How to submit on-line application form

How to submit on-line application
form
Important! Read it carefully before submitting
the application
The Application Form consists of the
following 7 mandatory stages (some of which
are automatic through the online application)
and possible additional ones, as described
below.
Only application made through the online
platform, duly completed and validated, will be
evaluated. Please do not send any paper
document by regular mail (see below however
for the certified copies) or any electronic
documents by e-mail, unless you are explicitly
asked to do it by our staff.
The same Form should be used both for the
application in the QEM Masters AND for the
application to Erasmus Mundus Schlolarships
(regular ones and the special Windows), any
other Scolarship.
GOING
THROUGH
PROCESS.
ONLINE
THE FOLLOWING Pdf FILES should be
submitted to your personal QEM application
page:
- 1. Curriculum Vitae (on a single pdf file)
containing the following items. Each item (A, B,
C...) should start on a new page.
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A. Personal coordinates: name, first
name, addresses, telephone and e-mail
(both your address in your home country
and the current one where students can
be reached during the application
process, year of birth, country of
citizenship... (1 page)
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B. Studies in high school and
undergraduate studies, with the dates,
the names of the institutions, the field of
study, and the grades (elective) only
given by year. Date of the Bachelor
degree: precise whether it is effective or
planned. If you plan to get your Bachelor
degree at the end of this academic year
you are eligible to apply but we need (i)
an official representative of your
institution to state the estimated date of
the degree and then (ii) to receive the
degree before school starts if you are
accepted in our program (see below). (1
page)
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C. List of mathematics courses taken at
the undergraduate level (above high
school) and above. Precise the title of
each course, the year of studies, the
grade (elective), the total number of
hours of the course, and a brief
description of its content. Particular
emphasis should be given on the level in
calculus, linear algebra, probability,
statistics. There is no GRE requirement.
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D. Proficiency in English and in the
languages of the Consortium (French,
German, Italian and Spanish). Precise
whether
the
courses
of
your
undergraduate studies were taught in
English or not; in the first case you will
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The admission mechanism is common to the
Consortium and you need only to fill a single
form at the Consortium level, following the
guidelines described below. The selection
procedure and the registration will also be done
at the Consortium level.
All documents should be written in English.
All the files should be pdf (except the photo
which should be a .jpg)
You can apply to more than one Erasmus
Mundus Scholarship. However, for application
to an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship through
another Erasmus Mundus Master Course, please,
contact the appropriate Erasmus Mundus Master
Coordinator: our application form is only valid
for application in the QEM Master and to the
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship through the QEM
Master.
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not need a certificate of English test
(TOEFL, etc), and in the second case
you will need to provide it, if possible
before before the application deadline
and in any case before the the Fall
semester starts and your arrival in Paris.
Your estimated proficiency in the languages
of the Consortium is only asked to help us in
defining the level groups of language classes
and will not be part of the selection process. (1
page)
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E. (Elective) Graduate studies, research
project, professional experience, or any
other information above the Bachelor
degree. (1 page)
- 3. Proof of nationality Upload a unique file
(with a single page, whenever possible).
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We strongly prefer that you upload the
page of your passport showing both your
name, your citizenship and the date of
expiration.
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If you don't have a passport yet, please
use any other official document proving
your nationality. If it is not done at this
stage, later you will need to upload the
page of your passport showing your
name, your citizenship and the expiration
date of your passport.
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As soon as possible ask for a passport (if
you don't have one) and check that its
validity encompases the two years of
study of our program (that is, if you
apply for the QEM Master for the
academic year 2011-2013, you passport
should be valid untill September 2013).
It is worth also precising that students
will need to use the same passport for the
application form and for visa purposes.
F. (Elective) Any other information you
may wish to provide.
- 2. Personal letter (on a single pdf file)
containing the following items. Each item (A, B,
C...) should start on a new page.
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A. Motivation statement. Explain your
application, your present situation, your
interest in the field, in the degree and in
the institutions of the consortium, your
intentions after this degree, ... (1 page)
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B. Preferred mobility track. This
essentially concerns the choice of the
institution of the second year. Students
may propose a ranking of their choices
between the institutions and it is very
important to precise whether this is a
definitive choice or simply a wish. In the
latter case, the Committee will take into
consideration the wishes of the students
starting with those who have the highest
acceptance ranking. (1 page)
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C. Financial aid. Students should precise
if they apply for a scholarship (Erasmus
Mundus, Asian Window Erasmus
Mundus, Consortium
and if their
application is conditional to the
acceptation of a scholarship. (1 page)
- 4. Certified transcript of Study results or
other academic records that give proof of the
undergraduate studies, including credits and
grades achieved in each single subject.
