The University of Karachi is one of the premier institutions of higher learning and research and it has also been enlisted among the top universities of world. The pace of development will continue with great vigor and motivation, said Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Qaiser during the Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia Scholarships distribution ceremony on Tuesday.
Prof Dr Shahana Urooj Kazmi, the Coordinator of Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Programme, informed that the EMEA scholarship is fully funded by the European Union. She added the students, teachers, researchers and university staff (academic or administrative positions) are selected in the project.
The University of Karachi is one of the Asian Partner Universities of Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia (EMEA) programme and being a partner university, their candidates’ applications are considered under Target Group 01 Budget Group A.
The scholarships are fully funded and span from one month administrative training to 34 months research in the European universities for BS, MS, MPhil and PhD research work.
Dean Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences Prof Dr Abuzar Wajidi said the fact was indeed prestigious that the University of Karachi was the first Pakistani university selected as a consortium member of the EU project Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia.
In the third project of EMEA 10 candidates were awarded the scholarships who will be studying at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Greece, Lund University- Sweden, University of Milan – Italy, University of Warsaw – Poland, University of College Dublin – Ireland, University College London – Great Britain and University of Amsterdam – Netherlands.