Area of Studies

business studies and management sciences

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Department

Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management

Tuition and Other Fees

No Admission fee

• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship : Monthly stipend of €1,400 for 24 months
• Tuition-Free Admission: 50 places available across four editions
• Self Funded Admission: €2,000 for students from EU countries and CLIDE consortium countries; €4,000 for students from other countries

Application Deadline(s)

24 July 2026

Course Description

Course Profile

The CLIDE International Master’s Programme (Intercultural Leadership in the Digital Era) offers a prestigious, highly selective gateway into the future of global organizational management. As an elite Erasmus Mundus Joint Master (EMJM) program, this 120 ECTS degree bridges the gap between academic theory and real-world execution, seamlessly fusing digital transformation with intercultural leadership. Co-created by five renowned global institutions—including Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, the University of Granada, and partner universities across Austria, Ukraine, and Morocco—this program is explicitly engineered for highly motivated and engaged students who want to master the complexities of modern, technology-driven ecosystems. By embedding you within a top-tier international network from day one, CLIDE provides the ultimate modern approach to navigating distributed teams, fostering inclusion, and managing digital innovation on a global scale.

The structure of this EMJM program guarantees unparalleled physical mobility and elite academic networking, placing you directly in front of leading experts and practitioners from Europe and beyond. You will not simply study leadership concepts; you will actively engage in collaborative, data-driven projects and immersive intercultural exchanges while moving across multiple partner campuses. This rigorous international experience is specifically designed to cultivate a sophisticated professional profile, sharpening your critical thinking, global communication, and strategic problem-solving abilities. NCU’s prominent position within this global consortium ensures that ambitious students gain both the theoretical framework and the practical, hands-on competencies required to steer international corporations and tech hubs through rapid technological shifts.

Graduating from this prestigious joint master’s program dramatically elevates your global employability and opens doors to top-tier career prospects in the most progressive industries. Your rare ability to simultaneously lead multicultural teams and manage digital transformation makes you a highly sought-after asset to the modern labor market, maximizing your value to multinational corporations, global consulting firms, international NGOs, and tech enterprises. Whether your goal is to lead major corporate innovations, drive international digital strategy, or step into a high-level advisory role, a CLIDE EMJM degree ensures you enter the professional world as a versatile, future-proof executive equipped to claim prominent leadership roles and confidently shape the digital era.

Education Requirements

1)     Bachelor, master, engineer or equivalent degree entitling the candidate to undertake master level education. and transcript of grades obtained during the course of study, entitling a candidate to continue university-level study in country in which the diploma was issued, or original of the certificate confirming graduation from studies and containing information on level, programme and profile of studies, obtained professional title and result.

2)     English Language Proficiency Certificate at minimum B2 level, unless specified as higher in the qualification criteria in IRK Admission System. The list of acceptable certificates is regulated by the REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION of 30 July 2025 https://study.cm.umk.pl/wpcontent/ uploads/2018/08/Rozporzadzenie-EN.pdf

3) Candidates are assessed on the basis of an online interview checking candidates' knowledge and aptitude to undertake studies in the chosen field and on the chosen tertiary education level. Candidates may be awarded maximum 100 points for the interview. The minimum requirement is 40 points.

Other Requirements

1)     A legalisation (authorisation) or apostille (if the document was issued by an institution operating in the educational system in a country that is a party to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, concluded in The Hague, 5 October 1961) of the original of secondary school (maturity) certificate and transcript of grades or the higher education diploma and transcript of grades – depends on the level of studies;

2) Original sworn translations into Polish language (or English language if a candidate undertakes studies provided in English) of legalised/signed apostille secondary school (maturity) certificate and transcript of grades or the higher education diploma and transcript of grades (in case of other than sworn translation – translation legalized by the authorised institution in the country where the documents were issued) – depends on the level of studies;

Contact

studywithncu@umk.pl