FUTA ALUMNI WIN 11 OUT OF 40 2019 EUROPEAN UNION MASTERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
Eleven Alumni of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA are among 40 Nigerians who are now in different countries of the European Union, EU to study for various masters degrees under the EU’s Erasmus+ Scholarship programme for 2019.The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree (EMJMD) is a European Union flagship programme for higher education. It offers opportunities to students to pursue Master’s Degree in European Institutions. For 2019 over 1000 students in Nigeria applied for the scholarship programme but only 40 of them were selected with eleven of them from FUTA. All the 40 winners from Nigeria have now resumed their studies at individual institutions across Europe. The Erasmus Scholars from FUTA include:
1. Name: Akinyemi Makanjuola
Department: Biology
Track countries: France, Spain and Belgium
Course of study: Marine Environment and Resources
2. Name: Adunola Paul
Department: Crop, Soil and Pest Management
Track countries: France and Finland
Course of study: Plant Breeding
3. Name: OLUGBADIEYE OLORUNTOBI GIDEON
Department: Forestry and Wood Technology
Track countries: UK and Germany
Course of study: Sustainable Tropical Forestry
4. Name: Abode Daniel
Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Track countries: France and UK
Course of study: Smart Telecommunication and Sensing Network
5. Name: Alonge Babatunde
Department: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Track countries: Germany and France
Course of study: Functionalized Advance Materials and Engineering
6. Name: Christian Oganbule
Department: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Track countries: France and Germany
Course of study: Functionalized Advance Materials and Engineering
7. Name: Boluwatife Igbaroola
Department: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Track countries: Poland, France, Slovenia and Spain
Course of study: Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
8. Name: Jenrola Abosede
Department: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Track countries: Germany, Italy, Belgium and Sweden
Course of study: Agricultural food Environmental and policy analysis
9. Name: Tolulope Alo
Department: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Track countries: Germany and France
Course of study: Functionalized Advance Materials and Engineering
10. Name: Adesuyi Fisola Emmanuel
Department: Forestry and Wood Technology
Track countries: Denmark and Germany
Course of study: Sustainable Forest and Nature Management
The Ambassador of the European Union delegation to Nigeria, Ketil Karlsen, spoke about the scholarship during the pre-departure orientation for the students in Abuja. He said the EU has supported young Nigerians who got the scholarship with 6.6 million Euros (about N2.6 billion) since the inception of the programme in 2014. “This year’s scholarship scheme experienced an increase of 25 per cent. I cannot see a better way of investing in development opportunities for the youth. Over the decade, we have 12,000 Nigerians who have studied in Europe on a different scheme,” he said.
The Vice Chancellor, Professor Joseph Fuwape, has congratulated the Eleven FUTA scholars imploring them to continue to show the world the excellence of the University and the competitiveness of its graduates.
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