FACILITATING MOBILITY FOR ENGINEERING MAJORS: SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN FACULTY

AND EDUCATION ABROAD PROFESSIONALS

Wagaye Johannes, IIE, Chair

Going beyond “bilateral” agreements

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Martin P. BendsøeSenior Vice President and DeanTechnical University of Denmark

Nina KohrInternational Relations CoordinatorInternational OfficeMunich University of Applied Sciences

Wagaye JohannesProject Director, Generation Study AbroadInstitute of International Education (IIE)

Agenda

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Overview of Partnerships

Case Studies

Group Activity

IIE At A Glance

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Going beyond “bilateral” agreements

Reducing the # of MOUs and

not “transactional”

More about “strategic” and

“transformational” partnerships

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MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF

APPLIED SCIENCES

DEVELOPING AN “INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE”

MUAS in a nutshell

Second largest University of Applied Sciences in Germany

17,500 students (winter term 2016/17)

About 2/3 Engineering students

14 departments (8 Engineering)

Over 80 study programmes

(Bachelor and Master)

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International@MUAS

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About 200 partner universities worldwide Member in international consortia and networks: e.g. UAS7, Global E3

Internationalization Strategy 2015-18: International Experiences of Students and Staff (In and Out) Intercultural Competence „at home“ (internationalisation@home) International Networks and Cooperations in Teaching and Research, Strategic

Partnerships

International Engineering Programs: Semester exchange (bilateral, consortia) Courses in English Summer Schools

From the idea to the implementation: Int’l Engineering Certificate

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Creating (semester) certificates at University of Pittsburgh and Clemson University in Automotive and Aerospace Engineering In cooperation with the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and

Aerospace Engineering at MUAS As a result of faculty idea and involvement and partnership with the Global

E3 program Offering courses that are not offered in Pittsburgh or Clemson Interest of other (GE3) universities

From the idea to the implementation: Int’l Engineering Certificate

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Create a MUAS Certificate for international exchange and German students: Subject-related courses plus international/intercultural components Based on the existing course catalogue from the MUAS “Courses in English (CiE)”-

program

create a package of existing CiE to one certificate in order to make it more attractive and “easier” for the students Pilot with Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering Start planned for summer semester 2017

Who’s Involved

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Objectives and Benefits

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Promote an international experience for engineering students by working together (faculty and International Office) Enhance the intercultural/international competence of students (from abroad and at

home)

MUAS

Promote the international profile and reputation of MUAS and the department(s) and respond to MUAS Internationalization Strategy

Create an attractive “package” and attract more (incoming) engineering students

Partner Universities:

Create an interesting study abroad option in Munich, promote more interest in the exchange programs (e.g. GE3) and offer options/courses at MUAS that home university doesn’t offer

Lessons Learned

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“Champion/s” at department(s), motivation and personal commitment of the faculty and staff are necessary

Facilitator/ project leader in administration/study abroad office is necessary

Guarantee, commitment of the department for the courses, long term planning

Sufficient participation in the courses and motivation of the German students

Promotion and marketing (through GE3 network)

Patience (?): it might take some time to get it promoted and successfully run

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF

DENMARK

Joint programmesAn added value for students and institutions

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Joint programmes with international partners

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Our joint programmes are based on complementary competences

We aim to create unique offers to our students

With clear relevance to the labour market

We do joint programmes with strategic partners

Some of our basic considerations

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From our charter:

Establish a N5T extended campus in terms of activities, infrastructure and competence

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The N5T joint MSc programme model

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General principles

Based on the Bologna model (3+2)

Specializations within existingMSc degree programmes

60 + 60 ECTS

”Building block” model

Pre-defined study tracks

Co-supervision of thesis

Double degrees

Lessons Learned

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ACTIVITY

Group Activity

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Imagine:

You are tasked with creating a new engineering program

-Who should be involved in the -concept/design?

-Who should be involved in the- implementation?

Group Activity

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What will convince a facultymember to implement a program?

THANK YOU