Miriam Negri, International Projects and Development Cooperation Office, Politecnico di Torino areas@polito.it
TIMELINE AREAS+ Project proposal submission April 2013 Proposal approval by EACEA July 2013 Coordinators Meeting - Brussels October 2013 Kickoff Meeting Kuala Lumpur October 2013 1 st Call for Applications November 2013 February 2014 1 st Selection Meeting - Brno April 2014 1 st Progress Report to EACEA August 2014 Implementation of mobility flows since August 2014 2 nd Call for Applications October 2014 February 2015 2 nd Progress Report to EACEA February 2015 2 nd Selection Meeting - Skype March 2015 3 rd Progress Report to EACEA March 2016 Call for Scholarship Extensions September 2016 Final Meeting Torino May 2017 Project end 14 July 2017 Final Report to EACEA mid-sept 2017 Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 2
IMPROVEMENTS FROM AREAS TO AREAS+ (1) 1) 2 new partners: TTU (Estonia) and IIT Dhanbad (India) Replacement of 2 AREAS partners not very active Opportunity to newly internationalizing HEIs to grow Goal achieved! IIT Dhanbad: 4 IN + 15 OUT mobilities; 19 joint papers + 1 prototype; 1 MoU; internationalization process Congrats for becoming an IIT! TTU: 14 IN + 7 OUT mobilities; 2 new MoUs + 1E+ KA107 + 1E+ KA2 CBHE under submission + 1H2020 under submission TTU comments: positive impact in capacity building, modernization and internationalization Thanks to AREAS+, TTU has proven to be an active and reliable partner, therefore was invited to participate the Erasmus+ capacity building project. Through AREAS+ mobilities. TTU is exposed to students and scholars from a very different background, its internationalization strategy is under a stress test. The result has been satisfaction, of course with areas of improvements 2) Introduction of Co-coordinator from Asia: Hanoi University of Science and Technology - HUST (Vietnam) Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 3
IMPROVEMENTS FROM AREAS TO AREAS+ (2) 3) Mobility flow EU -> AS For some AS universities: first experience in welcoming EU exchange students! 4) Online platform for the collection of applications and project documents (AREAS+ tool) 5) Foster the cooperation started within AREAS New MoUs, exchange agreements, double degree agreements New joint supervisions of doctorate thesis, new joint papers New joint projects Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 4
IMPROVEMENTS FROM AREAS TO AREAS+ (3) 6) Increase of Intra-regional cooperation among the Asian Partners: sharing of best practices JWARCT (Joint Workshop on Academic Recognition and Credit Transfer) in Cambodia, 2014 7) Cooperation with other EMA2 Partnerships in the region JWARCT Joint Evaluation lot 12 Participation in Evaluation of Impact of EMA2 projects in Asia, realized by EXPERTS project Coordinator UGOE 8) Increasing interest in Administrative Staff mobilities: from 20% to 34% of Staff mobilities (see slide N 15) Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 5
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PROJECT OUTCOMES: call for proposals requirements (1) Call for proposals EACEA/38/12 - lot 12 Max. per project AREAS+ Proposal Implemented Budget 12,2 millions 3,05 millions 3,025 millions 2,868 millions Flows 480 mobilities 400 Asia -> EU 80 EU -> Asia Min. 120 mobilities 100 Asia -> EU 20 EU -> Asia 183 mobilities 138 Asia -> EU 45 EU -> Asia 180 mobilities 132 Asia -> EU 48 EU -> Asia 2nd Selection Meeting: reduction to 180 Drop out: 22 Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 7
PROJECT OUTCOMES: call for proposals requirements (2) Distribution per level Call for proposals EACEA/38/12 - lot 12 AREAS+ Budget Proposal Implemented Undergraduate 20 40 % 24,59% 28,33 % Master 15 35 % 31,15% 28,89 % PhD 10 30 % 11,48% 11,11 % Post Doc 5 20 % 8,20% 7,22 % Staff 15 35 % 24,59% 24,44 % Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 8
PROJECT OUTCOMES: call for proposals requirements (3) Distribution per Group Call for proposals EACEA/38/12 - lot 12 AREAS+ Budget Proposal Implemented Distribution per Target Group TG1 min. 50 % TG1: 83,61% TG2: 13,11% TG3: 3,28% TG1: 82,78 % TG2: 13,89 % TG3: 3,33 % Distribution per Country Group Group A: Cambodia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos Group B: Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines Group A min. 30 % Group A: 37,70% Group B: 37,70% EU: 24,59% Group A: 35 % Group B: 38,33 % EU: 26,67 % Fewer grantees than planned from Laos (no applications 2nd call) Many grantees from India High participation from EU Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 9
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Grantees per nationality Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 10
PROJECT OUTCOMES: TG1 grantees per home university POLITO UniTN UMinho TTU UPC MU UGOE KU Leuven INP CUL PUC UGM IIT Dhanbad NUM UniKL HUST PDN HCMUT VSU NUOL 0 0 0 2 3 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 12 12 13 15 16 17 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 11
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Grantees per host university MU KUL UniTN UMinho TTU POLITO UPC UniKL INP CUL UGOE PDN PUC UGM HCMUT IIT Dhanbad HUST VSU NUM NUOL 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 8 8 9 12 12 14 15 15 16 17 18 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 12
