GLOCAL III - a night to remember
The third cohort of GLOCAL students have arrived in Glasgow and are now deep into their first semester.
On the evening of Thursday 19th September 2019, in the elegant surroundings of Glasgow City Chambers, the city held a civic reception to welcome all 7 classes of the University of Glasgow's Erasmus Mundus International Masters students.
A night to remember!
APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY IN 2020 ARE NOW OPEN
Applications for entry to the new GLOCAL programme in September 2020 are now open!
Applications will close on Friday 10th January 2020 so make sure you get your application in on time.
All details on how to apply, (including hints and tips on writing an effective Personal Statement for your Erasmus Mundus Scholarship application) can be found on our website – see the How to Apply section and the Scholarships, Fees and Funding section.
We look forward to receiving more top-quality applications this year!
GLOCAL Summer School 2019 - Rotterdam
The 2019 GLOCAL Summer School is August 25th-29th, at Erasmus University Rotterdam and various venues around the city.
The theme of this year's Summer School is "Tastes of the Global City".
Take a look at the varied and exciting programme:
Tastes of the Global City Summer School 2019 Programme
GLOCAL re-funding bid is successful!
GLOCAL II is Go!
Fantastic news from the EACEA yesterday that our bid for the next tranche of funding for GLOCAL has been approved. This second round will provide scholarships for about 25 students each year for four years, with the first intake in September 2020. And the new programme is bigger, better and even more global, including as it does three new partners - Uppsala University in Sweden, Kyoto University in Japan and Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia.
We are really excited about the opportunities this new programme offers to our students, and are extremely grateful to the two cohorts currently undertaking GLOCAL I for the challenges and inspiration they have provided thus far. At GLOCAL we believe in co-creation, and our students have played a critical role in shaping our thinking.
Huge thanks also to all of our Partners and Associate Partners around the globe - established and new - for their input. It is wonderful, and enormously rewarding, to be working with such a talented, committed and cooperative group of colleagues from across the world. International cooperation, despite what our political classes might argue, remains a fundamentally good thing.
We can now look forward to the graduation of the very first cohort of GLOCAL students in November, secure in the knowledge that there will be at least six more cohorts to come.
GLOCAL Consortium gathers in Barcelona
The GLOCAL Consortium partners are currently meeting in Barcelona (21-22 March 2019) for the final deliberations over the applications for the Erasmus Mundus Scholarships for entry in 2019.
There will also be a staff-student liaison meeting with the 2018 cohort.
Levels of interest in GLOCAL are reflected in the fact that numbers of applications have increased year on year. This year we've received a total of 976 applications - the highest number yet.
The selection committee assesses each scholarship application according to the following criteria:
Academic merit (e.g. relevance and level of academic qualifications) – 30%
Supporting personal statement – 40%
Quality of (academic) references – 10%
Other (e.g. relevant research/professional experiences/interests) – 20%
All applicants will receive an email about the outcome of their application by April 3rd at the latest. PLEASE NOTE: Candidates who do not secure a scholarship and who wish to appeal the decision of the scholarship selection committee must do so in writing by email within 2 weeks (14 days) from the point of notification by the GLOCAL Consortium of their failure to win a scholarship.
Good luck to everyone who applied!
Thank you for your applications!
Thank you to everyone who has applied for the GLOCAL programme in 2019. We are currently processing all of your applications. You should have received a decision on your programme application from the Postgraduate Admissions team. Results of the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship competition will be announced via email by Wednesday 3rd April. Good luck!
The GLOCAL Consortium at last year's Scholarship Selection Committee meeting in Barcelona. We are looking forward to discussing a new batch of top-quality applications again this year!
Applications for 2019 entry to GLOCAL are now closed
Applications closed on Friday 11th January for 2019 entry to GLOCAL. Good luck to everyone who applied! You will receive a decision on your programme application from the Postgraduate Admissions Team within a few weeks. Results of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship competition will be announced by Wednesday 3rd April.
In the meantime, check out our website and social media!
The GLOCAL Experience student website
The GLOCAL Experience student instagram
GLOCAL 2019-21 Applications are now open
Applications for entry to the GLOCAL programme in September 2019 are now open! Applications will close on Friday 11th January 2019 so make sure you get your application in on time! We look forward to receiving more top-quality applications this year. All details on how to apply can be found on our website - see the How to Apply section and the Scholarships, Fees and Funding section.
Welcome to our brand new website!
The GLOCAL team have launched their brand new website! Take a look around and let us know what you think on our social media channels!
Applications for entry to GLOCAL in September 2018 are now closed
Applications for entry to GLOCAL in September 2018 closed on 7th May 2018. Applications for entry in September 2019 will open later this year, so watch this space!