About the Programme

TROPIMUNDO is an EC-funded and excellence-labelled Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems. TROPIMUNDO students can concentrate on botany, zoology and integrative ecosystem approaches in institutions with and beyond Europe in 2 Master years, of which an entire semester is spent in the tropics.

The scholarship call for all nationalities will be open until 30/11/2023.

Core Values

• A unique course program that maximises radiation of the long-standing experience and the scientific excellence of the Higher Education Institutes constitutin gthe TROPIMUNDO Consortium and that leads to a joint degree;
• A mobility within Europe pluss a unique full semester mobility in situ including both classroom and field courses in the Caribbean, Amazonian, African, Asian or Oceanian wet tropics at participating universities;
• A clear study Trajectory in which fundamental understanding of one or multiple most-threatened ecosystems, or their components (incl. biota and abiotic factors and humans), is followed by research tools to study, understand, and manage them with the aim of biological conservation;
• A full semester MSc Thesis research in collaboration with one or more TROPIMUNDO Full or Associate Partners (see below)
• Intensive contact with different cultures and languages, which stimulates content and language integrated learning.

Joint master degree

Upon graduation students will be awarded a Joint Master degree by the European institutes visited by the student. In addition, each student will receive a Europass Certificate signed by all participating higher education institutes involved.

Joint master degree

Upon graduation students will be awarded a Joint Master degree by the European institutes visited by the student. In addition, each student will receive a Europass Certificate signed by all participating higher education institutes involved.

Basic Student Requirements

• An internationally accepted Bachelor in Science degree (i.e. equivalent to 180 ECTS) with a major in Biology, Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, or equivalent from an accredited university. Prospective applicants should check the FAQ (tropimundo_faq.pdf ) to see which BSc are likely to be considered equivalent and which are not;
• Students must be able to demonstrate proficiency in English or in English + French. However, in the 1st and 3rd semester extra-curricular language courses are offered to improve language skills needed on the student's study Trajectory.
• A personal evaluation of the applications will be done by the Selection Committee composed of all Local Coordinators.

Trajectory in 4 semesters

The consortium is composed of 9 institutes in Programme Countries (European) and 8 higher education institutes in Partner Countries (non-European). In a first semester, students start at a European institute of their choice to acquire similar competences. In a second semester field experience and courses will take place in a university in a tropical region. The third semester will cover a specialisation in a European university different from the first semester. The fourth semester is dedicated to the MSc Thesis and students return to where they started out. Every Trajectory of 4 semesters constitutes a unique combination of courses and expertises.

In-depth information available:

• 4 semesters ( TROPIMUNDO )
• Current course list and detailed course descriptions (PDF, 2.27 MB)

APPLICATION

The current TROPIMUNDO funding ends in 2025. For the 2024 call for applications TROPIMUNDO needs to submit a request for financing which may or may not be honoured by the European Commission Document required. Whether we will receive scholarships will only be known in July 2024.

• Secondary education diploma (with the course marks list)
• Bachelor diploma in English
• Bachelor course marks list in English
• Bachelor diploma in original language
• Master diploma in English
• Master course marks list in English
• Master diploma and marks list in original language
• Proofs of activities of the past 5 years
• Motivation letter in English
• ID Card or Passport scan
• Additional documents (that can support your application)
• Language proficiency proofs (English OR English + French OR English + French + Spanish as per your Trajectory choices)
• Close-up picture (e.g. passport size)

To get information of the participating universities and local coordinators, access to Tropimundo Erasmus Mundus

IMPORTANT: You must send all documentation to [email protected] with copy [email protected], while filling out your online application. If you are selected, you must send this information to the e-mail addresses above.

Contacts

• Interested students can contact jennifer.spence@utp. ac.pa cc [email protected] 
• Phone: 560-3201
• Attention in person at the International Relations Office from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.
• Find us on social networks as @dri_utp