Core values

• A unique course program that maximises radiation of the long-standing experience and the scientific excellence of the Higher Education Institutes constitutin gthe TROPIMUNDO Consortium and that leads to a joint degree;
• A mobility within Europe pluss a unique full semester mobility in situ including both classroom and field courses in the Caribbean, Amazonian, African, Asian or Oceanian wet tropics at participating universities;
• A clear study Trajectory in which fundamental understanding of one or multiple most-threatened ecosystems, or their components (incl. biota and abiotic factors and humans), is followed by research tools to study, understand, and manage them with the aim of biological conservation;
• A full semester MSc Thesis research in collaboration with one or more TROPIMUNDO Full or Associate Partners (see below)
• Intensive contact with different cultures and languages, which stimulates content and language integrated learning.

Joint Master Degree

Basic student requirements

• An internationally accepted Bachelor in Science degree (i.e. equivalent to 180 ECTS) with a major in Biology, Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, or equivalent from an accredited university. Prospective applicants should check the FAQ to see which BSc are likely to be considered equivalent and which are not;
• Students must be able to demonstrate proficiency in English, or in English plus French and/or Spanish. However, in the 1st and 3rd semester extra-curricular language courses are offered to improve language skills needed on the student's study Trajectory. More information on language requirements can be found in the online Application, Information and Management Tool (AIM-tool);
• A personal evaluation of the applications will be done by the Selection Committee composed of all Local Coordinators.

Trajectory in 4 semesters

• 4 semesters
• Current course list and detailed course descriptions

Tuition fees

Scholarships

Applying for Tropimundo

• Welcome
• Information
• Practical
• Manual

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - FAQ

• The TROPIMUNDO Best Student Award, awarded to the student with the highest overall course average.
• The Lorenzo Borella Memorial Award, awarded to the student with the highest thesis mark. The eponymy is in loving memory of the TROPIMUNDO alumnus Lorenzo Borella and is described here in English, Italian, French and Dutch). This award was originally named the TROPIMUNDO Best Thesis Award.

Participating universities and local coordinators

Consortium:

• Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB (Belgium)
  Managing Director: Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS
  Founding Director: Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS (anno 2012)
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB (Belgium)
  Local Coordinators: Iris STIERS and Tom VAN der STOCKEN 
• Sorbonne Université - SU (France)
  Local Coordinator: Jean-Yves DUBUISSON
• Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle - MNHN (France)
  Local Coordinator: Nathalie BECKER
• Università degli Studi di Firenze - UNIFI (Italy)
  Local Coordinator: Giacomo SANTINI
• Université de Guyane - UdG (French Guyana, France)
  Local Coordinator: Sabrina COSTE
• Universidad de Antioquia - UDEA (Colombia) for Atlantic East-Pacific ecosystems
  Local Coordinator: Héctor Fabio RIVERA-GUTIERREZ
• Université des Antilles - UdA (Guadeloupe, France) for insular Caribbean ecology
  Local Coordinator: Etienne BEZAULT 
• Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Senegal) for West-African semi-arid and Sahel ecosystems
  Local Coordinator: Khady DIOUF GOUDIABY
• Université de Dschang - UDsch (Cameroon) for African tropical rainforests
  Local Coordinator: François NGUETSOP
• Technical University of Mombasa - TUM (Kenya) for East-African svannas, Great Lakes and coastal ecosystems
  Local Coordinator: Cosmas Nzaka MUNGA
• Université de La Réunion - UNIRé (France) for tropical forests of the South West Indian Ocean
  Local Coordinator: Pascale BESSE
• University of Ruhuna - RUH (Sri Lanka) for terrestrial forests and aquatic ecosystems
  Local Coordinator: Sunanda KODIKARA ARACHCHILAGE
• Universiti Malaysia Terengganu - UMT (Malaysia) for Asian tropical forests and coastal ecosystems
  Local Coordinator: Behara SATYANARAYANA with Aidy Mohamed SHAWAL BIN M MUSLIM
• Unibersidad ng Pilipinas - UPD (Philippines) for Westeran Pacific terrene, palustrine and marine ecosystems
  Local Coordinator: Severino G. SALMO III
• Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia, France) for South Pacific island ecosystems
  Local coordinator: Valérie BURTET-SARRAMEGNA

• The European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme
• VLIR-UOS
• Master International en Biodiversité et Environnements Tropicaux (BET) formerly named Biodiversité et Environnements Végétaux Tropicaux (BEVT)
• International Course Programme: Mundus tropicalis (c/o TROPIMUNDO)
• International Course Programme: MSc. in Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management (Oceans & Lakes)
• Master of Science in Biology
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)