The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Manufacturing 4.0 (meta4.0) is a two-year, fully English-taught master’s degree delivered by a consortium of six European universities across five countries, coordinated from France. It trains engineers in digital, clean, sustainable and smart manufacturing — the core of Industry 4.0.
Students move together through Saint-Étienne (France) and Turin (Italy) in the first year, then choose one of four specialisation tracks in Norway, Slovenia, France or Germany, finishing with an industrial or applied-research thesis placement. The project was funded for four annual intakes (2023–2025 through 2026–2028); the final 2026–2028 cohort ran a single application round (opened 15 November 2025, closed 15 February 2026), admissions are now closed, and no further call is scheduled or announced.
Benefits & funding
- Erasmus Mundus scholarship: €1,400 per month for 24 months.
- Covers all tuition and semester fees, student travel and installation, library and laboratory costs, mandatory participation expenses, and a health-insurance package.
- 90 Erasmus Mundus scholarships across the four cohorts of the project (60 for Programme and Partner countries, 3 for IPA partner countries, 27 for NDICI partner countries).
- Consortium scholarships: 2 per cohort (not guaranteed) — a 50% tuition reduction for outstanding applicants who miss an Erasmus Mundus grant.
- Self-funded tuition, if unfunded: €9,000 total for Programme-country students, €18,000 total for Partner-country students, over the two years.
- Additional financial support for students with disabilities.
Eligibility
- A Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree equivalent to 180 ECTS (three years of study), average grade B or higher, in Mechanics / Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, or Mechatronics.
- Evidence of at least 135 face-to-face teaching hours in mathematics or related subjects.
- Final-year bachelor students may apply conditionally but must confirm graduation before 31 July of the entry year.
- English proficiency at B2, shown by IELTS 6.5 (minimum 6.0 in each band), TOEFL ~95 iBT, TOEIC 800, or Cambridge FCE grade A/B, with a certificate no older than two years; exemptions apply for English-medium study in specified countries.
- Open to all nationalities; a diversity cap limits any single nationality to no more than 10% of the selected list.
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Application process
- 1Prepare your documents (degree, transcripts, English certificate, CV, motivation) and translate them into English.
- 2Apply through the official meta4.0 online portal between 15 November and 15 February — the cohort has a single application round.
- 3Eligibility screening, then a pre-score and shortlist evaluation of the top 100 candidates.
- 4Possible interviews in March; results by around 24 March; confirm your place between 25 March and 1 April.
Program timeline
Final-cohort applications open
15 November 2025
Applications close — final intake now closed
15 February 2026
Potential interviews
March 2026
Admission results notified
By 24 March 2026
Applicants confirm their place
25 March – 1 April 2026
September 2026
Final 2026–2028 cohort starts
No further application call is scheduled.