universities as international players: the internationalization of higher education
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UNIVERSITIES AS INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS: THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. STUDENT SUPPORT: RESIDENTIAL, LANGUAGE SUPPORT, INDUCTION AND PASTORAL SUPPORT. AN ITALIAN OVERVIEW AND THE EXPERIENCE OF A SMALL AND NEW UNIVERSITY. HUMANE SEMINAR - TRIESTE 15th/ 16th SEPTEMBER 2006 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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UNIVERSITIES AS INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS: THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
STUDENT SUPPORT: RESIDENTIAL, LANGUAGE SUPPORT, INDUCTION AND PASTORAL SUPPORT. AN ITALIAN OVERVIEW AND THE EXPERIENCE OF A
SMALL AND NEW UNIVERSITY
HUMANE SEMINAR - TRIESTE15th/ 16th SEPTEMBER 2006
“AMEDEO AVOGADRO” UNIVERSITY PASQUALE MASTRODOMENICO
CRISTINA CONTI
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CONTENTS
ITALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
FOREIGN AND SOCRATES ERASMUS STUDENTS IN ITALY
“AMEDEO AVOGADRO” UNIVERSITY: ALESSANDRIA, NOVARA, VERCELLI
GENERAL INFORMATION AND LANGUAGE SUPPORT
PASTORAL SUPPORT
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
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Main centres of study:
Alessandria Novara Vercelli
Other branches: Alba-Bra Asti Biella Casale Monferrato Stresa Verbania
CENTRES OF STUDY AT A. AVOGADRO UNIVERSITY
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ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES2006
AT PRESENT, THE ITALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IS MADE UP OF 90 INSTITUTIONS:
58 STATE UNIVERSITIES
2 UNIVERSITIES FOR FOREIGNERS
17 PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES (LEGALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE)
1 UNIVERSITY FOR 49.620 19/24 YEARS OLD PEOPLE (A. Y. 2005/2006)
4 SCHOOLS SPECIALISED IN POSTGRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDIES (E.G. SISSA IN TRIESTE AND “LA NORMALE” IN PISA)
9 ON LINE UNIVERSITIES
Source: CRUI WEB SITE
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ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES FOR FOREIGNERS
PERUGIA SPECIAL INTEGRATION COURSES SUPPLEMENTARY COURSES STUDY OF ITALIAN VOCAL MUSIC
2.430 students
SIENA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND LANGUAGE TEACHERS
302 students
SOURCE: C.N.S.V.U. WEB SITE
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PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN ITALY
PROFESSORS
DATE M W Total
31/12/2002 28.085 8.518 36.603
31/12/2003 27.507 8.494 36.001
31/12/2004 27.531 8.642 36.173
RESEARCHERS
DATE M W Total
31/12/2002 11.817 9.061 20.878
31/12/2003 11.541 8.859 20.400
31/12/2004 11.933 9.296 21.229
Source: CRUI WEB SITE
1 TEACHER
31 STUDENTS
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STUDENTS IN ITALY
ENROLLED A.Y. 2005-2006
Total
WOMEN
1.796.270 1.009.907 56.2 %
FOREIGN GRADUATESA. Y. 2002/2003
Total 2.388 0,8%
GRADUATESA.Y. 2005-2006
Total WOMEN
301.476 172.233 57.1 %
Source: CRUI WEB SITE
ENROLLED FOREIGN STUDENTS A. Y. 2002/2003
Total 31.343 1,8%
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ERASMUS PROGRAMME: OUTGOING STUDENTS(A. Y. 2004/2005)
16.419 ITALIAN STUDENTS
TO 28 COUNTRIES (EU25 – EEA – EFTA)
FIELDS OF STUDY STUDENTSLANGUAGE AND PHILOLOGY 3.276
SOCIAL SCIENCE 2.167ECONOMIC STUDIES, MANAGEMENT 1.761
ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY 1.627LAW 1.225
OTHERS 6.363
SOURCE: A.N. SOCRATES ITALIA
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THE ITALIAN ERASMUS MOBILITY FROM A. Y. 2000/01 TO A. Y. 2004/05
