Challenges in implementing internationalization at a small
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Aleksandra Jama, Verena Kaipel
internationalization at a small but very diverse HEI
Introductionto Carinthia University of Applied
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to Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS)
AUSTRIA
HIGHER EDUCATION in AUSTRIA
• 22 Traditional Universities
• 21 Universities of AppliedSciences (Fachhochschulen)
• 13 Private Universities
• 16 Colleges of Education
UniversitiesUniversitiesUniversitiesUniversitiesofof Applied Applied SciencesSciences
Access Usually no entrance
examination
Entranceexamination �
Bachelor and
Master degree
programs
BA requirement +
(Telephone)
Total number of students in Austria: 376,710 (2013/14)
45,541 at Universities of Applied Sciences
(Telephone) interview � MA-
programs
Tuition fee For non-EU citizens at CUAS tuition
fees of EUR 363.36
Internship No Obligatory min. 15
weeks
R&D Scientific R&D Applied R&D
• Legal foundation in 1994
• 21 UAS run by private organizations, publicly funded offering about 276 programs and educating approx. 36,000 students
• Full-time and part-time programs
• Undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs
AUSTRIA
UNIVERSITIES OF APPLIED SCIENCES
programs
• Focus on applied research and development
• Focus on internationalization: study-abroad, internships abroad, programs in English
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
BASIC NUMBERS
• Founded in 1994
• 1990 students
• Budget in 2013: € 28,2 Mio.
• Staff:
499 employees including
– 117 professors & full-time lecturers– 117 professors & full-time lecturers
– 290 part-time lecturers
– 92 study administration & central services
• 34 Bachelor & Master Degree Programs
including 12 part-time study programs
Status quo for Dec.2014
ENGINEERING
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
PROFILE
CIVIL ENGINEERINGand ARCHITEKTUR
ENGINEERINGand IT
HEALTH SCIENCESand SOCIAL WORK
MANAGEMENT
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
NETWORKS
National• Verband Österreichische Privatstiftungen• Fachhochschul Konferenz• Forum Neue Medien• BUILD - Graduate Centre for Entrepreneurship in Carinthia (together
with Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt)
• Microelectronic Cluster me2c• Lakeside Labs• Lakeside Labs
International• EAIE – European Association of International Education
• EUA – European University Association
• EUROASIA PACIFIC UNINET – network organisation with members
from Austria and Asia
• CEEMAN – International Association for
Management Development in Dynamic Societies
• Early 90-ties: initial concept for universities of applied sciences (UAS) in
Austria was based on „regionalisation“
• Only so called „international study programs“ have international elements
(study abroad semester, English as language of instruction, international
content of the courses)
• Lots of scholarship programs were initially opened only for universities
• ERASMUS-Program was very soon atractive also for UAS
Development of internationalizationin general
• ERASMUS-Program was very soon atractive also for UAS
• first International Offices have been established
• End of 90-ties: Austrian UAS Conferenz established International
Committee
• In the framework of Bologna process
UAS introduced very quickly
BA- MAS system
1997 first Outgoing Student (Germany)
2000 first Incoming Student (Hungary)
2002 Establishing an International Office
2005 Establishing International Commeettee
first CUAS International Strategy2006 European Policy Statement (Implementation of Bologna 2007-13)
Master Programs taught in English
Development of Internationalization@ CUAS
Erasmus University Charter 2007-2013 and DS Label 2006-20082007 Program for Incomings School of Management
2008-09 Standardisation of processes and documents, Management of
partners
2011 DS Label 2011-2013/14
2013 ECHE Application 2014-2020 / FEANI accrediation for engineers2014 Introducing first Double Degree Programm2015 Implementing the new Internationalisation strategy as part of the
Development Plan 2015-2022
• More than 120 international partnersin higher education worldwide
