MANILA – The European Higher Education Fair 2105 has attracted a total of 2,423 students, researchers and academicians which was more than last year’s figure of 1,746.
Mr Mattias Lentz, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the EU Delegation to the Philippines said that the continuing information campaign of the EU Delegation, the EU member states embassies and cultural institutes coupled with the increasing number of bilateral academic partnerships and exchanges between the Philippines and European Higher Education Institutions led to the increasing enthusiasm of Filipino academic interlocutors to pursue higher education studies in European Union.
Dr Minella Alarcon, Commissioner, Commission on Higher Education, said that the Commission on Higher Education joins the European Union in ensuring that “quality, mobility and innovation” are achieved when Filipinos pursue their graduate studies courses.
She said that the European Higher Education Fair offers varying options for students wanting to take up their Masters and Ph D programmes in the European Union member states.
Mr Lentz and Dr Alarcon were joined by Ambassadors Jan Top Christensen (Denmark), Luis Calvo (Spain), Marion Derckx (Netherlands) and other diplomats and officials who inaugurated the European Higher Education Fair on 7 November 2015 in Makati City.
The Fair was open to the public from 12:30 pm to 6:00 pm. With the theme “Quality. Mobility. Innovation”, 27 European Higher Education Institutions from 12 European Union Member States participated in the Fair.
The main goal of the Fair was to give Filipino students the opportunity to find out more about the endless academic opportunities offered by European Universities and to get immediate and direct answers from their representatives who have travelled all the way from Europe.
Participating universities were from the following European member states: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy ,The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.
The five biggest EU Cultural Institutes— Goethe-Institut Philippinen, Alliance Française de Manille, Instituto Cervantes de Manila, Istituto Dante Alighieri and the Philippine Italian Association—also participated in the Fair to provide information about European languages to Filipino students.
During the Fair, there were presentations on study and mobility opportunities from Embassies and Universities from the European Commission, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherland, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. (Eagle News Service/European Union Delegation to the Philippines)