ALMA MATER STUDIORUM

UNIVERSITA’ DI BOLOGNA

St. Petersburg, 03/02/2011

A multicampus structure

Faculty/Department Agreements

School of Modern Languages for interpreters and

translators (SSLIMIT)

Faculty of Political Science- Forlì

Faculty of Agriculture

Department of applied chemistry

Language Center – CLIRO at Forlì Campus

Faculty of foreign languages MSU ‘Lomonosov‘

RSUHInstitute ‘A .S. Puskin' for Russian

LanguageMoscow State Linguistic University

SPSUInstitute of agriculture, food industry

technologies, agricultural economy

Pushchino State University, Russian Academy of Science PFUR

Unibo and Russia: framework agreements

SPSU PFUR HSE

MSU “Lomonosov”

RSUH

UNIBO Cooperation AgreementIKSUR  

Plekhanov RAE  Astrakhan STU TRIPLE I CONSORTIUM

RSU Physical Education and Sport a.Tourism

MSU of environmental engineering

UNIBO and RussiaEu funded projects

• EMA 2 TRIPLE I (2008-2009-2010!)

• TEMPUS (curriculum development)- Integrated coastal management- Development of SME in transition countries- Lifelong learning structure in Siberia

• FP7 (Cooperation) 20% success ratio submitted/funded projects– Health– Space– Environment– KBBE (Knowledge Based Bio-Economy )

– NMP (Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies )

Cooperation results: some examples

• Structured (and funded!) MOBILITY SCHEMES TRIPLE I (since 2008)Unibo mobility scheme “OVERSEAS” (since 2005)

• JOINT master programmes (2 years) “Economics and Market Policy” HSE (Coming Soon!)

Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary research and studies on eastern europe SPSU

• JOINT professional master programmes (1 year)

MIEX-Professional Master in International Management Moscow State Institute for International Relations

CESPEM-Creation and Development of Small and Medium-Sized Innovative Enterprises in Countries in Transition (professional Master not active in 2010-11)

Novosibirsk State Technical University

Student mobility data Analysis

Unibo mobility flows - in

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2008 2009 2010

UNIBO FLOWS

TRIPLE I FLOWS

Incoming students from Russia: Triple I contributes to the 30% of overall student mobility (only undergraduate and master level!)

70%

30%

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Student mobility data Analysis

Unibo mobility flows - out

20

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25

2008 2009 2010

UNIBO FLOWS

TRIPLE I

Outgoing students: Triple I contributes to the 40% of overall student mobility (undergraduate and master level)

57%

43%1

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Staff mobility data analysis

STAFF INCOMING MOBILITY

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2008 2009 2010

UNIBO FLOWS

TRIPLE I

STAFF OUTGOING MOBILITY

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2008 2009 2010

UNIBO FLOWS

TRIPLE I FLOWS

59%

41%

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76%

24%

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Triple I Mobility data Analysis

APPLICATION/SELECTION RATIO

40

8690

25 25

15

28

55

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2008 2009 2010

APPLICATIONS TOUNIBO

selected applicants

APPLICATION FROMUNIBO

selected applicants

one of the highest number of mobilities to Russia within TRIPLE I…

Attractiveness 1

• Why Russia?☺Quality☺Reliability☺Mutual interest☺Promotion☺Institutional committment (from Unibo strategic plan)

Increase participation in EU programmes (and mobility opportunities!)

More graduates with an integrated mobility experience Invest on quality of international and joint programmes Improve services to International students and staff

Attractiveness 2

• Why Unibo?

☺History and tradition coupled with innovation (international research groups)

☺Popular university exchange destination

☺International programmes offered

☺…Art, food, wine …

Erasmus Mundus Action2Management and Services

Adjusting

existing organisational structures

To

new management systems

Internal management & organisation

Workload and responsibilities

Set up of EMA2 Coordination Unit

Main tasks• Application preparation phase• Advising during application• selection• Preparation for arrival /departure of grantees• Registration procedures• Academic Financial Administrative Monitoring

Services for incoming students

• Immigration services • bank account & fiscal code• Welcome day for exchange students• accommodation services• language course• IT-support for enrolment/registration procedure

Services for outgoing students

• Promotion meetings• Counselling / Liaison

activities• Support during

application phase• Support for travel

arrangements and visa

Monitoring and Follow-up: ensuring academic quality of mobilty

Before• Accurate couselling during application phase• Organisation of meetings with students• minimum requirements for unibo students to participate• Accurate Learnign Agreement before departureduring• Feed-back from academic tutors• Mid-term activity reportafter• Recognition procedures• reporting

International Mobility schemesChallenges and impact

Integration of the new scheme to existing organisational structure

Setting-up a new management approach

Improve the quality to meet the expectations of international students and staff

tailor existing programmes and teaching/learning methods to the international audience

☺ Consolidation or expansion of relations with partner institutions

☺ Increased visibility

☺ Networking for further projects

☺ Increased number of grants for own students and staff to go abroad

A story

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY

COOPERATION

AGREEMENT

Summer/winter Schools

Partnership in professional

Master

OTHERS!

Double Degree

EMP

FORLICAMPUS

Thanks!

francesca.maltauro@unibo.it

diri.ecw@unibo.it