Although the Erasmus Mundus programme's first aim is to promote European higher education outside the European Union and attract students from 'third countries', the master courses are also benificial to European students through their high quality standards, unique mobility schemes, and multiple or joint international degrees.

Furthermore, some of the master courses have entered into so-called Action 3-partnerships, offering European students scholarships to attend part of their curriculum at renowned institutions outside the European Union, and are linked with important research institutions and/or networks.

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International MSc in Rural Development - www.imrd.ugent.be
Offered by Ghent University together with Agrocampus Rennes, the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Cordoba, Wageningen University, the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra and the University of Pisa.

Offered by Ghent University together with the Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm, the Complutense University of Madrid, the Technical University of Madrid, University Carlos III of Madrid, the University of Nancy I - Henri Poincaré, and the University of Stuttgart.

Erasmus Mundus MSc in Photonics - www.master-photonics.org
Offered by Ghent University together with the Free University of Brussels, St-Andrews University, Heriot-Watt University and the Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm.

Erasmus Mundus MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation - http://embc.marbef.org
Offered by Ghent University together with the University of Bremen, the University of the Algarve, the University of Paris 6 - Pierre et Marie Curie, the University of Oviedo and Klaipeda University.

European MSc in Nematology - www.eumaine.ugent.be
Offered by Ghent University together with the University of Evora, the University of Jaén and Bielefeld University.