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MSc and PhD Degrees Interested applicants in both the MSc and PhD degree are asked to first compile and submit the online Application Form. In this form, you should include your basic personal data (name, nationality, etc.), as well as your email address. A message will then be sent to the latter address, providing you with a username and password to access the online application section of the site. NOTE: applications to the PhD programme have not yet been formally opened, but potential applicants may nonetheless follow the procedure described here in order to pre-apply into the system. In the online application section, applicants should compile the Personal Details forms, making sure that at least the compulsory 'Higher Education', 'Languages', 'Referees' and 'Attached Documents' modules are duly filled-in. You do not need to compile it all at once, since, as long as you 'Save' any new information introduced, the latter will remain stored in our database and thus be fully accessible for the next time you log in, when you will be able to delete, edit or modify any previously entered data. In addition, applicants to the MSc degree are also asked to define a desired Plan of Studies; type of MSc course (EE, ES or EEES), and taught modules courses to be followed. The online tool will automatically check if all the conditions are effectively met (i.e. minimum number of credits, etc.) and you will not be allowed to 'Save' the chosen 'Plan of Studies' until such rules are fully observed. You will also be given the chance to simulate and store different plans of studies before submitting the final application, thus having the chance to analyse and choose which amongst several possible study paths suit your needs best. When you will have finished providing all the requested data, you will be able to proceed into the 'Submit Application' section, and in this way confirm officially your interest in applying to a post in the ROSE School Masters programme for the next academic year, which begins in September. Please make sure you do this before the Application deadline is due, on the 30th April 2010. Within four weeks of the end of the submission deadline, all applications will be reviewed and assessed by the ROSE School Assessment Board, and the respective applicants will be informed of the assessment outcome. PhD Degree When filling in the application form (currently a pre-application, as noted above), applicants will be asked to decide whether they are applying for the PhD specialising in Earthquake Engineering (by choosing PhD - EE in the pull down menu) or in Engineering Seismology (by choosing PhD - ES in the pull down menu). When you will have finished providing all the requested data, you will be able to proceed into the 'Submit Application' section, and in this way confirm officially your interest in applying to a post in the ROSE School PhD programme for the next academic year which begins in September. As noted above, the official deadline for PhD applications is not yet available, but should be around mid-May; we will inform all potential applicants that have already pre-applied when such date is available. Any applications submitted in the meantime will be considered as pre-applications, and then automatically transformed into definitive applications once the official dates are known. Application for admission to a PhD Degree is based on written and oral examinations, following prior selection on the basis of the academic qualifications and experience submitted in the application form. The PhD admission exam dates have not yet been formally set, but the exam is likely to take place during the week of the ROSE School Seminar (17-21 May 2010). The top six applicants in Earthquake Engineering and the top two applicants in Engineering Seismology will be admitted to the school (provided that all demonstrate a level of knowledge compliant with the minimum standards set by the Admission Board at the ROSE School). It is noted that PhD in Engineering Seismology requires at least 60 out 90 credits to be on engineering seismology aspects, and the PhD degree in Earthquake Engineering requires at least 60 out of the 90 credits to be on earthquake engineering topics. MEEES programme The MEEES programme is an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course, that aims to provide higher-level education in the field of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology. Graduate students involved in this Erasmus Mundus Masters course have the possibility of following one-year MSc programmes on either Earthquake Engineering or Engineering Seismology. In addition, the proposed EM Masters course envisages also the possibility of students following a 18-month study programme that leads to the attainment of a Masters degree on Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology. Students must follow courses and/or carry out dissertation research projects in at least two of the following institutions: ROSE School (Pavia, Italy), University of Patras, University of Grenoble Joseph Fourier. Different taught modules will correspond to equally varying credits, defined according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), depending on the number of work/study hours (each credit is equivalent to 25 hours of work). Masters dissertations, required for the attainment of the degree, may correspond to a number of credits varying between 12 and 18, depending on the effective duration of the research-work effort employed by the student. MEEES Web site: www.meees.org
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