Programme:
Structure and Timing

Programme Structure
Student mobility is one of the programme’s crucial features and the EMMIR study plan combines both group and individual mobility. You study the first semester in Oldenburg, Germany (UOL) and the second semester in Stavanger, Norway (UIS), together with the whole group. Then you choose your individual mobility path during for the third semester, which includes a project-based internship and one of the modules offered by EMMIR partner universities.
The fourth semester starts with the proposal colloquium in early December at UOL, after which you are free to design your own mobility according to your master thesis. You can focus on your research as well as do internships in any country under the direct supervision of one of the full partner universities.
All four semesters are organised in modules according to the EuÂropean Bologna standard. Each module consists of a number of seminars, lectures, workshops, study trips, tutorials, and other forms of teaching as detailed in the relevant module syllabus (see Module Catalogue); once you have successfully completed a module, you are assigned a specific numÂber of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credit points. Each semester you need to gain 30 ECTS (120 ECTS in four semesters). One ECTS credit point refers to a workload of 25 to 30 hours (including contact hours, reading, assignments and independent study).
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Mobility Path
Diversity. The mobility path exposes you to different approaches to migration theories and policies, as well as varied intercultural relations perspectives. You study in diverse academic institutions located in economic, social and cultural settings in which you learn through your own experience. You learn about what shapes migration processes from different angles, including migrant's experiences, which are systematically integrated into the study programme.
Individual research focus. EMMIR allows you to develop an individual research focus drawing on the expertise of all involved partners and their specialisation in a decentralised way. Your focus might combine previous knowledge and experiences with a more nuanced understanding of your topic of interest, as well as stronger research skills to address it.
EMMIR has four programme foci: gender, diversity and intersectionality; development, conflict and justice; representation, power relations and knowledge production; and education and citizenship. They serve as the foundation you will use to develop your individual specialisation and profile, for example by combining them with a geographic focus involving one or more of the countries in the partnership, potentially also linked to your individual language skills.
Further options enhanced by the mobility path are:
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to focus on ‘major’ nations in global migration, for example Germany, South Africa or Sudan;
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to focus on intercultural relations/migration issues in small nations and young nation states (Europe, Africa);
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to change perspectives also regarding theoretical and methodological approaches to migration by, for example, focusing on scholarly work emerging in the Global South;
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to specialise in comparative research on two or more of the involved countries, drawing on the expertise and access to selected partner networks;
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to specialise in overarching questions, for example, research on global migration;
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to become part of a network of networks and to further specify your profile with regard to future employment.
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Timing for 2018-2020 Cohort (C8) ​
Applications:
Applications open: from September 2017
Deadline for scholarships: 20 December 2017
Scholarship admissions: by April 2018
Deadline for self-funded: 5 July 2018
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Studies:
Intensive phase: 3-28 September 2018
Semester 1 (UOL): 3 September - 20 December 2018
Semester 2 (UIS): 13 January - 30 June 2019
3rd semester internships: July to November 2019
3rd semester module (AUW, Wits): from July 2019
3rd semester module (EU Partners, MUST): October and November 2019
Proposal colloquium (UOL): 9-10 December 2019
Thesis writing (any partner): January to June 2020
Thesis submission: 30 June 2020
Graduation: 4 September 2020
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Timing for 2019-2021 Cohort (C9)
Applications:
Applications open: from October 2018
Deadline for scholarships: 15 January 2019
Deadline for self-funded: 1 April 2019
Please see this page for further information on application dates.
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Studies:
Intensive phase: 2-27 September 2019
Semester 1 (UOL): 2 September - 20 December 2019
Semester 2 (UIS): 13 January - 30 June 2020
3rd semester internships: July to November 2020
- 3rd semester module (AUW, Wits): from July 2020
- 3rd semester module (EU Partners, MUST): October and November 2020
Proposal colloquium (UOL): 7-10 December 2020
Thesis writing (any partner): January to June 2021
Thesis submission: 30 June 2021
Graduation: 3 September 2021
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Inter-cohort meeting times
During the course of your studies, you have the opportunity to meet with the two cohorts before yours. For example:
