About RESCHIP4EU
Reinforcing Skills in Chips Design for Europe (RESCHIP4EU) aims to support the excellence of EU higher education around embedded systems design in a holistic way, from silicon via System-on-Chip design and manufacturing to smart and safety-critical platform and application software.
The holistic nature of the program provides a unique competitive edge to encourage graduates to design, analyse and innovate smart, green and safety- critical embedded systems in Europe. RESCHIP4EU will achieve this goal by designing and delivering a double-degree master’s programme (ISCED Level 7, 120 ECTS) in Embedded Systems Design with several specialisations related to the holistic design of embedded platforms safer, greener, smarter, and more efficient and a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The master’s programme will be designed and delivered by 9 higher education institutions from 5 different countries with the collaboration of SEMI Europe, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, ST Microelectronics, a global semiconductor company, 1 innovative SME expert in delivering education program, communication and dissemination, 1 ASBL (Association internationale sans but lucrative), and EIT Digital, a pan-European organisation with experience in delivering education programmes in advanced digital skills across Europe.
Self-standing online modules: Microelectronics and Chips design
The RESCHIP4EU online modules in Microelectronics and Chips design are a flexible, self-paced learning experience designed by leading experts in the field. Whether you're looking to deepen your technical knowledge or explore new domains, these innovative online courses offer practical, up-to-date content tailored to your learning needs. Each module can be taken independently, with a certificate of completion awarded upon successful assessment.
Release date: to be announced.
Application process
Cycle 1 application
For its inaugural intake in the 2025/26 academic year (Cycle 1), RESCHIP4EU opened applications in November 2024 and closed them in June 2025. The application process was divided into three periods:
- Period 1: November 1, 2024 – February 10, 2025
- Period 2: February 11, 2025 – April 14, 2025
- Period 3: April 15, 2025 – June 2, 2025
Study offers are typically issued one month after the end of each application period. Scholarship awards are communicated to students at the time of their study offer.
Cycle 1 Parallel application for entry year
The timeline for the cohort 2025/26 Parallel application is:
Application period: 6-20 Oct
English and GR check: 21-29 Oct
Programme committee evaluations: 30 Oct-12 Nov
Letters of acceptance: 13 Nov
Scholarships will be allocated on a rolling basis, until all financial support schemes are exhausted for the current recruitment cycle. With this call RESCHIP4EU will make available 20 full waiver scholarships to be distributed (the nominal value of the granted scholarship is of 5,000EUR per year)
Scholarships
RESCHIP4EU provides eligible students the financial support to take part to the education programmes and offers scholarship programmes to promote diversity in terms of gender, age, social and economic background. RESCHIP4EU’s scholarships allow the greatest number to have access to high-quality education in digital areas and increase diversity among students and future digital experts.
The students awarded a scholarship will be financially supported during their two years of studies in one of the double-degree in Masters’ programmes offered by RESCHIP4EU.
Types of scholarships available
Three types of scholarships are available:
- scholarship of excellence, including a full tuition fee waivers and a monthly allowance,
- full tuition fee waivers,
- half tuition fee waivers.
The monthly allowance will be weighted based on the country correction coefficient (CCCs) of the country where a student is studying. Thus, the monthly allowance provided to a student it can vary between the first and second year of studies.
How to apply
To apply to a RESCHIP4EU scholarship, candidates must enrol into RESCHIP4EU master’s programme via the EIT Digital Master School Application portal.
Eligibility requirements
RESCHIP4EU scholarships are available to nationals or residents of one of the eligible countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- Listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (associated countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature
Only students enrolled and accepted in RESCHIP4EU Masters’ programme are eligible to financial support. When receiving their letter of acceptance and study offer, students will be notified of their scholarship allocation.
Selection criteria
The scholarships will award applicants based on merit. To quantify merit, a merit score (on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the maximum) will be given to each applicant accepted to one of the master’s programmes. Three elements will be considered in assigning a merit score:
- previous academic and professional experience of an applicant,
- curriculum vitae, and
- letter of motivation, which also includes the motivation for an applicant to receive financial support.
The initial merit score value will be an average of the two merit scores assigned by the two Local Programme Coordinators accepting an applicant (the Local Coordinator at the Entry University and the Local Coordinator at the Exit University). The merit scores assigned by Local Programme Coordinators will be reviewed by Programme Leaders to ensure uniformity between the scores given by Local Programme Coordinators from different universities and different countries. A final meeting including the Programme Leaders, all Local Programme Coordinators and the Quality Assurance Manager of the RESCHIP4EU project will be set at the end of each Recruitment Period to agree and deliberate on the final merit score of each applicant.
Promotion of diversity in terms of gender, social and economic background
The RESCHIP4EU scholarship programme will thrive to promote diversity and inclusion through its scholarship opportunities:
- Priority will be given to female applicants from any EU country or EU-associated country. The scholarship programme for women will aim to increase female participation.
- Priority will be given to applicants from RIS countries - included in the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS). The scholarship programme for participants from RIS countries is aimed to support the participation of students from countries with moderate or modest innovation score and with lower gross domestic product. Countries eligible to take part to the RIS include 1) EU members states, 2) Horizon Europe associated countries, and 3) outermost regions such as Guadeloupe, and Réunion (France), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal), and the Canary Islands (Spain).
Payment arrangements
The scholarship is reflected as a discount in the tuition fee. The candidates are informed of the net amount of the tuition fee, after deducting the applicable amount of the scholarship.
- half tuition fee waivers: the nominal value of the granted scholarship is of 2,500EUR per year
- full tuition fee waivers: the nominal value of the granted scholarship is of 5,000EUR per year
- scholarship of excellence, including a full tuition fee waivers and a monthly allowance: the nominal value of the granted scholarship is of 5,000EUR plus a monthly allowance of 900 EUR weighted based on the country correction coefficient (CCCs) of the country where a student is studying.
Number of scholarships available
Scholarships will be allocated on a rolling basis, until all financial support schemes are exhausted for the current recruitment cycle.
