The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan Tuesday organised a send-off ceremony for 200 Pakistani students selected for Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship under the Higher Education and Scientific Exchange Programme.
Out of 200 scholarships, 125 scholarships have been awarded for BS studies, 50 for MS studies and 25 for PhD programmes. The selected students belong to various disciplines including Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration and Management, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Petroleum Geo Engineering, Earth Sciences, Applied Economics, Biology, Nursing and Patient Care, and Chemistry, according to a press release issued here on Tuesday.
These Pakistani students will acquire higher education in different Hungarian universities including University of Debrecen, University of Pécs, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Széchenyi István University, University of Dunaújváros, University of Miskolc, and Eötvös Lorand University to name a few.
Engr. Baligh-ur-Rehman, Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training was chief guest on the occasion. The ceremony was also attended by Szabo Istvan, Ambassador of Hungary to Pakistan, Azizullah, Parliamentary Secretary, Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman HEC, Dr G. Raza Bhatti, Acting Executive Director HEC, Waseem S. Hashmi Syed, Adviser (HRD) HEC, representatives European Union, HEC scholars and their parents. Nandor Mullner, a Hungarian student, studying at International Islamic University Islamabad also attended the ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, the minister congratulated the students selected for scholarships and urged them to fully utilize the opportunity of acquiring education in Hungary. He said that the government of Pakistan is committed to providing conducive environment to Pakistani youth. "The government has remarkably increased funding for tertiary education," he said, adding that the number of out-of-school children has also dropped down considerably.-PR