Erasmus Mundus European Master in Animal Biodiversity and Genomics (EMABG) Scholarship 2027

Erasmus Mundus European Master in Animal Biodiversity and Genomics (EMABG) Scholarship

Updated on 10 October 2026

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Do you hold a bachelor's degree in animal science, agronomy, biology or genetics? The Erasmus Mundus EMABG master's programme (European Master in Animal Biodiversity and Genomics) offers roughly 15 scholarships of €1,400 per month over two years, with participation costs and insurance covered.

Deadline: 15 January 2027

Provider	EMABG consortium (6 universities), co-funded by the European Union
Countries	Norway (year 1), then Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Germany or France
Level	Master's, 2 years (120 ECTS credits)
Benefits	Participation costs and insurance covered, €1,400 per month for 24 months
Deadline	15 January 2027
Official link	emabg.eu

Contents

• What the programme covers
• Who can apply
• Documents to prepare
• How to apply, step by step
• Selection timeline
• Mistakes to avoid

What the programme covers

EMABG is a joint master's degree delivered by six universities: NMBU (Norway), BOKU (Austria), Wageningen (Netherlands), SLU (Sweden), Göttingen (Germany) and AgroParisTech (France). It trains specialists in animal genetics, genomics and breeding applied to biodiversity.

Every track begins at NMBU in Norway. The second year then takes place at one of the five other universities, depending on your chosen specialisation: conservation genomics (Wageningen), small population breeding (BOKU), bioinformatics (SLU), One Health and animal welfare (Göttingen) or integrative biology (AgroParisTech).

The scholarship covers participation costs and health insurance, and pays €1,400 per month intended for food, accommodation, travel and visa expenses.

Budget for your departure anyway. You must pay for your own ticket to the first university. The allowance is only paid after you arrive, into a European bank account. Accommodation during the welcome course, the summer school and the graduation ceremony also remains at your own expense.

Who can apply

• Holders of a bachelor's degree of at least 180 ECTS credits in animal science, or a related field with foundations in biostatistics, animal physiology, breeding, genetics and genomics.
• Applicants who have never received an Erasmus Mundus master's scholarship.
• Holders of a master's degree in a similar field cannot be admitted at Göttingen.

For English, the consortium publishes a table specific to African countries. In Cameroon, graduates from the Anglophone subsystem do not need a test for the first year at NMBU. Those from the Francophone subsystem must provide one. The Wageningen track requires a test for almost every African country.

Required scores: IELTS Academic 7 (6.5 speaking) or TOEFL iBT 92 (23 speaking). Cambridge C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency are also accepted. The test must be less than two years old at the deadline. Online IELTS is not accepted.

If your degree does not match this field, consider other Erasmus Mundus options such as the GrEnFIn scholarship in energy and finance or the TFMASA master's in aeronautical and space engineering. An online degree with a partial Unicaf scholarship is another possibility.

Documents to prepare from Africa

• Bachelor's degree certificate issued by the university, dated, signed and stamped, with its English translation in the same PDF.
• Transcripts for all years, with the grading scale and your average, combined into a single PDF. Remember the back of each page.
• Passport identity page and a recent photograph.
• Residence certificate in English or translated, issued less than 12 months before the deadline. Three options are accepted: an official residence certificate, a dated ID document showing your address (or accompanied by an electricity bill in your name), or a dated and signed attestation from your employer or institution.
• CV, preferably in Europass format.
• English certificate, if your country and chosen tracks require it.
• A letter stating your 3 preferred tracks, with your reasons.
• Two recommendation letters, written by two different people and mentioning your name.
• A motivation video of 1 to 2 minutes, in MP4, 50 MB maximum, titled only with your application number.

The website does not ask for legalisation at application stage. Still, request your signed transcripts from the registrar's office early and start your translations without delay, as these steps can take time.

How to apply, step by step

• Create your account on the EMABG application platform.
• Upload all your documents in PDF. Only complete files are reviewed.
• Submit your video through the BOKUbox link shown on the procedure page.
• Send your complete file at least three weeks before the deadline, as the consortium recommends.

No application fee is mentioned on the official website: applying online is free.

Apply before 15 January 2027

Selection timeline

15 September 2026	Applications open
15 January 2027	Deadline
February 2027	Selection meeting, no interview
Early March 2027	Results announced
April 2027	Visa appointments, validation by the European agency EACEA, then admission and scholarship letters
August 2027	Start of term with the welcome course

Your application is scored as follows: 50% for the degree and transcripts (level and relevance of courses), 20% for the video, 20% for the CV and 10% for the recommendations.

In most cases, the consortium selects a maximum of two candidates per country. An appeal is possible within 10 days of the results.

Mistakes to avoid

• Sending a generic motivation letter instead of the tracks letter.
• Reciting the website in your video, or having it written by an AI: the panel is scoring your personal motivation.
• Submitting a transcript without a date, signature or stamp: it will be judged invalid.
• Uploading several files for your transcripts instead of a single PDF.
• Presenting an English test that is too old or taken online, or providing none at all when you are a Francophone graduate.
• Choosing your tracks without checking the English requirement specific to each one.
• Leaving without a budget for the ticket and the first month.

Does your profile lie elsewhere? Look also at the MAPP master's in public policy or the NOHA Erasmus Mundus programme in humanitarian action.

Official link

Application procedure	emabg.eu/application/application-procedure

Read also

• Erasmus Mundus GrEnFIn scholarship in energy and finance
• Erasmus Mundus TFMASA master's in aeronautical and space engineering
• NOHA Erasmus Mundus programme in humanitarian action

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