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The ‘Doc Nomads’ Joint Master Degree In Documentary Film Directing 2021-2023
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Opportunity Type
Scholarship
Fully Funded
Masters
Description
The DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) in Documentary Filmmaking is a two-year, full time, international graduate program (120 ECTS) delivered by a consortium of three prominent European universities across three countries: Portugal, Hungary and Belgium.
The entire DocNomads programme was assessed by an external international panel in 2019 and found compliant with all the standards and sub-standards of the ‘European Approach for External Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes’ framework.
DocNomads is the first joint master in Europe in the field of FILM that was granted the right to use the Erasmus Mundus brand name and the grant support of the European Commission for the first five editions. This backing was granted again for the course editions in the period of 2017-2022.
In each edition, about twenty-four students from all around the world follow a mobility track from Lisbon to Brussels, via Budapest. In doing so, students are immersed within different cultural environments, learning how to make use of their abilities outside their usual social contexts.
Taught entirely in English and taking a practical approach, DOC NOMADS’ unique curriculum and supportive faculty aims at expanding students’ skills and creativity, while providing an integrated training that combines a focus on the arts with contemporary practices in film production.
Directing is essentially learnt through making films out in the real world. Students are asked to confront the aesthetic and practical challenges generated by the actual process of filmmaking and in doing so develop their critical thinking skill; gain autonomy in multifarious disciplines; and build – throughout the course – their own repertoire of formal approaches.
Upon completion of the program, degree holders will be prepared and qualified to enter a professional life in the craft of documentary filmmaking – as directors, as producers, as independent artists.
As an Erasmus Mundus Program, DOC NOMADS offers two-year scholarships to some of the selected European and non-European students.
DOC NOMADS Master Course is sponsored and supervised by the EACEA – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
ERASMUS+ Scholarships
Erasmus Plus scholarships are awarded on the basis of excellence to eligible candidates.
The planned number of scholarships available for the 10th edition is twenty (20).
A student scholarship is awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the Master courses and will cover the entire duration of the EMJMD study programme.
Candidates eligible for scholarships are students who have obtained a primary higher-education degree or can demonstrate a recognised equivalent according to national legislation and practices of the degree awarding country. While this condition must necessarily be fulfilled at the time of enrolment, the Consortium accepts scholarship applications from students in the last year of their first higher education degree.
DocNomads Consortium provides two categories of student scholarships based on EACEA regulations: Programme country and Partner country scholarships.
Programme countries: Member States of the European Union, and EEA-EFTA States (Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein), UK, Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Serbia.
Partner countries: Countries OTHER than the countries listed in the above Programme countries category.
Special cases
-
- Students with a double nationality (of a Partner and of a Programme Country) must specify the nationality under which they submit their scholarship application.
- “12-month rule”: Candidates from Partner countries who have been residents in one of the Programme countries, or have carried out in any of these countries their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months during the previous 5 years calculated backwards from the deadline of the application to DocNomads will be provided with Programme Countries category scholarships based on EACEA rules.
A minimum of 75% of EMJMD scholarships will be earmarked for candidates from Partner Countries. Erasmus+ EMJMD student scholarships can be offered to students from any region of the world. The Consortium takes geographical balance into account – i.e. no more than 3 candidates from the same country (or with the same nationality) should be awarded an EMJMD scholarship during the same intake.
Eligibilities
Applicants background
DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Masters Course is aimed to students from all over the world with a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Film Studies, in Arts or in Media Communication studies.
Other degrees (of at least EQF Level 6) may be accepted from applicants with a convincing artistic portfolio.
Currently in its 8th Edition, so far DocNomads had enrolled students from 67 nationalities: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam.
DocNomads provides the rare privilege of bringing together, for some time, a close community of people from diverse cultures and varied backgrounds, individual voices and particular visions.
We consider this aspect to be one of the best assets of the program, which certainly augments the unique experience of being part of it.
Applicants profile
The Academic Board of DOC NOMADS is looking for students who are:
- active, enthusiastic, and curious
- creative, supportive, and capable of team work
- resilient, tolerant and open to criticism
- socially minded, empathetic, and ethically aware
- seeking artistic independence and a personal voice
DocNomads is quite an intensive study program, demanding much study and many work hours, while constantly pushing students to face new experiences.
Its challenging curriculum is aimed at students committed to taking advantage of the learning opportunities provided, in order to achieve and improve upon specialized skills, both in terms of theoretical knowledge of creative documentary and through practical training within this multifarious discipline.
Benefits
Detailed information about the scholarships
| Scholarship holders from Erasmus+ Programme countries |
Scholarship holders from Erasmus+ Partner countries |
|
|---|---|---|
| Tuition fees | up to € 4500 per year per scholarship holder from a Programme Country | up to € 9000 per year per scholarship holder from a Partner Country |
| For each student, actual tuition fee must be covered by the EACEA support and cannot be charged to the scholarship holder, i.e. the consortium grants the EMMC scholarship holder a fee waiver. | ||
| Contribution to the travel costs | Programme Countries:
€ 1000 per year per scholarship holder resident of a Programme Country |
Partner Countries:€ 2000 per year per scholarship holder resident in a Partner Country whose location is less than 4000 km away from the HEI coordinating the JMD (Budapest, Hungary)
€ 3000 per year per scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country whose location is 4000 km or more away from the HEI coordinating the JMD (Budapest, Hungary) |
The contribution to the travel costs takes into account the residence of the scholarship holder. The place of residence should be verified on the basis of the provision of:
Both documents must have been issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of applying for the DocNomads EMJMD (4th January 2021). |
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| Contribution to installation costs | € 1000 per scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country
A contribution to installation costs is offered only to students residing in a Partner Country. |
|
| Contribution to subsistence costs | € 1000 per month for the entire duration of the JMD study programme (24 months maximum)
Contribution to subsistence costs will not be given: – to scholarship holders for periods of the EMJMD (study / research / placement / thesis preparation) spent in their country of residence; – to scholarship holders from a Partner Country for the EMMC periods exceeding three months (indicatively the equivalent of 15 ECTS credits) spent in any Partner Country. |
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Program Venue
Belgium, Portugal
Eligible Regions
All Regions
All Countries
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Eligible Countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Angola, Africa, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia), Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, USA, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City (Holy See), Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Hungary, Cook Island
Application Process
Requirments
The following documents are required for application:
- Completed, and sent APPLICATION E-FORM.
