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ERASMUS STAFF TRAINING

ERASMUS STAFF TRAINING. M. Paz Arraiza Vice – Dean of Students and International Affairs. UPM INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. CIVIL, INDUSTRIAL, ARCHITECTURE, AERONAUTICAL, FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, MINING, NAVAL, TELECOM,, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND OTHER. UPM COMPRISES 20 CENTRES :

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ERASMUS STAFF TRAINING

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  1. ERASMUS STAFF TRAINING M. Paz Arraiza Vice – Dean of Students and International Affairs

  2. UPM INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CIVIL, INDUSTRIAL, ARCHITECTURE, AERONAUTICAL, FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, MINING, NAVAL, TELECOM,, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND OTHER UPM COMPRISES 20 CENTRES: 12 HIGHER SCHOOLS (study plan of 5/6 years) 8 TECHNICAL SCHOOLS (study plan of 3 years) 37,907 U/G STUDENTS 7,000 MASTER STUDENTS 2,500 PhD STUDENTS 1,803 PHD TEACHERS 2,769 TEACHING STAFF 2,543 NON TEACHING STAFF 30 ENGINEERING DEGREES > 50 PhD PROGRAMS

  3. ENGINEERING CENTRES AT UPM TECHNICAL SCHOOLS 3 year degree + final project HIGHER SCHOOLS 5 - 6 year degree + final project AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING MINING ENGINEERING FORESTRY ENGINEERING MARINE ENGINEERING TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING SURVEYING ENGINEERING COMPUTER SCIENCE SPORTS & PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING FORESTRY ENGINEERING TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING COMPUTER ENGINEERING

  4. UPM IN THE RANKINGS UPM IS THE EIGHTH LARGEST BY NUMBER OF STUDENTS (2007/2008) RANKING UNIVERSITIES IN SPAIN UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO UNIVERSIDAD DE VALENCIA UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA 180,000 86,892 60,998 56,820 55,479 47,104 45,485 37,907 37,666

  5. OFFICIAL ENGINEERING STUDIES IN SPAIN (old format) After High School (18 years old) PROFESSIONAL MARKET TECHNICAL ENGINEER (3 years) 1 st. Cycle Professional oriented 1 st. Cycle SCI. Oriented 2nd Cycle Majors HIGHER ENGINEER (5 or 6 years) EXTENSION PROGRAM SOME OTHER NON-OFFICIAL STUDIES ARE ALSO TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITIES PhD studies: DOCTOR ENGINEER DEGREE (2-3 years)

  6. After High School (18 years old) PROFESSIONAL MARKET ENGINEER (4 years) Professional Oriented Courses (1 year) MASTER ENGINEER (1 to 2 years with Thesis) Professional Oriented SOME OTHER NON-OFFICIAL STUDIES ARE ALSO TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITIES PhD studies: DOCTOR ENGINEER DEGREE (2-3 years) OFFICIAL ENGINEERING STUDIES the new format in accordance with the Bologna Declaration

  7. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UPM- working in FOUR AREAS: • EUROPE • LATIN AMERICA • COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT • ASIA AND OTHER REGIONS UPM- working Team: • 1 Vice-Rector • 1 Associate Vice-Rector • 3 Directors • 23 International Relations Staff • between 1,500 and 3,000 participating students

  8. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UPM with the MAIN TWO PROGRAMMES •ERASMUS .354 European Institutions .936 Bilateral Agreements .around 1,300 exchange students in total in 2007/2008 .52 teachers involved • MAGALHÃES/SMILE (similar to Erasmus Program) . UPM is the promoter of this programme between Europe & Latin America and the Caribbean . 40 exchange UPM students in 2008/2009

  9. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UPM with the ERASMUS PROGRAMME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT EXCHANGE • The options available are: • Diploma Projects • One Semester • One Academic Year • Double Degree • Company Placements • Erasmus grant is made up of: • € 160 from Erasmus Agency • € 190 from “Ministerio E. C.” • € 100 from UPM • Note : • Students will be able to receive other grants from several public Entities or Banks. • FIGURES : • AROUND 1,300 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING ANNUALLY • 84 DOUBLE DEGREE AGREEMENTS

