151 Bangladeshi students have been awarded scholarships for higher study in Europe with Joint Erasmus Masters scholarships under the Erasmus + program.

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters programme offers fully funded scholarships where beneficiaries are awarded joint, double, or multiple degrees upon graduation.

Bangladesh is ranked third this year in terms of the number of the highest Erasmus+ scholarships awarded.

Bangladeshi students who have won the scholarships will have the opportunity to study in various European cities to complete a Master’s degree in study areas including data science, engineering, climate change, gender studies, circular economy, public health, public policies, and human rights.

“A flagship programme like Erasmus+, with a strong external dimension that aims to promote people-to-people exchanges, can and should be a game-changer. The new, larger programme for the period 2021-2027 has an increased budget of €26.2 billion,” Chargé d’Affaires of EU Hans Lambrecht pointed out in this regard.

According to him, this enables the EU to support new initiatives and, at the same time, attract an even greater number of participants. Lambrecht also added that both in Bangladesh and around the world, the demand for highly skilled and socially engaged people is increasing.

In addition, he asserted that Erasmus+ helps Bangladeshi beneficiaries to be the link between Europe and Bangladesh.