CV and motivation letter are each limited to 1000 characters (including spaces).
- Authorised, stamped or certified copies of your previous Bachelor degree(s) translated to English by a sworn translator.
Note on the required BA degree: we accept degrees which are equivalent with European Qualification Framework Level 6 (or higher). You can find out about your degree’s eligibility on this website.
In the case of ongoing studies: an official school certificate in English stating that the applicant’s Bachelor Degree is due latest by 31 July 2021.
- Depending on the country of origin of the awarded diploma or certificate, there are various methods of authorisation. A list of countries and methods can be found here: List of authorisation procedures by country
- “Apostille seal” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 1, click here to find the competent office.
- “Legalization” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 2, click on the following link to find the competent Belgian embassy: Addresses of Belgian Embassies and Consulates abroad
- “Certification” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 3: a certified true copy issued in the country of origin of your document will be accepted.
- Certified copies of an English language certificate. Candidates are required a good spoken and written English.
English proficiency certificates: the minimum required level is B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.
Students can prove their proficiency by the following means:
Providing one of the following English certificates with the minimum scores listed below, issued within 2 years before the application deadline:
- IELTS 6.0
- TOEFL iBT 79 or CBT 213 or PBT 550
- TOEIC Listening + Reading 605 Speaking 160 Writing 150
- ACT English 20 + Reading 20
- Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) grade A, B or C
- First Certificate in English (FCE) grade A, B or C
Providing an English-language higher educational diploma at an institute of higher education in one of the Inner Circle countries:
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Canada (except Quebec)
- Ireland
- Caribbean Islands
- South Africa
Providing an English-language diploma at an institute of higher education (including statement that the BA study of at least 180 ECTS was conducted in English) and presenting a convincing application for a waiver of the requirement.
- A link to the FILM made for the application (“I see, I hear, I film”).
- Upload to YouTube or similar (unlisted link, no password!) a 3-minute film purposely made by you for the application, under the topic ‘I see, I hear, I film’, with English subtitles embedded in the video (NOT separated SRT file), even if spoken in English.
- The film shall underline a strong relationship with the surrounding reality.
- It shall focus on characters or places, and show a creative personal cinematic concept.
- The film has to be shot and edited by the applicant. No additional music, sound effects or video effects.
- Voice-over/narration (if any) shall be the applicant’s own voice, in their mother tongue, with English subtitles.
- Note that only unlisted links are acceptable. If the film is made available for public access your application will be automatically disqualified.
- A link to the applicant’s previous/additional film.
Upload to YouTube (or similar) either a whole or part of one film previously made by you (max. 9-minutes in length), with English subtitles, and credits (mandatory).
This previous/additional film, although required for the jury’s selection process, is viewed only if necessary in making decisions regarding the selection process.
- One recent photo of yourself.
- Your photo must be a good quality head-shot with white background.
- Copy of passport or ID card (EU) with expiration date.
- It is highly recommended that the expiration date is 31 August 2023 or later.
- A residence certificate issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of the application, in accordance with the candidate’s municipality normal registration rules OR a certificate from the candidate’s place of work, study or training issued by the employer or institution in question.
PRIOR LEARNING INFORMATION
Applicants with no (Academic) BA degree can apply for recognition of ‘Previously Acquired Competence’ (PAC) or ‘Previously Acquired Qualifications (PAQ)’ to request full or partial exemptions of the desired academic Bachelor degree/bridging program.
The PAC/PAQ procedure is always handled by the higher education institution that issues the degree/program for which the candidate makes a PAC/PAQ-request. For instance, applicants that want to obtain an academic BA in Audiovisual Arts through a PAC/PAQ procedure OR wish to be granted exemption of (part of) the bridging programme in Audiovisual Arts should start their PAC/PAQ procedure at a university which provides such a course. More information on LUCA PAC-procedure: https://www.luca-arts.be/en/exemptions
Note: if an applicant succeeds in a PAC/PAQ-procedure and meets all DocNomads application requirements he/she is NOT automatically admitted as a student of DocNomads. A successful PAC/PAQ procedure only means that the applicant fulfils the formal requirements of DocNomads application.
Procedures
The application packs will be evaluated firstly by the DOC NOMADS Secretariat.
Applications meeting all formal requirements will undergo a pre-selection procedure. Applications rejected on formal grounds will not enter the pre-selection procedure.
The selection of candidates is made on the basis of the applicable set of criteria, which is carried through by a Selection Committee appointed by the Consortium.
During the pre-selection procedure the jury draws up an absolute ranking list of applicants, and then:
- Invites the first qualified 50 applicants to an online interview to be held in February 2021;
Following this, the jury:
- Selects the applicants qualified for Erasmus Mundus Scholarships;
- Selects applicants offered to join the Masters course as self-funded students;
- Designates applicants not selected for admission.
Selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 30 April 2021.
Non-selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 31 May 2021.
Enrolled students will sign their “Student Contract” no later than in the preparatory week of the 1st semester.
The “Student Contract” template used by the Consortium, in which the rights and obligations of the two parties are specified, is herein made available in two versions according to the situation of a self-funded student and of a scholarship student.
Its contents may be slightly revised annually, but the updated document will be announced to admitted students prior to their enrolment in the course.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Avoiding parallel funding
Students who have already obtained an EMJMD scholarship or an Erasmus Mundus Master Course / Joint Doctorate scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional scholarship under the EMJMD action.
Erasmus+ scholarship holders cannot benefit from another EU funded scholarship scheme to follow the same EMJMD course. This holds for the entire period of the course.
EMJMD student scholarships are awarded for participation in the complete EMJMD programme. Scholarship holders cannot transfer university credits from courses taken prior to their enrolment in their EMJMD for the purpose of reducing their mandatory activities in the joint programme. Furthermore, EMJMD scholarship holders cannot at the same time be beneficiaries of a grant for student or staff mobility in the framework of other higher education programmes funded by the EU budget.
The Consortium will check the database of EACEA – as a final step before deciding on the award of Erasmus Mundus scholarships – to see if the selected students have benefitted an EMJMD scholarship or an Erasmus Mundus Master Course / Joint Doctorate scholarship OR another EU funded scholarship scheme to follow the same course OR a grant for student or staff mobility in the framework of other higher education programmes funded by the EU budget.
