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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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IPBstudentmobility:
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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