The European Union has offered postgraduate scholarships to over two hundred young Nigerians in top European universities, under its flagship educational programme, Erasmus.
A statement by the EU in Abuja, says the figure represents an increase from the number of Nigerians that benefited from the initiative last year.
It states that the number also places Nigeria second among countries with the highest number of students selected for the prestigious programme in 2022, after Pakistan.
The statement explains that each scholarship awardee will, on successful completion of the programme, receive a masters degree to be jointly awarded by a consortium of universities, in the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters programme – a key component of Erasmus.
The Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters are high-level and integrated study programmes at master level, delivered by an international partnership of higher institutions.
The studies will run between 12-24 months, and will see each beneficiary studying in universities in at least three different universities during the duration of the programme.
Many of the scholarship awardees have already departed for Europe to commence their studies.
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