European Master's in Translation (EMT) membership criteria and selection procedure

Members of the EMT network are selected on the basis of calls for applications, organised every five years. The basic eligibility and selection criteria are as follows:

Eligibility

Universities can apply if the programme has, at least, two cohorts of graduates of an officially recognised Master’s degree in translation and is authorised by:

• an EU Member State, 
• certain non-EU countries:
  • EU candidate countries and potential candidates — Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo¹, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine;
  • the countries participating in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) — Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine², Syria, Tunisia;
  • the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA) — Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

^{1 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.}

^{2 This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the Member States on this issue.}

Selection criteria

Programmes have to meet a number of criteria relevant for quality translator training according to the EMT standards: 

• structure of the programme — objectives, credits and expected learning outcomes of the courses given 
• coverage of the key competences according to the new EMT Competence Framework 
• sustainability — staffing policy and number of graduates over the past years 
• career support and monitoring — including career guidance for students, internships, tracking of careers after graduation and employment statistics

Additional assets

• cooperation with higher education institutions at an international level or participation in national networks 
• effective quality assurance system 
• research activities