Ahmedabad: To attract more and more Gujarati students, a well-known university in the central European country of Poland has now started organizing Garba during Navratri every year along with other festivals like Diwali and Holi.

The initiative seems to have paid off as the WSGE university (University of Euroregional Economy) have enrolled over 1000 students from Gujarat in just last one year.

The university offers a wide range of courses in Administration, Pedagogy, Management, Internal Security, and Environmental Protection.

Talking to newsmen here today on the sidelines of an interactive study abroad seminar and spot admission counseling for aspirants from Gujarat by the university at the Ahmedbad Management Association (AMA) here Ms. Marta Bojaruniec, Director of International Relations Office, WSGE said, ”We have recruited over 1000 students from Gujarat in last one year and I am proud to share that almost all students are enjoying a successful journey so far.”

“In fact, students from Gujarat now have their own community at WSGE, it has become such huge that we organize festivals like Garba, Holi etc. at a venue nearby. Since, university also respects the interest of students from India, we share a great road map for students and are extremely pleased to recruit more and more students in semesters to come’, she said.

”Moreover, because of wide range of courses such as IT, Engineering, Business, Hospitality, Healthcare etc. been offered by university, we are nicely placed to accommodate varieties of students from Gujarat. These courses are also complied to ERASMUS process, under which a student gets golden opportunity to travel to any EU country like France, Germany, and United Kingdom etc. in last year to accomplish study and experience diversity in culture with other EU country,” Ms. Bojaruniec added.

She said, ” when we started our first students counseling in Gujarat around one and half years, we had a strong competition to face from countries like USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand etc. However because of our style of education we started getting lot of interest from students here. The results got better as students kept on getting good part time jobs besides their study hours under their allowed 20 hours/week work contract. Now, student’s journey doesn’t end here and in fact gets better post completion of study. They will be entitled to get a year long job search visa and upon getting an employment they can extend 3 years of stay under work permit. Above all, student will hold a bright chance to apply for PR post several years of stay under any Visa category, she further added.

During the interactive study abroad seminar and spot admission counseling key officials from the University offered in-depth career guidance and information on unique career prospects in Poland. At a time when a growing number of students from Gujarat are looking for new study abroad destinations, WSGE engaged students and parents in an interactive session, providing guidance on academic, cultural and career opportunities and security that Poland offers over other international locations.

Notably, Poland is one of the few European countries to show a strong economic growth in recent years since joining the EU in 2004.Poland has become an increasingly popular destination for higher studies and had more than 46,000 international students opting to study there in 2014-15. Relatively low living costs and general affordability compared to most European countries makes Poland a destination of choice for students who want higher education at a reasonable cost. University fees in Poland are typically in the range of 3000 EURO per year.

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