What do Caribbean students look for? The project web portal Joran van Aart, StudyPortals Director of Student Value CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012
Table of Contents I. Project web portal II. StudyPortals websites III. Europe, a welcoming continent IV. Caribbean students preferences CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012
The Project Web Portal Helping Caribbean students who want to study in Europe Find & compare European study programmes Find scholarship programmes Relevant articles (e.g. What is Erasmus Mundus?) Video and written testimonials Available in 3 languages: English, French & Spanish Special access to The European Study Choice Platform www.studyportals.eu/caribbean CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 3
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Table of Contents I. Project web portal II. StudyPortals websites III. Europe, a welcoming continent IV. Caribbean students preferences CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012
Filling an information vacuum ONE European education market New potential PhD Integrated Diplom., Drs., Ir.,... 1-2 years 3-4 years PhD Master s Bachelor s Implemented in 47 countries ~30,000 new masters of which many international New decision moment at end of bachelor s phase Explosive growth of english taught masters Secondary School Secondary School Growing international focus and interest Yet: no European overview CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 6
The European Study Choice Platform English (dominant) German French Spanish How to find us? CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 7
Widely embraced by students 1 Million visits/month studeren.qompas.nl Largest studychoice website in NL CampusFrance.org Largest in FR Studieren.de Largest in DE 2007 2008 2009 2010 Over 1,510,186 visits in May 2012 50% Europe; 30% Asia; 15% Americas Visitors from 228 countries Winner New Venture prize McKinsey&co CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 8
Table of Contents I. Project web portal II. StudyPortals websites III. Europe, a welcoming continent IV. Caribbean students preferences CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012
Large range of possibilities English-Taught Master s Programmes in Cont. Europe 6000 5000 4000 3000 5 640 MastersPortal.eu 2012 4,822 MastersPortal.eu 2011 2000 1000 0 560 ACA survey 2002 1,496 ACA survey 2007 6 10 2 6 10 2 6 10 2 6 10 2 6 10 2 6 10 2 6 10 2 6 10 2 6 10 2 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 *English-Taught Programmes in European Higher Education. The Picture in 2007. Wächter, Bernd & Maiworm, Friedhelm. Bonn: Lemmens, 2008 CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 10
A great price/quality ratio Average tuition fee per region UK & IRL Asia Australia USA Continental Europe CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 11
Leave your wallet home! 15 600 000 000 CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 12
Table of Contents I. Project web portal II. StudyPortals websites III. Europe, a welcoming continent IV. Caribbean students preferences CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012
Caribbean visitors per month 100% growth since project start CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 14
Countries of interest Top 13. Countries with similar language. Greatest diff: Spain. CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 15
Visits per portal (topic of interest) More interest in BachelorsPortal.eu & ScholarshipPortal.eu CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 16
Disciplines of interest Greatest differences: Engineering (-) & Life sciences (+) CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 17
Interest in programme type More interest in Erasmus Mundus prog. and Joint degrees Less interest for executive education CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 18
An amazing life experience 16 reviews; average satisfaction rate > 9/10! Spain: 4 reviews - 10/10. Example: Cadiz, from T&T France: 2 reviews - 10. Ex.: Grenoble, from Guadeloupe Belgium: 2 reviews - 10. Ex.: Louvain, from DR Finland: 2 reviews - 8. Ex.: Turku, from T&T (Erasmus Mundus) Germany: 1 review - 10. Ex.: Bielefeld, from Saint Lucia Italy: 1 review - 10. Ex.: Bologna, from Cuba Poland :1 review - 10. Ex.: Lodz, from Cuba Switzerland: 1 review - 10. Ex.: Lausanne, from Haiti The Netherlands: 1 review - 9. Ex.: Eindhoven, from Haiti United Kingdom: 1 review - 10. Ex.:Southampton,from PR CaribErasmus Final Seminar Brussels, 4th of July 2012 19
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