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

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

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

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.

International Funding Erasmus Mundus programme promoted as a quality umbrella for post-graduate European education: –Latino America cooperation agencies –Mediterranean cooperation –Islamic development organizations –…

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

Overall resourcing High quality programmes aim to a reduced number of students, e.g: –25 students/year x4 partners=100 students/year. Overall cost and long term sustainability not fully assessed –Combination of public and private resourcing