12 October marked the start of the new academic year at the University of Siegen. The ATHENA European University Alliance team took part in the Freshman Welcome & Career Fair held in the Audimax on the Adolf-Reichwein-Straße campus and greeted the new and returning students.
The Welcome event is always a special opportunity for students to learn about the main university services and programmes which support their studies and professional development as well as provide enriching educational experiences. The ATHENA information stand at the event was a place to discover international education opportunities offered to students and young researchers through the network of Alliance’s partner universities.
Visitors to the ATHENA stand were introduced to its main educational opportunities, such as Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs), summer and winter schools, conferences and extracurricular courses, and were also able to find out more about the Joint Master’s Degree Embedded Intelligence Nanosystems Engineering (EMINENT) programme. Besides that, students could learn about the new Double Degree Master’s in Electrical Engineering (EMEE) co-organized by the University of Siegen and VILNIUS TECH, two partner universities of the ATHENA Alliance.
One of the ATHENA’s key goals is to foster students’ academic and professional development through international mobility and cooperation. The interest shown by dozens of students in ATHENA’s offers indicates the value of such approaches to higher education and stresses the role of the institutions that put them into practice.
We congratulate all students and members of the academic community on the start of the new semester and would like to extend a special welcome to students joining the EMINENT and EMEE programmes!
We wish everyone a great start to the academic year and can’t wait to see you at one of our future events!
