MICROSCOMErasmus Mundus Joint Master in Advanced Microscopy with Artificial Intelligence
Biology, Agriculture and Food, Computer Science, AI and Data
Selected for EU funding in 2026; not yet in the official Erasmus Mundus catalogue.
Route
Where you study each semester.
Semester 1
- University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandMap of Dublin on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
Overview
Advanced microscopy and AI master: microscopy principles at Universidade da Coruña, image processing and AI at Castilla-La Mancha, hardware training at the University of Glasgow. The official site described a September 2026 start.
- Field
- Biology, Agriculture and Food, Computer Science, AI and Data
- Duration
- 24 months
- Degree
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Teaching language
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Universities
- Universidade da Coruña; Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha; University of Glasgow
Eligibility
- Degree
- Bachelor's from an accredited institution, completed before the master's begins.
- Subjects
- STEM: life science, technology, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science.
- Other prerequisites
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Grades
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Final-year students
- May apply; offers are conditional on the final degree result.
- English
- B2: IELTS 6.0 with no element below 5.5; TOEFL 79 (writing 17, reading 18, speaking 20); PTE Academic 55 with at least 51 per element. IELTS Academic, TOEFL, PTE Academic.
- English exemptions
- A recognised degree or the whole of secondary education completed in English.
- Other languages
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
Documents
Bachelor's degree certificate / diploma Mandatory
Official degree certificate(s) if completed.
Academic transcripts Mandatory
Official, translated into English or Spanish, with subjects and grades.
Recommendation / reference letters Mandatory
Two, dated within 6 months, on headed paper or stamped (or sent from the referee's institutional e-mail), signed; at least one academic.
English language certificate Conditional
CV / résumé Mandatory
Motivation letter Mandatory
Cover letter (motivation and references weigh 15%).
Interview Conditional
Successful candidates advance to a personal interview.
Deadlines and scholarship
- Scholarship
- Scholarship availableErasmus Mundus scholarships will be available and tuition fees fully covered; up to 20 scholarships per intake.
- Applications open
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Deadline
- 15 Apr 2027
- About the deadline
- Apply page: deadline 15 April for the 2027-2029 cohort; enrolment ends 31 July. The home page also says applications run until March 2027, and an earlier capture said February to May 2027: check the apply page before relying on a date.
Sources
The official pages the requirements, deadlines and scholarship status above come from.
- MICROSCOM: Fees & Scholarships (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- University of Glasgow eprint: MICROSCOM (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- MICROSCOM: home (live) (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- MICROSCOM: Admission criteria (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- MICROSCOM: Apply (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- MICROSCOM: Home (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- Erasmus+: EMJM call 2026, list of selected projects and participating institutions (PDF) (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026