This website integrates the Higher Education offerings of the European nations. The portal aims to stimulate and help students worldwide to find and select their Master's programmes in Europe.

Why?

The following developments have driven the need and motivation to create the MastersPortal:

• Europe is unifying their University systems: powered by the Bologna Process, 46 nations of the Europe aim to unify their systems in a three tier system of Higher Education: Bachelor's; Master's and PhD. In 2010 the European Higher Education Area is supposed to come to its full effect.

• Mobility is a spearhead: Students are encouraged and supported to relocate themselves to another university in another city or country when moving to a next level.

We found that there is no comprehensive internet source where Master´s programmes could be found and compared across the countries of Europe:

• Finding and comparing Masters´s programmes in Europe is a time consuming and strenuous activity.

• Through our investigation on the topic we´ve received many complaints from students in and outside Europe about this lack of information, which even left them to stay at home, or study in other continents, primarily the USA.

• This view is supported by research by The National Unions of Students in Europe (E.S.I.B.), Bologna with Student Eyes, which concludes that presently, most European countries only undertake activities to promote their own national higher education offerings.

We consider international study experience invaluable to students´ development. Through the creation of the MastersPortal we try to fill the information gap that hinders students from finding and starting their international studies in Europe. On this mission, there´s still a lot of work to be done, we are working enthusiastically and welcome cooperation with students and universities.

Who?

MastersPortal.eu started as a spin-off of European Student´s associations. MastersPortal grew to become a private company headquartered in The Netherlands and with an office in Germany. The company was further professionalised by founding StudyPortals b.v., which publishes MastersPortal.eu; BachelorsPortal.eu; PhDportal.eu. The StudyPortals team now encompasses 15 professionals, active in development, promotion and sales.

Also, we have a group of student-ambassadors across the globe, both helping us with reviewing our contents as spreading our name to other students. Do you support studying internationally, and want to support others to do so? Contact us for the student ambassadorship!