International Master in Early Childhood Education and Care (IMEC) is a two-year international Master Programme (120 ECTS) in Early Childhood Education and Care. All students will follow a given structure, spending at least one semester at all three partner institutions.
IMEC is offered in cooperation between Oslo University College (Norway), University of Malta (Malta), and Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland).
For the year 2010-2012, there are 10 scholarships available for third country students, 8 scholarships for students from the EU/EEA-EFTA states and 2 scholarships for students from the area of Western Balkans and Turkey.
It is not possible to apply for a scholarship without a place on IMEC. Once you have been accepted to as a student on IMEC, the IMEC consortia will apply for a scholarship on your behalf. The scholarships will cover travel, participation cost, housing, insurance and a monthly allowance.
Definition of eligible third-country applicants:
- Citizens coming from all countries other than:
- a) The 27 EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The UK)
- b) The EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)
- Applicants cannot have been residents of, or carried out their main activities (studies, work, etc.) in, any of the above countries for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years.
Target Groups
The target groups are teachers, educators, counselors, leaders or other groups who work with education and development issues in preschool and primary school, within central or local government or in private enterprises.
To find out more about (IMEC) – Erasmus Mundus scholarship, you can visit the Oslo University College website at www.imec.hio.no.
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I am Abebe Lemessa from Ethiopia. Am a graduate in Multicultural and Multilingual Education and currently a lecturer at Haramaya University in Faculty of Social Science and Humanity. I therefore would like to apply to pursue my further study under scholarship programme. Would you please inform me if there is any room or tell me the way forward.
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I am Amir Rahman from Pakistan. My academic qualification includes a Master degree in English, a master degree in Political Science and a Master degree in education(M.Ed).My professionl experience includes seven years of teaching experience as a Subject Specialist (S.S) teacher(Govt employ). The International Master in Early Childhood Education and Care (IMEC) is very much appealing because of the relative demand of the course in our country.Could you please guide me in taking admission and avialing the scholarship in time.
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