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Results of Erasmus +2016 scholarship selection rounds for Erasmus mundus joint programmes

08.06.2016

The European Commission (EC) has released results of the Erasmus +2016 selection rounds of scholarships for the Erasmus Mundus joint programmes. A total of 15 candidates from Ghana have been placed on the main list (comprising two doctoral candidates and 13 Masters' students). There are also 139 candidates from Ghana on the reserve list (comprising four doctoral candidates and 135 Masters Students).

The grant award decision for the award of scholarships by these programmes was taken on 2 May 2016. A total of 848 master students and doctoral candidates worldwide have been awarded a scholarship under this selection round. These scholarships will allow them to participate in excellent joint master and doctoral programmes that were selected during the previous phase of the Erasmus Mundus programme and are still on-going. The 848 scholarship holders have been selected by 60 Erasmus Mundus Master Courses and 18 Joint Doctorates.

Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with Third-Countries.

Under the Erasmus Mundus Programme, in May 2016, the 15 Ghanaians have been awarded a scholarship to participate in excellent joint master and Doctoral programmes in Europe. 

Scholarship holders will start their study programmes in August-September 2016. They were selected from universities in Accra, Cape Coast, Kumasi and Winneba. 

European host Universities in Europe are located in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom or Norway   

 

Background information:

List of Ghanaian Universities:

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi

University of Cape Coast

University of Education Winneba

University of Ghana, Accra 

 

List of European host Universities:

UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE, Belgium

ASSOCIATION D'ENSEIGNEMENT AGRICOLE DE PURPAN - EI PURPAN, France

UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE, France

UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS, France

NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU, Norway

GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS, Germany

UNIVERSITAET POTSDAM, Germany

KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET, Denmark;

INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DE LISBOA, Portugal

COFAC COOPERATIVA DE FORMACAO E ANIMACAO CULTURAL CRL, Portugal

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK

UNIVERSITY OF KENT, UK

UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA, Spain

GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET, Sweden

BUDAPESTI CORVINUS EGYETEM, Hungary

 

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