Nineteen Ukrainians to study on EU-funded Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Programmes of Excellence

A total of 19 Ukrainians out of 3,111 winners representing 144 nationalities of the 2026 call – including 15 scholarship holders and 4 non-scholarship holders – will study on Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters programmes at universities in EU member states and worldwide, funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme.

Seventeen female and two male students from Ukraine will start Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Programmes this autumn at leading universities in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

The main subject areas of the students’ choice are: Journalism and Media, Public Policy, Urban Studies and Architecture, Ecology and Sustainable Development, Education and Educational Policy, Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage, Medicine and Space Biology, Linguistic Data Science, Economics and Law, International Business, Digital Arts, Sports Management and Ethics.

Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters are master degree programmes developed by a consortium of a minimum of two European universities which can provide scholarship grants that fully cover the study programme, travel cost, insurance, visa support, and scholarship of €1,000 per month. In addition to their main curricula, students will be enrolled in language courses, traineeships, learn about the countries of their stay, and discover new cultures together with groupmates from around the world.

A total of 434 Ukrainian students have won Erasmus Mundus scholarships in the period 2014-2026. From its opening in 2004 until 2025, 722 Ukrainians including teachers, Master and PhD students have benefited from Erasmus Mundus Joint Programmes. Erasmus Mundus Alumni are working in different sectors of public service, state, private, national and international organisations in Ukraine and worldwide.

Erasmus+ is the European Union Programme that aims to support, through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in education, training, youth and sport, in Europe and beyond.

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