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Grantees per host university and study level 18 Grantees 16 14 12 10 8 6 PostDoc PhD Master Undergraduate Staff 4 2 0 NUOL NUM VSU HUST IIT Dhanbad HCMUT UGM PUC PDN UGOE CUL INP UniKL UPC POLITO TTU UMinho UNITN KU Leuven MU Host universities All partners hosted at least 1 staff mobility! Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 13
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Degree seeking and exchange students 20% Degree seeking Exchange 80% Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 14
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Academic vs administrative staff mobilities Academic Staff Administrative Staff 34% Increased Administrative Staff mobilities compared to AREAS: AREAS: 16 Acad. + 4 Admin. (80% Acad. Vs 20% Admin.) AREAS+: 29 acad. + 15 Admin. (66% Acad. Vs 34% Admin.) 66% Why is it important? - AS Admin. staff training on EU HEIs system and EU projects - EU Admin. staff training on Asian HEIs system and organization - Discussion of new agreements and projects Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 15
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Distribution of grantees per field of study Social Sciences 17% Other 11% Agriculture 2% Architecture, Planning 3% Business, Management 14% Education 2% Natural Sciences 4% Medicine 1% Law 1% Geography 4% Engineering 41% Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 16
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Fields of study per host university 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 MU KU Leuven UNITN UMinho TTU POLITO UPC UniKL INP CUL UGOE PDN PUC UGM HCMUT ISM HUST VSU NUM NUOL Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 17
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Distribution of females and males per field of study Social Sciences 16% Natural Sciences 7% Distribution of male grantees per field of study Geography 1% Medicine 1% Other 10% Agriculture 1% Architecture, Planning 3% Business, Management 12% Education 1% Engineering 48% Social Sciences 17% Natural Sciences 1% Law 3% Distribution of female grantees per field of study Other 13% Geography 9% Agriculture 2% Architecture, Planning 4% Business, Management 17% Engineering 31% Education 3% Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 18
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Gender balance Improvement compared to received applications: 59% M - 41% F +2 percentage points during selections. Why? females submit good quality applications; selection rules (gender balance as cross-cutting evaluation criteria) Gender balance per group: EU: 65%M 35% F Group A (Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Vietnam): 59%M 41%F Males preponderance: Cambodia, Vietnam; Females preponderance: Mongolia Group B (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka): 51%M 49%F Males preponderance: India; Females preponderance: Malaysia, Philippines Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 19
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Academic results degree seeking students Study level Number of grantees Already graduated Comments UG full 1 0 Planned graduation: January 2018 MS full 17 15 1 mobility interruption 1 planned graduation on January 2018 PhD full 6 0 1 significant delay (interruption + academic difficulties) despite student s commitment 1 slight delay, graduation planned on November 2018 4 good/brilliant performance Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 20
Mobility type PROJECT OUTCOMES: Academic results MS and UG Average ECTS achieved per semester 1 semester mobility 2 semesters mobility 4 semesters mobility 5 semesters mobility All durations EU -> AS MS 28 (6 students) 19 (5 students) / / 24 (11 students) EU -> AS UG 26 (13 stud.) 27 (4 stud.) / / 27 (17 stud.) EU -> AS all 28 (19 stud.) 23 (9 stud.) / / 26 (28 stud.) AS -> EU MS 20 (12 stud.) 22 (12 stud.) 29 (17 stud.) / 27 (41 stud.) AS -> EU UG 23 (4 stud.) 20 (29 stud.) / 29 (1 stud.) 21 (34 stud.) AS -> EU all 21 (16 stud.) 21 (41 stud.) 29 (17 stud.) 29 (1 stud.) 24 (75 stud.) ALL MS 23 (18 stud.) 22 (17 stud.) 29 (17 stud.) / 26 (52 stud.) ALL UG 25 (17 stud.) 21 (33 stud.) / 29 (1 stud.) 22 (51 stud.) ALL STUDENTS 24 (35 stud.) 21 (50 stud.) 29 (17 stud.) 29 (1 stud.) 25 (103 stud.) Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 21
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Academic results MS and UG students EU MS students: outcome influenced by difficulty of some students to find appropriate courses, because of difficult match of academic calendars (Jannik Büttner) In general, Asian students had more academic difficulties than EU students In general, MS students performed better than UG students Degree seeking MS students have been the most successful -> no problems of courses match, academic calendar, etc.: they can attend a program from the beginning to the end 1 semester exchanges have been more successful than 2 semesters ones Exception compared to all other mobility projects POLITO coordinated! This confirms the outcome of the grantees survey of previous AREAS project: Asian students pointed out they prefer short mobilities That s why we have offered more short mobilities in AREAS+! Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 22
