The UNSA International Relations Office organized the 8th Scholarships Fair that was held at the UNSA Faculty of Mechanical Engineering on 19/10/2017. UNSA Rector, Prof. Dr. Rifat Skrijelj opened the Fair stating that if one look at the organization of similar fairs in the region, he could see that their success is backed by the state or state structures’ support. “However” he added “in our country, the academic community’s need for organizing scholarships fair has launched this event, so the University of Sarajevo has been driving force and implementing organizer of this event for the eighth time”
He also reminded that in 1965 University of Sarajevo had signed the first international cooperation agreement with renowned “Ernst Moritz Arndt” University in Greifswald, Germany. “Today, representatives of 14 universities from abroad and altogether representatives of 17 countries are present with us, which speaks enough about the importance of internationalization in which the University of Sarajevo is very active, as well as raising awareness of promoting academic and administrative mobility, where this fair become our University’s brand.” He also added.
The 8th Scholarships Fair, the following institutions attended: AHK BiH - Representation of the German Economy in BiH, AIESEC in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Embassy of India, Embassy of Japan in BiH, US Embassy in BiH, Embassy of Turkey, Bosnia & Herzegovina Futures Foundation, Campus France BiH/French Institute in BiH, Central European University (Hungary), DAAD Bosnia and Herzegovina, Education USA Sarajevo, Erasmus Student Network, Hocu.ba, Humanity in Action, IAESTE LC Sarajevo, Alpbach Initiative Group in Sarajevo (IGAS), International University in Sarajevo, the International Committee of Red Cross, the Confucius Institute of the University of Sarajevo, the Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic), the Ministry of Civil Affairs. CEEPUS, OeAD Study in Austria, the Polytechnic Institute in Santarem (Portugal), Polytechnic University "Marche" Ankoni (Italy), ProCredit Bank dd, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Stipendije.ba, Study in Hungary / Tempus Public Foundation, University of Split (Croatia), Trans2Work - University of Sarajevo, Travel center d.o.o. Sarajevo, University of Beira Interior (Portugal), University of Nova Lisboa (Portugal), University of Paris 8 (France), University of Bologna (Italy), University of Jaen (Spain), University of Maribor (Slovenia), University of Primorska , University of Sarajevo - Erasmus +, University of Segedin (Hungary) and Zagreb School of Economics and Management (Croatia).
In addition to the standard Fair’s activities, at this year's one Erasmus+ partners from the University of Sarajevo held their presentations, presenting their institutions, study programs and scholarship offers during the presentations.
The 8th Scholarships Fair was organized by the University of Sarajevo's International Relations Office in cooperation with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The media partner was association “Spajalica” - the creator of the web portal Stipendije.ba
