All about Studies in Europe: EU Delegation and embassies to hold education fair in Astana
Education fairs have been conducted in Kazakhstan for the third year in a row to provide Kazakhstani students and faculty members with information about opportunities to study at higher educational establishments in Europe, the press service of the EU Delegation to Kazakhstan said.
In the framework of this fair, 14 EU Member-States (Czech Republic, Germany, France, Poland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and the United Kingdom) through their embassies jointly with the EU Delegation in Kazakhstan will present a variety of education-related informational materials. In addition, the most popular programmes for getting education in Europe will be presented to those who will attend the fair.
The event will be opened by Mr Norbert Jousten, Head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Mr Aryn Orsariev, Rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the RoK President. The goal of this education fair is to familiarize Kazakhstani students, university professors and the general public with existing opportunities to get higher education in Europe as well as to present the EU Scholarship Programmes for citizens of Kazakhstan and Central Asia for studies at universities in the EU Member States.
In 2010, more than 140 students from Kazakhstan received scholarships under the Action 2 of the European Scholarship Programme Erasmus Mundus. Every year the European Union provides financing for studies of Kazakhstani students, and the sum allocated only under the ErasmusMundus Action 2 amounts to more than 1 billion EUR per year.
