Applying to LCT

 After deciding I wanted to do a Master's degree and searching for a Master's to apply to, I finally had to actually apply to the LCT Master's.

 

 The LCT website has a dedicated platform for application.

Everything in this post is about the application for the 2020 student batch. (Because of COVID I had to defer)

To note:

• The application opened around November 2019 and finished around February 2021. I applied two weeks after the final deadline.
• At the time you apply to this Master's, simultaneously you're also applying for the Erasmus scholarship, you don't have to do a separate application.
• The application consists of 7 steps. Each time you complete a step, you cannot go back, so be careful. If you make a mistake, you will have to leave the application halfway done, message the LCT contact (to be found in the website), and start the process again using a new email.
• The application is completely online. If your original documents are not in English, you also need certified translations.
  
• For the TOEFL, only official scores sent by ETS are accepted.
  

Many of the documents should already be ready.

Steps 1, 2, 3

This steps are about your general information:

Passport, Bachelor's degree, transcript of courses, English certificate.

Step 4

Here you give information about your academic background.

You specify which was your major, and make a summary of your course transcripts.

They'll ask you to pick up the courses that you think are relevant for the Master's, group them, and then estimate what percentage of the maximum note you achieved.

For example: I had three programming courses with their respective grades "Intro to CS 18/20", "C Language 17/20", "Algorithms 11/20".

Thus I grouped them into a category "CS&Algorithms" with percentage (90% + 85% + 55%)/3 =  76%

Additionally, in step 4 you specify your previous relevant experiences, be it work or research.

Step 5

Here you, optionally, specify your preferred universities for the Master, but you also have to give a small argument about why you're preferring them.

Step 6

In this part you specify the emails for your letters of reference. You need 2 contacts.

Step 7

Here is where the Motivation Letter goes.

Additionally, you can specify further qualifications that may be relevant, like language certificates, scholarships, grants, etc.

You have to write a one line summary of the professional career you'd like.

Hidden step:

Prepare a Residence certificate from your own country: This is an official document that states your address in your own country. In my country, luckily, one can fill a sworn declaration independently by filling a form online. Of course, this has to be translated to English. Every country has its own procedure for getting one of those.

Why is that necessary? For getting an scholarship, one has to certify the place where one was living, to determine the scholarship amount. This certificate needs to be dated before the application deadline for the master.

Good luck!