Students with special needs
EACEA and DocNomads Consortium have a pro-active attitude towards potential grantees with special needs.
In the event of one or more students requiring additional support resulting from special needs they are requested to provide a specific medical certificate from a national health service (or a doctor) and an estimation of the additional costs (for the duration of the DocNomads Master) issued by a national medical centre. Due to the sensitive nature of health data, this information will be processed only to the extent that it is adequate, relevant, and does not exceed the purposes for which it is collected
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The ‘Doc Nomads’ Joint Master Degree In Documentary Film Directing 2021-2023
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Opportunity Type
Scholarship
Full Time
Masters
Description
The DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) in Documentary Filmmaking is a two-year, full time, international graduate program (120 ECTS) delivered by a consortium of three prominent European universities across three countries: Portugal, Hungary and Belgium.
The entire DocNomads programme was assessed by an external international panel in 2019 and found compliant with all the standards and sub-standards of the ‘European Approach for External Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes’ framework.
DocNomads is the first joint master in Europe in the field of FILM that was granted the right to use the Erasmus Mundus brand name and the grant support of the European Commission for the first five editions. This backing was granted again for the course editions in the period of 2017-2022.
In each edition, about twenty-four students from all around the world follow a mobility track from Lisbon to Brussels, via Budapest. In doing so, students are immersed within different cultural environments, learning how to make use of their abilities outside their usual social contexts.
Taught entirely in English and taking a practical approach, DOC NOMADS’ unique curriculum and supportive faculty aims at expanding students’ skills and creativity, while providing an integrated training that combines a focus on the arts with contemporary practices in film production.
Directing is essentially learnt through making films out in the real world. Students are asked to confront the aesthetic and practical challenges generated by the actual process of filmmaking and in doing so develop their critical thinking skill; gain autonomy in multifarious disciplines; and build – throughout the course – their own repertoire of formal approaches.
Upon completion of the program, degree holders will be prepared and qualified to enter a professional life in the craft of documentary filmmaking – as directors, as producers, as independent artists.
As an Erasmus Mundus Program, DOC NOMADS offers two-year scholarships to some of the selected European and non-European students.
DOC NOMADS Master Course is sponsored and supervised by the EACEA – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
ERASMUS+ Scholarships
Erasmus Plus scholarships are awarded on the basis of excellence to eligible candidates.
The planned number of scholarships available for the 10th edition is twenty (20).
A student scholarship is awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the Master courses and will cover the entire duration of the EMJMD study programme.
Candidates eligible for scholarships are students who have obtained a primary higher-education degree or can demonstrate a recognised equivalent according to national legislation and practices of the degree awarding country. While this condition must necessarily be fulfilled at the time of enrolment, the Consortium accepts scholarship applications from students in the last year of their first higher education degree.
DocNomads Consortium provides two categories of student scholarships based on EACEA regulations: Programme country and Partner country scholarships.
Programme countries: Member States of the European Union, and EEA-EFTA States (Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein), UK, Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Serbia.
Partner countries: Countries OTHER than the countries listed in the above Programme countries category.
Special cases
-
- Students with a double nationality (of a Partner and of a Programme Country) must specify the nationality under which they submit their scholarship application.
- “12-month rule”: Candidates from Partner countries who have been residents in one of the Programme countries, or have carried out in any of these countries their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months during the previous 5 years calculated backwards from the deadline of the application to DocNomads will be provided with Programme Countries category scholarships based on EACEA rules.
A minimum of 75% of EMJMD scholarships will be earmarked for candidates from Partner Countries. Erasmus+ EMJMD student scholarships can be offered to students from any region of the world. The Consortium takes geographical balance into account – i.e. no more than 3 candidates from the same country (or with the same nationality) should be awarded an EMJMD scholarship during the same intake.
Eligibilities
Applicants background
DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Masters Course is aimed to students from all over the world with a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Film Studies, in Arts or in Media Communication studies.
Other degrees (of at least EQF Level 6) may be accepted from applicants with a convincing artistic portfolio.
Currently in its 8th Edition, so far DocNomads had enrolled students from 67 nationalities: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam.
DocNomads provides the rare privilege of bringing together, for some time, a close community of people from diverse cultures and varied backgrounds, individual voices and particular visions.
We consider this aspect to be one of the best assets of the program, which certainly augments the unique experience of being part of it.
Applicants profile
The Academic Board of DOC NOMADS is looking for students who are:
- active, enthusiastic, and curious
- creative, supportive, and capable of team work
- resilient, tolerant and open to criticism
- socially minded, empathetic, and ethically aware
- seeking artistic independence and a personal voice
DocNomads is quite an intensive study program, demanding much study and many work hours, while constantly pushing students to face new experiences.
Its challenging curriculum is aimed at students committed to taking advantage of the learning opportunities provided, in order to achieve and improve upon specialized skills, both in terms of theoretical knowledge of creative documentary and through practical training within this multifarious discipline.
Benefits
Detailed information about the scholarships
| Scholarship holders from Erasmus+ Programme countries |
Scholarship holders from Erasmus+ Partner countries |
|
|---|---|---|
| Tuition fees | up to € 4500 per year per scholarship holder from a Programme Country | up to € 9000 per year per scholarship holder from a Partner Country |
| For each student, actual tuition fee must be covered by the EACEA support and cannot be charged to the scholarship holder, i.e. the consortium grants the EMMC scholarship holder a fee waiver. | ||
| Contribution to the travel costs | Programme Countries:
€ 1000 per year per scholarship holder resident of a Programme Country |
Partner Countries:€ 2000 per year per scholarship holder resident in a Partner Country whose location is less than 4000 km away from the HEI coordinating the JMD (Budapest, Hungary)
€ 3000 per year per scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country whose location is 4000 km or more away from the HEI coordinating the JMD (Budapest, Hungary) |
The contribution to the travel costs takes into account the residence of the scholarship holder. The place of residence should be verified on the basis of the provision of:
Both documents must have been issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of applying for the DocNomads EMJMD (4th January 2021). |
||
| Contribution to installation costs | € 1000 per scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country
A contribution to installation costs is offered only to students residing in a Partner Country. |
|
| Contribution to subsistence costs | € 1000 per month for the entire duration of the JMD study programme (24 months maximum)
Contribution to subsistence costs will not be given: – to scholarship holders for periods of the EMJMD (study / research / placement / thesis preparation) spent in their country of residence; – to scholarship holders from a Partner Country for the EMMC periods exceeding three months (indicatively the equivalent of 15 ECTS credits) spent in any Partner Country. |
|
Program Venue
Eligible Regions
All Regions
Eligible Countries
All Countries
Application Process
Requirments
The following documents are required for application:
- Completed, and sent APPLICATION E-FORM.
