| |19 April 2020HIGHERReviewEUROPE FOR INDIAN STUDENTS - 2020HIGHER EDUCATIONReviewTOP 10UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN EASTERNFor years now, FON University has been executing the project `Factory of Knowledge', through which the students for the first time have had the chance through a team to produce real solutions for the companies which later would be placed on the market. The assignments will include rebranding of existing products or launching of new products, market placement, economic and development analyses, media campaigns, commercials, web pages, and graphic design. Essentially, they've benefited greatly from being also able to use the Erasmus opportunities for exchange across the EU. Students are offered a number of internship and placement opportunities in the country and abroad at the University. Reinnovating University: Extending the Boundaries for New HorizonsIn the strive toward internationali-sation and excellence FON Univer-sity has recently started a new chap-ter. On January 24 this year, a new international board of trustees has been elected, composed of exempla-ry individuals with global standing and importance: 10 Nobel laureates, prominent world scholars, former state leaders, international experts. Mr. Sefer Canoski, President of the board of the University, shares, "Our aim is to implement a new governance policy and to develop and promote FON University in our country and abroad. The purpose is to strengthen the quality of higher education and the promotion of science. We are cer-tain that both our country and also the academic community will bene-fit tremendously from the presence of these outstanding individuals." Among them, to name a few, is Prof. Dr. Robert Mundell, Nobel Laure-ate in Economics, Prof. Dr. Werner Arber, Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Prof. Dr. Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Peace Nobel Laureate, Prof. Dr. Ed-ward Nell, Professor Emeritus at the New School of Social Research, NY, Prof. Dr. Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Former Director General of UNES-CO, Don Vicente Del Bosque Gon-zalez, Former Football Coach of The Spain National Team and others. Studying in North Macedonia, your gateway to EuropeNorth Macedonia is a peaceful, multiethnic country in Southeast Europe. A member of the UN, NATO, Council of Europe, World Bank, OSCE, CEFTA and the WTO. Since 2005, it has also been a candidate for joining the European Union. North Macedonia is an upper-middle-income country and has undergone considerable economic reform since independence in developing an open economy. It offers high quality education, rich culture, good food and lodging at competitive price. Sefer Canoski, President of the boardSefer Canoski holds a BA degree in Bank Management and an MA degree in Management of Higher Education from FON University. He is also involved in the international networking process between European universities trough the London Follow-up Group, the Alliance of Central and Eastern European Universities, the Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales - Nice, France and Politehnico University ­ Milan, Italy. In 2012 Mr. Canoski was named a Peace Ambassador by the Universal Peace Federation.
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