EMCL:
European Masters Program in
Computational Logic
How to apply / Scholarships & money support
Academic year 2009/2010
The European Masters Program in Computational Logic at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is organised as part of its Master in Computer Science offer (Laurea Specialistica). The Master comprises 120 ECTS credits and lasts two years (including thesis). Each year's course is divided into two semesters. The courses of academic year 2009/2010 will start in October 2009. The continuation of studies towards the PhD doctoral degree is possible.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites must be fulfilled by students applying for
the Masters programme:
Italian and European students with good grades who
will finish the Bachelor study by the last application deadline
(August) are also encouraged to apply early for this
program.
Application
If you fulfil the prerequisites, you may apply for the European Master's Program in Computational Logic using this application form. Please fill in the form and select (if you wish) a second university in the consortium where you would like to study.
Your application must contain the following documents:
- Application form;
- Curriculum Vitae;
- Statement of purpose;
- English language certificate as stated above;
- certified copy translated in English of the Higher Secondary School Certificate;
- certified copy translated in English of the BSc University degree diploma; if the bachelor degree will only be available after the deadline, students are required to send us a preliminar certificate (this document must be signed and stamped by the home university and give the information when the study will be finished and the final degree issued);
- certified copy translated in English of the reports on
university examinations (transcripts), including for each passed
exam: the marks awarded, the date when the examination was passed,
the credits and/or the hours of the lectures and labs; optionally, a
brief description of the course and the total credits/hours needed
to earn the degree can be included;
and the filled enrollment report form (see the example filled form) including the summary of the above information; - For Vietnamese and Chinese students only: the original APS
certificate obtained from the German embassy in Beijing - making an
interview with the applicants and check the relevant documents:
Botschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Kulturreferat, Akademische Prüfstelle Chaoyang District;
Landmark Tower 2, Office 0311; Dongsanhuan Beilu 8, 100004 Beijing;
Telephone: 0086/10/6590 7138 ; Telefax: 0086/10/6590 7140 - For students already enrolled in the Master in Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano: an official statement proving that they are registerd within the local Master's program.
All copies of the original transcripts and degrees
must be authenticated as true copies of the originals with a stamp and
signature by an authorized institution (e.g., embassy, consulate,
public notary). The accuracy of the attached English translation of
the documents must be confirmed.
If you have problems with the
above documentation, you may contact the for clarifications.
The deadlines are:
- 10 February: early
deadline for all students (non-European and European).
(notification of acceptance: 10 March)Please mail by post all the above documents, together with TWO additional photocopies of each of them, to the address of the centralised Master's secretariat:
EMCL Secretary
International Centre for Computational Logic
Department of Computer Science
Technische Universität Dresden
01062 Dresden
Germany - 31 May: late deadline
for all students (non-European and European).
(notification of acceptance: 15 June)Please mail by post all the above documents, together with TWO additional photocopies of each of them, to the address of the centralised Master's secretariat:
EMCL Secretary
International Centre for Computational Logic
Department of Computer Science
Technische Universität Dresden
01062 Dresden
Germany- If the applicant is interested to apply for an accommodation,
it is warmly advised to submit the application to the Master before
the deadline for the application for the accommodation which is on the
1 May (strict eadline); in this case please contact
the
in advance. See below for details about the
application for an accommodation.
- If the applicant is interested to apply for an accommodation,
it is warmly advised to submit the application to the Master before
the deadline for the application for the accommodation which is on the
1 May (strict eadline); in this case please contact
the
in advance. See below for details about the
application for an accommodation.
- 22 August: last deadline only for European students
starting at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy -- please
note the different application procedure below!
(notification of acceptance: 5 September)In order to apply, you have to follow the application procedure for pre-enrolment at the Master of Science in Computer Science: use the online application form available at the University web site, and send all the documents requested there. Don't forget to tick the appropriate check-box in the online application form regarding the choice of the European Masters program in Computational Logic.
Once you have been enrolled at the Master of Science in Computer Science, you can start the precedure to be transfered to the European Master's Program in Computational Logic.
If you have problems with the above application process, you may contact the for clarifications and support. - 31 October: deadline for students already enrolled at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano to request to be transfered to the European Master's Program in Computational Logic. Students are transfered to the EMCL if they meet the prerequisites above and the application is accepted.
