Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Interactive and Cognitive Environments (EMJD –ICE)

First of all, do not let it go.

Erasmus Mundus joint doctorate in interactive and cognitive environments is one the prestigious programs of Erasmus Mundus. You will do PhD in two of the five European countries and universities and get the degree from both of them.

This scholarship program has its importance due to its good universities and scholarship name. The scholarship amount is quite handsome and also you will have chance to experience different research environments and different cultures during this program.

The five universities in this program are:

1. Università degli Studi di Genova (UNIGE), Italy

2. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TUE), Netherlands

3. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain

4. Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (UNIKLU), Austria

5. Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), UK

You will get two universities from above five of them. This time 8 positions are going to be offered.

8 PhD positions - Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Interactive and Cognitive Environments (ICE)

Research areas of interest:

If you are an electronics, computer, electrical or related majors and have done MS in them, then apply for it as soon as possible

Assistive technologies: Human-Computer Interaction, Pervasive Computing, Multimedia systems & simulation environments;

Network-embedded systems: Pervasive Computing, Distributed Mobile systems, Multimedia Networks;

People-inspired technologies: Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Systems, Data Mining;

Design for social interaction: Adaptive systems, Autonomous systems, aware environments;

Multi-sensor surveillance: Cognitive Data Fusion, Machine Learning, Digital Signal Processing.

For further details check this link

http://www.icephd.org/

Tips to increase your chance

The chances will increase if you show them that you quite fit into the research themes given above and you can show them by using research papers, projects etc. So the important things are:

1. Best knowledge of the research themes you are applying

2. Research proposal (innovation and originality and good technique)

3. Research papers (Journals/ conferences)

4. High CGPA of Masters

5. Well written recommendation letters

6. IELTS or TOEFL (required but you can email to check if they want it in your case , you should tell in email that your previous degree is in English. So, I am not sure about it)

In my recommendation, see all the professors taking part in this program, from all the universities taking part in it. Find one of them relevant to your research and make some new idea , on which you think is best for your PhD or deduce one idea from their research, so that during interview, they will like your research proposal, as you relate to them than others.

Well in case of any questions ask me, as I can answer you these from my personal experience. but do ask genuine questions. My email is: waqarbaig85@gmail.com or waqarbaig85[AT]gmail[DOT]com