*** Call for applications -- please forward to potential Master students ***

International Master Course in Astronomy and Astrophysics
**Application deadline:** November 30th, 2011 for both non-EU and EU students.
Course duration: 2 years (120 ECTS)	 
Funding: several Erasmus Mundus scholarships are available
  

AstroMundus is an international Master Course in Astronomy and Astrophysics 
that has been selected by the European Commission as an Erasmus Mundus 
Masters Course within the second edition of the Erasmus Mundus programme. 
The Master course is open to students of all nationalities and is jointly 
offered by a consortium of 5 Universities in 4 different countries:

   
 --the Institute of Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck (Austria),
 --the Department of Astronomy, University of Padova (Italy),
 --the Astrophysics section of the Department of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (Italy),
 --the Institute for Astrophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Goettingen (Germany),
 --the Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade (Serbia)
    

Applications are now solicited for the Master course starting in September 2012.

The programme has a duration of 2 years (120 ECTS credits) and is entirely taught 
in English.
The wide variety of expertise covered by our international partnership insures 
an excellent educational level in all branches of Astrophysics.

We invite applications from top-ranked students that either hold or are 
expected to obtain before August 2012 a Bachelor's Degree (or an equivalent 
certified period of studies of at least 3 years, corresponding to 180 credits 
in the European Credit Transfer System) in Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, 
Mathematics or closely related fields. 
A certified good knowledge of the English language is required.

The selected students will carry out their studies in at least 2 and up to 4 of the 
AstroMundus consortium universities and will be finally awarded a Joint Master Degree, 
complemented with a Diploma Supplement, by all consortium universities they have
studied at.


Several Erasmus Mundus scholarships are made available by the European Commission
to both non-European and European students.
The selection of students is primarily based on excellence. 

Further details are available in the AstroMundus brochure at:
http://www.uibk.ac.at/astromundus/brochure_astromundus-2.pdf


Full information about the AstroMundus programme, the application form, and 
detailed instructions on how to apply can be found on the web-site:
http://www.astromundus.eu

The contact e-mail for inquiries is: astromundus AT uibk.ac.at


Thank you for your kind support in distributing this announcement,

Dr. Sonia Giovanna Temporin

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AstroMundus -- Erasmus Mundus Masters Course in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Coordinating Institution: 
University of Innsbruck				http://www.astromundus.eu
Institute of Astro- and Particle Physics	e-mail: astromundus AT uibk.ac.at    
Technikerstrasse 25				phone: +43 512 5076054
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria			fax: +43 512 5072923