Once the application has been accepted by the consortium, non-European students may start the procedure to get the student VISA from the Italian representative authority in their country (usually the Italian embassy or consulate).
Cost
The centralised nominal tuition/enrolment fees for the European Master in Computational Logic are 3,000€ for European citizens, and 3,000€ for non-European citizens, to be paid in two instalments after the beginning of the courses.
In order to have more information about scholarships and money support, please read below or contact the .
Scholarships & money support
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All applicants.
- Scholarships may depend on the nationality of the applicant; please see below. For additional information about the available scholarships, you may contact the .
- (NEW!) Several tuition fee waivers are granted by the European Master to students with good qualifications on a first come first served basis. All applicants will be considered for tuition fee waivers.
- The Italian site in Rome of the IBM Center for Advanced Studies supports scholarships to both EU and non-EU students of 500€ per month to work on a research project or on the thesis at their labs in Rome.
- Second year students may do their project and/or their thesis with a scholarship (up to 500&euro per month) at the nearby universities Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck (STI Innsbruck) and Università degli Studi di Trento. Check the BIT exchange programme web page.
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European citizens.
Citizens from the European Union, or non-EU citizens with residence in the province of Bozen-Bolzano for at least one year, can apply to all the following kinds of scholarships:- a local ordinary scholarship (only for the year of study at FUB), which is granted purely on the basis of the yearly income of the applicant and of her/his parents or husband/wife, and it is up to 5,400€ per year;
- a Socrates Erasmus scholarship (only for the year of study abroad), which will granted for the second year of study abroad, and it is 330€ per month;
- (NEW!) every year 10 EMCL students with European citizenship can visit Australia (Canberra, Sidney, Melbourne or Brisbane) up to 3 months to work on a research project, sponsored by the European Master. The study period in Australia is part of the study programme and it is fully recognised by the European Master's Program in Computational Logic. The guaranteed scholarship is of 3,100€ and it covers the travel and living expenses in Australia.
The Socrates Erasmus scholarship is granted to all European students for the second year of study abroad, up to the filling of the available posts, and it is 330€ per month. Applications are usually submitted at the end of the first semester of the first year at FUB. Students who already had a Socrates Erasmus scholarship during their BSc studies are eligible to get a second scholarship for this European Master.
In order to get a local scholarship for the year of study at FUB the yearly subtracted income should be less than 24,500€. The subtracted income is calculated after subtracting different quotas from the total yearly income of the applicant and of her/his parents or husband/wife. Among these quotas there are: 30% of the income, if the income is from an employment or from similar sources of income; 2,000€ for the husband/wife of the student, independently from the husband's/wife's income; 2,000€ for students who are orphans of one parent or whose parents are not married, or are legally separated or divorced. Additionally, a quota for every person dependent on the family (e.g., brothers or sisters, grandparents etc.) is subtracted: 1,800€ for the 1st person; 2,600€ for the 2nd person; 3,000€ for the 3rd person; 3,300€ for each additional person. Other quotas are subtracted if the brothers or sisters study abroad and have to be supported away from home: 3,000€ for the 1st, 5,000€ for the 2nd, 7,000€ for every additional person.
The amount of a local ordinary scholarship may be from 1.200€ to 5,400€ per year depending on the total subtracted income. The scholarships are increased by 20% for students with excellent study achievements. The amount of the scholarship is a lump sum of 6,400€ per year for students with children. Students entitled to a scholarship are also entitled to the full reimbursement of the local university enrolment fees.For more information, please refer to the local ordinary scholarships official call. The official web pages for the local scholarships, with the detailed instructions and the application forms, are available from the Office for School and University Assistance, Sector for the Right to University Studies in Italian or German; please note that in those web pages, the official PDF documents containing the text of the calls are available in English as well. The application for the scholarship should be submitted together with the application to the European Master's Program in Computational Logic.
If you have any question about the scholarship application procedure for European citizens, or you need support for the application, please ask Ms Federica Cumer at
federica.cumer@unibz.it. - Non European citizens.
- The European Masters Program in Computational Logic will
offer several new Erasmus
Mundus scholarships for non European citizens (in the past 5
years more than 120 Erasmus Mundus scholarships were offered
for the European Master Program in Computational Logic).
