Erasmus Mundus in Membrane Engineering for a Sustainable Development
Published on February 2, 2022–Updated on February 20, 2026
The MESD (Erasmus Mundus Master in Membrane Engineering for a Sustainable Development) project offers a two-year Master's degree in the fields of membrane sciences and engineering, at the crossroads of materials sciences and chemical engineering.
The Master in Membrane Engineering for Sustainable Development, MESD, offers an advanced education programme related to membrane science and engineering at the interface between material science and chemical engineering and focused on specific applicative fields: Energy, Food, Bio and Health, and Water.
Based on the experience of the two previous programmes and the will of the partners to continue, the new master programme MESD provides an equilibrated curriculum oriented towards the new technologies and emerging applications and aiming the best match between labour supply and demand.
The courses delivered in MESD curriculum thus ensure a high level of excellence with a close relation to the last developments and research in the field.
The MESD will have a duration of two years : 4 semesters corresponding to 30 ECTS (European Credits Transfer System) each and spent in at least 3 different countries. The field of membrane applications is very wide and in order to offer the widest possible range of knowledge, the summer school and weekly seminars will complete the master curriculum.
Who can apply?
You must have a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bio-Chemical Engineering or the equivalent level
You must have an English language proficiency certificate: TOEFL-iBT score of at least 90 OR IELTS score of at least 6.5 OR University of Cambridge "Certificate of Proficiency in English"/ "Certificate in Advanced English"
The master involves seven High Education Institutions, HEI, of six European countries :
Université de Montpellier (France) - coordinating organisation
Université de Toulouse (France)
University of Twente (the Netherlands)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
University of Zaragoza (Spain)
University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (Czech Republic)