• Member in international networksEUA, UNINET, EUA
• International Accreditaiton of FEANI for engineering studies
• Intercultural CampusGrowing number of international students
Internationality @ CUAS - Starting point for the new Internationalization strategy
Growing number of international students
• Intercultural TeamGuest Lecturers
• Double Degree Programm with Finnland
• 8 Study Programs in English
• Summer Schools with partners
• Language Trainings for students/staffEnglish, French, Italian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, German
Implementation of Bologna process and ECTS criteria• All study programs fullfill Bologna criteria
• Diploma Supplement 2011-2014
• Implementation of ECTS criteria on CUAS website (IO/QM/IT)
International Mobility und Internationality in the study programs• Approx. 60 Outgoings per year and 40 Interns (average in comparision
to other Austrian UAS)
• 60 Incomings per year
Internationality @ CUAS - Starting point for the new Internationalization strategy
• 60 Incomings per year
• Students choose more frequently the non-European destinations
• 15% of students have non-Austrian nationality
But within the institution• No particular recognition of internationality
in teaching and research
Development of Mobilities
Staff and Teaching Mobilities
10
12
14
16
18Number
Teaching Mobility 2007-2013
78
11
8 878
10
12Number
Staff Mobility 2007-2013
Source: IO Statistics , 14.05.2013
11
16 15 15 1416
0
2
4
6
8
2007/08 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Year
7 7
0
2
4
6
2007/08 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13*Year
Development of Mobilities in Europe
Staff and Teaching Mobilities
Source: Erasmus Tagung 2013 in Austria
CUAS Outgoing Mobility
Erasmus, Joint Study & Freemover
50
60
70
80
90
71
84
58
48
58
46
52
Numbers
CUAS Outgoing Studierende
Studium
Praktikum
Study
Internship
Source: IO statistics, Status quo: 14.05.2013
0
10
20
30
40
5048
25
46
36
31
Academic Year
CUAS Incoming Mobility
Erasmus, Joint Study & Freemover
40 41
53 52
48
61
40
50
60
70
Incomings
WI & MGMT
Numbers
Source: IO statistics, Status quo: 14.05.2013
29
0
10
20
30
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/2010 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
WI & MGMT
GES & SOZ
ENG & IT
BAU & ARCH
EU Trend
Academic Year
8 Challenges by the process of implementing international strategy
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Challenge Nr. 1Who takes the initiative?
Internationalization initiative
Mai 2013
• Prerequisite for the ECHE: Publish internationalisation statement
• Request from the CUAS Academic Council: Prepare a draft of the strategy
April 2014 meetings within a working group with external expert
• Status quo of the Internationalization in every CUAS School
• Internationalization at UAS in Austria
• Discussions about the necessity and future of internationalization at CUAS• Discussions about the necessity and future of internationalization at CUAS
November 2014
• Presentation of the draft in the CUAS Academic Council
February 2015
• Presentation in the CUAS Board
March 2015
Further meetings within the working group (adopting
the draft)
Solution: spread the news
→ Rector
→ Executive Director
→ University Board
→ International
Comittee
→ Individual lectures
Direction or/and
international standards
Internationalization nowadays is already advanced:
• Mobility
• English taught study programs (mainly on master level)
Status quo of Internationalization
• Increasing number of Double/Joint Degrees Programs
• International networks
Solution: analyze your environment
1) Your geographic situation1)Your neighbours
2)Minorities within your country
3)Other HEI-s in your region
4) Industry in the region
2) Your institutional situation1)Background of your students/applicants
� CARINTHIA
� SLOVENE
� 2 HEI-s
� International
companies
80% from the region1)Background of your students/applicants
2)Your Quality Management System
3)Your human ressources policy
4)Research activities
5) International elements in your curricula
� 80% from the region
� QM
� ???
� Among other every
year 1.3 Mln EUR
� Case studies,
literature, English
How far is it possible to implement internationalization strategy?
