At the start of the winter semester, twelve Ukrainian students came to Bonn using this funding to continue their studies here. The funding provided by Erasmus+ enables the students to use the University of Bonn’s scientific and academic infrastructure and spend part of their degree program here in the company of fellow students. Most of them are planning to stay for a whole year, the maximum period for which funding is available. The beneficiaries of this funding, who are spread across four faculties, are studying agricultural sciences, biology, history, German language and literature, psychology, law and economics with support from their respective departments and the International Office. Their move to Bonn was made easier by the provision of dormitory rooms, which were arranged via the Studierendenwerk.
“It’s extremely important to us to support students from Ukraine in these incredibly difficult times,” explains Prof. Dr. Birgit Ulrike Münch, Vice Rector for International Affairs at the University of Bonn. “So we’re very grateful that the EU Commission has amended the criteria for Erasmus+ funding to enable these young people to continue their studies. Together with our Cologne/Bonn Academy in Exile, which is aimed at refugee researchers, it’s allowing us to do our bit to help people from Ukraine.”
“I’ve wanted to study abroad ever since I began my degree program, and I’m delighted to now have that opportunity,” says Tymofii Bobryk from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, who is studying economics here in Bonn. Daria Demydova from the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University in Kyiv adds: “I’m looking forward to improving my German and meeting new people.”
More information is available in the factsheet at https://eu.daad.de/medien/eu.daad.de.2016/dokumente/service/factsheet_ukraine2022_20220707.pdf (in German) and https://eu.daad.de/news/de/81918-informationen-zum-angriff-russlands-auf-die-ukraine/ (in German).
Contact:
Dr. Manuela Meraner
International Office
Section 6.3, International Study Programs in Bonn
m.meraner@uni-bonn.de
Marina Kohl-Wagner
International Office
Section 6.3, International Study Programs in Bonn
m.kohl-wagner@uni-bonn.de