The objective is to train specialists in integrated rural development, focused on socio-economic and institutional aspects, not only from the European Union but also from developed, developing and transition countries outside the European Union through a 2 year master programme (120 ECTS) jointly organised by six European leading institutes in agricultural economics and rural development.

A limited number of scholarships will again be available, courtesy of the Erasmus Mundus programme of the European Union (4 scholarships of 48.000 EUR for non-EU students).

The Master program is offered by

Ghent University (Belgium)

Agrocampus Ouest (France)

Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany)

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia)

University of Pisa (Italy)

Wageningen University (The Netherlands)

in collaboration with

University of Pretoria (South Africa),

ESPOL (Ecuador)

University of Agricultural Sciences of Bangalore (India),

China Agricultural University

Nanjing Agricultural University (China)

The methodology consists of a combination of basic and specialised training in technical, economic and social sciences, a case study of one month, an individual master thesis and a high extent of student and scholar mobility.

Contacts:

1.  Prof. Frederik Dewulf

Technical Coordinator IMRD/ATLANTIS

Fede.Dewulf@UGent.be – Skype: imrdsecr

Ghent University

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering –

Department of Agricultural Economics

Coupure Links 653

9000 Gent

Belgium

2.  Mr. ZHANG Xiangrong,

International Exchange & Cooperation Office, Tongji University,    

Tel: 6598 9031, 6598 2950,

Email: zhangxiangrong7@hotmail.com