Students� Improving mobility numbers� Increasing the numbers of international regular students� Integration of international students in the university life
� Internationality@home
Studies� Transparency of the information about the study offer
� Supporting Pilotprojects for Double- and Joint-Degree Programs
Supporting Initiatives to „Bildungsexport“
Focus on 3-5 points
� Supporting Initiatives to „Bildungsexport“ � Improving language and intercultural competences of students
� Improving didactic, language and professional competencesof the teachers
Cooperation and Research� Stable and intensive cooperations
=> strategic partnerships
� international fame in the research areas
Governance structure
Funding Body(Non-profit private foundation)
• Supervisory Board
• Board of Governors
• Board of Trustees/ Advisory Board
University Board
• Board of Governors / Executive Director
• Rector / Deans
FH-Council• Rectorate
• Plenary assembly
• Commissions
Committees
Researchcenter
Service
area
School of Civil
Engineering
and
Architecture
School of
Engineering
and IT
School of
Health
Sciences and
Social Work
School of
Management
IT Service
Research
OD & QM
Service Area
CommitteeMarketing Library
Non-Discrimination
Committee
International
Affairs
Program Directors
Committee
Solution: get everybody somehow involved
� Discussions within the International comittee (since 2008)
� Preparing the first draft of the strategy
� Stepping back in 2010
� Regional discussions about CUAS sites has priority
� New Erasmus Plus Program in 2013:
� Presenting internationalization in the staff
meetings of the individual CUAS schools
� Involving the new rector and vice � Involving the new rector and vice
rector (including informal meetings)
� Organizing support from the individual
lecturers (including informal meetings)
� Organizing the working group
to prepare a draft
� Inviting the external expert to get
an objective perspective
What do we understand as internationalization:
� Exchange of students and staff
� Well-aimed support of cooperations in teaching, studies and research
within the European Educational sector and beyond
What do we achieve by internationalization
� Improvement of quality in teaching and research through international cooperations (only with selected partners)
� Increase of attractivity of the institution (well structured mobility
Solution: clarify the wording, present advantages
� Increase of attractivity of the institution (well structured mobilityprogrammes, collaboration within the research projects)
� Better visibility � positioning as important partner
� Enrichment of the instututional culture� Future-oriented education for CUAS graduates
Through internationalization CUAS be moreattractive for regional applicants!
Roles in the internationalization process:
� CUAS Board
� CUAS Council
� Study Degree Programs and Directors of the programs
� International coordination within the programs/ schools
� CUAS Coordination of internationality
Solution: split the responsibilities, make everybody involved
� CUAS Coordination of internationality
� CUAS International Office
� International Committee
� Coordination of internat. marketing & PR
� Recruiting of international applicants
CUAS Milestones for 2015
• Strategic partnerships
• Define the strategic partners
• Support for Double Degree Initiatives
• Preparing a concept
• Discussing the needed support with the CUAS Board
Solution: go step by step
• Discussing the needed support with the CUAS Board
• Presenting the idea to the program directors
• Language Policy
• Combining the fources of the International
Comittee and Equality Comittee
=> synergy effect• Prepare the draft of the policy
Solution: make internationalization a partof Quality Management
• Accredited academic programs
• Management Systems based on EFQM Excellence Model
(a framework (organizational management system),
promoted by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM))
- Introduced in 2005/06 and adapted to the university needs
• Internal evaluation (students,
alumni, teaching and
http://www.qualityaustria.com/index.php?id=545&L=1
alumni, teaching and
administrative staff)
• Evaluation via external peers
• Internationalization is part
of the system
Solution: focus on 3-5 partners
Set up criteria cataloge for strategic partnership and talk to people
who know the partners:
� Exchange of students and staff took place regularly in the past
and/or
� There are or will be study programs similar to CUAS study programs
which gives a solid basis for the cooperation - not only mobilities
but also common courses, development of Double Degreebut also common courses, development of Double Degree
Programmes, and/or
� Partner or coordinator in at least 2 research projects within the last
3 years and/or
� Possibillities for CUAS graduates to do a doctorate at the partner
HEI
Solution: present the costsspread the budget
� Required ressources are part of the CUAS strategy
� Not the exact budget but estimation
� Internationalization is part of CUAS Schools‘ strategies
� Budget is planned by every program director
� Common initiatives will be supported centrally
� The idea is that only selected projects will be supported� The idea is that only selected projects will be supported
Solution: accept that you cannot puteverything into life
� Strategy is long term
� Change of employers
� Change of management
� Lobbying by individuals who do not necessary have
something to do with the strategysomething to do with the strategy
� Informal meetings
� External requirements, EU financed projects
with very often short deadlines
ThankThank youyou forfor youryour attentionattention!!
GoodGood luckluck byby thethe implementationimplementation
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Aleksandra Jama, Verena Kaipel
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