The members of the Consortium can access to the electronic application form of the candidates. The form includes a section, invisible to the students and used to follow-up the recruitment procedure and during the whole academic career of the student. The whole recruitment process is managed online.

Candidates are divided in two categories: (A): Non European students and (B): European students.

The recruitment process for both categories is the same, except for the timetable, as specified in the following.

Category A Students (Non European)

• January, 2nd, 2010: Application deadline
• January: 3rd-14th: Candidates are ranked, and up to 200 among them will be shortlisted for the oral interview. A member of the Consortium will contact the shortlisted students via email, and a date and time for the interview will be agreed upon.
• January: 15th-24th: The interviews will run via videoconference. The structure of the interview shall follow a pre-established canvas prepared by the Consortium.
• January: 25th-30th: Deliberation on acceptance and formation of a list of successful candidates to be proposed for a scholarship. An additional list of candidates will be generated, as well, as a backup of the previous one. The candidates will be informed immediately.
• January, 31st: Transmission of the scholarship applications to the European Agency;
• Mid-March: Notification of the final selection outcomes.

Category B Students (European)

• April, 15th: Application deadline
• April: 16th-30th: Candidates are ranked, and up to 200 among them will be shortlisted for the oral interview. A member of the Consortium will contact the shortlisted students via email, and a date and time for the interview will be agreed upon.
• May: 1st-15th: The interviews will run via videoconference. The structure of the interview shall follow a pre-established canvas prepared by the pedagogical council.
• May: 16-30th: deliberation on acceptance and selection of a subset of successful candidate students to be proposed for a scholarship. An reserve list of candidates will be generated. The candidates will be informed immediately.
• May, 31st: Transmission of the scholarship application form to the European Agency;
• July, at the begining: Notification of the final selection outcomes

For all students

• August, 30th-31st: Arrival of the Students in Lyon
• September, 1st- 4th: Welcome week and enrollment
• September, 4th: Departure by train of the students assigned to Nantes & Paris
• September, 6th: Classes start everywhere