CV and motivation letter are each limited to 1000 characters (including spaces).
- Authorised, stamped or certified copies of your previous Bachelor degree(s) translated to English by a sworn translator.
Note on the required BA degree: we accept degrees which are equivalent with European Qualification Framework Level 6 (or higher). You can find out about your degree’s eligibility on this website.
In the case of ongoing studies: an official school certificate in English stating that the applicant’s Bachelor Degree is due latest by 31 July 2021.
- Depending on the country of origin of the awarded diploma or certificate, there are various methods of authorisation. A list of countries and methods can be found here: List of authorisation procedures by country
- “Apostille seal” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 1, click here to find the competent office.
- “Legalization” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 2, click on the following link to find the competent Belgian embassy: Addresses of Belgian Embassies and Consulates abroad
- “Certification” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 3: a certified true copy issued in the country of origin of your document will be accepted.
- Certified copies of an English language certificate. Candidates are required a good spoken and written English.
English proficiency certificates: the minimum required level is B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.
Students can prove their proficiency by the following means:
Providing one of the following English certificates with the minimum scores listed below, issued within 2 years before the application deadline:
- IELTS 6.0
- TOEFL iBT 79 or CBT 213 or PBT 550
- TOEIC Listening + Reading 605 Speaking 160 Writing 150
- ACT English 20 + Reading 20
- Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) grade A, B or C
- First Certificate in English (FCE) grade A, B or C
Providing an English-language higher educational diploma at an institute of higher education in one of the Inner Circle countries:
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Canada (except Quebec)
- Ireland
- Caribbean Islands
- South Africa
Providing an English-language diploma at an institute of higher education (including statement that the BA study of at least 180 ECTS was conducted in English) and presenting a convincing application for a waiver of the requirement.
- A link to the FILM made for the application (“I see, I hear, I film”).
- Upload to YouTube or similar (unlisted link, no password!) a 3-minute film purposely made by you for the application, under the topic ‘I see, I hear, I film’, with English subtitles embedded in the video (NOT separated SRT file), even if spoken in English.
- The film shall underline a strong relationship with the surrounding reality.
- It shall focus on characters or places, and show a creative personal cinematic concept.
- The film has to be shot and edited by the applicant. No additional music, sound effects or video effects.
- Voice-over/narration (if any) shall be the applicant’s own voice, in their mother tongue, with English subtitles.
- Note that only unlisted links are acceptable. If the film is made available for public access your application will be automatically disqualified.
- A link to the applicant’s previous/additional film.
Upload to YouTube (or similar) either a whole or part of one film previously made by you (max. 9-minutes in length), with English subtitles, and credits (mandatory).
This previous/additional film, although required for the jury’s selection process, is viewed only if necessary in making decisions regarding the selection process.
- One recent photo of yourself.
- Your photo must be a good quality head-shot with white background.
- Copy of passport or ID card (EU) with expiration date.
- It is highly recommended that the expiration date is 31 August 2023 or later.
- A residence certificate issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of the application, in accordance with the candidate’s municipality normal registration rules OR a certificate from the candidate’s place of work, study or training issued by the employer or institution in question.
PRIOR LEARNING INFORMATION
Applicants with no (Academic) BA degree can apply for recognition of ‘Previously Acquired Competence’ (PAC) or ‘Previously Acquired Qualifications (PAQ)’ to request full or partial exemptions of the desired academic Bachelor degree/bridging program.
The PAC/PAQ procedure is always handled by the higher education institution that issues the degree/program for which the candidate makes a PAC/PAQ-request. For instance, applicants that want to obtain an academic BA in Audiovisual Arts through a PAC/PAQ procedure OR wish to be granted exemption of (part of) the bridging programme in Audiovisual Arts should start their PAC/PAQ procedure at a university which provides such a course. More information on LUCA PAC-procedure: https://www.luca-arts.be/en/exemptions
Note: if an applicant succeeds in a PAC/PAQ-procedure and meets all DocNomads application requirements he/she is NOT automatically admitted as a student of DocNomads. A successful PAC/PAQ procedure only means that the applicant fulfils the formal requirements of DocNomads application.
Procedures
The application packs will be evaluated firstly by the DOC NOMADS Secretariat.
Applications meeting all formal requirements will undergo a pre-selection procedure. Applications rejected on formal grounds will not enter the pre-selection procedure.
The selection of candidates is made on the basis of the applicable set of criteria, which is carried through by a Selection Committee appointed by the Consortium.
During the pre-selection procedure the jury draws up an absolute ranking list of applicants, and then:
- Invites the first qualified 50 applicants to an online interview to be held in February 2021;
Following this, the jury:
- Selects the applicants qualified for Erasmus Mundus Scholarships;
- Selects applicants offered to join the Masters course as self-funded students;
- Designates applicants not selected for admission.
Selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 30 April 2021.
Non-selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 31 May 2021.
Enrolled students will sign their “Student Contract” no later than in the preparatory week of the 1st semester.
The “Student Contract” template used by the Consortium, in which the rights and obligations of the two parties are specified, is herein made available in two versions according to the situation of a self-funded student and of a scholarship student.
Its contents may be slightly revised annually, but the updated document will be announced to admitted students prior to their enrolment in the course.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Avoiding parallel funding
Students who have already obtained an EMJMD scholarship or an Erasmus Mundus Master Course / Joint Doctorate scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional scholarship under the EMJMD action.
Erasmus+ scholarship holders cannot benefit from another EU funded scholarship scheme to follow the same EMJMD course. This holds for the entire period of the course.
EMJMD student scholarships are awarded for participation in the complete EMJMD programme. Scholarship holders cannot transfer university credits from courses taken prior to their enrolment in their EMJMD for the purpose of reducing their mandatory activities in the joint programme. Furthermore, EMJMD scholarship holders cannot at the same time be beneficiaries of a grant for student or staff mobility in the framework of other higher education programmes funded by the EU budget.
