{"id":413197,"date":"2025-07-18T08:08:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=413197"},"modified":"2025-07-18T08:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:26:49","slug":"33-nepali-students-secure-erasmus-mundus-scholarships-for-masters-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2025\/07\/18\/413197.html","title":{"rendered":"33 Nepali students secure Erasmus Mundus scholarships for Master\u2019s in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"><strong>July 17, Kathmandu:<\/strong> The European Union has granted full Erasmus Mundus scholarships to 33 Nepali students\u201417 women and 16 men\u2014for two-year joint Master\u2019s degrees in Europe starting in the 2025\/2026 academic year. This brings the total number of Nepali beneficiaries of Erasmus+ scholarships to over 800.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The scholarships cover tuition, airfare, and a monthly stipend, enabling students to study at multiple European universities in fields such as cybersecurity, engineering, agriculture, biology, flood risk management, and food technology. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The program fosters academic excellence and cross-cultural collaboration. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">At a pre-departure orientation hosted by the EU Delegation to Nepal and the Erasmus Mundus Association Nepal, EU Ambassador Veronique Lorenzo congratulated the scholars.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">\u201cThis is the start of an incredible journey of learning and growth,\u201d the Ambassador said, emphasising the program\u2019s role in building ties between Nepal and Europe. She urged students to return to Nepal and contribute to its development after completing their studies. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Alumni shared insights during the event. Sumeera Shrestha, a 2012 graduate and Country Director for the Childaid Network Foundation in Nepal, highlighted her work in women&#8217;s and children&#8217;s rights. Aditya Mishra, an agriculture and forestry graduate, credited Erasmus for his communication skills and professional network. He now works as a Research Assistant at Kathmandu University.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Representatives from EU Member States&#8217; embassies attended the orientation at the EU Delegation office. The Erasmus+ program, a flagship EU initiative, supports global education and training. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The EU has backed Nepal\u2019s education sector for over 20 years, currently contributing \u20ac50 million to the School Education Sector Plan (2022\u20132032), focusing on quality education and girls\u2019 empowerment to drive socio-economic progress.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ag-1752804902194\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, Kathmandu: The European Union has granted full Erasmus Mundus scholarships to 33 Nepali students\u201417 women and 16 men\u2014for two-year joint Master\u2019s degrees in Europe starting in the 2025\/2026 academic year. This brings the total number of Nepali beneficiaries of Erasmus+ scholarships to over 800. The scholarships cover tuition, airfare, and a monthly stipend, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":374309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,6,4],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-413197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413198,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413197\/revisions\/413198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413197"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=413197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}