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to our Meeting with German Partner Universities and new partners!
November 2014
Welcome
Facts and Figures about the international exchange / recent developments at GJU
Facts and Figures 2014/15
3364
407
Students according to their degree
BACHELOR Students MASTER Students
Schools and Programs1. School of Natural Resources Engineering
& ManagementB.Sc. Water and Environmental EngineeringB.Sc. Energy EngineeringM.Sc. Environmental and Renewable Energy
Engineering
7. School of Languages B.A. TranslationM. A. DaFB.A. German and English for Business and
Applied Studies
8. Talal Abu- Ghazaleh Graduate College of Business Administration
2. School of Applied Medical Sciences B.Sc. Pharmaceutical and Chemical EngineeringB.Sc. Biomedical EngineeringM.Sc. Vision Rehabilitation
3. School of Computer Engineering and Information Technology
B.Sc. Computer EngineeringB.Sc. Communication EngineeringB.Sc. Computer Science – Business Informatics
StreamM.Sc. Autonomous Systems (MSA)
4. School of Applied Technical Sciences B.Sc. Industrial and Management Systems
EngineeringB.Sc. MechatronicsB.Sc. Mechanical & Maintenance Engineering
5. School of Architecture and Built Environment
B.Sc. ArchitectureB.A. Design and Visual Communication M.Sc. Spatial PlanningM.Sc. Architectural Conservation
6. School of Management and Logistics Sciences
B.Sc. Management SciencesB.Sc. Logistics SciencesB.A. International Accounting
German Year: Stakeholders
GJU Students
GJU IO GJU OILGJU
Exchange
Coordinator
IO of
German
Partner
Universities
Academic
Staff of
German
Partner
Universities
GJU German
Department
German Companies
Project Office
Magdeburg
The German Year in numbers
• 85 Partner Universities in Germany
• 14 Network Heads in Germany
• 1978 GJU students went to Germany
• Total number of students at GJU: 3771
Outgoing Students 1978 GJU Students went to Germany
since 2008
Total of about 200 students from Germany at GJU from 30 different universities
This fall: 24 German students from 16 different universities
plus 23 students for the special course in Arabic Language
Incoming Students
The Challenge:
to establish a balanced
student’s exchange
between GJU and German
Universities
International office – Overview
• Outgoing Centre:
• Organizing the German Year (except internships)
• Advising students about studying and living in Germany
• Train the Trainer Program for academic and administrative staff of GJU (up to 4 months stays in Germany)
• Welcome Centre: Flying professors and Incoming students (mostly from Germany), Study Buddy, International Visitors’ Program
• Scholarship Centre for GJU students
• Strategic Tasks: Recruiting new Partner Universities for GJU, (re)structuring the German Year (G. Y. Committee), fundraising
Flying Faculty Program
Around 25 FP at GJU every year (open for all Schools)
PO Magdeburg covers ticket and honorary payment
GJU covers daily lump sum of 80 JD (new!)
Lectures preferably in third year and in German
Train the Trainer Program
Aim: Sustainable Administration and Applied Teaching at GJU through trainings in Germany
24 stays to Germany in 2014
For academic and administrative staff of GJU
GJU covers flight ticket and regular salary.PO Magdeburg covers living expenses in Germany (lump sum of 1500 Euro per month)
Important IO Issues
- Registration for a third semester for GJU students
- Transcript of Records as soon as possible
- Liability Insurance
- German Language (B1/B2; 50% in German
compulsory!)
- “Fragebogen” and special requirements
- Intensive preparatory training at GJU
Structure of the Office for Industrial Links (OIL)
Career Service
Internships (Jordan &
Germany) + Alumni Service
Project Service
Knowledge Transfer
Graduation Projects
Entrepreneurship
Service
Company Service
Awareness, jobs, company
days and visits
OIL
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The Challenge: - to generate enough funds to implement projects
Career Service
• Part of the Network of Career Guidance Offices (CGOs) established on a national level under the umbrella of the King Abdallah Fund for Development (KAFD)
• Supports students in finding the obligatory 160 hours field training in Jordan
• Provides CV writing and interview training sessions (Jordanian, regional and German market)
• Alumni Service: Monitors the Alumni data base, provides job offers for GJU graduates
• Organizes an annual GJU Job Fair
Project Service
• Supports the cooperation between study departments and industry to enable practice-oriented teaching and research
Graduation projects
Knowledge Transfer
Establishment of industry-related centers at GJU (e.g. Renewable Energy, Railway, Logistics)
Company Service
• Enhance close cooperation with companies on a national, regional and international level
Field trips and company visits
Business days at GJU
Company presentations for students and faculty
Implementation of “Dual Study” programs
Placement of Graduates
Entrepreneurship ServiceProgram Innovation (PI)
“Entrepreneurship and innovation are cornerstones of national economic development.”