The Consortium will check the database of EACEA – as a final step before deciding on the award of Erasmus Mundus scholarships – to see if the selected students have benefitted an EMJMD scholarship or an Erasmus Mundus Master Course / Joint Doctorate scholarship OR another EU funded scholarship scheme to follow the same course OR a grant for student or staff mobility in the framework of other higher education programmes funded by the EU budget.
Students with special needs
EACEA and DocNomads Consortium have a pro-active attitude towards potential grantees with special needs.
In the event of one or more students requiring additional support resulting from special needs they are requested to provide a specific medical certificate from a national health service (or a doctor) and an estimation of the additional costs (for the duration of the DocNomads Master) issued by a national medical centre. Due to the sensitive nature of health data, this information will be processed only to the extent that it is adequate, relevant, and does not exceed the purposes for which it is collected
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The ‘Doc Nomads’ Joint Master Degree In Documentary Film Directing 2021-2023
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Masters
Description
The DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) in Documentary Filmmaking is a two-year, full time, international graduate program (120 ECTS) delivered by a consortium of three prominent European universities across three countries: Portugal, Hungary and Belgium.
The entire DocNomads programme was assessed by an external international panel in 2019 and found compliant with all the standards and sub-standards of the ‘European Approach for External Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes’ framework.
DocNomads is the first joint master in Europe in the field of FILM that was granted the right to use the Erasmus Mundus brand name and the grant support of the European Commission for the first five editions. This backing was granted again for the course editions in the period of 2017-2022.
In each edition, about twenty-four students from all around the world follow a mobility track from Lisbon to Brussels, via Budapest. In doing so, students are immersed within different cultural environments, learning how to make use of their abilities outside their usual social contexts.
Taught entirely in English and taking a practical approach, DOC NOMADS’ unique curriculum and supportive faculty aims at expanding students’ skills and creativity, while providing an integrated training that combines a focus on the arts with contemporary practices in film production.
Directing is essentially learnt through making films out in the real world. Students are asked to confront the aesthetic and practical challenges generated by the actual process of filmmaking and in doing so develop their critical thinking skill; gain autonomy in multifarious disciplines; and build – throughout the course – their own repertoire of formal approaches.
Upon completion of the program, degree holders will be prepared and qualified to enter a professional life in the craft of documentary filmmaking – as directors, as producers, as independent artists.
As an Erasmus Mundus Program, DOC NOMADS offers two-year scholarships to some of the selected European and non-European students.
DOC NOMADS Master Course is sponsored and supervised by the EACEA – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
ERASMUS+ Scholarships
Erasmus Plus scholarships are awarded on the basis of excellence to eligible candidates.
The planned number of scholarships available for the 10th edition is twenty (20).
A student scholarship is awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the Master courses and will cover the entire duration of the EMJMD study programme.
Candidates eligible for scholarships are students who have obtained a primary higher-education degree or can demonstrate a recognised equivalent according to national legislation and practices of the degree awarding country. While this condition must necessarily be fulfilled at the time of enrolment, the Consortium accepts scholarship applications from students in the last year of their first higher education degree.
DocNomads Consortium provides two categories of student scholarships based on EACEA regulations: Programme country and Partner country scholarships.
Programme countries: Member States of the European Union, and EEA-EFTA States (Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein), UK, Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Serbia.
Partner countries: Countries OTHER than the countries listed in the above Programme countries category.
Special cases
-
- Students with a double nationality (of a Partner and of a Programme Country) must specify the nationality under which they submit their scholarship application.
- “12-month rule”: Candidates from Partner countries who have been residents in one of the Programme countries, or have carried out in any of these countries their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months during the previous 5 years calculated backwards from the deadline of the application to DocNomads will be provided with Programme Countries category scholarships based on EACEA rules.
A minimum of 75% of EMJMD scholarships will be earmarked for candidates from Partner Countries. Erasmus+ EMJMD student scholarships can be offered to students from any region of the world. The Consortium takes geographical balance into account – i.e. no more than 3 candidates from the same country (or with the same nationality) should be awarded an EMJMD scholarship during the same intake.
Eligibilities
Applicants background
DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Masters Course is aimed to students from all over the world with a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Film Studies, in Arts or in Media Communication studies.
Other degrees (of at least EQF Level 6) may be accepted from applicants with a convincing artistic portfolio.
Currently in its 8th Edition, so far DocNomads had enrolled students from 67 nationalities: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam.
DocNomads provides the rare privilege of bringing together, for some time, a close community of people from diverse cultures and varied backgrounds, individual voices and particular visions.
We consider this aspect to be one of the best assets of the program, which certainly augments the unique experience of being part of it.
Applicants profile
The Academic Board of DOC NOMADS is looking for students who are:
- active, enthusiastic, and curious
- creative, supportive, and capable of team work
- resilient, tolerant and open to criticism
- socially minded, empathetic, and ethically aware
- seeking artistic independence and a personal voice
DocNomads is quite an intensive study program, demanding much study and many work hours, while constantly pushing students to face new experiences.
Its challenging curriculum is aimed at students committed to taking advantage of the learning opportunities provided, in order to achieve and improve upon specialized skills, both in terms of theoretical knowledge of creative documentary and through practical training within this multifarious discipline.
Benefits
Detailed information about the scholarships
| Scholarship holders from Erasmus+ Programme countries |
Scholarship holders from Erasmus+ Partner countries |
|
|---|---|---|
| Tuition fees | up to € 4500 per year per scholarship holder from a Programme Country | up to € 9000 per year per scholarship holder from a Partner Country |
| For each student, actual tuition fee must be covered by the EACEA support and cannot be charged to the scholarship holder, i.e. the consortium grants the EMMC scholarship holder a fee waiver. | ||
| Contribution to the travel costs | Programme Countries:
€ 1000 per year per scholarship holder resident of a Programme Country |
Partner Countries:€ 2000 per year per scholarship holder resident in a Partner Country whose location is less than 4000 km away from the HEI coordinating the JMD (Budapest, Hungary)
€ 3000 per year per scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country whose location is 4000 km or more away from the HEI coordinating the JMD (Budapest, Hungary) |
The contribution to the travel costs takes into account the residence of the scholarship holder. The place of residence should be verified on the basis of the provision of:
Both documents must have been issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of applying for the DocNomads EMJMD (4th January 2021). |
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| Contribution to installation costs | € 1000 per scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country
A contribution to installation costs is offered only to students residing in a Partner Country. |
|
| Contribution to subsistence costs | € 1000 per month for the entire duration of the JMD study programme (24 months maximum)
Contribution to subsistence costs will not be given: – to scholarship holders for periods of the EMJMD (study / research / placement / thesis preparation) spent in their country of residence; – to scholarship holders from a Partner Country for the EMMC periods exceeding three months (indicatively the equivalent of 15 ECTS credits) spent in any Partner Country. |
|
Program Venue
Eligible Regions
All Regions
Eligible Countries
All Countries
Application Process
Requirments
The following documents are required for application:
- Completed, and sent APPLICATION E-FORM.
