FULL SUPPORT FROM IUE TO IZMIR’S EXPO 2020 CANDIDACY
Izmir University of Economics is hosting students as part of its support campaign for Izmir’s EXPO 2020 candidacy. IUE grants scholarships for students from 40 countries as part of Izmir’s EXPO competition for 2015 and 2020. Izmir has been in the competition since 2008. EXPO Scholarship holders from Africa, Europe, Asia, and America continents have the opportunity to shape their future at Izmir University of Economics. 14 new students in 2013-2014 academic year will receive EXPO scholarships in addition to the 32 students so far.
Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, indicated that they granted full scholarships to students of member countries of Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), the organization that holds the EXPO Fairs. President Demirtaş stated they did their share of work earnestly to support EXPO. He said, “During the time when Izmir was running for candidacy for EXPO 2015, we offered a full scholarship for a student of a BIE member country in order to strengthen the relations. Our purpose was to support Izmir’s candidacy this way. That time our offer received a great deal of attention. We kept our promise. When our city officially became an EXPO 2020 candidate, we decided to make it more regular and shared this with BIE member countries. 24 students from Africa and from continents of Europe, Asia, and America come to our university to study. Today, total of 46 students from 40 countries receive higher education with the distinction of IUE scholarships.”
Demirtaş said students from many different parts of the world such as Grenada, Comoros, Belize, Panama, Thailand, Gambia, Malaysia, and Mongolia come to Izmir through this scholarship and admire Izmir very much. President Demirtaş continued to say, “We fully support Izmir’s candidacy in every way we can. Izmir contributes greatly to Turkey’s economy. As Izmir University of Economics, we continue with the tradition of granting full scholarship to one student from each of the BIE member countries. Students with proper applications, who meet the requirements, benefit from full scholarships. Those students do not pay tuition fees. Their accommodation and dining are being provided by the University as well. Also, they receive monthly allowance for nine months.”
Students who received EXPO scholarship in 2013–2014 Academic year at IUE are as follows:
Angola, Albania, Bangladesh, Belize, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Djibouti, China, Ivory Coast, Philippines, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Grenada, South Korea, Georgia, Montenegro, Kenya, Comoros, Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Ruanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, The Slovak Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Jordan, Zambia
