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HRKDo Many Roads Lead to Rome? – Impact and Relevance of Institutional Internationalisation Strategies
Professor Dr Dieter LenzenVice-President, German Rectors’ ConferencePresident, University of Hamburg
Leipzig, 15 April 2013
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Internationalising German Universities – Framework and Status Quo
Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen
Dieter Lenzen
Increasing Demand for Higher Education Student enrolment (2.5 million in WS
2012/13, population 82 mio.)
University entrants (492.000 in 2012)
Ratio of university entrants 40 % in 2009 (according to OECD classification; OECD average 59%)
Student Enrolment
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A Diversifying Higher Education Landscape Horizontal diversity Vertical diversity
HRK International Strategy 2008 Universities as transnational actors:
world higher education community Internationalised university
Sharpening of Institutional Profiles and Diversification
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Student MobilityInternational students: 250,000 in 2011 (11.4% of all students), China, the Russian Federation, Bulgaria, Poland and AustriaMobile German students: 116,000 in 2009, Austria, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Switzerland, the USA, France and ChinaInternationalisation strategiesPolitical support
Status Quo
Internationalisation of German Universities
Source: Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2012
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Concept and Services
HRK Audit “Internationalisation of Universities” Independent and systematic advice
HRK Audit “Internationalisation of Universities”
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Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen
Dieter Lenzen HRK Hochschulrektorenkonferenz
Participating Universities 2009 – 2013
U Hamburg
FH Kiel
U Rostock
TU Berlin
HU Berlin
BTU Cottbus
TU Dresden
U Bielefeld
FH Dortmund
U Göttingen
U Erfurt
U Gießen
FH Darmstadt
HS Mannheim
U Erlangen-Nürnberg
HS Reutlingen
U Konstanz
HS München
U Bremen
PH Heidelberg
U Potsdam
HTW des Saarlandes
FH Mainz
FH Magdeburg-Stendal
HS Hannover
U Ulm
U Köln
TU Chemnitz
HS AugsburgHS
Furtwangen
U Bayreuth
U Lüneburg
U Marburg
FH Münster
U Jena
HAW Hamburg
U Kiel
U Trier
U Tübingen
FH Worms
U Wuppertal
FH Neu-Ulm
30 universities have participated
42 universities till end 2013
120 universities interested
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Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen
Dieter Lenzen
Added value of an institutional strategy
Coordination/conflicts between the internationalisation goals
Strategy development sustainability
Institutional language policy
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What is Needed … in Terms of Strategy?
First Findings – HRK Audit “Internationalisation of Universities”
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Dieter Lenzen
Flow of information and quality assurance
Incentives Transparency International faculty Visibility Quality
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What is Needed … in Terms of Governance?
First Findings – HRK Audit “Internationalisation of Universities”
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Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen
Dieter Lenzen
Academic success Mobility windows Recognition procedures Staff mobility Teaching in English Teacher training programmes
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What is Needed in … Studies and Teaching?
First Findings – HRK Audit “Internationalisation of Universities”
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Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen
Dieter Lenzen
Strategic research planning International early stage researchers Recruitment of international research staff Mobility of research staff
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What is Needed … in Research and Technology Transfer?
First Findings – HRK Audit “Internationalisation of Universities”
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Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen
Dieter Lenzen
Adminstrative staff Administrative processes Demands of different target groups Career services
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What is Needed … Terms of Advice and Support?
First Findings – HRK Audit “Internationalisation of Universities”
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Future Challengesfor South Africa and Germany
Dieter Lenzen
Shaping universities as places of learning, teaching and research
Role of a „World Higher Education System“
Use of English as the „International Science Language“
Future Challenges for South Africa and Germany
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Dieter Lenzen
Challenges of modern knowledge societies:
Flexibility of the education system und mobility of students and academics
Participation of women in education and the workplace
Diversity within universities Employability
Future Challenges for South Africa and Germany
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