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Activities focus on the international dimension of higher education, often targeting a particular region or academic discipline. Funding [6] is available for: European joint masters and doctorates; Partnerships with non-European higher education institutions and scholarships for students and academics
It also awards grants to German students, doctoral students, and scholars for studies and research abroad. With an annual budget of 522 million Euros and supporting approximately 140.000 individuals world-wide, [ 5 ] the DAAD is in fact the largest such academic grant organisation worldwide [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The organisation was founded on 1 January ...
The programme built on the 1981–1986 pilot student exchanges, and although it was formally adopted only shortly before the beginning of the academic year 1987–1988, it was still possible for 3,244 students to participate in Erasmus in its first year. In 2006, over 150,000 students, or almost 1% of the European student population, took part.
The types of scholarships include: [4] Undergraduate studies; Graduate (including masters and PhDs) Applicants are put forward by their respective colleges when admitted and only students who are in financial need will be considered. Every year, the Trust awards about 400 scholarships to international students to study at Cambridge.
] Winners of Chevening scholarships have received coverage in national and local newspapers. [14] [15] During the Chevening 40th anniversary in 2023, the programme said it had granted its scholarship to 1,500 Nigerians since 1983. [16] [17] The Chevening Scholarship is not available to non-indigenous Australian candidates. [18]
Over 1,000 international AFS students from other countries are hosted in the U.S. annually. AFS-USA is supported by a volunteer base of over 5,000. Study abroad programs range from two week group trips, to traditional year-long exchanges. Students on traditional exchanges live in volunteer host families, and study at a local high school.
The Davis United World College Scholars Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. [1] [2] It awards need-based scholarship funding, aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship, to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement to study at 106 select partner universities in the United States.
The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, commonly referred to as IAESTE (pronounced i-a-es-te or ai-es-te), is an international organization exchanging students for technical work experience abroad. Students gain relevant technical training lasting from 4 weeks to 52 weeks. IAESTE includes committees ...