Three Faculty of Informatics and Design students will be jetting off to Hasselt University in Belgium shortly for a once in a lifetime student exchange programme, funded by the Flemish Priority Country Programme (PCP).
Xenophen Masipa, Tiana Rall and Lorraine Cronje were selected after an intensive double application programme that saw students go through two shortlisting processes – one in-house at CPUT and one in Belgium – to get to the final three. Lecturer Rudolf Perold says the competition was open to third year Interior Design and Architectural Technology students and would see them travel to Belgium for the September to January semester.
“We were looking for academically strong students, with an enthusiasm for representing our institution abroad and getting to know one of our partner universities better”.
“While the programme allows for a travel and subsistence allowance, students are required to cover a portion of the costs themselves.”
Perold says that CPUT students have done exceptionally well in previous exchanges and that Xenophen, Tiana and Lorraine would return as ambassadors for the experience while studying towards their BTech qualifications.
Recently, CPUT Interior Design graduate Rifqah Allie returned from Hasselt University after successfully applying for a Flemish Mastermind scholarship and completing her International Masters in Interior Design at the institution.
