{"id":2152,"date":"2011-08-09T09:38:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T07:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.semmelweis-univ.hu\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2022-10-19T11:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T09:58:54","slug":"erasmus-programme-more-and-more-students-want-to-study-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2011\/08\/erasmus-programme-more-and-more-students-want-to-study-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"ERASMUS programme: More and more students want to study abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cEverybody wants to go west,\u201d is how ERASMUS Coordinator Ms. Katalin F. T\u00f3th summed up the current trend in the European Commission\u2019s best-known programme. Nearly one hundred Semmelweis University students \u2013both Hungarian and international\u2013 applied for ERASMUS scholarships this year, the majority of whom will start their studies abroad in the fall semester.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2153\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2153\" title=\"ERASMUS Student Network members\" src=\"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/files\/2011\/08\/erasmus_9589_330px.jpg\" alt=\"ERASMUS Student Network members\" width=\"292\" height=\"214\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ESN Semmelweis website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An important factor in the growing popularity of the ERASMUS programme is that studies completed during the students\u2019 one or two semesters abroad count towards their final degree at their home institution, as long as at least 75 percent of the sending and receiving institution\u2019s curricula match. At the same time, however, this means that universities are finding it increasingly difficult to satisfy the growing demand. \u201cThere has been a sharp increase over the past two years in the number of students wishing the participate in the ERASMUS programme,\u201d Ms. F. T\u00f3th related. As a direct result, many foreign universities have tightened the application requirements for incoming students; last year, more than 20 percent of Semmelweis University\u2019s supported applicants had their application rejected by the university of their choice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Among the most popular destinations for Semmelweis University students are Germany, France and Switzerland. Most of the students who choose to study at our university come from Poland, Romania and Slovakia, though Italian, Portuguese and Spanish students are also well represented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Although attending university in a new country may seem scary to some, students who choose to attend Semmelweis University can find comfort in the fact that an all-volunteer student group is working actively to ensure that they feel at home. Ms. Zs\u00f3fia Vincze, coordinator of the ERASMUS Student Network\u2019s Semmelweis University Chapter (<a href=\"http:\/\/sote.esn.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESN Semmelweis<\/a>) said that incoming students generally seek out the assistance of their more than 40 student-mentors in such crucial first steps as finding suitable accommodation. The group also organises various recreational programmes for ERASMUS students throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For more information about the ERASMUS programme, please visit the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/education\/erasmus\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">ERASMUS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">P\u00e1lma Dobozi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(Translated by Gina G\u00f6nczi)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEverybody wants to go west,\u201d is how ERASMUS Coordinator Ms. Katalin F. T\u00f3th summed up the current trend in the European Commission\u2019s best-known programme. Nearly one hundred Semmelweis University students \u2013both Hungarian and international\u2013 applied for ERASMUS scholarships this year, the majority of whom will start their studies abroad in the fall semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[325,56],"class_list":["post-2152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-community","tag-partnership"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34652,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions\/34652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}