ERCE is a label awarded by the EMS to centres showing an outstanding level in its area of influence in research and education, being attractor of students from other regions and countries. Indeed the education of Master and PhD students is an asset for raising the quality and the diffusion of mathematics worldwide and it has particular value in the developing world. ERCE centres are selected among those which play an important role in training students in their region particularly coming from less developed areas and countries. More information about the scheme is given here.

With the success of this scheme the committee is now opening a new call for applications. The application has to be sent by e-mail to the address ems-office@helsinki.fi and the deadline for this application is February 15th, 2018. Full details are here.