CV and motivation letter are each limited to 1000 characters (including spaces).
- Authorised, stamped or certified copies of your previous Bachelor degree(s) translated to English by a sworn translator.
Note on the required BA degree: we accept degrees which are equivalent with European Qualification Framework Level 6 (or higher). You can find out about your degree’s eligibility on this website.
In the case of ongoing studies: an official school certificate in English stating that the applicant’s Bachelor Degree is due latest by 31 July 2021.
- Depending on the country of origin of the awarded diploma or certificate, there are various methods of authorisation. A list of countries and methods can be found here: List of authorisation procedures by country
- “Apostille seal” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 1, click here to find the competent office.
- “Legalization” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 2, click on the following link to find the competent Belgian embassy: Addresses of Belgian Embassies and Consulates abroad
- “Certification” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 3: a certified true copy issued in the country of origin of your document will be accepted.
- Certified copies of an English language certificate. Candidates are required a good spoken and written English.
English proficiency certificates: the minimum required level is B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.
Students can prove their proficiency by the following means:
Providing one of the following English certificates with the minimum scores listed below, issued within 2 years before the application deadline:
- IELTS 6.0
- TOEFL iBT 79 or CBT 213 or PBT 550
- TOEIC Listening + Reading 605 Speaking 160 Writing 150
- ACT English 20 + Reading 20
- Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) grade A, B or C
- First Certificate in English (FCE) grade A, B or C
Providing an English-language higher educational diploma at an institute of higher education in one of the Inner Circle countries:
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Canada (except Quebec)
- Ireland
- Caribbean Islands
- South Africa
Providing an English-language diploma at an institute of higher education (including statement that the BA study of at least 180 ECTS was conducted in English) and presenting a convincing application for a waiver of the requirement.
- A link to the FILM made for the application (“I see, I hear, I film”).
- Upload to YouTube or similar (unlisted link, no password!) a 3-minute film purposely made by you for the application, under the topic ‘I see, I hear, I film’, with English subtitles embedded in the video (NOT separated SRT file), even if spoken in English.
- The film shall underline a strong relationship with the surrounding reality.
- It shall focus on characters or places, and show a creative personal cinematic concept.
- The film has to be shot and edited by the applicant. No additional music, sound effects or video effects.
- Voice-over/narration (if any) shall be the applicant’s own voice, in their mother tongue, with English subtitles.
- Note that only unlisted links are acceptable. If the film is made available for public access your application will be automatically disqualified.
- A link to the applicant’s previous/additional film.
Upload to YouTube (or similar) either a whole or part of one film previously made by you (max. 9-minutes in length), with English subtitles, and credits (mandatory).
This previous/additional film, although required for the jury’s selection process, is viewed only if necessary in making decisions regarding the selection process.
- One recent photo of yourself.
- Your photo must be a good quality head-shot with white background.
- Copy of passport or ID card (EU) with expiration date.
- It is highly recommended that the expiration date is 31 August 2023 or later.
- A residence certificate issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of the application, in accordance with the candidate’s municipality normal registration rules OR a certificate from the candidate’s place of work, study or training issued by the employer or institution in question.
PRIOR LEARNING INFORMATION
Applicants with no (Academic) BA degree can apply for recognition of ‘Previously Acquired Competence’ (PAC) or ‘Previously Acquired Qualifications (PAQ)’ to request full or partial exemptions of the desired academic Bachelor degree/bridging program.
The PAC/PAQ procedure is always handled by the higher education institution that issues the degree/program for which the candidate makes a PAC/PAQ-request. For instance, applicants that want to obtain an academic BA in Audiovisual Arts through a PAC/PAQ procedure OR wish to be granted exemption of (part of) the bridging programme in Audiovisual Arts should start their PAC/PAQ procedure at a university which provides such a course. More information on LUCA PAC-procedure: https://www.luca-arts.be/en/exemptions
Note: if an applicant succeeds in a PAC/PAQ-procedure and meets all DocNomads application requirements he/she is NOT automatically admitted as a student of DocNomads. A successful PAC/PAQ procedure only means that the applicant fulfils the formal requirements of DocNomads application.
Procedures
The application packs will be evaluated firstly by the DOC NOMADS Secretariat.
Applications meeting all formal requirements will undergo a pre-selection procedure. Applications rejected on formal grounds will not enter the pre-selection procedure.
The selection of candidates is made on the basis of the applicable set of criteria, which is carried through by a Selection Committee appointed by the Consortium.
During the pre-selection procedure the jury draws up an absolute ranking list of applicants, and then:
- Invites the first qualified 50 applicants to an online interview to be held in February 2021;
Following this, the jury:
- Selects the applicants qualified for Erasmus Mundus Scholarships;
- Selects applicants offered to join the Masters course as self-funded students;
- Designates applicants not selected for admission.
Selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 30 April 2021.
Non-selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 31 May 2021.
Enrolled students will sign their “Student Contract” no later than in the preparatory week of the 1st semester.
The “Student Contract” template used by the Consortium, in which the rights and obligations of the two parties are specified, is herein made available in two versions according to the situation of a self-funded student and of a scholarship student.
Its contents may be slightly revised annually, but the updated document will be announced to admitted students prior to their enrolment in the course.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Avoiding parallel funding
Students who have already obtained an EMJMD scholarship or an Erasmus Mundus Master Course / Joint Doctorate scholarship are not eligible to apply for an additional scholarship under the EMJMD action.
Erasmus+ scholarship holders cannot benefit from another EU funded scholarship scheme to follow the same EMJMD course. This holds for the entire period of the course.
