Our mission

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Our commitment

We are starting with investing in creating content, technical developments, and reaching the right segments. 

To make this a long-term success and contribute towards the economic development of emerging markets, we will eventually follow our students on their journeys from education to employment.

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New options and formats for higher education and support are being created at an ever-faster pace. A vast share are low-cost, fully digital and suited for low-bandwidth environments. There are also tens of billions available in scholarships, of which a significant part goes unused.

Studyportals reaches most of the world with its portals, and thanks to the Global Access Initiative, we can now increase our reach to more students around the world for whom higher education is not a given. Studyportals creates the link between these students and institutions who share our mission and vision.

Our actions

Adjusting our technology on course search and decision tools for this specific segment: with ultra-accessible, online and flexible education at low cost, including, full degrees, short courses and module-based education as the options

Leveraging our student experience and scholarships engine, and also create relevant additional content that will explain to our target audience (potential students from emerging markets) the benefit and value of higher education for them. Studyportals has already helped millions of students obtain higher education and we’d like to highlight their success stories to turn inspiring students from emerging markets into our ambassadors.

Upgrading our scholarship platform which already contains of € 16B of scholarship opportunities annually. Build and promote a scholarship application engine, through which students can apply for several scholarships easily and at once. Studyportals will also award scholarships ourselves to the value of approximately € 20m in 2022.

Our partners

The Global Access Initiative is part of UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition. 

We are partnering and looking to partner with universities and institutions with the strategic goal of increasing access to education for emerging markets. 

Together we can unlock the compounding power of higher education for millions more prospective students around the world. 

Ensuring better access to higher education is a big part of our mission and purpose at Studyportals. By providing over 50 million prospective students in 2022 with transparent access to study information, we empower the world to choose education. Our goal is to make sure no one misses out on an education opportunity due to a lack of information.

Maria Kinast

Senior Partnership Advisor


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We have started a lobby, fundraising, and information platform to support impacted students affected by conflicts such as the war in Ukraine. This is an information platform connecting students to education options, funding, credential recognition and psychological support. We call on all governments, universities, funding providers and associations to inform us of any support initiatives they have.  

Millions of prospective students around the world, mostly in emerging markets, do not know about their education options, or don’t believe they can access higher education at all. 

So far, the solutions are not reaching those who need them.

The Global Access Initiative is breaking down that ‘information barrier’.

The Global Access Initiative builds on this mission by creating targeted content for prospective students from emerging markets and students affected by conflict. By creating targeted content for prospective students from countries affected by conflict, the initiative raises awareness, confidence and offers decision tools for ultra-accessible higher education that is affordable, often online and flexible.

Studyportals Global Access Initiative

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The 'information barrier'

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We have started a lobby, fundraising, and information platform to support impacted students affected by conflicts such as the war in Ukraine. This is an information platform connecting students to education options, funding, credential recognition and psychological support. We call on all governments, universities, funding providers and associations to inform us of any support initiatives they have.  

Leveraging our student experience and scholarships engine.

Adjusting our technology on course search and decision tools for this specific segment

Upgrading our scholarship platform which already contains of € 16B of scholarship opportunities annually. Build and promote a scholarship application engine, through which students can apply for several scholarships easily and at once. Studyportals will also award scholarships ourselves to the value of approximately € 20m in 2022.