About Strategic Partnerships Lenka Škrábalová, Head of IRO
About Founded by Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia Charles IV in 1348 The oldest university in Central Europe Comprehensive in scope, offering more than 300 accredited programs The largest and best-performing research university in the Czech Republic 2
Study in Foreign Languages Over 150 programmes in foreign languages (mainly English) 6 9 15 Bachelor s Programs Students come from 110+ countries around the world Long-Cycle Master s Degree (5 6 years) Follow-up Master s Degree (2 3 years) PhD Programs 5 th most popular European university in the Erasmus+ program: about1,800 incoming and1,300 outgoing students every year 121 3
People 11,000+ employees 49,000+ students BA:17,000+ MA: 23,000+ PhD 7,000+ 8,000+ international students: from Slovakia, Russia, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Portugal, Germany 4
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International Cooperation Strategic Partnerships at bilateral, European and multilateral level 17 210 cooperation agreements with universities all over the world 130 international researchers from 23 partner universities Post-doctoral Fellowship targeted at young international researchers 22 post-docs International Degree Programmes: joint degree programs (5) and double degree programs (9) Joint supervision of doctoral thesis (cotutelles) 240 agreements since 1998 6
Goals of Strategic Partnerships Creation of joint, double and multiple-degree study programmes Joint supervision of dissertations (cotutelles) Mutual recognition of credits Exchange visits of foreign professors and staff Networking Joint Research Projects Organizing joint events summer schools, professional workshops Leading joint-scientific research projects Days of 7
Strategic Partnerships Europe: Bilateral level: University of Zurich (Switzerland) Universität zu Köln (Germany) Universität Heidelberg (Germany) Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Krakow (Poland) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) Leiden University (The Netherlands) 8
Strategic Partnerships European level: 4 EU Alliance (Sorbonne University, Heidelberg University, University of Warsaw and ) European University Alliance Multilateral level: CELSA - a research alliance - Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) - (CUNI) - Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) - Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) - Semmelweis University (Semmelweis) - University of Ljubljana (UL) CENTRAL Strategic partnership (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Charles University, Universität Wien, ELTE University Budapest, University of Warsaw) 9
Strategic Partnerships Australia: Macquarie University Near East: Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) Asia: Peking University (China) Others strong partnerships: Oxford University, Cambridge University, Edinburgh University (UK) Melbourne University (Australia) McGill University (Canada) 10
Funding Institutional Development Fund - Strategic Partnership 1.000.000. Czech Crowns 39.489.79 Euros per year. Support for Internationalisation of Students Fund - it depends on eligible projects approx. 1.000.000 Czech Crowns 39.489.79 Euros per year. Financial Support of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Indicator D 1.000.000 Czech Crowns 39,489.79 Euros per year travel costs, exchange etc. CELSA Research Fund -The CELSA partners contribute at least 60,000 Euros per call. CENTRAL - funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) within the funding line "Strategic Partnerships". This covers a funding amount of roughly 1.000.000 Euros for the funding period 2015-2018. Other Faculties Resources 11
4 EU Alliance Already long-term existing cooperation Declaration signed on 10th March 2018 Currently: mapping of the existing cooperation in the context of all 4 EU universities Establishing the governance of the Alliance Considering new activities which could start in September 2018 12
4 EU Alliance - implementation Resource management and human capital Subsidiarity but also coordinated effort regarding the HR and capacity Building a common infrastructure in administration, teaching and research Education - identification of education curriculum, various forms of teaching materials etc. Research - shared platforms and circulation of Press Release THE FORMATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY ALLIANCE 4EU 21 March, 2018: Following intensive discussions during 2017, four strong European research universities (Czech Republic), Heidelberg University (Germany), Sorbonne University (France) and the University of Warsaw (Poland) have founded a strategic European partnership, built on existing academic collaborations. This European University Alliance aims to create a new quality of cooperation in research, teaching, education and administration and to establish the appropriate infrastructure which will bring together researchers, students and staff from the four institutions. The cooperation is based on a common understanding of the idea of the European university that builds on academic freedom and autonomy and ensures fair access to education. The presidents of the four universities signed a corresponding Declaration in Paris on Saturday, 10 March, 2018. This Alliance will step up the cooperation and optimize the environment for creativity in teaching & learning, research and innovation. It will remove obstacles to free circulation of individuals, ideas and best practices between their universities by creating an open space and atmosphere. The four universities see the Alliance as their responsibility for making a common effective contribution to solving important societal challenges for Europe and beyond. researchers and students Innovation - shared activities will be developed, industry support will be considered Press contacts: Vaclav Hajek +420 224 491 248 pr@cuni.cz Sorbonne University Katherine Tyrka +33 (0)1 44 27 51 05 katherine.tyrka@sorbonne-universite.fr University of Warsaw Anna Korzekwa-Józefowicz +48 602 262 552 spokesperson@uw.edu.pl Universität Heidelberg Marietta Fuhrmann-Koch +49 6221 54 19012 kum@uni-heidelberg.de 13
Conclusions Strategic partnerships support closer cooperation with selected universities abroad at both an academic and institutional level. Aims to promote joint scientific projects and events, to establish common course programmes and to facilitate exchange among students, researchers, teaching staff and managers. Necessity is to establish legal framework for strategic partners, funding, governance and perform regular evaluation and monitoring of their outcomes. New project of strengthened strategic partnerships across the EU - European University Alliance, which will enable students to obtain a degree by combining studies in several EU countries and contribute to the international competitiveness of European Universities. 14
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