The main objective of the Course is to combine the great diversity of space expertise at six European universities and two Third-Country universities to a common platform of competence within the guidelines of the Bologna process. The educational cooperation is supported by scientific and industrial organisations, thus providing direct contacts with professional research and industry.

Another objective is to give the students cross-disciplinary extension from laboratory and computer simulation environments to hands-on work with stratospheric balloons, rockets, satellite and radar control, robotics, sensor data fusion, automatic control and multi-body dynamics.

The Course brings together students from around the world to share their existing competence in space science and technology and to develop it with Europe's space industry and research community. The added value of the SpaceMaster Course compared with other Courses in the same field can be summarised as

• structured cooperation between the academic institutions and industry
• education influenced by current advances in research
• increased intercultural understanding and integration
• structured cooperation between the universities via the use of the ECTS grading system, combining together different educational models
• exchange of experience for both the academic and administrative staff
• a wide range of specializations improves career prospects of students. 

The Course has a common first year for all students. 1st semester takes place at JMUW, Würzburg, Germany, 2nd semester takes place at LTU, Kiruna Space Campus, Sweden. During the 3rd semester the students are distributed among the six European universities. The students select the track of specialization for the 3rd and 4th semesters when they apply. The distribution for the 3rd and 4th semesters is finalized in the middle of the 2nd semester. During the 4th semester the students perform their Master thesis projects in the partner universities, associated partners and other space oriented companies and research organisations.

Bachelor’s degree or Swedish Kandidatexamen with a minimum of 180 ECTS. 

Areas: physics (space, plasma, atmospheric, nuclear, particle, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics), space science, planetology, astronomy, atmospheric science, remote sensing, numerical simulations, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, space engineering, aerospace engineering, robotics, automation, communication, electronics, mechatronics, control theory. 

A minimum of 22.5 ECTS in mathematics at the university level is required. 
 

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Scholarships and Costs

Erasmus+ Scholarships

Erasmus+ scholarships will be awarded to students from Erasmus+ Partner Countries* for each of the three Rounds of SpaceMaster during 2015-2019.

* An Erasmus+ Partner Country is a country other than: an EU Member State, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Turkey. To qualify students cannot have been residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of the countries listed. The 5-year reference period for this 12-month rule is calculated backwards from the submission deadline.

The Consortium will define the number of scholarships for each Round in order to fulfill the shared funding principles outlined by the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) Scholarship includes:

1. Contribution to the participation costs 9 000 EUR per year for two years of studies
2. Contribution to the travel and installation costs:
   • 2000 EUR per year for travel costs + 1000 EUR for installation costs for scholarship holder resident in a Partner Country whose location is situated at less than 4000 km from the EMJMD coordinating HEI
   • 3000 EUR per year for travel costs + 1000 EUR for installation costs for scholarship holder resident in a Partner Country whose location is situated at 4000 km or more from LTU (Kiruna)
3. Contribution to subsistence costs: 1000 EUR per month for the entire duration of the Course (24 months)

All eligible applicants from the Erasmus+ Partner Countries are considered for the EMJMD scholarships. The EMJMD scholarships are offered based on eligible applicants’ merit rating including study records, professional, and experience abroad. Based on this merit rating, applicants are placed in a ranked order, from the highest merit rating to the lowest. The higher the merit rating you have, the better chance you have of being offered a place and a scholarship in the Course.