European Higher Education Fair 2012 to present study opportunities to Pinoys

MANILA, Philippines - Representatives of 22 European universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will arrive in Manila to give Filipino students the opportunity to talk directly with them about the vast array of study opportunities available in Europe in every subject and discipline.

To mark the 25 years of the European Union’s Erasmus Scholarship and Mobility Programme, the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines in collaboration with the EU Cultural Group, EU Cultural Institutes and the Commission on Higher Education will hold the second “European Higher Education Fair Manila 2012: Brighter Prospects” on Nov. 14 at The Peninsula Hotel. 

A total of 22 European HEIs will exhibit at the Fair which is open to the public for free from 2:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 14.

EU Ambassador Guy Ledoux said that the main aim of the European Higher Education Fair is to give Filipino students the opportunity to talk directly with representatives of universities and higher education establishments from across Europe about the vast array of study opportunities available in Europe in every subject and discipline.

“Through the European Higher Education Fair, we also hope to increase the number of Filipino scholars availing themselves of the Erasmus Mundus Mobility and Scholarship Programme which has already benefitted almost 200 Filipino scholars, students and researchers.”

Ahead of the main exhibition, an EU-Philippines Partnership Symposium will take place on the morning of Nov. 14 at the Manila Pen. The event aims to promote partnerships between European and Philippine HEIs by providing a platform for understanding and discussion to strengthen higher education cooperation between the EU and the Philippines.

The symposium will include presentations from European Member States’ ambassadors and Philippine institutions affiliated within the Erasmus Mundus scheme.