientific background & general knowledge in chemical, computational and mechanical engineering | 20% |
English language proficiency | 10% |
For each short-listed candidate, an Academic Score will be calculated with following weights:
The final selection of the applications for admission is done by the Selection Committee. It is a complex procedure, which could be seen as a constrained optimization problem by mathematicians. Indeed, the Selection Committee has the mission to form editions with the highest possible academic level (highest academic scores), while meeting the following constraints and incentives:
The number of students per edition is limited to 35. This number has been chosen in consultation with all partners to ensure a high level in pedagogy quality and a smooth integration with other programmes open in Saint-Etienne, Turin or Munich.
The European Union strives to embark students from all over the world into the Erasmus Mundus excellence programmes. In order to promote this goal, the MULTIPHASE Consortium has received a funding in form of scholarships. The table below shows the number of available EMJM scholarships for the four editions.
Student category | Number of EMJM scholarships |
Programme countries student | 30 |
Partner countries student (any) | 30 |
Partner countries student (NDICI) | 27 |
Partner countries student (IPA III) | 3 |
Though every applicant, from every country, is warmly welcome, the table shows that the chance to be selected for an EMJM scholarship is higher if you are national from an IPA III or NDICI country (provided you have excellent academic records ;-). This stems from the European Union international policy and its implementation in the Erasmus+ Programme.
It is worth noting that the principle of communicating vessels does not apply. It is not possible to give an EMDJM originally allocated for a given group of countries to a student belonging to an other group of countries.
The 10% rule is an other constraint that must be respected by the Selection Committee. In order to ensure geographical diversity among students, no more than 10% of the total number of scholarships awarded during the MULTIPHASE programme implementation should be awarded to candidates from the same nationality (this rule does not apply to scholarships for IPA III and NDICI countries). Beyond this threshold, students can be enrolled without scholarship.
More details are given in the Application Guide (see Useful Links in the footer). In particular, you will find the definitions of "Programme country student", "Partner country student", "NDICI student" and "IPA III student".
Based on the Academic Ranking and on the different constraints explained above, each application receives an admission status:
A student being offered a place with an EMJM scholarship has 3 days (72 hours) after the publication of the Final List on the MULTIPHASE website to confirm his.her participation in the MULTIPHASE master. If the offer is accepted, the "admitted" status is confirmed. Otherwise, the place is freed and offered to an other applicant from the waiting list (upgrade).
A student in the waiting list (=not yet admitted) will have two choices:
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