Mundus Journalism Erasmus Mundus 2027 — Funded Master's
Fully funded Master scholarship in Denmark for International students 2027
A two-year Erasmus Mundus journalism master's taught across five European cities in Denmark, with 10-15 scholarships covering tuition and EUR 1,400 a month.
Eligibility
- Bachelor's degree completed before the programme starts
- Open to all nationalities
- English proficiency evidence unless your degree was taught in English
- Must study in at least two countries, neither being your country of permanent residence
What it covers
Mundus Journalism is a two-year joint master's in journalism, media and globalisation taught across Aarhus, Amsterdam, London, Munich and Prague. It is one of the few awards in this field that pays a monthly living allowance rather than stopping at a tuition waiver, which is the difference between an offer a student from Kabul can actually accept and one that stays theoretical.
Scholarship holders receive a complete waiver of tuition for both years, EUR 1,400 a month for up to 24 months, and free health and liability insurance. Ten to fifteen scholarships are expected for the 2027-2029 intake, out of a cohort of 80 to 90 students drawn from 400 to 500 applications.
The package is designed to cover housing, food, travel, visas and the residence permit, not just the fee line. That matters because the two years involve living in at least two expensive European cities, and a fee-only award would leave the mobility costs entirely on the student.
Applicants who are admitted without a scholarship are not left empty-handed. The consortium expects them to qualify for an Erasmus+ stipend of up to EUR 6,000 for the second year of study, which is a smaller commitment but still offsets part of the move between cities.
Eligibility: who can apply
The call is open to every nationality, and there is no requirement that your first degree be in journalism. The consortium's intake routinely includes historians, lawyers, economists and engineers who moved into reporting, editing or media research.
Run this self-check before you invest a week in the file:
Do you hold a bachelor's degree, or will you hold one by 1 August 2027? The consortium accepts applications from students still finishing their degree, but completion has to be documented a month before teaching starts.
Can you evidence English at the level the programme expects, either through a test score or through a degree taught in English?
Are you able to spend the two years in at least two of the consortium's countries, neither of which is your country of permanent residence?
If you already live in Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic or the UK, can you arrange your specialisation year in a different country? Danish residents must take a study-abroad semester because the first semester in Aarhus is compulsory for everyone.
If the third or fourth question is a no, the mobility rule is what blocks you, not your grades. Erasmus Mundus funding requires genuine movement between countries, and a candidate who wants both years in one city cannot be funded under this scheme.
Deadline: the dates that decide it
The application period for the 2027-2029 intake runs from 1 November 2026 to 10 January 2027, closing at 13:00 Central European Time. Results are notified by 1 March and teaching begins on 1 September 2027.
The January date is not a soft target. Reviewers read several hundred files in ten weeks, and a submission that arrives in the final days is read by someone who has already seen the strongest applications in the pool. Working backwards from the deadline, a realistic plan is to have transcripts and references in hand by mid-December and to submit before the Christmas break.
How to apply
Admission and the scholarship are a single application rather than two separate competitions. You create an account on the consortium's portal, choose your first-year specialisation and the second-year track, and upload everything in one submission.
The materials checklist that decides most files:
Bachelor's diploma and full transcripts, with certified English translations where the originals are in another language.
A statement of purpose that names the specialisation and the city you want, and explains why that track rather than an essay about a general love of journalism.
A curriculum vitae whose dates match the transcripts exactly. Unexplained gaps invite a question you will not be asked to answer.
Two references submitted in the format the portal specifies, from people who can speak to analytical work rather than attendance.
English proficiency evidence, unless your degree was taught in English.
A passport copy valid beyond September 2027.
Everything is submitted through the consortium's own portal, and the step-by-step instructions sit on the official application page:
https://mundusjournalism.com/admissions/application-process
Common mistakes to avoid
The most common failure is a statement of purpose written for a different programme. Letters that praise European journalism in the abstract and never name a city, a module or a track read as templates, and there are hundreds of them in every round.
The second is an empty portfolio section. This is a professional master's, and applicants who have published, broadcast, photographed or built an audience have evidence a transcript cannot show. If you have bylines, attach or link them. If you do not, describe the practical work you have done instead of leaving the section blank.
The third is a late English test. Scores take time to reach the portal, and a file marked incomplete on 10 January is simply not reviewed, however strong the rest of it is.
Tips to win
Treat the two years as a career plan rather than a degree. The consortium's real value is a network spread across five media markets, and the applicants who do well can say which market they intend to work in and what they will bring to it.
Choose the specialisation city deliberately. Aarhus is fixed for the first semester, but the second year in Amsterdam, London, Munich or Prague determines the professional network you leave with. Pick the city whose industry matches the work you want, not the one that sounds most familiar.
Submit early enough to be read twice. A November file leaves room to replace a missing transcript; a 9 January file does not.
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Photo: Aarhus University main building, Villy Fink Isaksen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Last updated: 2 November 2026
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