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Internationalisation Strategy: Achievements and Recommendations

Explore the internationalisation strategy implemented by Prof. Arthur Mettinger, Vice-Rector of Educational Program Development & Internationalisation at Vienna University in 2010. The seminar covers the development, principles, main goals, and core indicators of the strategy, with a focus on improving research and teaching quality, increasing international visibility, enhancing student mobility, and fostering multilingualism. Discover the key achievements and vital recommendations formulated during the seminar for the university's continuous internationalisation efforts.

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Internationalisation Strategy: Achievements and Recommendations

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  1. Internationalisation: Strategy, Indicators, Achievements Prof. Arthur Mettinger Vice-Rector Educational Program Development & Internationalisation Vienna, 30th of October 2010

  2. Synopsis • Internationalisation Strategy • Indicators • Facts and Figures • Conclusions & Recommendations (to be worked out during this Seminar)

  3. Internationalisation Strategy: Development I • Until 2008 no explicit internationalization strategy • Implicitly internationalization forms an important part of the University of Vienna‘s mission statement and its practice in research and teaching • But:a clear internationalization strategy is important for the University of Vienna in the 21th century to… • improve quality in research & teaching • enhance international attractiveness & positioning • increase the chances for students, teachers and researchers internationally • increase “internationality” in some fields where the University of Vienna has a need to improve • increase the commitment to internationalization among all members of the University • come to better decisions based on better data

  4. Internationalisation Strategy: Development II • Principles of strategic development: • Starting point: Main goals of Development Plan • Best practices: international models have been considered • Build on strengths: existing ties with leading universities, participation in networks, geographical location • Inclusiveness: cooperation instead of mere top down enactment the draft strategy/main goals have been developed under assistance of & discussed with:the University Board, the Senate, deans, study programme directors, Research Services & Int’ l Relations Office • Flexibility: leave room for strategies of faculties and future developments • Data based: one important step is the assessment of the status quo and collection of reliable data (development of indicators)

  5. Internationalisation Strategy: Main Goals I Research: • Increased share of international scientists at all levels • Enhanced cooperation with the best international universities/research institutes • Increased participation in international projects (focus: EU research programs) • Increased international visibility of research achievements (e.g. publications in leading international journals) • (Further) Development of internationally attractive doctoral programs in cooperation with leading European/international universities

  6. Internationalisation Strategy: Main Goals II Education: • Increased share of international students in MA- and PhD study programs • Increased mobility of teachers • Qualitative Increase of student mobility (differentiated: BA/MA/PhD) • Development of a comprehensive “multilingualism –policy”: increase students’ and teachers’ foreign-language competencies

  7. Core Indicators I • Number of internationally financed research projects • Scientific publications: Co-Authorship according to nation/institution • Cooperation (partnership agreements, joint-study-programs, cooperation agreements) according to regions and rankings of partner institutions • Number of students that participate in international mobility programs (outgoing) according to guest-country (EU/international) and mobility program • Number of students that participate in international mobility programs (incoming) according to citizenship (EU/international) and mobility program • Number of students (Master-/PhD-level) without Austrian Bachelor- or Master Degree according to field of study and citizenship (EU/international)

  8. Core Indicators II • Number of Joint-Programs / Number of Master-programs in English • Number of professorial appointments from abroad (EU/Germany/international) and percentage with regard to total number of professorial appointments in this time-span • Share of scientific staff without Austrian citizenship according to staff categories • Share of teachers that teach courses (without language courses in language studies) in a language other than German • Share of courses taught in a language other than German

  9. Internationally financed research projects (Ind 1)

  10. Scientific publications: cooperating scientists (Ind 2)

  11. New partnership agreements 2009 (Ind 3)

  12. Numbers of mobile students (Ind 4 & 5)

  13. New MA-/PhD-Students without Austrian 1st degree (6)

  14. Joint Programs/English MA-Programs (2010) • BIN-NET – Master of International Business Informatics • CREOLE – Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes (MA • UNICA Euromaster in Urban Studies (MA) • MATILDA – Women’s and Gender History • MeiCogSci - Middle European Interdisciplinary Master Programme in Cognitive Science • LAW AND ECONOMICS (Erasmus Mundus) • EUROPEAN MASTER IN GLOBAL STUDIES (Erasmus Mundus) • European Master in Health and Physical Activity • + • English Language and Linguistics • Science – Technology – Society • Quantitative Economics Management and Finance • Anglophone Literatures and Cultures

  15. Scientific staff without Austrian citizenship

  16. Scientific staff without Austrian citizenship

  17. Professional Appointments from abroad

  18. Courses taught in a language other than German

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