PROJECT OUTCOMES: Academic results - Cotutelles and Joint Papers One Cotutelle agreement (PhD) between POLITO and HUST Up to now, we know of 48 Scientific Papers published by AREAS+ grantees: 18 by the 13 PhD-exchange grantees and 10 by the 6 PhD-full degree grantees 13 by the 9 Post-Doc grantees 7 by the 6 Academic Staff grantees 24 by Indian grantees only! most productive AREAS+ group for scientific papers CUL most productive Host 14 Scientific Papers + 1 Prototype 31 Scientific Papers in the Engineering/Technology field (26 survey + 5 POLITO out) One Indian grantee published 7 Scientific Papers in the Engineering/Technology field! AREAS+ grantees reported us 11 Prototypes developed 5 by the 3 Post-Doc grantees 4 by the 2 PhD-full degree grantees 2 by an Academic Staff grantee 2 Awards won by AREAS+ grantees! Best Paper Award at the Photonics 2016 conference in India (Souvik Gosh, IIT Dhanbad CUL) 1 st Place at the NanoArt contest, August 2015 (Sayari Biswas, IIT Dhanbad INP) Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 23
PROJECT OUTCOMES: new agreements and projects between partners Up to now, we know of 21 general agreements signed between AREAS+ partners during the project Up to now, we know of 26 projects selected or still waiting for the results: 22 in the frame of Erasmus+ KA107 ICM 2 Erasmus+ KA2 CBHE 2 Horizon 2020 Most productive partners: MU among EU partners HUST among AS partners Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 24
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QUALITY Tools for quality monitoring: Progress and intermediate reports with section for Supervisor s feedback (research levels only) Periodic meetings with grantees by host universities ToR host and ToR home collection both academic performance and recognition Partner surveys for the Progress / Final Reports Grantees survey Joint Evaluation lot 12 Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 26
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GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS statistic sample Survey distributed to all AREAS+ grantees Distributed at the end of grantee s mobility Grantees evaluation on the services received in the different phases of the mobility and on the impact of the project for their curricula, career, personal experience. Complete replies received: 158 out of 180 grantees 86,6% Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 28
GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS Skills development Considering your personal Erasmus Mundus mobility experience, how would you assess your formal and informal development of the following skills: Academic skills 70% Broadenind horizons 60% 50% Professional skills Self confidence 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Host country language Average Excellent Good No Answer Poor Financial management English competence International oriented attitude Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 29
GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS Career impact Mobility impact on current employment/career opportunities 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 54% 12% 34% 42% 8% 50% 65% 6% 29% 54% 8% 38% 34% 6% 14% 46% Very important Not important Indifferent Important 0% Undergraduate Master PhD Post Doc Staff Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 30
GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS Brain drain Are you currently pursuing you study/career: 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 4% 1% 3% 9% 4% 22% 7% 19% 23% 6% UG MS PhD Post Doc Staff Abroad In your home country Most of grantees currently pursuing their studies abroad are still at host university because they needed some extra time to complete their program (especially PhD) Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 31
GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS Employability Are you currently: 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 10% 12% 24% 32% 28% 6% 6% 2% 12% 85% 91% 56% 65% 48% 8% 8% 6% 3% UG MS PhD Post Doc Staff Working in a university/research institute Working in a company/enterprise In search for a job Continuing your studies Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 32
GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS - Satisfaction On the whole, how do you assess your mobility experience? 6% 32% Excellent Good Reasonable Poor Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 33 62%
GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS Erasmus Mundus added value What do you think is the added value of your Erasmus Mundus mobility? Implem. at Home uni of new methods learnt 42 Joint collaboration Home-Host uni 67 Working with qualified researchers/professors 80 International conferences/seminars 61 Lab research Field research 44 46 Specialized courses 59 Multicultural environment 122 Different teaching methods 88 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 34
GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS EMA2 impact on Partner Countries Contribution of Erasmus Mundus programme to Facilitate mutual recognition of study 100 Combat all forms of discrimination 80 60 40 Internationalization, academic excellence, visibility of AS uni Very important Important Combat racism and promote intercultural education 20 0 Harmonization between AS and EU Higher Education Systems Not important Indifferent No answer Culture and skills for peaceful and sustainable development Cooperation among EU and AS uni Erasmus Mundus AREAS+ Project Outcomes Politecnico di Torino, July 2017 35
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