EMMIR – study project of European and African universities
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Within the European educational programme Erasmus Mundus, which supports cooperation and mobility in the area of university education, the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice will be the first Czech university to participate in the project EMMIR – the European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations.
The aim of the programme Erasmus Mundus is to enhance the quality of European university education, to support intercultural dialogue by cooperation with non-European countries and contribute to development of university education in third-world countries. The University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice newly offers the study programme EMMIR in accordance with these aims. It is the very first African-European study programme that has been carried out. It consists of three African and four European universities and specialises in migration studies. Theoretical knowledge will be accompanied by practical experience in the form scholarships in Europe and in Africa.
Students participating in the EMMIR programme will experience contact with very distinct cultures and also gain abilities necessary for working in national and supranational branches of both public and private sector. At the end of the course, the graduates gain a mutual degree from both participating universities. Apart from the Czech university, the other universities involved in the project are the Sudanese
Ahfad University for Women, the
Makerere University Kampala and the
Mbarara University for Science & Technology in Uganda, the Slovene
University of Nova Gorica, the
Oldenburg University in Germany and the Norwegian
University of Stavanger.
You can find more information about the EMMIR project
here.