The Master of Arts in Euroculture: Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context(Erasmus Mundus) is a unique interdisciplinary and inter-university programme. It aims to prepare graduates from Europe and third-countries for professions and research areas in which knowledge of present Europe and European Union institutions is of relevance. The focus of the programme is on cultural and social d
evelopments, providing a good comprehension of the political processes of European integration, values, citizenship and cultural identity. The European Commission has selected the Euroculture Programme for the Erasmus Mundus Master Courses. The Erasmus Mundus programme aims to enhance quality in European higher education and to promote intercultural understanding through co-operation with third countries. The Euroculture Programme is able to confer Erasmus Mundus scholarships for highly qualified third-country graduate students. The programme consists of four semesters (120 ECTS) and is offered by a network of eight well-established European Universities. Students spend the second semester in one of the network universities and receive a joint/double diploma from the universities in which they have studied. In 1999 the MA Programme Euroculture was launched by the universities of Deusto-Bilbao (Spain), Göttingen (Germany), Strasbourg (France), Udine (Italy), Uppsala (Sweden) and Groningen (The Netherlands) as a pilot-project. Since 2000 the participating universities have offered the programme officially. During the period 2000-2004 the network has been strengthened with new partners: the Universities of Krakow (Poland) and Olomouc (Czech Republic).