Documents must either be in English or
translated in English and be merged in a single
pdf file; this document should be certified.
- 5. Certified copies of University diplomas at
the level of Bachelor degree. Documents must
either be in English or translated in English and
be certified. These documents should be merged
in a single pdf file.
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If students have not completed their
Bachelor degree before the application
deadline, a statement should be uploaded
with the planned date for ending the
undergraduate studies and for the
reception of the degree. The acceptance
to the QEM Master and/or anyone of the
QEM scholarships will be conditional to
the getting of the degree before the fall
semester starts.
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- 6. English proficiency. Students should send a
certificate of recognized test of English
proficiency (TOEFL) only if the courses of their
undergraduate studies were not taught in English
(see above).
GRE scores (which is not mandatory),
research project and publications.
As soon as you have submitted all the
documents, you must do a “course choice” to
validate your application:
The acceptance to the QEM Master
and/or the QEM scholarships will be
conditional to the reception of the test
with a satisfying level.
-QEM 1 (For the 2-years Erasmus Mundus
Master: Models and Methods of Quantitative
Economics);
If the certificate is not ready before the
deadline, it can be sent later by e-mail
AND by regular mail (mandatory).
-MMEF 1 (For the first year Graduate
program: Mathematical Models in Economics
and Finance)
- 7. Two letters of recommendation
(automatic through the online process)
-Summer (For the Summer Semester as a
preparation for the QEM1, MMEF, QEM2)
On Step 5 of your online application,
you will be asked to submit the
information about two persons who are
willing
to
write
a
letter
of
recommendation (first name, last name,
university, city, country, email).
- QEM 2 (For the second-year of the Erasmus
Mundus Master: Models and Methods of
Quantitative Economics);
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Once you submit your application,
each person listed under the reference
form will receive an email prompting
him/her to upload a pdf copy of the
reference letter with the letterhead of
his/her institution.
Once the reference letter has been
uploaded, the receipt of the file will
appear on your personal page of the
online application form (and a mail will
be sent to you).
It is up to the student to check first with
these two persons that they accept to
write the letter and then to make any
necessary reminders.
- Elective
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Passport photo We ask you to upload a
.jpg file of 100x150 pixels if you want
that it appears correctly. It is elective at
this stage but it will be mandatory after
acceptance in the program.
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Any other documents you wish to
provide (in a single pdf file), such as
Important! No Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
is provided for the MMEF1, Summer or QEM 2
programs.
You can apply directly for the Second year of
Erasmus Mundus Master: Models and Methods
of Quantitative Economics (QEM2), if you
show the sufficient knowledge of the subject, for
example, previous Master degree in the relevant
field.
Summer Semester is mandatory for the
Students entering QEM 2 directly (to validate
30 ECTS of the first year)
IF YOU ARE ACCEPTED
SEND BY REGULAR MAIL:
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4a. (Certified transcript of) Study
results or other academic records that
give proof of the undergraduate studies,
including credits and grades achieved in
each single subject. Documents must
either be in English or translated in
English. These documents are the
original transcripts of the pdf file [4].
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5a. (Certified copies of) University
diplomas at the level of Bachelor
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degree. Documents must either be in
English or translated in English. These
documents are the certified copies of the
pdf file [5]; do not send the original
diplomas.
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6a. English proficiency. The test of
English proficiency should be send by
the authorized organization issuing the
certificate. It should be sent only if the
courses of the undergraduate studies
were not taught in English (see above).
This document is the original of the pdf
file [6].
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(Elective) Any other documents
students wish to provide such as GRE
scores, research project and publications.
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Birth certificate (translated into French,
for those who will spend at least one
Semester in Paris).
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2 Passport sized copies.
Documents should be sent on the following
mail address:
QEM Erasmus Mundus Masters
B14, Maison des Sciences Economiques
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
106-112, Boulevard de L'Hôpital,
75647 Paris CEDEX 13
- The acceptance to the QEM Master and/or
anyone of the QEM scholarships will be
conditional to the complete uploading of
items [1]-[7] in due time ([1]-[5] and [7]
before the deadline, and reception of items
[4a], [5a] and [6a] by regular mail before
both the Fall semester starts and the arrival
of the student in Paris).
For the files [4a] and [5a], Certificates of
Authenticity should be issued by recognized
diplomatic or administrative authorities.
Please note: No documents will be returned. So
please do NOT send the originals that cannot be
replaced. We ask for certified copies only.
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