Mira Budenova – Opportunities for Growth and Collaboration: A First-Year EDISS Experience

Reflecting on her first year in the Erasmus Mundus EDISS programme, Mira emphasises the strong focus on professional development, collaboration, and interdisciplinary learning. Continuous presentations and project-based coursework significantly strengthened her public speaking skills, while frequent group assignments fostered effective teamwork in an international environment.

The programme’s core philosophy of integrating data science and software engineering is mirrored in her academic ambitions, as she plans to combine hardware engineering, software engineering, and machine learning in her upcoming thesis work.

Beyond coursework, EDISS offers extensive opportunities in research and networking, encouraging students to actively engage, take initiative, and align the programme’s resources with their own academic and career goals.

Watch Mira share her first-year journey in EDISS

Last updated on 1 January 2026