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. • 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) • 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) • 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. • 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 1 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. THE 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) • • 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). • We strongly prefer that you upload the page of your passport showing both your name, your citizenship and the date of expiration. • 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. • 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. • 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) • 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) • 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. • 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. 2 - 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); • • • • • • 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 • 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. • 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: • 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]. • 5a. (Certified copies of) University diplomas at the level of Bachelor 3 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. • 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]. • (Elective) Any other documents students wish to provide such as GRE scores, research project and publications. • Birth certificate (translated into French, for those who will spend at least one Semester in Paris). • 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. 4