INTERNATIONAL NEWS UPDATE
In February, the Vice Chancellor Rev. Prof. Christian Anieke and the Chairman Board of Trustees Prof. Bartho Okolo visited UNESCO Headquarters’ in Paris, France.
The mission was to build up a co-operation with UNESCO and discuss suitable programmes and projects the UNESCO offers to GOU. An MOU will be signed soon and more than 8 projects are in the pipeline concerning all institutions under the roof of GOU. Another topic was sending students and staff to Europe for further training programmes in both France and Switzerland.
Achievements of the Visit to UNESCO Headquarters
In line with the cooperation of Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria two ICT students will study/to be trained in Linz.
After the workshop about how to get a scholarship/grant with GO Uni’s International Liaison Officer Mrs Meggy Kantert in September, 2016, 8 students and 2 staff members started the application progress at different institutions all over Europe. We wish them the best of success!
Information About Studying in Europe
Europe has many different kinds of universities. They all offer excellent quality and there are public and private Universities divided into universities, universities of applied sciences and colleges of art, film and music. The system is similar to Nigeria but extended:
A Bachelor’s degree is also the first university degree, received after three to four years. Most courses are limited to a single subject, but double Bachelor’s degrees are also possible. This combines two majors or one major and one minor subject. The most common Bachelor’s degrees are a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.).
A Master’s degree is the second university degree and is completed after a Bachelor’s degree, or after a few years in a profession. These courses generally last between two and four semesters. Most students use Master degree programmes to expand their technical knowledge from the Bachelor course, or to specialise in a certain field. Many also switch to related subjects or complete Master’s degree programmes that do not require any specific technical knowledge, including the Master of Business Administration (MBA). Once you have obtained your Master’s degree, you can enter the job market or remain at university and obtain a doctorate.
State Examinations
Some subjects end with a state examination. This applies to medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, law, pharmacy, food chemistry as well as some teacher training courses. These courses involve studying at a university, but state examination authorities take part in the final examinations. The theoretical degree is completed by sitting an initial state examination. This is followed by a practical training phase that ends with the second state examination. International students may sit a state examination, but you should first find out whether the degree is recognised in Nigeria.
Doctorate
This involves the completion of a complex scientific research paper (dissertation). E.g. in Germany there are two paths that you can take: the traditional PhD model or the structured PhD programme. The traditional model involves graduating at a single faculty, supervised by a single professor. Many students prefer this path. By contrast, structured doctoral programmes are generally limited to three years and they include curricular specification and supervision by several scientists and in Germany are fully funded by the institution.
From: Meggy Kantert Zanderweg
241564 Kaarst, Germany.
