St Joseph Engineering College, Office of Collaborations in association with Quacquarelli Symonds from Mumbai organized the ‘European Universities Fair’, a half-day interaction event for all the final year engineering students of St Joseph Engineering College, who plan to pursue higher studies abroad. The event was planned and organized by the Office of Collaborations of SJEC under the leadership of Ms Diana Monteiro, Collaborations Officer on 7th November 2019 at Bethania Hall, SJEC.
The Directors of Admission and Recruitment from highly reputed and ranked European universities participated in this fair. They guided more than 100 interested students on STEM programs, application for universities, scholarships availability and post study career opportunities in the US including tips for strong application. Students are eligible to apply for scholarships worth US $ 7 million.
Some of the universities that participated in the fair are Durham University (UK), Imperial College London (UK), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) and Ecole Polytechnique (France).
The delegates interacted with the Management of SJEC. The Principal Dr Rio D’Souza welcomed all the delegates to the campus and expressed his interest in building a stronger association with these universities. He mentioned that a growing engineering institution like St Joseph Engineering College will benefit from collaborating with Universities across the world and programs like these will help students understand the process of applying to aboard universities easily. The Director, Rev Fr Wilfred Prakash D’Souza, Assistant Directors, Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Rev. Fr Alwyn D’Souza, Mr Rakesh Lobo, HR Manager, Dr Sridevi Saralaya, HOD CSE, Dr Kavitha Mahesh, Associate Professor, CSE and all the Collaborations Committee members participated in the discussion.
The fair also had international destination expert Quacquarelli Symonds from Mumbai Office, who worked with the students and helped them take effective decisions regarding their higher education options.
