BASILEUS III

Erasmus Mundus Partnerships (Action 2)

Scholarships for academic exchange 
between EU and Western Balkans
 

What?

Basileus III is an Erasmus Mundus Action 2 project and is funded by the European Commission.  The project consortium consists of 8 EU universities and 12 universities in the Western Balkans. Basileus III provides funding for academic mobility from:

• any Western Balkan institution to the 8 EU partner universities 
• the 8 EU partner universities to the 12 Western Balkan partner universities

Via a so-called Target Group 2 other nationals of the participating Western Balkan countries can apply, on condition they have obtained a higher education degree in the Western Balkans. For more detailed eligibility criteria, please check this link. Eligible Western Balkan countries are: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99), Serbia and Croatia.

The project duration is from 30 November 2010 until 29 November 2014. All mobility must start before 31 December 2011 (except staff). Both student and staff have to finish before the end of the eligibility period. The call for applications is open from 7 December 2010 until 15 February 2011.  Apply online here. There will only be one call for Basileus III, unless certain categories of scholarships are not filled. A new call for Basileus IV is under condition of selection and funding by the European Commission and will be after summer 2011 (september - october).

More information on the previous 2 projects Basileus I and Basileus II can be found here. 

For whom?

Students and staff members of all partner universities, both from the Western Balkan countries and the EU, as well as other nationals of the participating Western Balkan countries, can apply for scholarships. We have planned 283 mobilities in total for all types of mobility: Bachelor, Master, PhD, postdoc and staff. You can check the mobility scheme in detail here.Please note that there is some flexibility in this schedule. 

In which academic disciplines?

There are no specific priorities. You can find an overview of all disciplines here. In order to have more information about programmes at every university, please check the section "partners" on this website.