The key characteristic of the mobility scheme of the JMD is that students move in cohorts from one university to the other, semester after semester. This group mobility, in contrast with option-based mobility, permits to create a sprit de corps and a true class which facilitates belonging and integration to the master and leads to an authentic MAIA identity. Moreover, having an integrated student group further enhances the intercultural awareness and increases self-empowerment and self-esteem of its members.

In addition, the mobility scheme has been organized in line with the educational progress scheme to achieve an improved learning: the university in which each semester is held has been chosen taking the expertise and the research/educational facilities and the equipment into account. For instance, UB has state-of-the-art facilities in medical imaging and acquisition systems, UNICLAM will develop on machine learning and optimization strategies and finally, UdG will focus more on CAD development and specific applications.

Being exposed to three different European countries and providing the Local Culture modules with language facilities in each of the universities (see course structure), MAIA students will develop improved foreign language competencies in French, Spanish/Catalan, and Italian and a better awareness of the European project, culture and EU values.

Moreover, the additional optional mobility in the fourth semester to perform the MSc thesis in collaborating with European research groups or companies enhances even more aspects such as intercultural awareness, employability, and career prospects, and provides an increased motivation for further education and training in terms of conventional or industrial PhDs.

In summary, the acquired knowledge and transversal competencies through this individual and characteristic mobility scheme will be very important assets for the students for their future employability and career prospects, as those are aspects that companies and research institutions value in recent graduates.