AARHUS NOMINATED FOR ‘ERASMUS DESTINATION OF THE YEAR’
Aarhus is competing with four other European cities for the title of Erasmus Destination of the Year. Each year, the European student organisation, Erasmus Student Network (ESN), awards this honour to a university city that has excelled in creating an international study environment.
Tallinn in Estonia, Riga in Latvia, and Łódź and Wrocław in Poland are the four cities that Aarhus is competing with to become Erasmus Destination of the Year 2025.
The best university city for international students is annually chosen by the European student organisation Erasmus Student Network (ESN). The city is chosen from over 500 cities across the 44 European countries where ESN is represented.
ESN supports thousands of students each year in their exchange experience, whether they are heading abroad or returning home.
In a post on Instagram, Studenterhus Aarhus and ESN Aarhus state that they are proud to be nominated:
“As always we want to pay a HUGE thank you to the volunteers and volunteer groups who make moving to a new country and a new city, a much easier move, and who create a community and a home away from home.”
In a press release, ESN Aarhus states that the nomination helps highlight Aarhus as a city committed to welcoming international students and where educational institutions actively support exchange programmes. The nomination is also seen as an acknowledgement of the city's cultural life and the work of Studenterhus Aarhus, Aarhus University and ESN Aarhus in creating events, initiatives and support for international students in the city.
The winner will be announced at an Erasmus conference, taking place from April 3 to 6 in Ancona, Italy.
In 2024, the honour was awarded to Porto in Portugal, following previous wins by Thessaloniki in Greece, and Ghent in Belgium.
This text is machine translated and post-edited by Cecillia Jensen.