Requirements & application
Requirements
Admission requirements
• Earth Science background: Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree with strong earth sciences background (BSc in Geology, Geophysics, Earth Sciences, Earth Sciences Engineering, Geosciences Engineering, Mining Engineering).
• English certificate: Students must have an adequate knowledge of written and spoken English, equivalent to at least B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR): TOEFL test (paper 570, cb 230, iBT 88), IELTS 6.5 or CAE (grade C1), TOEIC 792, which should be certified to obtain the degrees.
Shared process of application, selection and admission
According to the mobility routes, TIMREX programme starts at University of Miskolc, Hungary (from September 2025), or at University of Zagreb RGNF, Croatia (from October 2025), or at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (from March 2026).
Participation in the TIMREX joint MSc programme requires the pre-registration at the dedicated site of the EIT RawMaterials and then registration at the application portal of the TIMREX programme (see below the details).
If national rules of the Master 1 year university require, after registering at the TIMREX application portal, applicants might have to register also at the appropriate national or university application portal. Applicants will receive information about this request individually.
Mandatory documents:
• CV
• Motivation letter
• Transcript of records
• Diploma of the previous study,
• Recommendation letters (2)
• Copy of Passport.
Documents are evaluated by representatives of two academic partners which are not the university of the home university (year 1) studies. Candidates are evaluated in a 100-grade scale according to the following criteria:
• Relevance of the previous degree to the mineral exploration scope of the TIMREX programme (20%).
• Academic achievements of the applicant based on transcript of records and additional data (30%).
• Rank of the university where the previous degree was received (10%).
• Quality and information content of the motivation letter (10%).
• Entrepreneurial and innovation potential of the candidate based on the CV and motivation letter (15%).
• Level of English proficiency based on language certificate (10%).
• Information content of the recommendation letters (5%).
In the second step, the home university (year 1) completes an online interview with the applicant and qualifies according to the following criteria:
• Level of professional background and experience of the applicant towards mineral resource exploration (40%).
• Motivation of the applicant towards innovative mineral resource exploration solutions (30%).
• Level of English proficiency (general and professional vocabulary) (30%).
Based on the grades from the first and second round evaluation, the final rank of the applicants is defined and discussed by the Steering Committee (SC). The SC accepts the decision to admit the applicant to the TIMREX programme and the defined mobility pathway.
Entrepreneurial potential
The entrepreneurial potential of the students will be evaluated during the selection process, taking into account their work experience and motivation towards entrepreneurship based on the CV and motivation letter, which will also be evaluated during the interviews.
The specialty of the mineral prospector’s profession is that it can be performed by freelanced experts or qualified persons owning title under CRIRSCO requirements, who are entitled to sign reports on the work completed. Therefore, field experience, participation in prospecting expeditions or internship completed at an exploration company are assessed during the interviews, which relates to the entrepreneurial potential of the students. Another important aspect of the evaluation criteria is experience and competence in business and/or management issues, based on past by work experience(s) or courses completed.
Entrepreneurial potential is evaluated based on the documents submitted by the student: CV, motivation letter, diploma supplement (first selection round), as well as based on the online interview (second selection round).
TWO-STEP application process
The application process will be held in 2 steps:
- Applicants should do a pre-registration at the dedicated site of the EIT RawMaterials: LINK.
- After filling the pre-registration, the EIT RawMaterials site will redirect the applicants to the application portal of the TIMREX programme (LINK). Please complete the registration and upload the requested documents there.
Applications for the programme are collected by the University of Miskolc through its DreamApply application system, with the consent of the consortium partners. Applications to all study pathways shall be submitted through the DreamApply platform of the University of Miskolc. Application materials are shared exclusively with the relevant partner universities based on the applicant’s chosen study pathway. Personal data and application documents are strictly shared only within the consortium for the purpose of programme implementation and managing the admission procedure.
For University of Miskolc, University of Zagreb (RGNF) and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology intake: the application period is open from 15th January 2025 to 31st March 2025.
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