Admission to Theatre SPACEs
Required documents
You must upload the following documentation when you apply:
1. Secondary School certificate or High School Diploma
2. University degree certificate or diploma with a grading scale
3. Transcript of records (an official statement listing courses/subjects completed at university)
4. Documentation of English language proficiency
5. Copy of your passport or picture ID including full name, date of birth and gender
6. CV - Please use this recommended template
7. Signed and dated Acknowledgement
If the original language of your documents is not English or a Scandinavian language, officially certified copies of a translation to one of these languages must accompany certified copies of documents in the original language.
Selection Criteria and Process
Applications will be evaluated by the Joint Selection Committee (JSC), composed of one member delegated by each partner institution. Candidates are assessed based on the following:
Written Application Assessment:
- Previous education, professional experience, and competencies based on CV and diploma(s) (1–10 points)
- Motivation statement (1–10 points)
- Minimum total score to proceed: 15 points
Oral interviews with the top 30 candidates will be conducted if necessary, based on an assessment of their written applications:
- Motivation to work with theatre in diverse contexts (1–5 points)
- Research interests (1–5 points)
- Artistic interests (1–5 points)
- Pedagogical / social / community interest (1–5 points)
- Maximum oral interview score: 20 points
Final Selection:
- Total scores from the written application and oral interview will be combined.
- Holistic factors, including geographical balance, gender, and diversity, are considered in final admission decisions. (Stipulation by Erasmus+: no more than 10% of the total number of scholarships awarded during the six years of the project can be awarded to candidates from the same nationality.)
- Top-ranking candidates will be offered admission.
- Selected candidates will be offered a scholarship (1400 € / month for 24 months).
By applying, you accept that if selected, you will be required to sign a Student Agreement. This Agreement confirms you acceptance of the study place offered under the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master programme.
By applying and accepting admission if selected, you accept that you will be required to sign the student agreement
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Timeline
The application portal opens 1 October and closes 1 December.
A selection of applicants will receive an invitation to oral interviews in early February. The interviews will be conducted shortly after the invitations have been sent.
All applicants will be notified of the admission results by late February or early March.
Scholarship
Students selected to receive a scholarship will be granted an EMJM scholarship of 1,400 EUR/month for 24 months.
Students who have benefited from an EMJM/EMJMD scholarship before cannot apply for a scholarship. Students cannot benefit from any other EU-funded scholarship scheme to follow the Theatre SPACEs Master programme for its entire duration.
The EMJM scholarship may not fully cover visa fees, travel expenses, accommodation, and/or living costs. The student accepts responsibility for securing additional personal resources if necessary.
Scholarship instalments will be transferred only to an EUR bank account in EUR after the student’s arrival to Norway, once the Coordinating Institution confirms the arrival and receives the student’s account details. The student is responsible for covering or pre-financing all costs incurred prior to their arrival to Norway. Scholarship payments cannot be disbursed before the official start of the programme and cannot be transferred to non-EUR bank accounts.
Self-financing students
Students can also participate in the Theatre SPACEs Master programme as a self-financing student without paying tuition fees.
Students who benefited from an EMJM/EMJMD scholarship before can still apply as self-financing students.
Self-financing students will be fully responsible for covering all costs related to participation in the programme, including but not limited to travel, visa, accommodation, subsistence, insurance, and any living expenses, including travel and accommodation for mandatory field visits organised as part of the programme. The Consortium will not provide any financial support beyond the benefits expressly stated in the Student Agreement.
Participation in the EMJM programme exempts the student from paying tuition fees to the Consortium; however, the partner institutions may still require registration, administrative, or other minor fees according to their general regulations.