AREAS

AREAS (Academic Relations between Europe and ASia) is an EMA2 project managed by a Consortium of partner Universities including 10 European Universities and 10 Asian Universities and it is coordinated by Politecnico di Torino (Italy).

The project gives students, researchers and staff from the Asian Countries targeted by the project (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam) the opportunity to study, do research, training or teaching in Europe for periods of different duration. 98 individuals will be given the chance to broaden their perspective by participating in academic mobility. The project does not provide support for mobility from Europe to Asia, nor among the Asian Countries.

Individuals may apply for mobility of different duration depending on the length of the course or programme offered by the host university. The academic offer  includes exchange as well as full degree programmes.

Detailed information on available courses and their duration is given in the application form for each specific course and university.

Please check the available scholarships before choosing a specific program.

IMPORTANT: All mobilities must begin before 31st December 2012 with the exeption of:

  • 34 months Undergraduate and Doctorate mobilities that must start before the 1st September 2012;
  • Staff mobilities that can start in any time within the project duration and must end within the project eligibility period.  

Target Groups

Target Group

Target Beneficiaries

Types of mobility

TARGET GROUP 1

Students registered in one of the Partner Universities with a minimum of 1 year previous university studies and staff currently enrolled in or employed by one of the Partner Universities. Applicants must be nationals of one of the Asian Countries targeted by the project (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam).

undergraduate,
master,
doctorate,
post-doctorate,
staff

TARGET GROUP 2

Nationals of the Asian Countries targeted by the project (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam), who are registered in a higher education institution of these countries not included in the Partnership, or who have obtained a university degree or equivalent by an institution of these countries.

master,
doctorate,
post-doctorate

TARGET GROUP 3

Nationals of the Asian Countries targeted by the project (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam), who are in particularly vulnerable situations, for political or economic reasons or because of physical disabilities as specified by the EMA 2 Call. The AREAS Consortium identifies the following specific conditions as belonging to vulnerable groups:
- Candidates having a refugee status or asylum beneficiaries (international or according to the national legislation of one of the European recipient countries);
- Candidates belonging to an indigenous population targeted by a specific national policy or IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons)

undergraduate,
master,
doctorate