Erasmus Mundus Partnerships Joint and double degrees
The presentation will outline Sapienza s approach and policies aiming at: improving participation to International EU funded programmes, increasing students and graduates mobility, developing internationalisation at home Results will be given for the following programmes: Leonardo da Vinci placement programmes for graduates Erasmus Mundus: Double and Joint degrees International degrees taught in English Pagina 2
Erasmus Mundus Former External Cooperation Window (EMECW), now Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Launched in 2006, the programme is a cooperation and mobility scheme in the area of higher education. The European Commission launched this initiative to foster cooperation between higher education institutions from outside the EU with EU universities. Builds further on previous programmes: Erasmus, Tempus, EM, Alfa, Alban, Asia-Link, Edulink It aims to boost exchange of students, researchers and academic staff and to support mobility and recognition of studies. Promotion cooperation EU third countries ( lots ) Pagina 3
Erasmus Mundus Sapienza s experience Erasmus Mundus University II, coordinated by VUB, under the Call 2007 www.vub.ac.be/erasmusmundus/ Egypt, Palestine, Israel, 287 mobility flows foreseen with over 5 mil funding. Sapienza s results: outgoing students 4 to Egypt, 1 to Israel ougoing staff 1 teaching staff to Palestine incoming students 1 exchange, 2 degree, 3 Phd, 1 post-doc incoming staff 1 teaching staff from Palestine Lot 3B Palestine call 2010, 50 scholarships http://www.vub.ac.be/international/emu/ Call closed on last 10 of April > 2005 applications were received Results > beginning of June Pagina 4
Erasmus Mundus Sapienza s experience MULTIC: Russian Federation, coordinated by TU Dresden > 2008 and 2010 call http://tu-dresden.de/internationales/multic/index_html 2008 210 scholarships for all levels of higher education starting in the year 2008-2009. Sapienza s results: 5 outgoing students 27 incoming students: 22 exchange master, 1 Phd, 1 post-doc, 1 incoming staff 2010 276 scholarships funded instead of 246 as in the project budget Sapienza s results: 2 outgoing: 1 staff + 1 student 43 incoming students: 30 ba/ma exchange, 3 degree ma, 7 Phd, 1 post-doc, 3 academic staff Pagina 5
Erasmus Mundus Sapienza s experience Basileus 1, 2and 3, coordinated by Gent University www.basileus.ugent.be Mobility scheme with Western Balkan universities: 1st year 400 mobilites were foreseen, 345 were implemented: Sapienza s results: 6 outgoing students: 1 PhD, 5 master (2 BiH, 5 Serbia) 4 outgoing teaching staff 32 incoming students: 6 PhD (3 degree), 26 master (10 degree) 6 incoming teaching staff 2nd year 305 mobilities foreseen, Sapienza s results: 6 outgoing students: 2 post-doc, 4 master 3 outgoing teaching staff 27 incoming students: 1 PhD, 26 ba/master (3 degree) 7 incoming teaching staff + 1 post-doc 3rd year 283 mobilities foreseen, 1 call closed on 15 February > 1200 applications > 305 for Sapienza. Selction results will be published soon. No Mobility without recognition Conference in Ljiubljana October 2010 > over 200 participants Pagina 6
Erasmus Mundus Sapienza s experience Lisum, coordinated by Gent University www.lisum.ugent.be Mobility scheme with Chinese universities: 274 mobilities foreseen, 116 implemented up to now, 1 ongoing selection Sapienza s results: 14 outgoing students: 1 PhD, 13 master 1 outgoing teaching staff 11 incoming students: 5 PhD (2 degree), 3 master (1 degree), 3 Ba 1 incoming teaching staff Pagina 7
Erasmus Mundus Sapienza s experience Lot 6 Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan: 140 scholarships foreseen 1st call in August 2010 > 10 scholarships awarded: 2 to Sapienza (1 Msc degree + 1 post-doc) The 2nd call is now open with deadline 31 May Pagina 8
Erasmus Mundus Sapienza s experience Mundus ACP http://mundusacp.up.pt/ 240 mobilities foreseen > only EU academic staff to ACP universities ACP nationals> MA full degree Sandwich Phd 10 months (only TG1) Academic and administrative staff Call closed on 31 st January > 3000 applicants (abou 500 for Sapienza) Selection board met on the 5 and 6 April> waiting for selection results Pagina 9
Erasmus Mundus Sapienza s experience FFEEBB > Egypt www.ffeebb.com 134 scholarships foreseen > the call opened at the end of March, deadline 6 May Political unrest and the consequent closure of universities caused delay Pagina 10
Erasmus Mundus Sapienza s experience EU-NICE: http://www.eu-nice.eu The project is aimed at fostering scientific cooperation in the field of earthquake mitigation between European and Asian Higher Education Institutions. The scholarship programme is open to nationals from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, North Korea, Philippines, and Sri Lanka 104 mobilities foreseen > call closed on 15 February with 130 applicants. A second call will have to be launched for short term mobilities Pagina 11
Erasmus Mundus Sapienza s experience Conclusions from four year experience: Calls 2007-2010: 11 partnerships + 1 coordinated application EMECW was a strategic tool to build international partnerships based on credibility of the overall institution Cooperation among different offices + with academic structures ( student placement, outside Erasmus, individual learning agreement for some student with different backgrounds) Institutional innovation: management of funds, new procedures (ie for the payment of fees) Pagina 12
Positive side effects Test on bilateral agreements (some very strong cooperations emerged, i.e. Architecture Belgrade) Improvement of welcome services: contacts with diplomatic services, with local authorities (i.e. for residence permits) etc Long-lasting cooperation with some academic structures which prove to be more open to internationalisation Enhanced international environment for Italian students (new modules taught in English) Academic recognition exercise with HEI outside the European Higher Education Area Support the offer of English taught courses Pagina 13
Joint degrees The Italian law and joint programmes(509/99 and 270/2004): Italian Universities may award degrees jointly with other Italian or foreign universities, on the basis of specific agreements The universities acts foresee the rules.. on the procedures for the awarding of joint degrees. National law on Doctorates (224/99): The final Jury of Doctorates established through international agreements is set up according to the internal rules agreed The agreements may foresee specific procedures for awarding the degree (organisation of the programme) For the periods spent abroad the amount of the grant must be increased of at least 50% Government support Internationalisation programmes from 1998 to 2007 (10M euros) 2008 onwards Cooperlink programme, less funding available Pagina 14
Sapienza s experience on joint degrees Some figures (although not outstanding): International PhDs: 1 awarding a joint degree 14 awarding double/multiple degrees (8 Engineering) 1 LLP course (professional master in State management and humanitarian affairs 9 first cycle degrees: 8 faculty of Engineering- France + 1 faculty of Economics Argentina 19 second cycle degrees 12 Engineering various universities in France + New York Polithecnic Architecture Buenos Aires Statistics Paris Dauphine Philosphy - Jena ATOSIM : Erasmus Mundus master course (Physics w. ENS Lyon + Amsterdam) Economics FINEC Saint Petersburg Law Paris Panthéon Assas Humboldt King s College Pedagogy Moscow New agreements in MA Finance, Genetics, Design for 2011 Pagina 15
Sapienza s experience on joint degrees Guidelines for the internationalisation of degrees (approved Joint doctorates in July + MA degrees in October) Jointly developed by the International office and Academic services Overall aim to support the internationalisation of doctoral courses by: Amendments to internal regulation Coordinating financial support Approving guidelines and formats for the negotiations of agreements Internal administrative staff training > planned Pagina 16
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