One of the Erasmus Mundus programme's objectives is to encourage and enable highly qualified graduates and scholars from all over the world to obtain qualifications and/or experience in the European Union.

A scholar is an academic and/or professional of outstanding experience who carries out teaching or research assignments and scholarly work within the framework of an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course.

The IMIM Consortium’s universities are hosting outstanding third-country scholars whose research interests relate to the core values of the programme and who are interested in strengthening academic partnerships with the Consortium. Selected academics are hosted for a period of up to three months in one of the Consortium’s institutions. During this period they teach or develop elements of the IMIM courses and can be engaged in independent research or other activities.

Erasmus Mundus scholarships are available for third-country scholars.

The amount of an average three-month scholarship for scholars is 13,000 Euro. This includes three monthly grants of 4,000 Euro and a fixed amount of 1,000 Euro for travel expenses. If the period is more than three month no more than 13,000 euro will be paid. The period does not have to be 3 months in a row. Further information on Erasmus Mundus scholarships.

For application for a scholarship, please send a letter of motivation along with a CV and specify which partner institutions you would like to visit during your stay in Europe (please make arrangements with these institutions before sending the application).

Application files are to be e-mailed to: info.imim@polimi.it

Deadline for reception of applications for 2009-2011 master edition: January 31st 2009.

Scholars who joined the IMIM faculty recently are:

•    Wang Xiucun, from Beijing Institute of Technology, China
•    Julio Fernández, from Universidad ORT, Uruguay
•    Wu Min, from China
•    Flavio Picchi, from Brasil
•    Thomas Goldsby, from Gatton College of Business and Economics,University of Kentucky, USA