Information on higher studies and

scholarships in Europe
Gowtham Mohan
Master student
KTH Royal Institute of technology, Sweden
cole polytechnique fdrale de Lausanne, Switzerland

General requirements
English proficiency TOEFL (90 minimum) or

IELTS (6.5 minimum)

GRE Required for few Switzerland and German
universities
GATE Few German universities
CGPA -7.5+
Relevant projects and motivation to pursue the
course
Recommendation letters from professors

Common masters programs for

Mechanical Background
Production engineering management

Industrial engineering and logistics

Sustainable energy
Computational mechanics
Engineering design
Few multi disciplinary ones like

Material sciences
Nano technology
Robotics

Countries of Interest
UK 1 year master programs
Switzerland Research based universities, Mostly

IITians get through

Germany Few programs in German might need
German requirement; Education is free of cost
Netherlands Popular student hub in Europe
France Most of master programs in English
Sweden All master programs in English
Finland, Norway Education free in these countries
and taught in English
Denmark, Belgium Low tuition fees and good
education prospects

United Kingdom
Renowned universities

Imperial college, London

Kings college London
University college London (UCL)
Warwick university
Nottingham university
University of Edinburg
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Pros :
English is the official language and 2nd most popular destination
after USA
Cons:
Strict Visa rules and 1 year masters degree; Limited scholarship
opportunities
Scholarships: Common wealth scholarship

Switzerland
Renowned technical universities
ETHZ Zurich
EPFL Lausanne
Both are German and French translation of Swiss federal institute
of technology
Pros:
Very reputed universities; Both universities in top 15 best
Engineering colleges in the world
Research funding is really high in these universities with high Phd
salaries
Cons:
Very tough selection procedure, Very high cost of living
Scholarship:
Swiss Excellence scholarship - Worth $22,000 per year for masters
Swiss excellence
PhD students receive a salary of $55,000 per year

Germany
Renowned universities
TU Munich
RWTH Aachen Good for Automobile and Production

engineering
Stuttgart university
TU Berlin
TU Dresden
TU Darmstadt
Pros:
No tuition fees for most of programs, Job hub of Europe
1 Year additional visa extension for Job search
Cons:
Language
Scholarships:
DAAD fellowships; No other scholarships as education is free
https://www.daad.org/scholarship

Netherlands
Renowned universities
TU Delft
TU Einthoven
University of Twente

Pros:
Lot of Companies, 1 year visa extension for job search
Scholarship provided for outstanding profile
Cons:
High fees 25000 Euros for 2 years;
Scholarships:
TU Delft excellence scholarship
Excellence scholarship
TU Einthoven ALSP scholarship
ALSP

Sweden
Renowned universities

KTH Royal Institute of technology

Uppsala university
Chalmers university
Lund university
Linkoping university
Pros:
Reputed around the Europe, Good research infrastructure, English is
widely spoken
Cons:
High tuition fees
Scholarship:
KTH- Ernst Johnson Scholarship Covers both fees and living
expenses
100%, 50%, 25% fee waiver
Chalmers 75% fee waiver for 87 Students
Other universities has limited fee waivers
SI Scholarship This scholarship covers both fees and living expenses
offered by Swedish institute common for all program in Sweden

France , Belgium, Denmark,

Norway, Finland
Renowned universities

cole Polytechnique, France

Mines ParisTech, France
cole Normale Suprieure (ENS), France
ISAE, France Renowned for Aerospace
KU Lueven, Belgium
Universit Libre de Bruxelles, (ULB), Belgium
University of Lige, Belgium
Denmark Technological university (DTU)
NTNU, Norway
Aalto University, Finland

European Masters programs

Dual Degree programs funded by European union

Possibility of pursuing masters in two universities in

different countries based on our area of interest

Consortiums offering these programs are labeled
with
Erasmus Mundus
KIC Innoenergy
EIT European Institute of technology

Joint European Master Programme Advanced

Materials Science and Engineering (AMASE)

European Wind energy masters

European Joint Masters in Management and

Engineering of Environment and Energy

Master Courses in VIsion & roBOTics

(VIBOT)
The first three semesters will successively occur

in
FRANCE: University of Burgundy [UB]
SPAIN: University of Girona [UdG]
UNITED KINGDOM: Heriot-Watt University [HW]

Environmental Pathways for

Sustainable Energy Systems
(SELECT)
http://www.kth.se/en/studies/programmes/em/select

Master of science in Computational

mechanics
Solid mechanics

Structural engineering
Fluid mechanics
Engineering hydrodynamics
Engineering Materials

Erasmus Mundus Master's

Programme in Aeromechanics
(THRUST)
1st year in KTH, Sweden
2nd year
1) Unsteady Aerodynamics (Duke University, USA)
2) Structural Vibration and Fatigue (Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
3) Aeromechanical & Material Design (Universit de
Lige, Belgium)

Energy technologies (ENTECH)

The four partner universities cooperating in
ENTECH are:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
(also the coordinating institution)
Instituto Superior Tcnico (IST), Portugal
Uppsala University (UU), Sweden
Grenoble Institute of Technology (INP), France

RENE - Renewable Energy

Queries ?
gowtham@kth.se