The FilmMemory Erasmus Mundus Joint Master offers full scholarships of €1,400 per month for up to 24 months, with no tuition fees, to selected best-ranked students from all over the world for the 2027-2029 intake. Applications close on 20 January 2027 at 11:59 PM CET. At Youth Works Hub, we went through the call and fee pages and set out every requirement below.
FilmMemory at a Glance
🎬 Programme: FilmMemory Erasmus Mundus Joint Master, 4 semesters over 24 months
🌏 Open to: students from all over the world
👥 Places: a maximum of 24 students per intake
💶 Scholarship: €1,400 per month (maximum 24 months), with no tuition fees
🧾 Self-funded route: tuition fee of €10,000 for 4 semesters
🚆 Mobility: compulsory, with four study periods in three or four countries
🗣️ English: minimum B2 (CEFR), proved by specific means only
🖥️ Interviews: online, 9-12 March 2027, for the highest ranked 50 applicants
Where You Will Study, Semester by Semester
Physical mobility is compulsory for all students, whether they hold a scholarship or not.
1️⃣ 1st semester: Belgium
2️⃣ 2nd semester: Portugal
3️⃣ 3rd semester: Ireland
4️⃣ 4th semester: Estonia, Belgium, Portugal or Ireland
The programme describes this as four study periods in three or four countries. Travel is also required for the graduation ceremony.
Two Ways to Join: Scholarship or Self-Funded
Participation in the FilmMemory Joint Master is possible either with a scholarship granted by the Erasmus+ programme or as a self-funded student. Of the maximum 24 students selected per intake, an Erasmus scholarship will be granted to some of them.
If you are new to these programmes, our guide on what Erasmus Mundus is explains how the joint masters work.
What the Erasmus+ Scholarship Gives You
🚫 No tuition fees for scholarship holders
💳 A scholarship of 1,400 EUR per month, for a maximum of 24 months
🛫 The amount contributes to travel, visa and a living allowance
Scholarship holders may not have already benefitted from a previous Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) scholarship.
Tuition Fees for Self-Funded Students
The tuition fee for 4 semesters is 10,000 EUR, paid in two installments:
🥇 5,000 EUR before the beginning of the first semester
🥈 5,000 EUR before the beginning of the third semester
There is no tuition fee for Erasmus+ scholarship holders.
What the Tuition Fees Include
The following is also offered to holders of Erasmus+ scholarships, in all categories:
📚 Participation in all classes offered within FilmMemory's curriculum
🏥 Emergency and accident insurance according to the minimum requirements of the Erasmus+ Programme
🗄️ Support in administrative and organisational issues by the consortium partners
🏫 Costs for enrollment at the consortium partner's institutions
📝 All examinations and issuing of the final diploma
🎥 A budgeted sum for costs related with the thesis film production
What the Tuition Fees Do Not Cover
🧳 Travel costs from your country of origin
🗺️ Travel costs required for the mobility and for the graduation ceremony
🛂 Travel documents such as passports and visas
🏠 Accommodation and living expenses
📎 Other costs, for example study books, stationery and photocopies
The programme estimates that students will spend between 600-1000 EUR per month on living expenses during the 24 months of the course.
A Loan Option for Master's Students
The EU's Skills and Education Guarantee allows students to apply for support for their Master's studies abroad. Loans are offered by participating banks and student loan agencies on favorable conditions to mobile students, including better than market interest rates and up to two years to allow graduates to get into a job before beginning repayment.
Who Can Apply
FilmMemory is aimed at students from all over the world with a bachelor's degree (BA) in one of these fields:
🎦 Audio-visual Arts
🍿 Film Studies
📡 Communication Studies
🎨 Arts
🏺 History
🧵 Cultural Studies
🗃️ Related subjects such as Archival Studies, Heritage Studies or Museology
Other degrees of at least EQF Level 6 may be accepted from applicants with a convincing application package and upon completion of an outstanding application assignment. Applicants without such a degree must demonstrate a recognised equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices in the degree-awarding countries or institutions.
Does Your Bachelor's Degree Qualify?
Whether your Bachelor's degree qualifies for admission is evaluated by the admissions office. The minimum requirement is a first-cycle higher education degree that corresponds to Level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). Within your national education system, your degree should grant access to second-cycle programmes (Master's level, EQF Level 7).
Applying Before You Graduate
Candidates eligible for scholarships are students who have obtained a primary higher-education degree or can demonstrate a recognised equivalent according to national legislation and practices of the degree-awarding country.
