Guidelines

Applications for the 2026 cohort are now open

(scholarship application has closed)

Please carefully read through all the application requirements below. Incomplete applications will not be considered and applications cannot be modified once submitted.

The following documents will be required to complete an application:

• An English translation of your birth certificate (if available)*. Please upload it in PDF format.
• A photo (jpeg format).
• A current CV in English (please use the Europass CV format: https://europa.eu/europass/en/create-europass-cv)  The CV should  include academic studies, employment history, certificates or awards received in the past 5 years, etc. 
• A personal motivation letter in English outling why you are interested in the EMMIE program (1 page, 1500 to 2500 characters including spaces). Please refrain from using AI.
• A copy of all higher education diplomas (Bachelor's degree AND Masters degree if applicable) AND a transcript of records in ENGLISH. All documents must be officially certified by the issuing institution. A certified English translation will be required for successful candidates when applying for international travel documents. *
• An English Language Proficiency test/document for individuals who have not successfully completed a full university degree in English.
  TOEFL and IELTS (online) tests are accepted, Duolingo tests will not be accepted. The English proficiency minimum across all competencies is a minimum of B2, however C1 is highly recommended.
  If your higher education degree was fully taught in English, the language proficiency test is not required.
• If you are applying for a scholarship, please describe your interest for a full or partial scholarship (1 page maximum).
• Two recommendation letters written by two different individuals. Letters must be submitted in English, and uploaded yourself in the portal. Academic and/or professional references are acceptable. Letters from co-workers, family and friends are not accepted.
• If you already have a well-developed entrepreneurial project which you plan to implement during your master, please provide a short (one page) description addressing: (1) the problem you plan to address; (2) the solution you wish to implement, and (3) the current state of development of your project.
• If you live in a country other than that of our passport/nationality (for example, you have a Canadian passport but live in Belgium), an official document issued within 12 months of the submission deadline showing your place of residence must be submitted. The place of residence could be verified based on the provision of the documents listed on the PRADO website (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/fr/search-by-document-country.html) if it mentions a place of residence and is dated. If this is not the case, an applicant can send any other document considered appropriate. For example:
  - a residence certificate issued in accordance with the candidate’s municipality normal registration rules;
  - a certificate from the candidate’s place of work, study, or training issued by the employer or institution in question.
  In absence of such documents, alternatives such as renting contracts, phone and electricity bills may be requested.
• A scanned version of your passport (jpg).

The program starts in Zagreb on the 1st of September. Each student is free to arrive in Zagreb when they wish, however scholarship funding will begin on the first day of the program. Students are suggested to arrive prior to the program start date to ensure they have sufficient time to register with the Croatian government and complete administrative duties.

*If your documents are originally in English, then you are not required to provide a translation.

A copy of the 2022 student agreement can be accessed here. 

Appeal

The EMMIE program attracts top scholars and entrepreneurs from around the world and scholarships are very competitive. 

The appeal procedure can come into play if a candidate feels that the EMMIE Consortium has not handled her/his own application in line with the process described on the EMMIE website. In other words, the appeal cannot concern the decision itself (usually negative) but ONLY on the grounds of the defective or unfair procedure by the EMMIE scholarship selection committee.

Please note that we receive a high number of applications for EMJMD scholarships and competition is very high. In addition, the EMMIE consortium can only select a maximum of 2 candidates per country to maintain cultural and geographic diversity.

If an applicant believes that she/he has grounds for contesting the admission result, she/he needs to:

• Submit the appeal in writing, by email, within 7 working days following the result notification. No late appeal will be considered. The applicant shall expose the reasons for the appeal and all the relevant elements to support it. We do not accept generic statements about the quality of the application.
• Add in attachment to the email any relevant supporting documentation;
• Send the appeal to the EMMIE Coordinating Team: emmie@uliege.be. The email subject heading should include the words “EMMIE scholarship appeal,” together with the full name of the applicant (i.e. "EMMIE scholarship appeal_John-Smith")

Only appeals which meet the abovementioned requirements will receive an answer (positive or negative).