Master's Scholarship•France · Saint-Étienne

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Manufacturing 4.0 (meta4.0)

Funding

Fully Funded

Program dates

Sep 1, 2026

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.

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.

Application process

  1. 1
    Prepare your documents (degree, transcripts, English certificate, CV, motivation) and translate them into English.
  2. 2
    Apply through the official meta4.0 online portal between 15 November and 15 February — one application per open call.
  3. 3
    Eligibility screening, then a pre-score and shortlist evaluation of the top 100 candidates.
  4. 4
    Possible interviews in March; results by around 24 March; confirm your place between 25 March and 1 April.

Program timeline

  1. Applications open

    15 November

  2. Application deadline

    15 February

  3. Possible interviews

    March

  4. Results notified

    ~24 March

  5. Place confirmation

    25 March – 1 April

  6. Programme starts

    Early September