MESPOM
MESPOM is an Erasmus Mundus Masters course in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management operated by four leading European Universities and supported by the European Commission. MESPOM prepares students for identifying and implementing solutions to complex environmental challenges, especially in an international context.
The MESPOM study programme is in English and lasts two years. The students study in at least three out of four consortium universities: the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University (Sweden), the University of Manchester (UK), Central European University, Budapest, and the University of the Aegean (Lesvos, Greece).
The European Commission's Erasmus Mundus programme provides scholarships to outstanding students from countries outside the European Union to attend MESPOM and to scholars to participate in teaching and research. Additional forms of financial assistance are available to students of all nationalities.
The current MESPOM students and recent graduates come from 52 countries of five continents. The first alumni are employed in private and public (including UN) organizations and academia.
MESPOM invites applications from all countries. Successful candidates must have a good first degree in a subject related to environmental sciences, policy and management. Candidates with other first degrees are also considered if they show commitment to environmental issues, usually through work experience.
...why you choose MESPOM...
Posted March 21st, 2007 by Anton
MESPOM provided me with a unique opportunity to enlarge my environmental knowledge due to its multidisciplinary character and the international students and faculty. MESPOM was certainly crucial for me to get my current position at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Water Convention Secretariat- because of the focus of the programme on development issues and countries with economies in transition, but also because of the combination of environmental management, policy and sciences in the programme, incorporated through the different partners of the Consortium. It was useful for me that one of the Consortium partners, CEU, is located in a previous country in transition (Hungary) since my current organization focuses on Central Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.
It has also helped me a lot that the programme gives the student the choice to focus on a specific environmental field such as water and energy by selecting a number of courses, and that it includes practical assignments and activities such as numerous field trips. I also appreciated the close contact to staff and faculty which helped to solve any problems quickly. Finally, the programme significantly enlarged my international network of environmental professionals which is very useful, also in my current professional life. To conclude, I can only recommend MESPOM and would certainly do it again!
Sonja Koeppel (MESPOM class’07), Junior Programme Officer, UNECE in Geneva, Switzerland
The third batch of MESPOM graduated!
Posted June 20th, 2009 by coordinator 
On June 18, 2009, 39 students accepted to MESPOM in 2007 have become masters of science. The formal part of the graduation, arranged as a part of CEU annual commencement ceremony, took place in Vígszínház, an elegant XIX century theatre on the Grand Boulevard of Budapest. After the ceremony, the graduates, their guests and teachers moved to the boat “Attila”, waiting for them just in a few hundred meters, on the waves of the schönen, blauen Donau.
We are very proud of our graduates and wish them the best of luck!
MESPOMer elected EMA President!
Posted June 7th, 2009 by AntonChunyu Liang, MESPOMer Batch 1, has been elected the President of Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association on the 6th of June 2009 at the EMA General Assembly in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Before being elected, Chunyu has served as EMA Conferences and Events Team coordinator. Under his initiative and supervision, EMA community was engaged in many interesting, entertaining and professional networking events, inter alia Climate Change Conference in February 2009 (hosted by the CEU) where the first EMA professional network was created - Climate Change Forum.
New Academic Project
Posted June 1st, 2009 by SachinWell, here it is. A project very dear to me, personally and professionally. The idea took root sometime along MESPOM (perhaps on one of those late evening walks in Lund) but there was hardly ever time for thoughts on filling out the hazy outline let alone actually work on it.
E-discussion on the uranium tailings in Kyrgyzstan
Posted April 9th, 2009 by kanat_sultanalievDear colleagues,
The Digital Information Network – CARNet is launching an electronic discussion Uranium Tailings: Local Problems, Regional Consequences, Global Solution” at http://caresd.net.
The online discussion will run from 10 March-30 April 2008 as part of the informational support for the high-level International Forum of Donors, to be held on the initiative of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in June 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland.
The purpose of the online discussion is to contribute to the improved regional coverage of radioactive tailings impacts on environment and involve the public of Central Asia in the discussion of this problem.
The mid-results of the online discussion will be submitted to the Regional Conference on uranium tailings, to be held in April 2009, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The results of the online discussion will also provide the background information for the analytical report that will be published and submitted to donors at the International Forum of Donors.
The second issue of MESPOM alumni newsletter is released!
Posted March 19th, 2009 by Anton
MESPOM alumni in cooperation with MESPOM students have prepared the second issue of the MESPOM alumni newsletter. You will find here fresh news and gossips, thrilling accounts of what's going on during and after MESPOM, updates on MESPOM careers, theses, teaching contents and development perspectives! Enjoy!
The 1st Erasmus Mundus Conference at CEU a Big Success!
Posted March 3rd, 2009 by chunyu.liang
Many of you could not make it to Budapest last week, however, I would like to let you know that the first Erasmus Mundus Conference on Climate Change and Higher Education has taken place there as planned and I consider it a big success.
A detailed conference report will follow soon, but to give you an overview of the conference: it started with a welcome session and plenary session delivered by selected keynote speakers (distinguished professors from various EMMCs and an EM alumni representative linking the EM programme, higher education and climate change). Then the conference was divided into four breakout sessions, each focusing on 1) agricultural, ecology, forestry and climate change, 2) energy, technological progress and climate change, 3) public policy and legal response to climate change, and 4) socio-cultural and economic aspects of climate change. A social event – dinner and a boat tour on the Danube River was organized on the first day evening.
MESPOM admission period is underway!
Posted March 3rd, 2009 by AntonThe application period for Erasmus Mundus scholarships is over. In 2009 we have received over 500 applications for Erasmus Mundus from all over the Globe. Many of them are exceptionally strong, and this promises a very interesting and diverse class in the next academic year!
Our admission period is not closed yet. We are still welcoming European and self-paid applicants! You can read about our application procedure here and here; the description of our study programme can be found here. We are looking forward to your applications!
Manchester University ranked next in research after Oxford and Cambridge
Posted February 9th, 2009 by AntonThe findings of the UK 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE*) show an outstanding performance by the University of Manchester, one of the MESPOM Consortium partners, and confirm that it is one of only a handful of UK universities with an internationally significant research profile over a very wide range of subjects.
