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Gateway to the Mediterranean. The University of Alicante. Facts & figures. THE CAMPUS. Big campus at the outskirts of the city Extraordinary environmental quality and architecture, modern buildings Extensive variety of services
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Gateway to the Mediterranean • TheUniversity of Alicante
THE CAMPUS • Big campus at the outskirts of the city • Extraordinary environmental quality and architecture, modern buildings • Extensive variety of services • Located in a strategic position with excellent transport possibilities
UA BACKGROUND • Faculty of Economics and Business • Faculty of Science • Faculty of Law • Faculty of Education • Faculty of Arts • Faculty of Health Sciences • Polytechnic University College
Research at UA • 12 Research Institutes • 226 Research Teams • > 300 Research projects in cooperation with other public institutions • > 400 Research projects in cooperation with industrial partners • Resources received for research: 18 million € • Numerous Doctoral Thesis, Publications in specialist journals, books, patent applications
Technology Transfer Office at UAServices Offered • R&D Projects national, regional, European • R&D contracts with Industry (Art. 83 LOU) • Financial research management • Updating of Technology offer of UA • Intellectual Property management and assistance • Creation of new, technology based firms • Compilation of reports and statistics related to R&D
THEMATIC AREAS OF EXPERTISE • Planning And Management Of Higher Education Institutions(Financial Management, International Relations, Research etc) • Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer • University – Industry Cooperation • Quality & Accreditation • Curriculum Development • Research & Innovation • Access to Higher Education • Lifelong Learning, E-learning
ORGANISATION / FLOW CHART UA PRESIDENT Vice-Presidentfor IRR Vice-Presidentfor R & D
ORGANISATION / INVOLVED UNITS + • EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICE (GIPE) • TT OFFICE (OGPI) • STUDENTS SUPPORT SERVICE • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE • SOCIAL COUNCIL • FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE • QUALITY UNIT • EQUALITY UNIT • FACULTIES: • ….
HUMAN RESOURCES • OGPI STAFF: 17 persons • NATIONALITIES: French, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Singapur, Romania, Austria, UK, Italy, Spain • LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Italian • ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS: Education, Economics, Translation, Public Relations, Law, Sociology.
GOOD PRACTICES - PUBLICATIONS • Intellectual Property Rights: • Research.eu (Nano2Market) • IPHandbook of Best Practices (Concept Foundation) • EU-Asia Higher Education Platform (Links that matter: Recurring themes in EU- Asian Higher Education Cooperation • Internationalisation of HE • “Prácticas y tendencias para la internacionalización y la cooperación entre universidades de América Latina y UE” • “Casos prácticos para la gestión de la internacionalización de universidades”
GOOD PRACTICES - TRAININGS • TEMPUS Training to Spanish Universities (2009-10-11) • EDULINK Training to Spanish Universities (2011) • CEDDET on-line course on University-Industry Cooperation to Latin American Civil Servants (2008-2012) • LATIN AMERICA DIES PROGRAMME (2012)
532 PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD • 103 COUNTRIES
WP.3. ENHANCEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN LARGE-SCALE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS • UA will contribute to boosting internationalization as a strategic axis, which aims at consolidating and developing relations with outstanding universities and research centres. • It will design and host the training envisaged in WP3 for Serbian HEIs to gain practical knowledge in managing large-scale international projects and attend the Project workshops, meetings and conferences.
International Project Management Office University of Alicante www.ua.es T.: +34 965 90 97 18 F.: +34 965 90 97 15 THANK YOU!