Once the new application period is launched, you can register to the EMABG application database. Follow the steps described to submit your documents to the EMABG Consortium. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

Yes, you can apply even if you already have a Master’s degree. However, note that Goettingen University cannot accept students that already hold a Master’s in a similar field of studies.

Please check our information given in the section on application and admission.
The EMABG Selection Committee needs to see your documents in order to decide if you are eligible for EMABG or not. Please upload your application documents to our application database.

Programme Countries:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and in addition: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Serbia, Turkey

Partner Countries:

All other countries

Special rules:

• Students who are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in a Programme Country, count as Partner Country students. The five-year reference period for this 12-month rule is calculated backwards as from the submission deadline defined by the consortia of applying for an EMJMD student scholarship.
• Students with dual nationality (of a Partner and of a Programme Country) must specify the nationality under which they submit their scholarship application.

Yes. A limited number of scholarships is available to excellent candidates from EU as well as Non-EU countries. Students will be selected according to the criteria listed in the selection criteria.

Applicants that are eligible for studying EMABG but have not been selected for scholarships will get the chance to study the programme at their own costs or with the help of third party funding.

When you apply for the EMABG programme, your application is considered for the EMJMD scholarships as well as for the master programme itself. The application deadlines are the same.

Please do not apply yet. The programme will accept student intakes until 2024. Please apply when the call for your respective start of studies is announced. Check our homepage for updates and news.

The certificate of residence must be in English language and can be:

• a residence certificate issued in accordance with your municipality’s registration rules
• your national ID, which must be dated and state your current address or merged with a document (e.g. electricity bill) that lists your name and address
• a certificate from your place of work, study or training issued by the employer or institution in question. This certificate has to be dated and signed.

These documents must have been issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of applying for an EMJMD student scholarship.

The accepted English language tests are listed in the section regarding application and admission.

The language proficiency requirements listed on our homepage are the official requirements demanded by our partner universities. The results of your language certificate need to meet the overall score as well as the speaking and writing sub-scores.

Please note the following conditions:

• Applicants who have completed their Bachelor or Master Degree in one of the following countries do not need to submit an English language proficiency certificate:
  Australia, Ireland, Canada (except those educated at universities in Quebec), New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America.

All other applicants have to submit sufficient results of an English language proficiency certificate as stated in the admission criteria.
Please note: The Consortium partners have the right to request any applicant to submit an English language proficiency test.

The passport is an important document to check your identity. Please make sure to upload your passport until the application deadline.

If your university documents are in a language other than English, please make sure to upload the original documents, merged with an official English translation.

Upload your documents as they are. The EMABG Consortium will check how your grades can be transferred to ECTS.

Your CV should include personal details as well as information on your places and duration of studies and work. Please follow Europass guidelines as much as possible. Make sure to explain gaps in your CV. You can also add a list of publication and title of research projects or theses.

Your letters can be addressed to the “Coordinators of the European Master in Animal Breeding and Genetics”. You do not need to add any names.

Your letter of motivation should be no longer than two A4 pages. There is no minimum word count. Make sure that all questions listed in the application database are covered. Remember to indicate your 1st, 2nd and 3rd preferred study track options and your motivation for choosing them.

You need to upload two letters of recommendation from former professors or employers. The letters need to be from two different persons. The letters should also state your relation to these persons.

We cannot provide you with a draft version of the recommendation letter as we do not want to influence what your professors or employers write about you. Most professors/employers will know which information the recommendation letter should entail. Please make sure that the letter mentions your education, knowledge and strengths as a student. It should also mention how the person knows you and how they assess your suitability for the programme.

No, you please do not send any additional applications for EMABG to the Consortium Members.

We can only accept applications that were submitted via our application database. Please submit your documents via the application database.

Do not send any hard copies unless we ask you to do so. Students that are selected for the main or reserve list might be asked to submit original documents at some stage. We will notify you if you have to send any documents.

Your application will be registered, but your application will not be submitted to the Academic Committee before it is complete. Please send the missing documents as soon as possible. Only applications that are sent until the application deadline will be submitted to the Selection Committee.

Depending on your security settings, the confirmation mail might have ended up in your spam folder. Please check if you find the mail there. If not, please contact us via e-mail.

If your location cannot be found by the system, please enter the postal code of the post office that is closest to you. If the difficulties persist, please send us an e-mail.

To merge documents or convert them to pdf, you can use e.g. smallpdf.com or similar programmes that you can find online.

In this case, make sure to log in to the application database first, keep the browser window opened. Then click on the link in the e-mail.