Each scholarship for each student amounts to 21,000€ per
academic year; this includes 10 monthly grants of 1,600€ and a
fixed amount of 5,000€ for fees, travel expenses, relocation
costs, etc; so for this Master program lasting two years, each student
receives double this amount,
i.e. 42,000€. Please check the web site with the Frequently
Asked Questions to have the answer to the most common questions
you may have about the Erasmus Mundus scholarship eligibility and
application.
The deadline for applications is the 10 February, together with the general early deadline. The application for the Erasmus Mundus scholarship is the same as the application to the European Master (see above), and you have just to tick the appropriate box in the application form. Applicants will be notified of the acceptance for the enrolment on the 10 March, and they will be notified of the acceptance of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship on the 15 May. Students with good grades who will finish the Bachelor study in June are also encouraged to apply for this program.
If you have any question about the scholarship application procedure for Erasmus Mundus, please ask the .
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The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs awards scholarships and study grants to non Italian citizens ("foreign nationals"), through the Italian representative authority in their country (usually the Italian embassy or consulate). The Italian representative authority will support the student to get information and to prepare the necessary documents for the scholarship.
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Non-EU citizens with residence in the province of Bozen-Bolzano for at least one year, can apply to the local ordinary scholarship as described above for European citizens. The scholarship is granted purely on the basis of the yearly income of the applicant and of her/his parents or husband/wife, and it is up to 5,400€ per year.
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Latin America citizens: the European Commission sponsors the Alβan high level scholarship program specifically addressed to Latin America citizens. Obviously, Latin America citizens can also apply to Erasmus Mundus scholarships. Get more information and application details at the Alβan home page. Please note that the deadlines are around the end of each year.
- The European Masters Program in Computational Logic will
offer several new Erasmus
Mundus scholarships for non European citizens (in the past 5
years more than 120 Erasmus Mundus scholarships were offered
for the European Master Program in Computational Logic).
Each scholarship for each student amounts to 21,000€ per
academic year; this includes 10 monthly grants of 1,600€ and a
fixed amount of 5,000€ for fees, travel expenses, relocation
costs, etc; so for this Master program lasting two years, each student
receives double this amount,
i.e. 42,000€. Please check the web site with the Frequently
Asked Questions to have the answer to the most common questions
you may have about the Erasmus Mundus scholarship eligibility and
application.
Accommodation and Canteen
Accommodation in Student Houses is available on a first-come,
first-served basis. The cost is 180€ per month for a shared room
(payable in 4 installments), and 240€ per month for a single
room (payable in 4 installments). The new Student Houses have a
common kitchen. A complete meal - lunch or dinner - at the University
Canteen costs to students from 2.07 to 3.10€.
Once your application to the EMCL has been accepted,
you should apply for the accommodation in the student houses by the
1st of May. Remember that this is a strict deadline;
applications for the accommodation coming later than this date are not
guaranteed to be accepted. Please ask about the application procedure
for the accommodation on time to the International Office at
international.relations@unibz.it,
specifying that you are have been accepted to the European Masters
Program in Computational Logic.
Students' support
Students will be fully supported by the International Relations Office. Its staff will give important information, will help with the enrolment procedure, applying for a residence permit and accommodation. The office is supported by some student helpers who act as tutors for students and show them around the university. FUB accommodates exchange students in the facilities for University students, managed by the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol; each year FUB reserves a number of rooms only for exchange students. The Language Centre provides language courses for students enrolled at the University, and for those on international exchange programmes, and it runs an advisory service for autonomous language learning, which takes place in its fully-equipped, flexibly run language laboratory. There are two different student associations: "Kikero" organises social events, student parties, trips and other activities; S.C.U.B "Sports Club University Bolzano" organises sports activities, particularly alpine sports like free-climbing, trekking, skiing. In addition we are planning to organise a yearly meeting of all students of the European Masters programme in Computational Logics at one of the partner institutions, where students can report on their experience, where we learn about best practice examples, where selected students can present the results of their project or master thesis, selected scholars and staff members present their latest research result, students are introduced to the local culture and students tell us about their culture. This event shall also serve to support the launch and the continued support of an alumni organisation.