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Accessibility & LanguageSeptember 2013 NUI Galway Welcomes Over 100 Brazilian Students
NUI Galway Welcomes Over 100 Brazilian Students
At NUI Galway were over 100 Brazilian students with (front row, l-r): Anna Cunningham, Director of International Affairs, NUI Galway; Dr Brian Hughes, Dean of International Affairs, NUI Galway; Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro, Brazilian Deputy Ambassador, Minister-Counselor, Chief of Chancery; and Dr Jim Browne, NUI Galway President.
Sep
06
2013
Posted: 16:55 IST
More internationals students are enrolled in NUI Galway than any other Irish University
NUI Galway welcomed the Brazilian Deputy Ambassador, Minister-Counselor, Chief of Chancery, Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro, and over 100 Brazilian students to its campus today. This welcoming reception coinsides with Brazil's National Independence Day, which takes place tomorrow (Saturday, 7 September).
To date, 140 students from 69 universities throughout Brazil have been accepted by NUI Galway to study a range of modules from Anatomy to Zoology, and from Artificial Intelligence to Tissue Engineering.
NUI Galway, with the highest number of international students in an Irish university, has been central to Ireland’s participation in Brazil’s Science without Borders (Ciência sem Fronteiras). Science without Borders directly funds 75,000 scholarships and a further 26,000 are being funded by the private sector. The programme seeks to add to students’ knowledge of science and technology and improve innovation and competitiveness through international mobility of undergraduate and graduate students and researchers.
Dr Brian Hughes, Dean of International Affairs at NUI Galway, said: “NUI Galway has proven to be the university of choice in Ireland for Brazilian students. 140 students from Brazil are travelling to university in Galway under the CAPES grant programme, and we would hope that following the forthcoming funding round our Brazilian family will grow and grow!”
Figures released by the Higher Education Authority show that NUI Galway has over 2,000 International students enrolled on a broad portfolio of courses, arts, business, public policy and law, science, engineering, medicine and health sciences. The students come from over 104 different countries, all continents, with international students making up 16% of the overall student population, and 27% of the University’s PhD students. The University has over 200 student exchange agreements with universities around the world.
For more information visit http://www.nuigalway.ie/international-students/yourcountry/brazil/
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