Erasmus Mundus
Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education.
The programme:
- supports high quality European Master Programmes each of which is jointly run by a consortium of European universities and brings together students from Europe and across the world,
- offers prestigious scholarships to enable students from around the world to engage in postgraduate study on an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course in Europe.
Programmes Available
- International Masters in Early Childhood Education (IMEC)
- European MSc Degree in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (SEFOTECH.NUT)
- MSc in Food Innovation and Product Design (FIPDes)
International Masters in Early Childhood Education (IMEC)
IMEC is a two-year Erasmus Mundus international Masters Programme (120 ECTS) in Early Childhood Education and Care. All students will follow a common syllabus, spending at least one semester at all three partner institutions.
IMEC is offered in co-operation between Oslo University College (Norway), University of Malta(Malta), and Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland).
Learning objectives
- To integrate research, professional development and policy at an advanced level within the field of early childhood education and care.
- To gain knowledge of the tension between general policy targets, the increasing diversity of family structures and the need to strengthen children's rights as citizens.
- To bridge the gap between quality provision and the lack of higher education and research within the field of early childhood education and care.
- To explore the increasing pressure on early education and care systems arising from socio-economic and socio-cultural transformations, to focus not only on educational institutions but on children's early learning in a broad variety of formal and informal learning contexts.
- To foster critical awareness of cultural and individual diversity from a political and professional perspective.
The students will be awarded a joint Masters Degree (120 ECTS), recognized by the three Consortium partners.
For further information and application procedures, please click here.
