Over 140 India students awarded Erasmus Mundus scholarship in 2024

A total of 146 Indian students have been awarded the Erasmus Mundus scholarships for the two-year master’s programme in Europe under Erasmus+ for the 2024 academic year.

With this, India has become one of the top recipients of the scholarship.

Of the 146 students, 75 students are from the female category and 71 from male category.

 Worldwide, 2603 students from 137 countries have been awarded scholarships this year for the Erasmus Mundus Joint master’s degree, which offers a study programme jointly delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions.

This selected students for this scholarship will be given the opportunity to study and conduct research at a minimum of two universities in different European countries, earning joint or double degrees in diverse fields such as sustainability, pharmaceuticals, engineering, quantum, data and various STEM and social science disciplines.

 The fully funded scholarship covers the recipient’s tuition fees, travel costs and living allowance.

The recipients of this year’s Erasmus Mundus scholarship hail from leading higher education institutes from across India and will study in a wide range of prestigious European universities.

The EU member states where students will start their studies are: France (31), Portugal (19), Belgium (17), Italy (15), Spain (14), Germany (9), Finland (8), Czech Republic (5), Sweden (4), Latvia (3), The Netherlands (2), Poland (2), Austria (2), Greece (1), and Hungary (1).
Some of them will also start their first leg in countries associated with Erasmus+: Serbia (1), Israel (2), Turkey (2), and United Kingdom (8).