Bursa » Erasmus Mundus Action 2 SIGMA

SIGMA is an Erasmus Mundus Action 2 project within the European Commission scholarship programme Erasmus Mundus Action 2, Strand 1, Lot 6, Western Balkans – part of a wider programme that aims at promoting institutional cooperation and mobility between the EU and other parts of the world.

Within this scholarship programme, there are over 250 fully funded scholarships available:
→ for students, researchers, academic and administrative staff from the Western Balkans to visit one of the EU partner universities &
→ for students, researchers, academic and administrative staff from the EU partner universities to visit one of the partner universities in the Western Balkans



Fields of study
All fields of study are available according to partner universities’ offers.

Who can apply?
Students, researchers, academic and administrative staff from universities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo (as defined under UNSCR 1244/99), Montenegro, and Serbia (Target group 1, 2 or 3) who are nationals of one of these countries.
Students, researchers, academic and administrative staff from partner universities in the EU (Target group 1) who are nationals of the EU.
All applicants must have finished at least one year of university studies.
Applicants from the Western Balkans cannot have spent more than a total of 12 months over the last 5 years in one of the EU countries (doesn’t apply to staff & Target Group 3).


How to apply?

All interested candidates should first check which are the required documents HERE for undergraduate/master/PhD students and Post Doc’s and Staff respectively. All the documents should be in English or translated into English.

    Open, totally ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS, no printed documents should be sent
    Read the instructions very carefully
    Make sure you are eligible and decide which target group you belong to
    Check the offers of the partner universities and decide which university you will be applying to – you have 2 choices. Applicants from the Western Balkans can apply to the EU partner universities only, applicant from the EU partner universities can apply to the Western Balkans partner universities only.
    Make sure that you fulfill language and other requirements of the potential hosting university
    Collect the required documents, write motivation statement
    Make sure the documents are in English (or are translated into English) and the motivation statement is well-written
    Create an account
    Fill out the application form (you don’t need to fill it out and submit at one time)
    Upload the required documents
    Submit the application
    Make sure that you have received a confirmation by e-mai