[German] Erasmus Mundus scholarships for Urban Studies

This is to communicate to you a generous scholarship opportunity for urban studies focusing on countries of the South. We will be grateful if you could widely disseminate the news summarized below in order to attract the best possible applicants in the relatively short period remaining until the deadline in mid-January.

Thank you for your co-operation

Prof. Dr. Kosta Mathéy
PAR / Technische Universität Darmstadt
mathey@par.tu-damstadt.de

18 Scholarships available for urban studies in Germany, Italy, France and Spain.

The Erasmus Mundus Program offers scholarships to non-European students and scholars to participate in the interdisciplinary Advanced Master's Course in International Co-operation and Urban Development. The English taught program is jointly offered by the Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany), the Universitænbsp; Tor Vergata in Rome, the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya in Barcelona and the Université Pierre Mendés France in Grenoble and leads to a double degree. Applicants for student scholarships (value € 42.000,- over two years each) should have concluded previous studies of a minimum of 4 years with excellent results in a career related to urban development and have professional working experience of a minimum of one year.

Scholars from outside Europe may apply for short term bursaries (€4000,- per month) to teach and conduct research at one of the above mentioned universities.

In both cases the deadline for applications is January 15th, 2008 for the 2008-2010 cycle. Further information: www.mundus-urbano.eu