EMJMD student scholarships are awarded for participation in the complete EMJMD programme. Scholarship holders cannot transfer university credits from courses taken prior to their enrolment in their EMJMD for the purpose of reducing their mandatory activities in the joint programme. Furthermore, EMJMD scholarship holders cannot at the same time be beneficiaries of a grant for student or staff mobility in the framework of other higher education programmes funded by the EU budget.
The Consortium will check the database of EACEA – as a final step before deciding on the award of Erasmus Mundus scholarships – to see if the selected students have benefitted an EMJMD scholarship or an Erasmus Mundus Master Course / Joint Doctorate scholarship OR another EU funded scholarship scheme to follow the same course OR a grant for student or staff mobility in the framework of other higher education programmes funded by the EU budget.
Students with special needs
EACEA and DocNomads Consortium have a pro-active attitude towards potential grantees with special needs.
In the event of one or more students requiring additional support resulting from special needs they are requested to provide a specific medical certificate from a national health service (or a doctor) and an estimation of the additional costs (for the duration of the DocNomads Master) issued by a national medical centre. Due to the sensitive nature of health data, this information will be processed only to the extent that it is adequate, relevant, and does not exceed the purposes for which it is collected
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The ‘Doc Nomads’ Joint Master Degree In Documentary Film Directing 2021-2023
FUNDING TYPE
Description
The DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) in Documentary Filmmaking is a two-year, full time, international graduate program (120 ECTS) delivered by a consortium of three prominent European universities across three countries: Portugal, Hungary and Belgium.
The entire DocNomads programme was assessed by an external international panel in 2019 and found compliant with all the standards and sub-standards of the ‘European Approach for External Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes’ framework.
DocNomads is the first joint master in Europe in the field of FILM that was granted the right to use the Erasmus Mundus brand name and the grant support of the European Commission for the first five editions. This backing was granted again for the course editions in the period of 2017-2022.
In each edition, about twenty-four students from all around the world follow a mobility track from Lisbon to Brussels, via Budapest. In doing so, students are immersed within different cultural environments, learning how to make use of their abilities outside their usual social contexts.
Taught entirely in English and taking a practical approach, DOC NOMADS’ unique curriculum and supportive faculty aims at expanding students’ skills and creativity, while providing an integrated training that combines a focus on the arts with contemporary practices in film production.
Directing is essentially learnt through making films out in the real world. Students are asked to confront the aesthetic and practical challenges generated by the actual process of filmmaking and in doing so develop their critical thinking skill; gain autonomy in multifarious disciplines; and build – throughout the course – their own repertoire of formal approaches.
Upon completion of the program, degree holders will be prepared and qualified to enter a professional life in the craft of documentary filmmaking – as directors, as producers, as independent artists.
As an Erasmus Mundus Program, DOC NOMADS offers two-year scholarships to some of the selected European and non-European students.
DOC NOMADS Master Course is sponsored and supervised by the EACEA – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
ERASMUS+ Scholarships
Erasmus Plus scholarships are awarded on the basis of excellence to eligible candidates.
The planned number of scholarships available for the 10th edition is twenty (20).
A student scholarship is awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the Master courses and will cover the entire duration of the EMJMD study programme.
Candidates eligible for scholarships are students who have obtained a primary higher-education degree or can demonstrate a recognised equivalent according to national legislation and practices of the degree awarding country. While this condition must necessarily be fulfilled at the time of enrolment, the Consortium accepts scholarship applications from students in the last year of their first higher education degree.
DocNomads Consortium provides two categories of student scholarships based on EACEA regulations: Programme country and Partner country scholarships.
Programme countries: Member States of the European Union, and EEA-EFTA States (Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein), UK, Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Serbia.
Partner countries: Countries OTHER than the countries listed in the above Programme countries category.
Special cases
-
- Students with a double nationality (of a Partner and of a Programme Country) must specify the nationality under which they submit their scholarship application.
- “12-month rule”: Candidates from Partner countries who have been residents in one of the Programme countries, or have carried out in any of these countries their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months during the previous 5 years calculated backwards from the deadline of the application to DocNomads will be provided with Programme Countries category scholarships based on EACEA rules.
A minimum of 75% of EMJMD scholarships will be earmarked for candidates from Partner Countries. Erasmus+ EMJMD student scholarships can be offered to students from any region of the world. The Consortium takes geographical balance into account – i.e. no more than 3 candidates from the same country (or with the same nationality) should be awarded an EMJMD scholarship during the same intake.
BENIFITS
Detailed information about the scholarships
| Scholarship holders from Erasmus+ Programme countries |
Scholarship holders from Erasmus+ Partner countries |
|
|---|---|---|
| Tuition fees | up to € 4500 per year per scholarship holder from a Programme Country | up to € 9000 per year per scholarship holder from a Partner Country |
| For each student, actual tuition fee must be covered by the EACEA support and cannot be charged to the scholarship holder, i.e. the consortium grants the EMMC scholarship holder a fee waiver. | ||
| Contribution to the travel costs | Programme Countries:
€ 1000 per year per scholarship holder resident of a Programme Country |
Partner Countries:€ 2000 per year per scholarship holder resident in a Partner Country whose location is less than 4000 km away from the HEI coordinating the JMD (Budapest, Hungary)
€ 3000 per year per scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country whose location is 4000 km or more away from the HEI coordinating the JMD (Budapest, Hungary) |
The contribution to the travel costs takes into account the residence of the scholarship holder. The place of residence should be verified on the basis of the provision of:
Both documents must have been issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of applying for the DocNomads EMJMD (4th January 2021). |
||
| Contribution to installation costs | € 1000 per scholarship holder resident of a Partner Country
A contribution to installation costs is offered only to students residing in a Partner Country. |
|
| Contribution to subsistence costs | € 1000 per month for the entire duration of the JMD study programme (24 months maximum)
Contribution to subsistence costs will not be given: – to scholarship holders for periods of the EMJMD (study / research / placement / thesis preparation) spent in their country of residence; – to scholarship holders from a Partner Country for the EMMC periods exceeding three months (indicatively the equivalent of 15 ECTS credits) spent in any Partner Country. |
|
Eligibilities
Applicants background
DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Masters Course is aimed to students from all over the world with a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Film Studies, in Arts or in Media Communication studies.
Other degrees (of at least EQF Level 6) may be accepted from applicants with a convincing artistic portfolio.
Currently in its 8th Edition, so far DocNomads had enrolled students from 67 nationalities: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam.
