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The mobility
Three universities in two years isn't a marketing line — it's a real cohort moving together through three radically different cultures. I wanted that, more than I wanted any single ranking.
About the journal
Hi, I'm Shishir.
I’m writing this so the next person doesn't have to start blind.
Author
I'm a Nepali engineer joining the Erasmus Mundus AI for Sustainable Societies cohort 2026–2028. My background is in computer science with a slow drift toward AI applied to real-world systems — energy, governance, public infrastructure.
I started this site for the same reason every useful guide gets written: I couldn't find one. When I was applying, the official AISS material was excellent but didn't answer the messy human questions. The blog posts that did exist were outdated, or written for European applicants, or behind some consultancy paywall.
So this is the alternative — open, in-progress, written in real time, no consulting funnel, no signups. If it’s useful, pass it on. If something is wrong or out of date, email me and I'll fix it the same day.
Why AISS
Three reasons I picked it
over the alternatives.
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The focus
'AI for sustainable societies' is specific in a useful way. It's not generic ML, not pure research. It's AI as applied to the systems that actually run a society — energy, governance, climate.
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The funding
Fully-funded by the European Commission. No tuition, monthly allowance, travel covered. For a student from Nepal, this is what makes the rest possible.
The route
The three places I’ll be writing from.
Get in touch
Email me anything.
Application questions, visa worries, weird embassy paperwork — these are the easiest to answer when I’ve just gone through them. Don't hesitate.