Study in Europe Virtual Fair USA and Canada (VIRTUAL)

Date: 14 October 2016, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. (EDT)
City: Virtual

Website: https://reg.ubivent.com/register/study-in-europe

Exhibitor registration deadline: 19 July 2016

The Study in Europe Virtual Fair USA and Canada will provide a platform for representatives of European higher education institutions aiming to meet prospective students, young professionals, researchers and parents as well as university representatives who are interested in European higher education.

Your institution will be able to interact virtually with potential higher education students and researchers in the USA and Canada in real time while staying in your home country and hence saving travel costs.

 

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The Study in Europe Virtual Fair is part of the "Study in Europe" project, and in such a way initiated and funded by the European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture for the European Union.

 

Thank you to all institutions that have signed up for the virtual fair - all places are fully booked!

 

Additional information

Study in Europe Virtual Fair USA and Canada

14 October 2016, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. (CEST)

Participating institutions will be offered:

  • an individual virtual booth with
    • chat functions where in-depth counselling and consultation on study programs are possible
    • the possibility to upload information material, incl. brochures, PDF-forms, video clips, etc. and to refer to the main websites providing general information on study and research opportunities, funding options, visa regulations, etc.
  • the option to upload a pre-recorded presentation about your institution, which visitors can watch "on demand"
  • technical support during the whole event, including a pre-test run

Exhibitor participation fee for higher education institutions: 300 EUR (excl. VAT)

Exhibitor participation fee for national promotion agencies/embassies: No fee

Thank you to all institutions that have signed up for the virtual fair - all places are fully booked!

To be eligible to participate in the fair, exhibitors must:

  • be a higher education institution recognised by the competent national authority, an official consortium of recognised higher education institutions or a national governmental agency in charge of higher education promotion (governmental agencies may be represented by their embassy in the country where the event is taking place);
  • have their headquarters in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey and the United Kingdom);
  • deliver higher education degrees recognised by the competent national authority (if the institution is a higher education institution or an official consortium of higher education institutions);
  • in all cases eligible exhibitors must promote higher education to be delivered in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries (International campuses of European higher education institutions based outside of Europe are not eligible if promoting their international campus);
  • international campuses of higher education institutions of Erasmus+ countries may be eligible if they are based in the country where the fair is taking place.

Please note, we expect to receive more applications than there are places available. Registering is not a guarantee of a place. We will review applications and confirm places as soon as we can after the registration deadline has ended.

The American market for higher education with its over 19 million students is one of the most important in the world and thus a potential source of qualified students for study abroad and degree programs at European universities.

A comprehensive overview of the higher education system in USA and Canada is published in the study “Internationalisation of Higher Education” published by the European Parliament (pp. 209 - 221 for Canada, pp. 267 - 277 for USA).