13.236 13.94015.216
16.810 16.419
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2.000
4.000
6.000
8.000
10.000
12.000
14.000
16.000
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05
ACADEMIC YEAR
ST
UD
EN
TS
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ERASMUS PROGRAMME: INCOMING STUDENTS (A. Y. 2003/2004)
12.743 FOREIGN STUDENTS
FROM 29 COUNTRIES
(EU25 – EEA – EFTA)
FIELDS OF STUDY STUDENTSLANGUAGE AND PHILOLOGY 2.066
ECONOMIC STUDIES, MANAGEMENT 1.538SOCIAL SCIENCE 1.405
LAW 1.344MEDICAL SCIENCES 954
OTHERS 5.436SOURCE: A.N. SOCRATES ITALIA
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INCOMING STUDENTS FROM A. Y. 2000/01 TO A. Y. 2004/05
9.862
10.970
8.739
12.743
13.370
8.000
9.000
10.000
11.000
12.000
13.000
14.000
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05
ACADEMIC YEAR
ST
UD
EN
TS
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ERASMUS PROGRAMME: INCOMING STUDENTS (A. Y. 2004/2005)
SOURCE: A.N. SOCRATES ITALIA
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INCOMING STUDENTS
1 SPAIN 4.631
2 GERMANY 1.796
3 FRANCE 1.574
4 UNITED KINGDOM 668
5 PORTUGAL 668
… …
27 LATVIA 21
28 ICELAND 10
29 LUXEMBOURG 7
30 LIECHTENSTEIN 2
31 CYPRUS 1
TOTAL 13.370
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ACADEMIC YEAROUTGOING
STUDENTSINCOMING
STUDENTS DIFFERENCE
2000/01 13.236 8.739 4.497
2001/02 13.940 9.862 4.078
2002/03 15.216 10.970 4.246
2003/04 16.810 12.743 4.067
2004/05 16.419 13.370 3.049
OUTGOING AND INCOMING STUDENTS
•THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, BOTH OUTGOING AND INCOMING, IS INCREASING.
• THERE IS A CONSTANT UPWARD TREND FOR BOTH.
• THE GAP BETWEEN THEM IS BECOMING NARROWER.
• OUTGOING STUDENTS STILL OUTNUMBER INCOMING ONES.
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INCOMING STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES
ACCOMMODATION IS LIMITED. 30.000 BEDS IN ITALY (UCSEI – DECEMBER 2004)
LA LINGUA ITALIANA. LA MAGGIOR PARTE DEI CORSI UNIVERSITARI SONO TENUTI IN ITALIANO E SOLTANTO POCHI CORSI SONO TENUTI INGLESE.
THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE. MANY COURSES AT UNIVERSITY ARE OFFERED IN ITALIAN AND ONLY FEW COURSES ARE TAKEN IN ENGLISH.
ALMENO UN CORSO IN LINGUA INGLESE (CRUI web site):
1° CYCLE 7 UNIV.
2° CYCLE 11 UNIV.
Ph.D. 19 UNIV.
MASTER 21 UNIV.
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A. AVOGADRO UNIVERSITY
UFFICIO DIRITTO ALLO STUDIO,ORIENTAMENTO E PROGETTI ERAMUS
Nadia Piloni: Head of the Office
Cristina Conti
Ombretta Finotello
ALL HAVE A DEGREE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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ERASMUS PROGRAMME: OUTGOING STUDENTS AT A. AVOGADRO UNIVERSITY
A. Y. 2005/2006
Belgium: Gent, Mons
France: Nice, Chambéry, Grenoble, Lille, Orléans, Paris Denis Diderot
Germany: Bochum, Mannheim, Marburg, Potsdam, Frankfurt
The Netherlands: Rotterdam
Austria: Graz, Wien
Poland: Poznań, Warszawa
Portugal: Universidad de Lisboa, Algarve
Spain: Tenerife, Valladolid
Sweden: Uppsala
United Kingdom: Nottingham, Aberdeen
36 STUDENTS
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ERASMUS PROGRAMME: INCOMING STUDENTS AT A. AVOGADRO UNIVERSITY
A. Y. 2005/2006
Belgium: Haute Ecole Provinciale de Charleroi – Université du Travail
Finland: Helsingin Yliopisto
France: Université de Savoie-ChambéryUniversité de MetzUniversité Stendhal-Grenoble III
Germany: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule-AachenRuhr Universität-BochumUniversität Trier
Poland: Polsko-Japońska Wyższa Szkoła TechnikUniwersytet Im. Adama Mickiewicza-PoznaniuUniwersytet Wroclawski-Wroclaw
Spain: Universidad de Valladolid
