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EU Stops Erasmus Funding for Modul University in Vienna
The EU Commission has decided to withdraw funding from the Erasmus exchange program at Modul Private University in Vienna. The reason for this is the ownership structure of the university: 90 percent of it is owned by a Hungarian foundation, which is subordinate to the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) think tank. This is seen as a cadre factory of the Hungarian government under Viktor Orbán.
The Modul private university was purchased in 2023 by the foundation of a think tank that is financially and ideologically close to the Hungarian government. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons; KW2021, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
The Modul University, which specializes in tourism subjects, was taken over by the MCC in 2023. This foundation is considered close to the government and is financed by Viktor Orbán's government, as reported by DerStandard.…
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