Internationalisation of Higher Education in Finland

Maija Innola24.9.2013

Knowledge, information sharing

Changing challenges

Climate change

Health and well-being of citizens

Environment

Energy

Biodiversity

Joint campuses, programmes, courses, degrees

Recryting of teachers, experts

Research infrastructures and programmes

Mobility of students, researchers, experts, administrators

Food security

Ageing

Water supplies

Intra-European challenges: financial and economic crises

Social dimension:values, inclusiveness,public common good,access to information

Multidisciplinary, cross-disciplinary approach

Internationalisation strategy 2009 – 2015/ Finland:

To create a genuinely

international higher

education community

Promotion of global

responsibility

Supporting a multicultural

society

Education and

expertise export

Increase in the quality

and attractiveness

of higher education

institutions

Creating a genuinely international higher education community

TARGET: By 2015, the number of non-Finnish teachers, researchers and degree students has risen considerably and higher education institutions will have become genuinely international study and work communities.

2009 2010 2011 TARGET 2013-16

Amount of degree students:

Universities:6 984Polytechnics:6 962

Universities:7 809Polytechnics:7 724

Universities:8 752Polytechnics:8 701

Universities:8 950Polytechnics:7 475

Student mobility/ over 3 months

U: 10 327P: 7 556

U: 10 444 P: 8 390

U: 10 257P: 8 539

U: 11 950P: 8 830

Mobility of staff/ mean, average

U: 0,18P: 0,88

U: 0,36P: 0,94

U: 0,36P: 0,98

U: 0,42P: 1,09

Future potential of student mobility?

25.05.2011Conference on mobility, Helsinki

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Lähde: Student Mobility in Higher Education: a Nordic Comparison using Eurostudent Data

Increasing the quality and attractiveness of higher education

institutions

TARGET: Finnish higher education institutions are internationally renowned and attractive study and work environments

- reforming the universities core funding from 2013- reforming the core funding and act of the polytechnics

2014-15- strategies, priorities, structural changes, mergers of the

HEIs- strong regional innovation centres- national research infrastructures policy and funding- student and research welcome services- International Degree programmes, evaluated in 2013

- http://www.kka.fi/files/1822/KKA_0213.pdf

Degree programmes in English (2012)

Bachelor’s degrees

Master’s degrees

Doctoral degrees

Polytecnics 103 31 134

Universities 3 220 32 255

106 251 32 389

Source: Study in Finland database, www.studyinfinland.fi

International or programmes in English?

Universities core funding from 2013

Steering of HEI’s

• Internationalisation is part of the agreements between the Ministry and HEI’s

- Quantitative targets (student mobility, number of international students)

- Performance indicatiors (Staff international mobility / teaching and research personnel, international research funding)• How could we better cover all aspects of internatiolisation

of higher education?

Education and expertise export

• Finnish higher education institutions are attractive and reliable cooperation partners –international networking

• Potential of the export of competence and education to become a significant exports?

• Ongoing trial of tution fees /students outside EU (2010-2014) – political decissions about the future

• Increase of the cross-border education also in Finland?

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Thank you! Kiitos!