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Gowtham MohanMaster student

KTH Royal Institute of technology, Sweden

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

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General requirements English proficiency  – TOEFL (90 minimum) or

IELTS (6.5 minimum)

GRE  – Required for few Switzerland and Germanuniversities

GATE – Few German universities

CGPA -7.5+

Relevant projects and motivation to pursue the

course Recommendation letters from professors

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Common masters programs forMechanical Background Production engineering management Industrial engineering and logistics

Sustainable energy

Computational mechanics Engineering design

Few multi disciplinary ones like

Material sciences

Nano technology Robotics

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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

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United Kingdom Renowned universities

Imperial college, London Kings college London University college London (UCL)

Warwick university Nottingham university University of Edinburg University of Glasgow, ScotlandPros :

English is the official language and 2nd most popular destinationafter USA

Cons:

Strict Visa rules and 1 year masters degree; Limited scholarshipopportunities

Scholarships: Common wealth scholarship

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Switzerland Renowned technical universities

ETHZ Zurich EPFL Lausanne

Both are German and French translation of Swiss federal instituteof technology

Pros:

Very reputed universities; Both universities in top 15 bestEngineering colleges in the world

Research funding is really high in these universities with high Phdsalaries

Cons:

Very tough selection procedure, Very high cost of livingScholarship:

Swiss Excellence scholarship - Worth $22,000 per year for mastersSwiss excellence

PhD students receive a salary of $55,000 per year

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Germany Renowned universities

TU Munich RWTH Aachen  – Good for Automobile and Production

engineering Stuttgart university

TU Berlin TU Dresden TU DarmstadtPros:No tuition fees for most of programs, Job hub of Europe

1 Year additional visa extension for Job searchCons:LanguageScholarships:DAAD fellowships; No other scholarships as education is free

https://www.daad.org/scholarship 

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Netherlands Renowned universities

TU Delft TU Einthoven University of TwentePros:

Lot of Companies, 1 year visa extension for job searchScholarship provided for outstanding profileCons:High fees  – 25000 Euros for 2 years;Scholarships:

TU Delft excellence scholarshipExcellence scholarship TU Einthoven ALSP scholarship ALSP 

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France , Belgium, Denmark,Norway, Finland

Renowned universities École Polytechnique, France Mines ParisTech, France École Normale Supérieure (ENS), France

ISAE, France  – Renowned for Aerospace KU Lueven, Belgium Université Libre de Bruxelles, (ULB), Belgium University of Liège, Belgium

Denmark Technological university (DTU) NTNU, Norway Aalto University, Finland

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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 labeledwith Erasmus Mundus KIC Innoenergy

EIT –

 European Institute of technology

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Joint European Master Programme AdvancedMaterials Science and Engineering (AMASE)

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European Wind energy masters

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European Joint Masters in Management andEngineering of Environment and Energy

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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]

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 Sustainable Energy Systems(SELECT)

http://www.kth.se/en/studies/programmes/em/select 

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Master of science in Computationalmechanics Solid mechanics Structural engineering

Fluid mechanics

Engineering hydrodynamics Engineering Materials

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 Programme in Aeromechanics(THRUST)

1st year in KTH, Sweden2nd year

1) Unsteady Aerodynamics (Duke University, USA)

2) Structural Vibration and Fatigue (AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki, Greece)

3) Aeromechanical & Material Design (Université deLiège, Belgium)

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Energy technologies (ENTECH)

The four partner universities cooperating inENTECH are:

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany(also the coordinating institution)

Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal

Uppsala University (UU), Sweden

Grenoble Institute of Technology (INP), France

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RENE - Renewable Energy 

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