2026 Erasmus Mundus Decentralised Smart Energy Systems (DENCYS) Scholarship

 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree DENSYS 2.0 is a collaborative two-year (120 ECTs) joint master degree programme with the goal to provide training in the inter-disciplinary fields of Decentralised smart ENergy SYStems. These systems play an increasing role in the perspective of a massive integration of the renewable energy sources into the energy system and the ongoing transition towards a low carbon society.

• Table of Content
• About Erasmus Mundus
• Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship
• Requirements for Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship

• This scholarship covers the participation costs and a monthly allowance (1,400 €/month) for the full 2-year Master’s program.

Requirements for Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship Qualification

Degree

• • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent academic qualifications from an internationally recognized university is required:
    • degree of bachelor in science,
    • degree of bachelor in engineering,
    • technical degree of bachelor in mechanical or aeronautical engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering,
    • technical degree of bachelor in energy engineering where courses fluid mechanics, applied thermodynamics and heat transfer are required,
  • Other corresponding technical or natural scientific degrees on the first level (180 credits) can also give eligibility but specific courses have to be included: applied thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, mathematics, and numerical methods.

Note: Such specific requirements may be assessed as not fulfilled if:

• • • The average grade (CGPA or equivalent)  is lower than 3.0 / 4.0.
    • The degree does not qualify for admission to equivalent Master’s level in the country where the degree is awarded.

English language proficiency

Documented knowledge of written and spoken English is required of all candidates, who have to provide one of the certificates listed below.

• • • TOEFL iBT, TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL iBT Paper Edition: a score of 92/120 must be achieved with reading, writing, listening, speaking with a min. of 22 for writing
    • IELTS Academic: Overall band score of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 on the writing criterion
    • Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): minimum grade “C”. (B2 First and FCE are not accepted).

Waiver for documented language tests are given to students who have been instructed in English during their Bachelor (at least 60 ECTS) from an EU/EEA country, Switzerland or certain English speaking countries (see list 1 below) and for students with a Bachelor’s degree from certain African countries (see list 2 below).

What we don’t accept: Medium of instruction certificates (MOI) or any other type of certificate (e.g. Duolingo) are not accepted.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship

• The coordinating institution (Université de Lorraine) checks all submitted documents and if the applicants fulfil the admission requirements.
• The applications are reviewed and rated by two reviewers from the four academic partners of the consortium. Five criteria are graded, for a maximum score of 100 points. The criteria are the following:
  • Degree, field of study, marks (max. 45)
  • Recommendations letters / self-presentation video (max. 20)
  • Motivation / work experience / professional and academic potential / awards (max. 25)
  • English language proficiency (max. 10)

On the basis of these reviews, the Admission Board allocates four different statuses to each application:

1. Admitted in three lists:
   1. with an conditional EMJM scholarship
   2. with a conditional participation fee reduction but with no EMJM scholarship
   3. with a self-funded status
2. Not admitted in the DENSYS program

Students will be informed by email about their application in early March. Students who are admitted will have to confirm their participation.

Check also:
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2027
Global Korea Scholarship 2027

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more information, kindly visit DENSYS webpage.