Create an entrepreneurial eco-system at GJU
Encourage graduates to establish their own business
Participate in Competitions
Transfer Research into Business
GJU Alumni Entrepreneurship Award
“Entrepreneurs create jobs.”
Internships in Germany• 1674 students successfully conducted an internship in Germany,
50% were evaluated “excellent” and "very good"
• Internship Preparation seminars for students before going to Germany
• Support in Germany through the Project Office Magdeburg and OIL, Career Centers and professors at partner universities
• Communication channel: Outgoings Index
• Official Industry Partners: A network of 38 industry partners exists
The Challenge: - some students are not able to find an internship in Germany
Internship companies in Germany
Daimler AG 66 students
Robert Bosch GmbH 63 students
Continental Automotive GmbH 50 students
DHL Express Germany GmbH 33 students
Siemens AG 16 students
Airbus 13 students
Fraunhofer 12 students
Thymoorgan Pharmazie 12 students
GmbH – HIKMA
BMW 10 students
DÖMGES ARCHITEKTEN AG 10 students
Bosch Rexroth 9 students
KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten 9 students
Markenbau (Leipzig) 9 students
Kauffmann Theilig & Partner 9 students
Wirtgen Augsburg Vertriebs- 8 students
und Service GmbH
Andernach & Partner 7 students
Internship companies in Germany
EADS 7 students
Schenker Deutschland AG 7 students
Adidas AG 6 students
AquaSoli 6 students
Audi 6 students
Dräger 6 students
Gellink + Schwämmlein 6 students
Krones 6 students
Internship companies in Germany
Britta Kähler
Director, Office for Industrial Links German Jordanian University
P.O.Box 3524711180 Amman - Jordan
Tel: +962 6 4294881Mob: +962 796677159 [email protected]: www.gju.edu.jo
German and Arabic at GJU –the German Language Center
German classes
largest university-based German department in the world
2014/15 72 qualified German teachers
6 levels of German – a total of about 760 contact hours
up to nine hours of German per week
up to 22 students per class
Intensive cooperation with MA DaF: 22 MA graduates as teachers at the language center; internships; immediate transition studies/employment
1st semester 2014/15
33 sections German 1 - 569 students19 sections German 2 - 312 students30 sections German 3 - 564 students13 sections German 4 - 179 students25 sections German 5 - 462 students2 sections German 6 - 32 students______________________________122 sections – 2118 students
communicative activity-orientated tuition
Moodle and blended learning techniques
cooperation with Deutsche Welle
German 1, 2 and 3 focus on general language, yet already in German 1 first steps towards language for special purposes
Beginning with German 4 intensive modules in „technical language“related to the respective majors
Goethe-exams B1/B2 as final exams
Jordan‘s only TestDaF-Center
additional tutorials
German for employees of GJU
Modules:
Language for Special Purposes
Internship Application Trainings
Intercultural Trainings
German for Academic Purposes
Preparation for Goethe and TestDaF exams
Socio-political Issues
Phonetics
„Language for Special Purposes Program“
tailor-made and unique:Management
Logistics
Accounting
Industrial Engineering
Architecture
Design
Informatics
Enviromental, Water and Energy Engineering
Mechatronics
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical and Pharma Engineering
Module für Fachsprache
Internships – Intensive Courses
September in Jordan
- observing language teaching
- high portion of self-contained teaching
- Tandemprogram
- A total of 90 hours of German class for beginners
- Monitored internship
The team of the German department -
72 teachers from 21 countries!
Arabic Language
and Culture
Arabic Language Courses at GJU
• since 2009: GJU offers courses of Arabic in cooperation with LSI-Arabicum Bochum
• Intensive courses of Arabic for beginners (3 weeks).
• Intensive courses “Arabic in Politics and Media” for diplomats of the German, French and British Ministries of Foreign Affairs.
Arabic Language Courses at GJU
New Program 2014
individual courses
intensive courses for German students and lecturers
2 to 6 weeks
semester program for students of Oriental and Islamic Studies
up to 5 months
Arabic Language Courses at GJU
• tailor-made programs
• combining language and culture
• from beginners’ level to very advanced level
• focus on communication in Modern Standard Arabic
• introduction to Colloquial Arabic (Dialect / Ammiya)
• contact with Jordanian student tutors / study buddies
• fundamental objective: links to off-classroom activities
German Jordanian UniversityGerman Language CenterDr. Michael K. de JongP.O. Box 35247 Amman 11180 Jordan
Web: www.gju.edu.joEmail: [email protected]
Tel. +962 6 429 4444 Ext. 4771Fax. +962 6 430 0215
supported by:
For Arabic:Dr. Jochen Pleines
Email: [email protected]@[email protected]
Tel. +49 172 290 5127Jordan: +962 79 058 9738
Thank you for your attention
GJU - Prof. Dr. Mangstl, Vice President for International Affairs, 28th November 2012