This depends on your type of mobility and on whether you applied as an exchange student or a degree student. Exchange students at undergraduate and master level can get a scholarship for a period of between 1 semester and 10 months. Exchange students at doctorate level can get a scholarship for a period of between 6 and 10 months. For exchange students at post-doctorate level the mobility lasts 6 months. The exchange period for staff is 1 month. Degree students (master and doctorate) can apply for a scholarship of 22 months. Find further information here

Once you have received an official nomination that you have been accepted to participate in the mobility scheme, you will have to apply for a visa in your home country by contacting the Consulate of your chosen host country.
It has to be taken into account that obtaining a visa can take some time. The International Relations Office at your university is a useful contact to turn to in case you need advice on how to proceed.

All documents have to be accompanied by a translation to English or the language of instruction at the host university. You can translate the documents yourself. The Evaluation Committee will compare the original document and the translation in order to verify that it has been properly translated. If you are selected and granted a scholarship, then you will have to provide an official translation to English or the language of instruction at the host university this time done by a sworn translator.

We have created different templates that you can use for your application. These are the following:

• Undergraduate credit transfer applicants: Learning Agreement
• MA credit transfer applicants: Learning Agreement

Undergraduate and MA applicants: If you are applying for a credit transfer programme you will have to provide a Learning Agreement, which should be signed by the person responsible of the program you are applying to at the host university and also, by your academic coordinator at your home university.
If you can not provide this document, you have to at least provide a Pre-admission Letter singed by the person responsible of the program you are applying to at the host university where you would like to do your mobility.
However, if you are applying for a full degree program, then you will have to provide the Pre-admission letter from the host university where you would like to do your mobility. There is no template for the pre-admission letter. This letter has to state that, in case you would be granted the scholarship, the program, school or department, would admit you.

• Doctorate applicants: Research Plan
• Post-doctorate applicants: Research Plan
• Staff: Working Plan

Who should sign what?
Each course/program offered (to be found in the academic offer of each university) should include the name and contact information of the person responsible for that program at the host university. That is the person who should sign the corresponding document you have to provide (that is, Learning Agreement, Pre-admission Letter, Research Plan or Working Plan, depending on the level of mobility you are applying for).
In order to be admitted in the program you would like to study at the host university, the corresponding school and/or department has to verify that you are a suitable candidate. Therefore, do not forget to attach your academic data (transcript of records and other relevant degrees) on that email to the program coordinator/contact person.

If you still have not received an answer from the person you contacted for at the host university for a “pre-admission letter” or “learning agreement”, make sure that you sent the email to the right person. Also make sure, that you sent enough information about your person: In order to be admitted in the program you would like to study, the corresponding school and/or department has to verify that you are a suitable candidate. Therefore, do not forget to attach your academic data (transcript of records and other relevant degrees) and your curriculum vitae on that email to the program coordinator/contact person. In case you sent the email to the right person with enough information, we recommend you to try to find out the telephone number of that person (in the directory of the university) in order to get in contact with him/her.

If you have tried to contact that person by all means (email and telephone) and you have not received an answer before the closing of the call, upload all required documents (if you still have not done so) even if you do not have the signature of the corresponding person. As probe of the effort you have made to get your Learning Agreement signed or your Preadmission Letter, you could also upload a copy of the email/s sent to the program coordinator/contact person requesting such documents. In any case, and once you have uploaded all required documents, don't forget to CLOSE your application.

You have to provide a language certificate only if the language of instruction at the host university is different from your mother tongue. If this is the case, this document has to be issued by an official language school, university or equivalent and state the level of proficiency you hold in that language.
In case the language of instruction at the host university is your mother tongue, then you will have to write a letter yourself stating that condition. This could be an example:

"I, (your name) hereby confirm that (your mother tongue) is my mother tongue”
*Don’t forget to include your signature and date.
**Remark: Each program/school/university has its own language requirements (TOEFL, DELE, etc). Each course/program offered includes information about specific language requirements. In case you do not have your TOEFL, DELE (or similar test results) yet, you still have to upload an official language certificate in the language of instruction at the host university. Keep in mind that, if you are granted an Erasmus Mundus – Al-Idrisi scholarship, you will have to provide the results of your language test before starting the mobility.

Only for North African nationals: Signed and dated document stating that you have not resided nor carried out your main activity (studies, work, etc) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in the European Union.
You will have to write a letter yourself stating that condition. This could be an example:
"I, (your full name) hereby confirm that I have not resided nor carried out my main activity (studies, work, etc) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in the European Union”
*Don’t forget to include your signature and date.

Neither European nor third-country candidates can benefit from a second scholarship for the same type of mobility under another project under the EMA2-STRAND1.
Signed and dated document stating that you have not benefited from an undergraduate /master/doctoral/post-doctoral/ staff scholarship under any other Erasmus Mundus Action 2 - Strand 1 project (i.e. the EM project Averroes)
You will have to write a letter yourself stating that condition. This could be an example:
"I, (your full name) hereby confirm that I have not benefited from a previous scholarship for the same type of mobility (level of mobility that you are applying for) under any other Erasmus Mundus Action 2 - Strand 1 project”
*Don’t forget to include your signature and date.

Once you are done filling in the application form and uploading all required documents, please CLOSE the application. Keep in mind that your application will only be considered if you close it!
Note that when you close your application you will no longer be able to make any changes to your data or what documents you submit. Your application will be completely closed.