TROPIMUNDO is the first International Master in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems (2 years, 120 ECTS) that allows students to delve into the interlinked ecosystems under threat by spending a full second semester of course work and field schools in the Amazonian tropical rainforest, the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific tropical islands,, the Central-African rainforest, the East-African Great Lakes, terrestrial and coastal ecosystems, the Malagasy forest ecosystems, and the Asian terrestrial, aquatic and mangrove forests, and a fourth semester dedicated to thesis work related to tropical biodiversity and ecosystems. The other two semesters are covering basic and specialized courses in Belgium, Italy, France, and French Guiana.

For the 2024 call, the European Commission might provide a certain number of full Erasmus Mundus scholarships for EU and non-EU students. Any information on whether or not the first ranked applicants will receive a scholarship will only be known in July 2025 (to start the programme in September 2025). Selected scholarship holders will have their tuition fees and mobility covered in addition to receiving full insurance and monthly allocations. VLIR-UOS scholarships for Mundus tropicalis have, however, been secured for the next academic year.

The first call for applicants seeking a scholarship intending to start in academic year 2025-2026 is now open and the deadline for application is 30 November 2024.

 

Further information on the TROPIMUNDO programme and the application procedure can be found at  https://tropimundo.eu/ .