This condition must be fulfilled at the time of enrolment, but the Consortium accepts scholarship applications from students in the last year of their first higher education degree. Only candidates who will graduate by 31 August 2027 are eligible to apply.
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How to Apply
The entire application must be submitted through the online application form by 20 January 2027 at 11:59 PM (CET). The nine items below make up the application package, and the first eight are required.
1. The Application E-Form
Complete and send the application e-form, which consists of the elements described in the sections that follow.
2. Diploma and Transcript
📜 Diploma: a digital copy (scan or clear photograph) of the final university diploma of your previous BA/MA degree(s).
🌐 Translation: if the original is not issued in English, Dutch, French or German, also include an official translation into one of these languages. This can be provided by your school or by a sworn translator.
🕓 Not graduated yet: you may submit an official statement from your institution confirming that you are enrolled in the final year, including your expected graduation date and the title of the degree you will obtain.
🪄 Graduated, diploma not available: a provisional certificate of graduation will be accepted.
🔖 Original missing: you can upload a certified copy of the original.
🏷️ Legalisation: not required during the initial application phase. Additional documentation or verification may be requested if any details remain unclear during admissions or at the time of enrolment.
📋 Transcript: your transcript of records or diploma supplement should clearly document the full curriculum of your study programme, including the grades obtained.
3. Proof of English
Good spoken and written English is required, with a minimum level of B2 (CEFR). You can prove your proficiency only in one of the ways below. Certificates must have been issued within 5 years before the application deadline, that is from 20 January 2022.
🅰️ IELTS Academic: minimum overall band score 6.5, with no section band score under 5.5
🅱️ TOEFL iBT: minimum overall score 4.0 (1-6 scale) or 79 (0-120 scale)
🆎 Cambridge English Qualifications (B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency): minimum 170 on the Cambridge English Scale
🦉 Duolingo English Test: minimum score 110
🇧🇪 ITACE for Students: at least CEFR B2 results, and this test can only be taken in Belgium
🏅 Diploma route: a high school or higher education diploma from an English taught study programme in Australia, English-speaking Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the United States of America
Medium of Instruction statements are not accepted. Your practical command of English will also be assessed during the interview, and if the demonstrated language skills are deemed insufficient for successful participation in the programme, the application may not be retained.
4. The One-Minute Motivation Video
Make a video-selfie of maximum one minute, answering these three questions in English. The film must be uploaded to YouTube or a similar platform with an unlisted link and no password.
❓ What does film heritage mean to you?
🙋 Why do you think you are a suitable candidate for this programme?
🔮 What are your expectations of your future after this master's programme?
5. Preliminary Graduation Project Proposal
During the final semester, students work on the FilmMemory Project, a creative graduation project. In no more than 500 words, propose a project you would like to complete during the final semester, adhering to one of the formats set out by the programme.
The proposal is not binding, but it helps the Selection Committee to better understand your interests and assess your creativity.
6. The Selection Assignment: Pick One of Three
Option A: 500-word Critical Written Essay
🖋️ The topic should be an aspect of film history, the work of a particular director, or an analysis of 2 cinematic texts, from your home country.
🧠 It should display a basic command of theory and the capacity for independent research.
📖 Use the Modern Languages Association citation style (MLA), with citations and a bibliography. The essay must not exceed 500 words, excluding the bibliography.
🖼️ It may contain images, but no more than five.
📄 Include a cover page with the title of the essay and your name, and upload it as a PDF file no larger than 5 MB.
✍️ The essay must be written by you for the purposes of this application.
Option B: Critical Audio-visual Essay
📽️ The video essay follows the same topic options as the written essay and should show the same basic command of theory and capacity for independent research.
🕗 It should last no more than 8 minutes, with voiceover and text in English.
🗒️ A list of sources should also be provided.
📺 Upload it to YouTube, Vimeo or a similar platform with an unlisted link and no password.
⚠️ Only unlisted links are acceptable. If the film is made available for public access, your application will be automatically disqualified.
🎚️ The film must be produced by you for the purposes of this application.
Option C: Film Based Data Analytics Project
📊 The project should involve an analysis and visualisation of an independently selected dataset, accompanied by a 1000-word research essay.
🔬 The essay should introduce the proposed research question concerning the dynamics of film culture, clearly describe the dataset analysed, and critically discuss the data visualisations in light of the research question to draw conclusions.
