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EU wants more Indian students
WSN News
NEW DELHI: After US, Australia and Great Britain, it is now the
European Union which is wooing Indian students. It is going a step
forward and even offering part-time jobs and credit transfer system
to students.
A European Higher Education fair is
being organised here where students will get to know the prospects
for higher studies, avenues for job, scholarships, part-time working
provision and credit transfer system in the European countries, says
Apoorv Mahendru of German Academic Exchange Programme.
About 100 recognised universities from
25 member countries of European Union will project their courses,
facilities and related matters here from November 24 to 26, he says.
"The member countries of European Union are now targetting the
Indian students. The participating universities will facilitate
information on their academic curricula, along with special
programmes and procedures to enrol students," says Mahendru from the
coordinating agency for the event.
The fair is seen as a bid to boost internationalisation of higher
education and cultural exchange, he says. "If the student mobility
increases, there will be more cultural exchange and interaction," he
says.
Presently majority of the Indian students going abroad for higher
studies prefer to go to the US followed by UK and Australia. Of late
students have shown interest to go to European countries like
Germany, France and other countries.
The fair, accompanied by a symposium, assumes importance in the wake
of the recently agreed EU-India Joint Action Plan where higher
education cooperation and academic exchanges have been identified as
a mutual interest priority.
All the information on recognised higher education institutions and
the entire gamut of academic options in the EU member states will be
available under a single roof, he says. The European Union will
organise similar programmes in other Asian countries aiming to
promote regional and multilateral networking between higher
education institutions in Europe and these countries, he says.
Some European countries like Germany are bringing in legislation
soon which will allow foreign students to stay in that country for
their entire lives provided they get a suitable job. This will
attract more students from Asian countries, he says.
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