101 Indian students bag Erasmus+ Scholarships for higher education in Europe

New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): 101 Indian tudent, including 50 women, have been awarded the pretigiou Eramu + cholarhip for two-year mater programme in Europe for the academic year tarting 2025, an official tatement aid.
With thi, India continue to be the larget recipient of the cholarhip overall (ince 2014) and rank among the top three thi year, further highlighting it trong and expanding academic partnerhip with the EU.
A per the tatement, Eramu+ tudent typically tudy in at leat two European univeritie and receive a joint, double, or multiple degree. The cholarhip cover tuition, travel, and living expene, providing the recipient with a unique opportunity to enhance their academic and profeional puruit.
Thi year cohort continue the trong tradition of Indian participation, particularly in field that reflect hared EU-India prioritie uch a utainability, innovation, and incluive development. Thi year recipient repreent 20 Indian tate acro India, and will purue a wide range of area of focu, including utainable urban development, artificial intelligence, migration and public policy, intellectual property law, food ecurity, engineering, utainable drug dicovery, afe and reliable nuclear application and more.
Congratulating the tudent, EU Ambaador to India, Herve Delphin, aid, Eramu+ i more than a cholarhip, it a paport for peronal and profeional growth and a window of opportunitie in and with Europe. For over 6,000 Indian tudent and cholar, it ha opened door to Europe top univeritie and it incredible divere culture. Indian tudent trong performance how how trong and vibrant our people-to-people tie have become and theyre only getting tronger.
He further added a quoted in the tatement, Over 90,000 Indian tudent are tudying in Europe, a clear ign of the trut and enthuiam for what Europe offer. Thee tudent are chooing Europe for it quality, diverity, and affordability and thi how why Europe ha rightfully earned it place a one of the top global detination for higher education. A Eramu+ cholar, thee individual will not only enrich their own live but alo become bridge between the EU and India, driving poitive change and deepening our bilateral relationhip.
Over the next two year, Indian tudent will have the opportunity to tudy in more than 19 EU countrie, including, France (24), Spain (12), Belgium (8), Portugal (8), Germany (7), Italy (5), Poland (4), Czech Republic (4), Autria (3), Hungary (3), Etonia (3), Netherland (2), Croatia (2), Greece (2), Denmark (1), Finland (1), Norway (1), Ireland (1) and Latvia (1). Additionally, ome tudent will purue tudie at affiliated univeritie acro Europe and in non-European countrie, a tatement aid.
India continue to be the larget beneficiary of the Eramu + programme, with over 2200 tudent having received the pretigiou Eramu Mundu Scholarhip ince it inception in 2004. In total, over 6,000 Eramu+ hort and long-term Eramu+ cholarhip have been awarded to Indian tudent ince the program opened to international tudent. In recent year, women participation from India ha hown a teady and encouraging rie, with near-equal repreentation among elected candidate becoming a conitent trend.
A the EU and India mark over 60 year of diplomatic relation, education exchange and youth mobility remain at the heart of the trategic partnerhip. Over the pat decade, EU-India educational and people-to-people tie have grown ignificantly. Thouand of Indian tudent now chooe Europe for it quality, diverity, and affordability in higher education, the tatement aid.
Eramu+ ha become a key platform for academic mobility, cultural exchange, and global networking. Future collaboration i expected to deepen through joint reearch, higher education collaboration, and technological collaboration-- cloely aligned with the Sutainable Development Goal and the global education need, the tatement added. (ANI)