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Students Awarded Scholarships for Education in Norway

At the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Zagreb, scholarships from Đuro Đaković and Kongsberg Protech Systems from the Kingdom of Norway were ceremoniously awarded for the second consecutive year, which this year were won by three undergraduates from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FSB) in Zagreb and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Slavonski Brod (SFSB).

The joint scholarship program of Đuro Đaković and Kongsberg was launched last year in collaboration with local mechanical engineering faculties in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.

In a demanding selection process, Marko Knežević from Slavonski Brod and Dino Bučević-Keran from Vinkovci, both students of SFSB, and Filip Lukač from Orehovica, a student of FSB, were selected. In addition to a generous scholarship of 60,000 Norwegian kroner and 19,000 kuna, the scholars will have the opportunity to attend winter classes at the prestigious University in Trondheim, and after obtaining their degree, they will receive a unique opportunity to undertake a six-month internship at one of Norway’s largest corporations, Kongsberg. After that, they will have a job waiting for them at the Đuro Đaković group, where they will immediately have the chance to apply the academic knowledge and professional experience gained in Norway.

To the second generation of scholars, the three most successful candidates who stood out in this year’s competition with excellent academic achievements and openness to new challenges, the scholarships were ceremoniously awarded by Henrik Ofstad, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Croatia, and Tomislav Mazal, a member of the Management Board of Đuro Đaković.

– Thanks to the success that this project achieved last year, I am extremely proud that we continued and expanded the initiative this year in collaboration with our partners, and we hope that by improving our cooperation over the years, it will reach an even larger number of excellent students – said Mazal.
Kongsberg is a long-standing business partner of Đuro Đaković, operating in 25 countries worldwide and employing nearly 7,000 workers. The second generation of scholars will also be able to gain their first work experience in the excellent company of engineers at Kongsberg Group, a corporation that deals with high-tech systems and solutions for the oil and gas industry, commercial shipping, as well as the defense and aerospace industries, and which has been recognized in Norway as one of the most desirable employers.

NTNU is the second largest university and the first in excellence in technical studies in Norway, with a total of 7 faculties and campuses where more than 20,000 students from all over the world study. The amount of the scholarship of 60,000 Norwegian kroner covers travel and accommodation costs in Norway, food expenses, residence permits, and pocket money.