37 Nepali students, one scholar receive European scholarships

Thirty seven Nepalese students and one scholar are among the 10,000 awardees of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship for the academic year 2009-2010.

The European Commission has announced the grants which are to be funded by the Erasmus Mundus Programme. 8365 students and academics will come to study or teach in Europe, and 1,561 Europeans will spend periods at partner institutions in countries outside Europe, a statement issued by the office of the delegation of European Commission in Kathmandu said.

"I am overjoyed on bagging such a prestigious scholarship," said Sameer K.C., 25, of Sarlahi district. K.C along with other awardees participated in an information session organised by the Delegation of the European Commission to Nepal last Friday.

"I was surfing the net for scholarship opportunities in Finland, and suddenly my eyes landed on the Erasmus Mundus," said K.C. who is going to Finland and Denmark for his Masters in Mobile Computation." He completed his Bachelors in Information Technology from one of the colleges in the capital.

A total of 89 students from Nepal have won the 'Erasmus Mundus' scholarship between the years 2006 to 2009. Now with the fresh group of winners the number has reached 127.

A total of 103 Masters in different academic streams are being provided by consortia of Europe's top higher education institutions.

The scholarship-winners come from 105 countries: China is the most-represented country, followed by India, Brazil, Mexico, Bangladesh, the US, Ethiopia, Russia and Indonesia. The academics come from 75 countries; the best represented in this category are the US, China, India, Australia and Canada. nepalnews.com July 01 09