Support & scholarships - Master BioPham Erasmus Mundus Université de Lille

FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND EMJM SCHOLARSHIPS

All students accepted into the BIOPHAM programme (scholarship holders and non-scholarship holders) will benefit from the following support throughout the two years of the programme:

Tuition and Registration fee waiver in all visited universities (University of Pisa, Polytechnic University of Catalunya, University of Silesia in Katowice or University of Lille)
Comprehensive health insurance
Financial support to attend key events (joint winter courses, award ceremony)
Additional support for special needs, available upon request, for students with disabilities or sensory impairments

By applying to the BIOPHAM Master programme, students can also apply for a scholarship of €1,400 / month during the 2 years of the training programme.

An EMJM scholarship is a financial contribution to cover the costs incurred by selected students. It includes support for: Travel and visa expenses, Installation costs and Subsistence costs. The scholarship is calculated as a monthly unit cost of €1,400, covering the entire study period required to complete the joint Master’s programme. The total is thus 1400€/month x 24 months = € 33 600. This includes study, research, placements, thesis preparation, and the final defense. The first scholarship payment is made at the end of the first month of studies (September).

The European Commission has awarded 50 full scholarships and 30 partial support packages for non-scholarship holders to the EMJM BIOPHAM for the period 2026–2031. Overall, this corresponds to the recruitment of approximately 12–13 scholarship holders and 7–8 non-scholarship holders per intake.

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR APPLICANTS RELATED TO EMJM SCHOLARSHIPS

Students are applying for a joint Master’s degree programme, which may or may not be accompanied by an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. By nature, this is not solely a scholarship programme, but a collaborative Master’s degree delivered by a consortium of universities in different countries.
The number of scholarships is limited for each intake. The Selection Committee strongly encourages all applicants to explore additional sources of funding they may be eligible for. (See the section "Other fundings”.)
EMJM scholarships are open to students from all over the world. To ensure geographical balance, no more than five scholarships may be awarded to students of the same nationality over the course of the entire project.
Applicants who have previously received an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master scholarship are not eligible to apply for another one.

Important remarks

The place of residence should be verified on the basis of the provision of one of the documents below:

- a residence certificate issued in accordance with the candidate’s municipality normal registration rules;

- a certificate from the candidate’s place of work, study or training issued by the employer or institution in question.

Both documents must have been issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of applying for an EMJM student scholarship, i.e. the consortium’s official deadline for student application.