Applying for InterMaths Erasmus Mundus Joint Master
The 2025 call for applications is open. Deadline for Consortium scholarships isMarch 5,2025, 1 pm Italy time
Our 2-year Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Interdisciplinary Mathematics begins in September. If you are interested in joining the forthcoming edition, read the information below and submit your application via our online tool
Every year we offer a number of consortium scholarships as shown below. Note that:
We won't charge you any fee to take part in the application process.
By submitting your application before the set deadline for scholarships (see below), your application will automatically be considered for a Consortium scholarship, too.
For practical reasons, by filling our application form you are applying for all three programmes managed by our Network
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master “InterMaths - Interdisciplinary Mathematics”
European Joint MSc “Mathmods - Mathematical Modelling in Engineering ”
International MSc “RealMaths - Mathematics for Real World Applications”.
To this purpose, in the application form you will be asked to express your level of interest for each of the three programmes (high, moderate or low interest).
After the evaluation, a unique ranking will be generated with the information on the programme(s) for which you have obtained the minimum score for admission.
The InterMaths EMJM provides scholarships for academic scholars and guest lecturers who can contribute to the joint project. To apply, send your CV along with a teaching project (1 page maximum) describing your possible contribution to the InterMaths project.
A very important note! With "scholar" we refer to researchers, lecturers, professors... not to graduate students applying for a scholarship. So, please do not use the button below if you are just a student looking for a scholarship, thank you.
Entry requirements
Are you eligible?
Academic Requirements
Language requirements
All applicants are required to prove an advanced level of English (CEFR B2/C1 level), certified by any of the following tests. The list below shows just a few examples, we accept most certificates as long as they verify the required level.
IELTS Academic (overall band score of 6.0 or above); TOEFL iBT (overall score of 80 or above); PTE Academic (56 or above overall); C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge Advanced English: overall score of 169 or above);
or equivalent to the above.
Note also that:
Language certificates must not be dated more than 4 years.
Language certificates can be uploaded through our online application tool (saved as .pdf) or sent via ETS (our ETS score recipient code is 3676, institution name: University of L'Aquila).
Applicants who have conducted their university or secondary-school studies in an English-speaking institution will only have to verify that English is the medium of instruction in such institutions (to this purpose, you will find a dedicated section in the application form - no certificate submission is required).
Documents required
For all the above documents, in case they are not written in English, please upload an official English translation, or a translation provided and signed by the Institution awarding your previous degree.
Important Dates
What | When |
|---|---|
Online application form opens | |
Deadline for Consortium Scholarships | |
Deadline for referees (whose candidate apply for a Consortium scholarship) | |
Candidates receive preliminary notification of results |
Consortium Scholarships
Number of scholarships | TBD | |
Contribution to participation costs | 18,000 EUR | |
3,000 EUR (750/semester) | ||
For the 2025 edition, the InterMaths Consortium will offer a so-called Consortium Scholarship to a (TBD) number of eligible students.
The Consortium Scholarships will grant the students:
Partial waiver of the participation costs, as detailed in the chart.
Please note that participation costs include:
Tuition fees at all partner universities involved.
Full insurance coverage.
Any other mandatory costs related to student participation in the programme.
However, participation costs do not include accommodation, living, travelling costs, equipment, books or the sports centres.
With regard to the first semester, a 344-EUR non-refundable deposit will be required within 30 days after notification of selection, whereas the remainder 406 EUR is to be cleared before Semester 1 begins.
Other Funding Opportunities
All the information below is yet to be confirmed for the 2025 edition
Pre Master Bonus
We're proud to confirm that since the 2022 edition, all our students who attended our PreMaster Program have been awarded a special bonus worth 100 EUR for each gained ECTS credit (credits are awarded after successfully passing a course examination). That means they obtained up to 1,200 EUR for the first part of the PreMaster Program (consisting of 12 ECTS credits).
Please note that all amounts (usually paid at some point after the beginning of the academic year) and conditions are yet to be defined for the 2025 editions.
Contribution to travel and installation costs from the University of L'Aquila
Sponsor. University of L'Aquila. Office in charge: International Relations Office
Details. By submitting your application before March 5, 2025 (1 pm Italy time), you will automatically be considered for a contribution to travel and installation costs provided by the University of L'Aquila worth around EUR 3,000 (EUR around 2,000 EUR for students residing in a Programme country).
Number of scholarships. The number of scholarships allocated to our programme has not been defined yet. However, consider that in 2024, our network has assigned 32 scholarships.
How to apply? No additional application is required on your side. The University's overall ranking (which will involve all the other UAQ international students) will be based on our ranking. If selected, you will receive an award notification via email from the office in charge (international.students@univaq.it) typically in June-July. Contributions are expected to be paid by the end of December.
Erasmus+ Grant support for Students Mobility for Study (KA131)
Not to be confused with Erasmus Mundus (EMJMD) scholarships!
In the paragraph below with the word "mobility" we refer to a student enrolled at the University of L'Aquila who studies at a partner university abroad for some time. As you'll be enrolled at the University of L'Aquila too for the whole duration of our programme, you're eligible to apply for extra funding when you study abroad ("abroad" from the viewpoint of a L'Aquila student, then).
