The European Union has offered postgraduate scholarships to 142 young Nigerians in top European universities in the 2024/2025 academic session, under its flagship educational programme, Erasmus plus.
“With this number, Nigeria retains its number one spot among beneficiaries of the EU postgraduate scholarships in Africa for the sixth year, as well as a place among the top five recipient countries globally,” the EU revealed in a statement issued on Thursday.
At a pre-departure orientation organised for the scholarship awardees in Abuja on Thursday, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Samuela Isopi, underlined the significance of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree programme, now in its 20th year.
“The 142 Nigerian EMJMD awardees are among the initial batch of beneficiaries, announced by the organisers of the programme in Brussels. The number is likely to increase.
“Most of the awardees will start their Erasmus Plus journey in September 2024. The pre-departure orientation aimed to provide the recipi