European Masters in Clinical Linguistics (EMCL): Call for applications / scholarships

[Marita Böhning]

European Masters Programme in Clinical Linguistics (EMCL):

Call for applications for 2008/09 course and Erasmus Mundus scholarships


- The programme:

The Erasmus Mundus EMCL ('European Masters in Clinical Linguistics')
course is a 15 month full-time interdisciplinary and transnational
university programme at Masters level. It provides integrated training in
theoretical and experimental neurosciences and psycholinguistics with
clinical issues. The aim of the Masters Course is to train highly
qualified advanced students who are excellently prepared for research work
and PhD programmes in the above fields.

The transnational consortium comprises four universities: Groningen (NL),
Joensuu (FI), Milano-Bicocca (IT) and Potsdam (DE). The programme consists
of three terms: the core courses offered in the first term aim at
providing the students with general knowledge about the fields mentioned
above. During the second and third term, the students attend specialised
courses. For the second term, students may choose to move from their first
host university to another one, while all students meet at the University
of Potsdam during the third term. To finish the programme successfully,
the student writes a Masters thesis and attends a summer school or
conference. All courses are taught in English.


- The Erasmus Mundus scholarship for non-EU students:

The EMCL programme is part of the Erasmus Mundus initiative of the
European Union, providing an Erasmus Mundus scholarship covering tuition
fees (€ 7,500.-), living and travelling costs for non-EU students admitted
to the programme (amounting to a total of € 29,000.-/scholarship). The
EMCL-programme thus has a strong extra-European profile.


- Information for applicants from EU countries:

Students from EU-countries may not apply for the Erasmus Mundus
scholarship, but pay a reduced tuition fee of 2,700.-.


- Application information:

Requirement for application is at least three years of higher education
(BA, BSc or equivalent) with an emphasis on speech and language pathology,
linguistics, biomedical sciences, psychology or special education.

We invite high profile students worldwide to submit their applications for
participation in the 2008/09 course (which starts in September 2008) until
January 15, 2008 (application deadline).


- Further information and contact:

For more detailed information on Erasmus Mundus, the EMCL programme's
aims, curriculum, admission criteria, scholarships, organisation, contact
information etc., please visit our website at:


www.emcl-mundus.com

For further information, non-European applicants may contact Dr. Frank
Burchert (burchert at ling.uni-potsdam.de ). European students send their
requests about the programme to Dr. Roel Jonkers (r.jonkers at let.rug.nl ).