  10. Erasmus Mundus Programme similar to the European "Fulbright Program" Top quality Masters courses (1 to 2 years duration) Courses are in a minimum of two European countries with different national language Started in 2004 Currently close to 100 Masters courses, UPM ranks first; participating in 7 EMMC Excellent scolarships for third country students Outside the European Union and candidate countries

  11. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UPM with OTHER PROGRAMS • • ATHENS • This network is made up of 16 European Technical Universities • A week of an intensive course in two “sessions”: March and November • 30 hours of lessonsto get 2 or 3 credits • 373 UPM students abroad • 501 foreign students participating at UPM • VULCANUS • Mobility program of student exchange between European and Japanese businesses by offering the opportunity to host a student as a trainee for 8 months • €15,000 scholarships including a Japanese course • 2 students from UPM enjoyed VULCANUS scholarships in 2007-2008 • GE4 • Mobility program of exchange students between USA (AE3), Latin America (LAE3) and Asia (ASE3). • There are not scholarships available for this program but enrolment is free • 4 UPM students abroad in 2007-2008 • 2 foreign students at UPM in 2007-2008

  12. UPM ORGANIZATION • UPM • 1 Vice-Rector • 1 Associate Vice-Rector • 1 Directors • 6 International Relations Staff • SCHOOLS – CENTERS (Dean) • Vice Dean of Academic Affairs • Vice – Dean of Students and International Affairs • Assistant for enterprises and organizations • Assistant for East Europe Countries. • Secretary.

  13. WORKSHOP 2 • Organisation of international student services • Integration of international student services • Challenges and good practices • Student recruitment and marketing • International degree students to former exchange students

  14. WORKSHOP 2 International students • Responsibilty • Exchange students and Double Degree students are managed from every Center International Office (Vice - Dean of International Affairs) in all aspects, from the application procedure to the sending of the transcript of records to the partner institutions. • Degree students (national and international) are managed from the Vice - Rector of Students

  15. WORKSHOP 2 International students • Access • International students access by bilateral agreement and the duration of the studies is 6, 9 or 12 month. • In case of double degrees, the duration is 2 years. • Degree students have to go through a selectivity exam, the same as national students.

  16. WORKSHOP 2 Integration of international student services • In most centers they are integrated • In others, they make differences depending whether they are exchange students or double degree (International Affairs), and degree students (Student Affairs).

  17. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WELCOMING SERVICES • UPM has a link to help our incoming students: searching for accommodation and other services such as Visas, resident cards, travel insurance.... www.upm.es/rinternacional/housing/housing.html • “Health Insurance” using the European Health Card from its own country it will be able to access Spanish Social Security during its stay in Spain.

  18. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UPM with the LANGUAGE PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION • Spanish Language Courses www.upm.es/rinternacional/ari/es/ Leveling Spanish Language "On-Line" Program   Intensive Spanish Language and Culture Summer Courses Courses of Spanish Language Applied to Science and Technology •  Foreign Intensive seminars Languages for UPM International Exchanges

  19. WORKSHOP 2 Good practices. • Mentor Project, where local students from the last years help incoming students in different aspects like social integration, administrative tasks solving, etc. • Promoting teaching in English. • To increase the number of exchanges. • To increase the number of destinies offered.

  20. WORKSHOP 2 Challenges • One of the unsolved challenge, right now, is the existence of a service that helps with the housing. • Although, UPM has a services for this purpose, the special case of Madrid make this task very difficult for a public institution like UPM.

  21. WORKSHOP 2 Challenges • Another challenge would be the integration of foreign students with local, and to avoid the typical groups by countries. • That is complicated, we do it through mentor students and all together activities, like trips, cineforum, sports etc.

  22. WORKSHOP 2 Student recruitment and marketing • Every School has an office or Vice Dean of International Affairs • UPM - Director and Vice Deans of International Affairs in case of Exchange and Double Degree students. • UPM - Director and Vice – Deans of Students in case of degree students. • Some Schools have a Department for Communication Media that helps both the Director for Student Recruitment and the Director of international Relations.

  23. WORKSHOP 2 International degree students to former exchange students • The answer to this question is very different depending on the Centers asked. • UPM data 1% • The number of incoming international students varies a lot • ETSI MONTES 10 • ETSI Telecommunication 100 • ETSI Industrial 255

  24. thank you!

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