Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) Grants for students entering Europe's "Erasmus Mundus" master courses are open to Taiwanese students for the school year 2008-2009, the European Economic and Trade Office in Taipei (EETO) announced Wednesday.
The scholarship offers 2,100 Euros (around NT$90,000) per month over a period of 10 months. More than 30 students from Taiwan have already obtained Erasmus Mundus scholarships since 2005, the office said.
Each master course offers high-level training and an opportunity to experience life and studies in two different European Union countries, said Head of EETO Guy Ledoux.
Application deadlines for the scholarships vary from the end of December 2007 to mid-January 2008 as there are 103 masters courses to choose from. Available masters courses cover a wide range of academic studies, including engineering, electronics, information technology, environment, arts, history, agronomics, physics, economics, natural sciences and languages, among others.
With a budget of 2300 million Euros from 2004-2008, the Erasmus Mundus Program aims at improving the quality of higher education in Europe and promoting intercultural understanding with non-EU countries.
More information are available from the EETO's Web site: www.deltwn.europa.ec.