🗂️ The programme recommends data from the European Audiovisual Observatory's LUMIERE database, on theatrical admissions of films released in European cinemas, and/or LUMIERE VOD, on the availability of European works on on-demand services in Europe. Other datasets relevant to the film industry are also accepted.
🧷 Use MLA style, with citations and a bibliography. The essay must not exceed 1000 words, excluding the bibliography.
📈 Upload the essay and no more than three figures as a single PDF file no larger than 5 MB.
🪧 The project should have a clear title above the essay and your name below the essay.
💻 The data analysis and visualisation must be performed by you for the purposes of this application.
7. Photo and 8. Passport or ID
📸 A recent photo, which must be a high-definition image with a white background.
🪪 A copy of your passport or ID card (EU) with expiration date. It is highly recommended that the expiration date is 31 August 2027 or later.
9. Optional Digital Portfolio
You may add sample writing, a BA thesis, links to other video essays or audio-visual works, or details of curatorial, archival or preservation work.
🗜️ Upload it as one (and only one) PDF document no larger than 5 MB.
📑 It should have a title page with your name and a table of contents explaining the structure of the portfolio and its parts.
🤷 Submitting a portfolio is not obligatory, and the Selection Committee may or may not take it into consideration.
🔑 Crucial information should not appear in the portfolio, but in the CV and motivation letter.
How Selection Works
Candidates go through a threefold admission procedure.
🧐 Completeness check: before the first ranking, the Consortium makes sure that all applications submitted before the deadline are complete.
🥉 Round 1, application package: a Selection Committee ranks all eligible candidates and gives each application package a mark from 0 to 40.
🎙️ Round 2, online interviews: the highest ranked 50 applicants are invited to online videoconferencing interviews from 9 until 12 March 2027, each receiving a mark from 0 to 40.
Marks are part of the internal selection procedure and are not communicated to applicants.
The 10% Nationality Rule
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) provides scholarships to students from all over the world, but ensures geographical balance: no more than 10% of the total number of scholarships awarded during project implementation should go to candidates of the same nationality.
For this reason, the list of applicants invited to the second round considers both the first-round marks and the scholarship rules, in particular for applicants expressing a wish to apply for scholarships.
The Three Possible Outcomes
🏆 Selected as qualified for an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
🤝 Offered a place on the master's course as a self-funded student
🚪 Not selected for admission
When You Will Hear Back
📬 Selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 30 May 2026.
📮 Non-selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than 13 June 2026.
🖊️ Enrolled students sign their Student Contract, which sets out the rights and obligations of both parties, no later than in the preparatory week of the 1st semester. It exists in two versions, for self-funded and for scholarship students, and its contents may be slightly revised annually.
How Your Application Is Scored in Round 1
General application, maximum 20 points
🧭 Relevance of previous studies and experiences for the FilmMemory study programme
🔥 Motivation, as expressed in the motivation video, including your personal or professional motivation to apply
💡 Genuine interest in at least one of the graduation trajectories provided by FilmMemory, as demonstrated by the preliminary graduation project proposal
Assignment, maximum 20 points
Only the option you submit is scored. The criteria for each option are:
🎯 Written essay: content meets the substantive requirements on the application portal, formal requirements are met (length, reference style), the text is well-structured and shows your ability to critically discuss the chosen theme, the reference list is complete, and the text is written completely by you.
🧲 Video essay: content and formal requirements (length, language) are met, the film is well-structured and shows critical discussion, and the film is made solely by you. It may include clips from audio-visual works made by others, but the credits should contain a complete list of source materials.
🧮 Data project: the document contains both data visualisations and the written essay contextualising them, visualisations are produced by you and you are free to choose the data, content and formal requirements are met, the text is well-structured and critically interprets the visualisations, the reference list is complete, and the text is written completely by you.
The Selection Committee may use software to detect plagiarism, and plagiarism automatically leads to disqualification of the entire application. Violating the source rules for the video essay also leads to disqualification. Because the audio-visual essay must be unlisted and cannot be shared with others, you can use copyrighted materials without clearing the copyright, but all source materials must be credited.
How You Are Scored in the Interview
🗯️ Critically discussing your submitted assignment, your motivation and your previous studies: maximum 15 points
🕰️ Proving familiarity with film history and cinematic heritage: maximum 10 points
💬 Engaging in a conversation in English: maximum 5 points
🌱 Demonstrating a genuine interest in at least one of the graduation trajectories provided by FilmMemory: maximum 10 points
No Bachelor's Degree: PAC and PAQ Recognition
Applicants with no academic BA degree can apply for recognition of Previously Acquired Competence (PAC) or Previously Acquired Qualifications (PAQ). The procedure is always handled by the higher education institution that issues the degree or programme for which the candidate makes the request.