Sponsor. University of L'Aquila (Erasmus+ funding). Responsible Office: International Relations Office
Details. All our international students can benefit from Erasmus+ grants KA131 (Mobility for Study), provided by the EU via the University of L'Aquila, to finance up to 12 months spent on mobility abroad (for the RealMaths programme, it means the whole Year 2; for MathMods/InterMaths students, that means 6 months for Semester 2 and 6 more months for Semester 3 - if spent away from L'Aquila).
Please consider that for your mobility you might also benefit from an additional special fund (referred to as the Disantavenged fund) addressed to students from families that have generated a low income in Italy.
All in all such grants, i.e. Erasmus+ for Mobility (~300 EUR/month) and Disadvantage Fund (~250 EUR/month depending on your family income in Italy) are expected to award our students up to EUR 550 per month for 12 months at most.
How to apply? Applications for Year2-mobility open in Jan-Feb 2025. There will be a selection mostly based on your previous and current academic achievements. Anyway, note that so far the allocated funding has always been enough to cover all our students going on mobility no matter the final ranking.
Other funding opportunities and benefits
2025-intake students may also obtain other funding opportunities and benefits even from our partner universities (some of our partner universities, for instance, have offered accommodation at reduced fares to our students in Year2). Detailed information about how to apply and what such funding may cover, will be emailed to applicants later on.
To give an idea, you may find below details about the funding opportunities available to students of the 2023 cohort. In their Year1 & Year2 they have all been receiving from the Abruzzo Region Agency for Education (A.D.S.U.) - Abruzzo is the region where L'Aquila is located:
Up to 3,000 EUR per year as allowance
Up to 1,700 EUR per year as rent reimbursement
Up to 600 EUR max. per 10 months on mobility abroad (not awarded if you have already received for your mobility an amount that is greater or equal from the University).
Free meals at UAQ canteens as of January 2025.
Note, such a grant is usually paid in 2 instalments: 1) a very small part (less than 1,000 EUR) at the end of December; 2) at some point in the following summer.
How to apply? The application usually opens in August. Scholarships are addressed to students from low-income families. A few more details will be provided via email by us. For more direct support, you may refer to our Alumni Association starting in August.
Grants by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) offers grants to foreign citizens and Italian citizens living abroad to foster international cooperation in cultural, scientific and technological fields, to promote the Italian language and culture and to support Italy’s economic system in the world (According to Law 288/55 and its subsequent changes and additions).
Note that we don't offer any kind of support with this specific grant, but you may retrieve all the information required from the Ministry's official website.
Also, note that such type of grant might be incompatible with other grants you might be awarded for the same academic year (like the ones listed above by ADSU, Regional Agency). That doesn't mean that you cannot apply for the MAECI grant or for any of the others mentioned on this page. You're free to apply for any of them, but if you're selected, before accepting a specific grant, you'll have to check the related terms & conditions and ensure that they are not incompatible with any other grant you might have accepted in the meantime. If they are incompatible, you'll then have to forgo either before accepting.
Find out more about the MAECI grant
Selection procedure
Please note that you won't be charged any fee to take part in the whole application and selection process.
In the period 6 March – 30 April 2025 the Evaluation Committee will evaluate all the applications successfully submitted by 1 pm 5 March 2025, and will draw up an Absolute Ranking List. Please note that this is the only ranking list that will be used for the awarding of Consortium scholarships. Such a list may be used for other funding opportunities at the University of L'Aquila.
Eligible students will receive notification and will have to send confirmation of acceptance by email and will be provided information about how to confirm their position and start the pre-enrolment phase.
The Evaluation Committee will then meet again in mid-August to finalize the pre-enrollments and to remove from the list the students who will not have certified the accomplishment of their bachelor's degree (or equivalent).
Selection criteria
Academic Record
Academic records and quality/recognition of home institution having awarded the bachelor or equivalent degree
CV and professional experience
English proficiency
Motivation letter
Recommendation letters
In case of an equal score reached by two candidates, the Committee agrees to try and maintain gender balance firstly, and geographical balance secondly.
Selection lists will be available on this page (see the deadlines above).
Application procedure
STEP 1
Registration
STEP 1
STEP 2
Fill in your application
Go to https://pica.cineca.it/en/univaq/2025-network-intermaths/ and log in using the username and password previously created. Then fill in your application form and upload the required documents.
STEP 3
Review your data
STEP 3
STEP 4
Sign and Submit
STEP 5
Get 2 reference letters
Appoint 2 referees and send them an invitation link from our application tool:
Reference system.
STEP 5
STEP 6
What happens next
Applications will only be considered for scholarships if they are submitted by 1 pm Italy time 5 March 2025, complete with all required documents - reference letters might be submitted even later on, instead, as explained above.
So, make sure you complete the Sign and Submit process before such deadlines. Your application won't be taken into account unless you generate a PDF receipt, sign it and upload it back using the "Sign and Submit" function. There are 3 signing options, we suggest you use the third one in the list (handwritten signature)
Some screenshots to guide your through the application tool
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have completed the submission process (including signature), instead, your application has been assigned an official ID number and it cannot be changed in any way. You'll have to go through the withdrawal process first, sign your withdrawn application form, and upload it. After that, the system will give you confirmation of withdrawal, and will enable you to start a new one.
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