Dr Mmamajaga Magabane is the director for Internationalisation & Partnerships, and Nokuthula Mathonsi is a member of the National Student Representative Committee at Unisa.
WHEN two Unisa students boarded flights to undertake a European Union-funded Erasmus+ semester programme at the Romanian‑American University in Bucharest, Romania, they expected a purely academic exchange. However, what they found on arrival was a truly transformative experience.
For Nokuthula, a postgraduate law student, and Mpho, an undergraduate business student, the programme opened doors, social circles and perspectives that reshaped how they see their studies and themselves as future young leaders.
Their story demonstrates why university students from South Africa and other parts of the continent, especially those with little prior international mobility experience, should consider partaking in international mobility programmes such as Erasmus+.
Erasmus+ is best known in Europe for promoting student mobility and institutional cooperation. For young Africans such as Nokuthula and Mpho, the programme offers clear, high‑value opportunities.
