The Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) PlantHealth recruits up to 30 well-motivated students from all over the world.
The application process is very selective and only the best candidates will be admitted to the programme.
Application to the EMJM PlantHealth programme is made through an online Application Form.
Both self-funded candidates and scholarship applicants submit their application forms through the same online system. The application system will automatically guide you through the process.
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), in the context of managing the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters, collects and processes the personal data of some of the candidates. In particular, certain data of the scholarship holders and non-scholarship holders is shared with the Agency and treated according to this privacy statement
Guidelines for applicants
This document contains detailed information about the application procedure.
Please read it before starting to fill in the online Application Form.
Admission Requirements
Candidates must fulfil the following admission requirements:
- Awarded Bachelor of Science degree (180 ECTS) in Agronomy / Agricultural Sciences or related fields. 180 ECTS usually equal to a 3-year full-time undergraduate/bachelor degree, with at least 4 ECTS in Plant Health or Crop Protection, or equivalent.
- Proof of English proficiency at the B2 level (CEFR) is required unless English is your native language. Alternatively, a letter from your university confirming that your bachelor's degree was fully taught in English will also be accepted.
- Application complete including two reference letters;
NOTE 1: Pre-acceptance is conditional to meeting the requirements of the different Partner Universities as regards enrolment at Master’s level. Please note that in order to confirm your registration in the PlantHealth master’s Degree you may need to provide legalised copies of degree and transcript of records, legal translations by a sworn translator, etc. This documentation is not required at application stage so you do not need to incur in certain expenses that are not necessary until you are pre-accepted in the Master’s Degree. In any case, we will inform you well in advance about the necessary requirements and documents you will need to provide.
NOTE 2: About the first admission requirement “Awarded BSc degree”: While this condition must necessarily be fulfilled at the time of enrolment, the EMJM PlantHealth consortium accepts applications from students in the last year of their first higher education degree. If you are in the final year of your BSc degree, please refer to the instructions in the “Guidelines for applicants” and the FAQs when submitting your application.
Documents required for application
The following documents must be uploaded on the online application tool:
- Curriculum Vitae *
There is no specific format required for the CV; however, using the Europass format is recommended.
- Certificate of degree *
Copy of degrees obtained with official seal (i.e. completed higher education studies). If in addition to the BSc certificate you have obtained other degrees (i.e. MSc and/or PhD), please submit a copy of all the degrees obtained;
- Transcript of records *
Copy of the complete transcripts of records of the previous degrees obtained (i.e. the BSc transcript of records, and MSc transcript of records if applicable)
- Certificates attesting language skills *
If your first language is not English, you must upload an English language certificate.
Students applying for the MSc PlantHealth must have a minimum of a B2 level of English, as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages. The most commonly accepted certificates are:
CERTIFICATE B2 TOEFL iBT - TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Internet-Based Test
Min. 72
IELTS - INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM
Min. 5,5
FCE - CAMBRIDGE FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH
Grade B or above
Min. 173
ISE - TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON INTEGRATED SKILLS IN ENGLISH
ISE II (B2)
ESOL (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking)
- INTERNATIONAL
- GENERAL
- ACADEMIC
Communicator B2
B2 (min. 60)
B2 (min. 60)
OTE - OXFORD TEST OF ENGLISH
- OTE (must pass all four macro-skills)
- OTE ADVANCED
111 - 140
B2
PTE - PEARSON TEST OF ENGLISH
- INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE
- ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE
B2
Min. 43
TELC - THE EUROPEAN LANGUAGE CERTIFICATES
TELC B2
TOEIC - TEST OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION (must pass all four macro-skills)
Min. 400
Alternatively, if your BSc studies were conducted FULLY in English, a letter from your university stating that English was the medium of instruction for your academic studies will be accepted.
- Proof of residence *
The certificate proving your residence must be issued within 12 months prior to the submission deadline for the application.
You will need to submit only one of the following documents:
- a residence certificate issued in accordance with the candidate's municipality normal registration rules (usually issued by the town council, or one of its offices, to attest the citizens residence. It may receive the name of “city registration”, “census certificate” or others), or
- a certificate from the candidate's place of work, study or training issued by the employer or institution in question.
- Two recommendation letters *
There is no set format for these letters. The only requirements are that they include the referee's contact information, signature, and the official stamp of the company or university where they are currently employed.
- Declaration on honour *
You can find the template in the 'Documents Upload' section of your online application.
- Other additional documents
Other documents relevant for the evaluation of your application (publications, proof of refugee status, etc.)
(*) Mandatory documents
NOTE 3: Applicants also have to state their preferred mobility scheme (the universities they want to attend, in accordance with the different options given by the PlantHealth Master’s degree). Please note that, while trying to respect your preferences, the PlantHealth Board will assign you an academic pathway subject to several factors (even distribution amongst partner Universities, academic profile, etc.) which may not necessarily be your preferred option.
Application Form
The first step is to create your new user by choosing a USERNAME and PASSWORD, and indicating your email address.
The Application Form should be filled in English, as well as all the attached documents (unless otherwise indicated in specific documents in section “documents upload” of the online application) so that all the host institutions may be able to analyse the submitted proposal.
Before starting to fill in the Application Form, you must be sure of having all the certificates and language skills required to attend the Master programme.
Please note that incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration. Read carefully the list of documents and make sure you attached everything to your application, including translations. NO DOCUMENT may be sent by post or email at that stage.
If an applicant submits more than one application, the system will automatically consider the most recent one.
You will receive an automatic email after submission of your application, confirming that it has been successfully sent.