DocNomads provides the rare privilege of bringing together, for some time, a close community of people from diverse cultures and varied backgrounds, individual voices and particular visions.
We consider this aspect to be one of the best assets of the program, which certainly augments the unique experience of being part of it.
Applicants profile
The Academic Board of DOC NOMADS is looking for students who are:
- active, enthusiastic, and curious
- creative, supportive, and capable of team work
- resilient, tolerant and open to criticism
- socially minded, empathetic, and ethically aware
- seeking artistic independence and a personal voice
DocNomads is quite an intensive study program, demanding much study and many work hours, while constantly pushing students to face new experiences.
Its challenging curriculum is aimed at students committed to taking advantage of the learning opportunities provided, in order to achieve and improve upon specialized skills, both in terms of theoretical knowledge of creative documentary and through practical training within this multifarious discipline.
For Further Queries:
https://www.docnomads.eu/contact
Eligible Regions:
Program Venue:
APPLICATION PROCESS
Requirments
The following documents are required for application:
- Completed, and sent APPLICATION E-FORM.
CV and motivation letter are each limited to 1000 characters (including spaces).
- Authorised, stamped or certified copies of your previous Bachelor degree(s) translated to English by a sworn translator.
Note on the required BA degree: we accept degrees which are equivalent with European Qualification Framework Level 6 (or higher). You can find out about your degree’s eligibility on this website.
In the case of ongoing studies: an official school certificate in English stating that the applicant’s Bachelor Degree is due latest by 31 July 2021.
- Depending on the country of origin of the awarded diploma or certificate, there are various methods of authorisation. A list of countries and methods can be found here: List of authorisation procedures by country
- “Apostille seal” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 1, click here to find the competent office.
- “Legalization” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 2, click on the following link to find the competent Belgian embassy: Addresses of Belgian Embassies and Consulates abroad
- “Certification” If you find the country of origin of your awarded diploma or certificate in column 3: a certified true copy issued in the country of origin of your document will be accepted.
- Certified copies of an English language certificate. Candidates are required a good spoken and written English.
English proficiency certificates: the minimum required level is B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.
Students can prove their proficiency by the following means:
Providing one of the following English certificates with the minimum scores listed below, issued within 2 years before the application deadline:
- IELTS 6.0
- TOEFL iBT 79 or CBT 213 or PBT 550
- TOEIC Listening + Reading 605 Speaking 160 Writing 150
- ACT English 20 + Reading 20
- Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) grade A, B or C
- First Certificate in English (FCE) grade A, B or C
Providing an English-language higher educational diploma at an institute of higher education in one of the Inner Circle countries:
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Canada (except Quebec)
- Ireland
- Caribbean Islands
- South Africa
Providing an English-language diploma at an institute of higher education (including statement that the BA study of at least 180 ECTS was conducted in English) and presenting a convincing application for a waiver of the requirement.
- A link to the FILM made for the application (“I see, I hear, I film”).
- Upload to YouTube or similar (unlisted link, no password!) a 3-minute film purposely made by you for the application, under the topic ‘I see, I hear, I film’, with English subtitles embedded in the video (NOT separated SRT file), even if spoken in English.
- The film shall underline a strong relationship with the surrounding reality.
- It shall focus on characters or places, and show a creative personal cinematic concept.
- The film has to be shot and edited by the applicant. No additional music, sound effects or video effects.
- Voice-over/narration (if any) shall be the applicant’s own voice, in their mother tongue, with English subtitles.
- Note that only unlisted links are acceptable. If the film is made available for public access your application will be automatically disqualified.
- A link to the applicant’s previous/additional film.
Upload to YouTube (or similar) either a whole or part of one film previously made by you (max. 9-minutes in length), with English subtitles, and credits (mandatory).
This previous/additional film, although required for the jury’s selection process, is viewed only if necessary in making decisions regarding the selection process.
- One recent photo of yourself.
- Your photo must be a good quality head-shot with white background.
- Copy of passport or ID card (EU) with expiration date.
- It is highly recommended that the expiration date is 31 August 2023 or later.
- A residence certificate issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of the application, in accordance with the candidate’s municipality normal registration rules OR a certificate from the candidate’s place of work, study or training issued by the employer or institution in question.
PRIOR LEARNING INFORMATION
Applicants with no (Academic) BA degree can apply for recognition of ‘Previously Acquired Competence’ (PAC) or ‘Previously Acquired Qualifications (PAQ)’ to request full or partial exemptions of the desired academic Bachelor degree/bridging program.
The PAC/PAQ procedure is always handled by the higher education institution that issues the degree/program for which the candidate makes a PAC/PAQ-request. For instance, applicants that want to obtain an academic BA in Audiovisual Arts through a PAC/PAQ procedure OR wish to be granted exemption of (part of) the bridging programme in Audiovisual Arts should start their PAC/PAQ procedure at a university which provides such a course. More information on LUCA PAC-procedure: https://www.luca-arts.be/en/exemptions
Note: if an applicant succeeds in a PAC/PAQ-procedure and meets all DocNomads application requirements he/she is NOT automatically admitted as a student of DocNomads. A successful PAC/PAQ procedure only means that the applicant fulfils the formal requirements of DocNomads application.
Procedures
The application packs will be evaluated firstly by the DOC NOMADS Secretariat.
Applications meeting all formal requirements will undergo a pre-selection procedure. Applications rejected on formal grounds will not enter the pre-selection procedure.
The selection of candidates is made on the basis of the applicable set of criteria, which is carried through by a Selection Committee appointed by the Consortium.
During the pre-selection procedure the jury draws up an absolute ranking list of applicants, and then:
- Invites the first qualified 50 applicants to an online interview to be held in February 2021;
Following this, the jury:
- Selects the applicants qualified for Erasmus Mundus Scholarships;
- Selects applicants offered to join the Masters course as self-funded students;
- Designates applicants not selected for admission.
Selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 30 April 2021.
Non-selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 31 May 2021.
Enrolled students will sign their “Student Contract” no later than in the preparatory week of the 1st semester.
The “Student Contract” template used by the Consortium, in which the rights and obligations of the two parties are specified, is herein made available in two versions according to the situation of a self-funded student and of a scholarship student.
Its contents may be slightly revised annually, but the updated document will be announced to admitted students prior to their enrolment in the course.
