— Ongoing Virtual Fair till 23rd September—
New Delhi, 22ndSeptember, 2016: The European Higher Education Fair India 2016 (EHEF) being organised by the European Union Delegation to India has attracted the participation of more than 100 higher education institutions from 26 EU Member States. The two day exhibition will be held in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 30th September to 1st October, 2016. The fair is aimed atIndian students looking to go abroad for higher education including Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D.courses but will also be of interest toparents and the academic community.
The EHEF India 2016 will allow students and parents to interact with some of the best educational institutions from across Europe – includingmany which appear in the internationally renowned Times Higher Education World UniversityRankings (THE) 2015-2016. Twenty-one of the European universities exhibiting in EHEF India 2016 areranked in this year’s THE Top 400. The fair will highlight what Europe has to offer to Indian students in terms of the quality and diversity of English-taught bachelor, post-graduate and Ph.D courses.
Speaking about the 2nd edition of the fair H.E. Mr. Tomasz Kozlowskisaid,Ambassador of the European Union to India,said “Europe today has 4000 higher education institutions, from top-level research establishments to small, specialized colleges, hosting about one-fifth of the world’s students (20 million)and 1.5 million academicians. It is recognized as the leading higher educational destination for international students, offering both cutting edge education, value for money and rich cultural experience. Every year, 1.5 million international students come to Europe, of which around 50,000 are Indians. Through the fair, we seek to provide a platform to aspiring students to interact face-to-face with leading universities from across Europe and explore the educational, scholarship and career opportunities available in the Europe Union.”
A majority of Indian students used to come to Europe to pursue engineering (mainly computer science & information systems, mechanical or electronics and electrical engineering) or business courses, but the trends are changing as they are increasingly choosing Europe to study accounting and finance, bio science, economics, law, medicine and the arts as well.
The Fair will also provide a platform to Indian Students to explore the vast scholarship opportunities available for studying in Europe, funded by the EU and Member States. More than 4000 Indian students have benefited from Erasmus grants to study in Europe in recent years and about 1700 grants have been given to Indian researchers under the ‘Marie Skłodowska-Curie’ scholarships to teach and research in Europe. Recently, the EU has launched a revised and larger programme called ‘Erasmus+’ to provide scholarships to students across the world, including India.
Visitors will be able to meet exhibitors face-to-face and ask them questions about the courses offered by their institution and how to apply. There will also be the opportunity to attend presentations on topics such as the education systems in the EU and the scholarships available, as well as meet alumni who can talk about what it is really like to study in Europe. Visitors unable to travel to Delhi will be able to participate in a Virtual Fair.
Virtual Fair
Widening the reach, the Delegation of the European Union to India is also parallely hosting a series of webinars on 20-23rd Septemberas part of the European Higher Education Virtual Fair India and South Asia 2016. This platform has been created to provide a virtual dialogue platform between European higher education institutions (HEIs) and Indian/South Asian students. Aspiring students from outside Delhi who are unable to attend the on-ground event can participate and have their queries addressed directly by the institutions’ representatives.The EHEVF 2016 also consists of an online portal www.study-europe.netwhich hosts the web-pages of more than 180 institutions.
The Virtual Fair is open to all. One can participate by registering @ www.study-europe.net/preregistration.
EU-India to discuss prioroties in the Higher Education
The fair will be preceded by a conference which will bring together upto 300 higher education professionals from the EU and India to discuss priorities in Higher Education and areas of furthercollaboration between the two sides. Titled ‘Cooperation in the Higher Education Sphere between the European Union and India’, it will be hosted on 29th September at the India Habitat Centre.
Must have been a happening event..We need more such education events in India..it’s so hard to decide upon when it comes to studying abroad which includes huge investment.