ENROLLED FOREIGN STUDENTS: 255 2,5% OF ENROLLED STUDENTS
20 ERASMUS STUDENTS
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PhD’s AGREEMENTS
France: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, LawUniversité de Savoie (Chambéry), HumanitiesUniversité Lumière Lyon 2, Mathematics, Physics And Natural Sciences
Germany: Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Medicine And SurgeryPoland: University of Wroclaw, HumanitiesPortugal: Universidade de Lisboa, Medicine And SurgerySpain: Universidad de La Laguna, Humanities
Universidad de Salamanca, HumanitiesUniversidad de Valladolid, Medicine And SurgeryUniversidad de Alicant, Law
United Kingdom: University of Aberdeen, Mathematics, Physics And Natural Sciences
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ALESSANDRIA – NOVARA – VERCELLI
FRIENDLY
LIVELY
CULTURAL
HISTORICAL LOCATIONS
Km AL NO VC
Milan 92 56 86
Turin 91 95 79
Genoa 85 151 134
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ALESSANDRIA
INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, TRANSPORTATION CENTRE (FELT HATS: BORSALINO)
THE CITTADELLA (FORTRESS)
THE CATHEDRAL (1875-1879)
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NOVARA
INDUSTRIAL TOWN
11th c. BAPTISTERY
LAKES ORTA AND MAGGIORE (STRESA)
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VERCELLI
LEADING RICE MARKET
13th c. ST. ANDREW’S BASILICA
“MANSIONES” (STOP OVER) ON THE FRANCIGENA ROUTE
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ACCOMMODATION - BEDS
IN COMMON WITH MANY OTHER ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES, WE ARE NOT COMPETENT ON RESIDENCES. THE ACCOMMODATION SERVICE IS MANAGED - AT REGIONAL LEVEL - BY A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION (E.G. E.DI.SU IN PIEDMONT)
1. SINGLE AND DOUBLE APARTMENTS WITH
KITCHEN AND BATHROOM.2. APARTMENTS FOR GROUPS OF STUDENTS.3. INDIVIDUAL ROOMS WITH A SHARED KITCHEN.
ALL ACCOMMODATION IS FURNISHED AND HAS THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES:
LAUNDRY ROOM. CABLE TV. LIMITED CLEANING SERVICE. A WARDEN IN EACH HALL.
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RESIDENZA CASA SAPPA
ALESSANDRIA 22 BEDS
RESIDENZA DAL POZZORESIDENZA VIA MANZONI
VERCELLI 119 BEDS
RESIDENZA UNIVERSITARIA PONTIDA RESIDENZA UNIVERSITARIA MAZZINI
NOVARA 36 BEDS
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HOUSING IN PIEDMONT
UNIVERSITIES ENROLLED STUDENTS
BEDS %
BEDS/ENROLLED STUDENTS
UNITO 65.000
1.755 1/51POLITO 25.000
A. AVOGADRO UNIVERSITY
10.500 177 1/59
Total 100.500 1.932 1/52
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REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR INCOMING ERASMUS STUDENTS
1. AN APPLICATION FORM, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT OUR WEB SITE: HTTP://UNIPMN.SOCRATESMANAGER.IT/INCOMING/
2. WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM THE FOREIGN UNIVERSITY THAT THE STUDENT HAS OBTAINED A SOCRATES GRANT TO STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT “AMEDEO AVOGADRO”;
3. THE “LEARNING AGREEMENT”, WITH THE PROGRAMME OF STUDY AND THE COURSES TO BE ATTENDED AT OUR UNIVERSITY;
4. A VALID IDENTITY DOCUMENT;
5. 2 PASSPORT PHOTOS FOR THE “LIBRETTO DEGLI STUDI”;
6. PROOF OF MEDICAL INSURANCE (E-128/E-111 AND/OR EUROPEAN HEALTH CARD). STUDENTS FROM NON-EU COUNTRIES SHOULD TAKE OUT PRIVATE INSURANCE WITH COVERAGE IN ITALY.
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RESIDENCE PERMIT – ERASMUS STUDENTS
FOR EU-STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO STAY MORE THAN 3 MONTHS IN ITALY, IT IS NECESSARY TO APPLY FOR THE “CARTA DI SOGGIORNO” (D.P.R. 18th JANUARY 2002 N. 54) AT THE POLICE OFFICES (QUESTURA) OF ALESSANDRIA, NOVARA AND VERCELLI.