You cannot make a PAC/PAQ request to the FilmMemory consortium or programme. You should submit it to an institute of higher education that has a PAC/PAQ procedure for the BA degree you believe you have the competences or qualifications for. For an academic BA in Audiovisual Arts, for instance, you would start at a university or institute that provides such an academic BA.
A successful PAC/PAQ procedure only means that you fulfil the formal requirements of the FilmMemory application. It does not mean automatic admission.
Appeals
There is no possibility of appeal against the final list of selected applicants, except if based on a specific procedural error by the Consortium in the application process.
🛑 Candidates who fail to provide the required documents within the established timeframes should not submit an appeal.
⚖️ Candidates who followed the Application Procedure and respected the deadlines, but were denied selection due to unmet Selection Criteria and have reasons to believe that a mistake has been made, have the right to appeal.
🔁 The appeal procedure concerns how your proposal was handled in the evaluation and eligibility-checking process. It is not an automatic re-evaluation, and new information or clarifications not in the application will not be taken into consideration.
📅 All appeals have to be submitted by email by the date notified to you, with all the necessary information and a correct email address.
⌛ The Selection Committee answers via the application assistant within 30 days from the date of the appeal.
🤐 FilmMemory provides no oral or written assessment to applicants about their submitted application materials.
How Your Personal Data Is Used
The FilmMemory Consortium collects and uses personal data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation). By submitting your data, you agree to its transfer, storing or processing, and data will be stored for the purposes and objectives of the programme and of the institutions involved.
Certain data of scholarship holders, non-scholarship holders and reserve list candidates is shared with EACEA through the EACEA Mobility Tool.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much is the FilmMemory Erasmus Mundus scholarship?
Scholarship holders pay no tuition fees and receive 1,400 EUR per month for a maximum of 24 months. The amount contributes to travel, visa and a living allowance.
Can students from any country apply to FilmMemory?
Yes. FilmMemory is aimed at students from all over the world. However, no more than 10% of the total scholarships awarded during project implementation should go to candidates of the same nationality.
When is the FilmMemory application deadline?
The entire application must be submitted by 20 January 2027 at 11:59 PM (CET).
Can I apply if I am still in the final year of my bachelor's?
Yes. The Consortium accepts scholarship applications from students in the last year of their first higher education degree, and only candidates who will graduate by 31 August 2027 are eligible to apply. You may submit an official statement from your institution confirming your final-year enrolment and expected graduation date.
How many students does FilmMemory accept?
FilmMemory will accept a maximum of 24 candidates per edition. An Erasmus scholarship is granted to some of those students, and others may join as self-funded students.
Which countries will I study in?
Students spend the 1st semester in Belgium, the 2nd in Portugal, the 3rd in Ireland and the 4th in Estonia, Belgium, Portugal or Ireland. This physical mobility is compulsory for all students.
Is a Medium of Instruction letter accepted as proof of English?
No. FilmMemory does not accept Medium of Instruction statements. You need one of the listed certificates with the minimum score, or a diploma from an English taught programme in one of the listed countries.
What is the motivation video?
It is a video-selfie of maximum one minute answering three questions in English about film heritage, your suitability and your expectations after the programme. It must be uploaded with an unlisted link and no password.
Can I reuse an old essay for the selection assignment?
No. The essay, video essay or data project must be made by you for the purposes of this application. The Selection Committee may use software to detect plagiarism, which automatically leads to disqualification of the entire application.
How much will living costs be?
The programme estimates between 600-1000 EUR per month for living expenses during the 24 months of the course. Accommodation and living expenses are not covered by the tuition fees.
Can I have a previous Erasmus Mundus scholarship?
No. Scholarship holders may not have already benefitted from a previous Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM) scholarship.
Deadline
⏳ 20 January 2027
Links
🔗 Apply on the FilmMemory application form: https://luca-school-of-arts.dreamapply.com/courses/course/12-emjm-filmmemory
🧿 Call for applicants: https://www.filmmemory.eu/application/call-for-applicants
🏦 Tuition fees and scholarships: https://www.filmmemory.eu/academic-info/tuition-fees-scholarships
🎟️ LUMIERE database: https://lumiere.obs.coe.int/
🛰️ LUMIERE VOD database: https://lumierevod.obs.coe.int/
📧 Application questions and appeals: filmmemory@luca-arts.be
