InternationalizationatthePolytechnicInstituteofBragança:ShapingamulticulturalacademiccommunityIPVCInternationalWeek,Viana doCastelo,29May2017

IPBstrategicpositioning:ü Qualificationofteachingstaff

ü Internationalization

ü Regionalengagement

IfyouaskmeWHY?

ü CityofBragança:23,000inhabitants

ü PolytechnicInstituteofBragança:7,000students,500teachers,250staff

IfyouaskmeHOWMUCH?

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IPBinternationalstudents:

Incoming Enrolled

33%

45%

22%

Bragança

RestofPT

International

1550Internationalstudents (enrolled&mobility)from64differentCountries

IPBacademiccommunity:

Member States agreed on mobility targets forhigher education and vocational training students:

By 2020, at least 20% of higher educationgraduates in the EU should have spent a period ofhigher education-related study or training abroad.

2016 IPB graduates with international mobilityexperience: 25%

IfyouaskmeHOW?

Accept,use,disseminatetherightprinciples

Transfer of credits is the process of having creditsawarded in one context (programme, institution)recognised in another context for the purpose ofobtaining a qualification.Credits awarded to students in one programme maybe transferred from an institution to beaccumulated in another programme offered byanother institution.

TheECTSUser’sGuide

…andthebest-practices

§ Erasmus mobility for studies (more than 20 years ago)§ Erasmus mobility for placements (since 2006 and NOWPORTUGAL since 2014)

§ Course units lectured in English (since 2006)§ Erasmus Intensive Programmes (2007-2013)§ Non-EU International mobility (since 2008)§ Study programmes fully lectured in English (since 2009)§ Portuguese language training (since 2011)§ New Portuguese legislation for international students’enrolment at bachelor level (since 2014)

§ Double Diploma strategic projects (since 2014)§ Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (since 2015)

Use,adapt,designyourownDifferentprojects

41%

59% Portuguese

International

2016/2017 new entrancesat 9 IPB masters for DD programmes:

§ An Institutional ECTS CoordinatorCentral level (Vice-President)

§ Erasmus CoordinatorsAt school level, 10 teachers (2 per school)

§ A Centralized International Relations Office6 staff + scholarship students

§ Student engagement3 international students’ unions

Agreeon,designyourownEfficientdecision’sandoperationalstructure

§ A competitive cost of life & tuition feeYou can live and study in Bragança for 400 EUR/month

§ Listen your international studentsMonitor and implement satisfaction surveys

§ Integrate your international studentsAvoid country “ghettos”

§ Promote a really international learning environment!

Defineyourowninternationalstudent’sPolicy&Strategy

27%

39%

22%

13%

Portuguese

International

Erasmus+

Intmobility

2016/2017: 49 Portuguese students + 71 International enrolled students+ 40 Erasmus incoming students + 24 other International incomingstudents; From 37 different Countries!

At the IPB International Business Managementbachelor programme (lectured in English):

InternationalizationatthePolytechnicInstituteofBragança:ShapingamulticulturalacademiccommunityIPVCInternationalWeek,Viana doCastelo,29May2017