Workshop 3 30/11 Funding and Sustainability of the Master Courses MERIT. F. Torres (UPC-UKA-PdT-UCL)

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Workshop 3 30/11Funding and Sustainability
of the Master CoursesMERIT. F.
Torres(UPC-UKA-PdT-UCL)
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MERIT Tuition fees

• Third country students 5000/year
• European students About 1400/year
• Based on national public fees that yield small
  differences within the consortium. Also related
  to different services.
• Public fees do not reflect the real cost of a
  quality MC.
• Public fees are beyond the control of the
  consortium
• Possible actions result in increased
  administrative burden and lack of full legal
  basis
• Average fee to be compensated internally
• Inclusion of additional services to balance fees

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Sponsorship

• Erasmus Mundus programme promoted as a quality
  umbrella for post-graduate European education.
• Private sponsors have sponsorship programs for
  similar purposes
• E.g La Caixa in Spain
• Fulbright at the USA
• British Council at UK

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National Funding

• MC European mobility currently under-funded
• Future MC European mobility programmes
• Promotion of National programs devoted to fund
  European mobility within Erasmus Mundus MC.
• Even a reduced number of National scholarships
  will result in a strong impact on quality
  perception of EM MC at national level.

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International Funding

• Erasmus Mundus programme promoted as a quality
  umbrella for post-graduate European education
• Latino America cooperation agencies
• Mediterranean cooperation
• Islamic development organizations

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Use of tuition fees

• Consortium management
• Administrative support, consortium meetings
  (travels)
• Dissemination
• Consortium web, brochure, mailing, travels
• Transversal courses
• External lecturers from industry
• Quality assurance
• External committee, reporting

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Overall resourcing

• High quality programmes aim to a reduced number
  of students, e.g
• 25 students/year x4 partners100 students/year.
• Overall cost and long term sustainability not
  fully assessed
• Combination of public and private resourcing