Grants (scholarships)

Please note that we are not in a position to propose any European Union Scholarships for European or non-European students from the 2012-2014 edition of the OpSciTech EMMC.

Erasmus Mundus grants for non-EU and for European students 

(applicable until the 2011-13 cohort inclusive)
Partner grants for EU OpSciTech students
Other grants

Erasmus Mundus grants for non-EU students ("Category A") (applicable from cohort 2007-09 to cohort 2011-13 inclusive)

OpSciTech is one of the Master Courses selected by the prestigious Erasmus Mundus framework of the European Commission through which students from non-European Union countries were eligible for two-year grants of € 24,000 per year, until the 2011-13 cohort inclusive.
EM grants were awarded on the basis of merit by the European Commission under proposition of the OpSciTech board.

Erasmus Mundus grants for European students ("Category B") (applicable from cohort 2007-09 to cohort 2011-13 inclusive)

For 2011/2012, a total of 7 Erasmus Mundus grants of € 20,000 for two years were available for students from the 27 EU members, or from the AELE - i.e. from Iceland, Liechtenstein or from Norway - on condition that their institution of origin was not a Partner of the OpSciTech Consortium.
EM grants were awarded on the basis of merit by the European Commission under proposition of the OpSciTech board.

Partner grants for EU OpSciTech students

"Regular" Erasmus Grants:
EU students can apply for an Erasmus student grant. However, the Erasmus student grant cannot cover the totality of the 2-year OpSciTech programme.
In practice, the university in which the European student starts the OpSciTech programme may grant an Erasmus student grant for the student’s study period at the second hosting institution within the Erasmus Mundus Masters consortium. Erasmus student grant can cover a mobility period of 12 months maximum (~1,500 €/year).
EU students already enrolled in the last year of their Bachelor programme (or equivalent) in any of the partner institutions of the OpSciTech consortium can apply for an Erasmus student grant from their 1st year spent abroad out of their institution of origin.

Partner grants
Additional grants may be available locally for outgoing or for incoming students in the OpSciTech programme.
For details, refer to the respective websites' information on scholarships:

Delft (click here for a grant offered to EU students who want to study in Delft)
Jena (click here for a grant offered to EU students who want to study in Jena)
Warsaw (also click here for a grant offered to EU students who want to study in Warsaw)

Other grants

Several scholarships/grants are proposed each year to students enrolled or about to enroll in graduate programmes in optical science and engineering and related disciplines:

- SPIE scholarships (SPIE, international society for advancement of science and application of light)
SPIE has distributed over $3.3 million in scholarships to more than 1,905 students across 86 countries.

In 2012 SPIE awarded $353,000 in scholarships to 140 outstanding individuals for their potential long-range contribution to optics, photonics or related field. Individual scholarships ranged from $2,000 to $11,000.

Applications are available at http://spie.org/scholarships and the submission deadline for 2013 was February 15, 2013 11:59 pm, Pacific Standard Time.

OPSCITECH Scholarships for European Students in Jena

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy has some OpSciTech Scholarships available for the European Erasmus Mundus Master Course “Optics in Science and Technology" for excellent candidates from European countries. On top of that, for European students, a "classical" Erasmus grant of on average €1,500 is available for the second year.

OPSCITECH Scholarships for European Students in Warsaw

Warsaw University of Technology (WUT)  Faculty of  Mechatronics has some OpSciTech Scholarships available for the European Erasmus Mundus Master Course “Optics in Science and Technology" for excellent candidates from European countries. On top of that, for European students, a "classical" Erasmus grant of on average €1,500 is available for the second year.

updated April 2013