Islamabad: Over 70 young aspirants from across Pakistan have been nominated for the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme, that is considered as the most successful student exchange programme of the world.
The young aspirants from the entire world will have an opportunity to chase a master’s degree from various universities across Europe. The Erasmus Plus is a €14.7 billion programme, which unites all of the current schemes of EU for education, training, youth and sport.
The successful candidates from Pakistan will study agriculture, energy, biotechnology, business studies, engineering, telecommunications, economic cooperation as well as political science subjects crosswise the European Union.
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To honour those students, EU Ambassador to Pakistan Jean-François Cautain organized a pre-departure brief on Wednesday for the successful candidates from Islamabad as well as from its jurisdiction areas.
The ambassadors and student counsellors from the various EU member states were also present there. All of them briefed the students regarding various study programmes at different universities in Europe.
Furthermore, the aspirants also met with other Erasmus+ Alumni members and learned about their experiences of studying in Europe.