20 Scholarships for Delft Master's Program in Raw Materials Technology

The European Commission has selected the MSc programme 'Erasmus Mundus Minerals and Environmental Programme' (EMMEP) to bear the Erasmus Mundus label.This quality label is awarded to a limited number of European 'top joint Master’s programmes'. Six European universities cooperate in the joint Master’s programme. Partners in the programme in addition to TU Delft (secretary) are RTWH Aachen, the University of Exeter, Helsinki University of Technology, the University of Miskolc, and Wroclaw University of Technology. In total, the commission has selected a total of 23 Master's programmes from the 174 proposals. TU Delft is the only Dutch university selected during the selection round to have a technical programmes. The programme consists of three specialisations and offers a unique curriculum in the area of raw-material extraction in combination with environmental aspects. After finishing the Master's programme, the student receives two Master's degrees. In receiving the Erasmus Mundus label, the programme will receive approximately 20 scholarships from the EU for talented students from outside the EU. The total value of the scholarships for the period of five years is more than 4 million euros. Students who take part in the programme will choose a specialisation and follow a core curriculum in Helsinki, Delft or in Wroclaw and then move on to another partner school. In Delft, the emphasis is on extracting and processing the raw materials. Hans de Ruiter, who works in the Applied Earth Sciences programme of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) at TU Delft, is the course director for this programme. "The programme trains students for work as managers in the international mineral industry. Each year, the programme starts with 45 to 50 students. The participation and contribution of the business community is essential. This was officially established in 1999 in 'The Federation of European Mineral Programs (FEMP)'." The Erasmus Mundus programme is intended to help make European higher education more attractive for students from outside the EU.