YOU NEED 4 PASSPORT PHOTOS, YOUR ID CARD OR PASSPORT, YOUR MEDICAL INSURANCE POLICY AND THE ERASMUS CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY OUR UNIVERSITY.
FOR ALL INFORMATION GO TO WWW.POLIZIADISTATO.IT/PDS/CITTADINO/STRANIERI/STRANIER.HTM
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GENERAL INFORMATION
REGISTRATION: ALL STUDENTS HAVE TO REGISTER IN VERCELLI (UFFICIO DIRITTO
ALLO STUDIO, ORIENTAMENTO E PROGETTI ERASMUS) WHERE THEY WILL ALSO RECEIVE THEIR “LIBRETTO DEGLI STUDI” .
IN IT THEY MUST RECORD THEIR STUDY PLAN AND THE COURSES THEY ARE GOING TO ATTEND. IT IS ALSO USED TO RECORD EXAMINATION RESULTS.
A FISCAL CODE IS NEEDED TO OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT IN ITALY. STUDENTS CAN APPLY FOR IT AT ONE OF THE TAX OFFICES IN ALESSANDRIA, NOVARA AND VERCELLI.
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THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS
THE COURSE IS OPTIONAL AND FREE OF CHARGE.
IN VERCELLI WE HAVE A MEDIALAB, WITH CABLE VIEWING AND A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER MATERIALS. STUDENTS CAN BORROW LANGUAGE BOOKS, TAPES, VIDEOS AND MAGAZINES.
ONCE STUDENTS HAVE ENROLLED, THEY HAVE TO DO A PLACEMENT TEST TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE. AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST 90% OF THE CLASSES WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE.
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PASTORAL SUPPORT
OUR COUNSELLING SERVICE GIVES THE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS THEY MAY HAVE WITH EXPERT COUNSELLORS:
RELATIONAL PROBLEMS STUDY DIFFICULTIES, DROP OUT STRESS FOOD DISORDER CREATION OF AWARENESS CONCERNING TALENT AND SKILLS ….
ALL MATTERS DEALT WITH BY THE COUNSELLORS ARE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO USE THE SERVICE.
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CLIMATE IN OUR REGION
WINTERS ARE USUALLY COLD WITH LITTLE RAIN BUT REGULAR SNOW FALL.
SUMMERS ARE HOT AND HUMID. BECAUSE OF VERCELLI’S PROXIMITY TO THE RICE FIELDS, THERE MAY BE QUITE A FEW, THOUGH HARMLESS, MOSQUITOES.
DURING THE WINTER THE TEMPERATURE RANGES BETWEEN –5° AND 10° C AND DURING THE SUMMER BETWEEN 20° AND 35° C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION YOU CAN CONSULT THE WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.TEMPOITALIA.IT
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GENERAL COST OF LIVING
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY EXPENSE FOR A FOREIGN STUDENT IS ABOUT 550 EUROS. OF COURSE, ACCOMMODATION WILL BE THE
HIGHEST EXPENSE.
MILK 1,20/LITRE BREAD 3,50/KILO BUTTER 1,70/250 GR. BEEF 9,00 – 19,00/KILO CHICKEN 8,00 – 10,00/KILO RICE 1,70 – 2,50/KILO PASTA 0,80 – 1,20/KILO MINERAL WATER 0,50 – 0,80/LITRE CINEMA 7,50 EUROS FAST FOOD MENU 5,50 EUROS
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TO SUM UP …
GREAT CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SITES GOOD CLIMATE DELICIOUS FOOD
TO INCREASE ACCOMMODATION TO DEVELOP FOREIGN LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE TO INCREASE FINANCIAL STATE INCENTIVES
A.N. SOCRATES
ITALIASTATE
A. AVOGADRO
UNIVERSITY
37.535,00 31.450,66 54.660,00
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SOURCES
A.N. SOCRATES ITALIA – ERASMUS SECTOR
“STUDIARE DA STRANIERI NELLE UNIVERSITA’ ITALIANE”, UCSEI, DECEMBER 2004
WWW.CNVSU.IT/
WWW.CRUI.IT
WWW.EDISUPIEMONTE.IT
WWW.MIUR.IT/
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THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR ATTENTION