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Impact and experiences of the Bologna Process at EU Universities

Impact and experiences of the Bologna Process at EU Universities. The University of Trieste A Case Study. University of Trieste. 20.000 Students ( approximately ) International vocation since its foundation thanks to the multilingual / multicultural environment.

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Impact and experiences of the Bologna Process at EU Universities

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  1. Impact and experiencesof the Bologna Process at EU Universities The Universityof Trieste A Case Study

  2. Universityof Trieste • 20.000 Students (approximately) • International vocationsinceitsfoundationthanksto the multilingual/multiculturalenvironment

  3. Immediate acceptanceof the BA/MA-System • Problem: Fearofnotbeing competitive withotherItalianuniversities and seeing a fall in the numberofstudents • Consequence: toolarge a numberofcoursesnotallofwhich are sustainableasmanyof the teaching staff are shortlytoretirewithoutreplacement.

  4. Now: Teachingprogrammesprovidingstudentswith a verysolidbasiceducation in fundamentalsubjects • PhilosophyofUniTS: • young people needboth a verysolideducation in fundamentalsubjectscharacteristicofeverystudycourse and • work experienceduring the periodofstudy

  5. 9 yearsafter the introductionof the universityreform in Italy Alma Laurea (meeting pointforgraduates, universities and the business world) stressesthat: • 1.students achievetheirdegreesearlier • 2. the numberofgraduateshasincreasedfourfold • 3. studentsattendlessons more regularly • 4. the threefoldincreaseof work experiencehassignificantlyimproved the relationshipbetweenstudents and the job market.

  6. UniTS • Achievementof BA Degreeswith 25.5 (nationalaverage: 26.2) • Lengthofstudies: 3.9 (nationalaverage 4.5%) • Employment rate with BA Degrees: 48.5% (after 1 year) (nationalaverage :48.7) 36% of BA Graduatesneither work norseek work (nationalaverage: 37.6) • 32.3 out of 36% are attending a universitycourse (MA-Degree).

  7. MA Graduates • MA Degree at 27.1 (nationalaverage: 27.3) • Lengthofstudies: 2.6 (nationalaverage: 2.7) • Employment rate afteroneyearis 53.8% (National average: 55.9) • 24.9% neither work norseek work (nationalaverage: 17.8) • 19.4 out of 24.9% are attending a furtheruniversityspecialistcourse (nationalaverage: 12.7)

  8. Unemployment rate of MA graduatesofUniTS: 13.2% (nationalaverage: 17.1%) • MA graduates, therefore, pursuetheirdoctoralstudies or otherspecialistcourses (e.g. at the Facultyof Medicine).

  9. International StudentMobility • BA Degree: • 15% havehad a periodofstudyabroad (nationalaverage 10.6%) • 7% out of 15% withanErasmusprogramme • MA Degree: • 23% havehad a periodofstudyabroad • 12.5% out of 23% withanErasmusprogramme

  10. 6.762 graduatesspeak English, 2.365 French, 1.837 Spanish, 1.337 German 716 il Russian, 465 Arabic, 1.197 Slovene, 1099 Croatian, 277 Serbian, 52 Japanese and 136 Chinese

  11. Erasmusoutgoingstudents: 338 (1999: 312). • Difficultytoincrease the numberofoutgoingstudents • 1.The presenteconomic situation • 2. Very low Erasmusgrants • 3. Fearofwastingtimeifexams at the hostuniversity are notsuccessful

  12. Work experience • BA Degree: • 65% havehad work experience (notonly in Italy, but in otherEU-countries in the frameworkofErasmusPlacement) (nationalaverage: 54.5%) • MA Degree: • 60% havehad work experienceabroad (nationalaverage: 53%)

  13. Joint and doubledegrees • TRIESTE (SSLMIT) / REGENSBURG (PhilosophischeFakultät IV)- Studi Italo Tedeschi - Deutsch-ItalienischeStudien – BA Degree (started in 2005). • TRIESTE (FacultyofNatural Science) / PARIGI (ParisDiderote Paris Descartes) – FunctionalGenomics – MA Degree (started in 2007) • TRIESTE / LJUBLJANA – BA Degree in Mathematics (startedthisacademicyear).

  14. IncreasingnumberofincomingErasmus and International students: 286 (86 in 2000) togetherwith a high numberofforeignstudentsenrolled at UniTS. • Enrolledstudentscomingfromabroad: 1.731 (392 fromEu-States and 1339 from non EU-States) • PercentagewiseUniTSis the first ItalianUniversityas far as the numberofforeignstudentsisconcerned.

  15. Faculty of Economics • - First Level Degree in Economics, International Commerce and Financial Markets - curriculum "Economics of financial and insurance markets" • - First Level Degree in Economics and business management - curriculum "Economics and management of Innovation“

  16. Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences • - Second Level Degree in Physics - international curriculum in collaboration with ICTP • - Second Level Degree in Functional Genomics – international curriculum in collaboration (Double Diploma) with the Universities of Paris Diderot-Paris VII and Paris Descartes-Paris V. Courses of the second year are taught in English: Gene expression, Structural and comparative genomics

  17. Faculty of Engineering • Master in Assistive Technology • Master in Management in Clinical Engineering • Faculty of Political Sciences • Master in International Peace Operators • Etc.

  18. 7th FrameworkProgramme (2007-2013) • 1 ERC Advanced Grant,1 Marie Curie Industry Accademia Partnership and Pathways (IAPP)1 Marie Curie Network for Initial Training (ITN), 1 Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES), 1 Marie Curie EuropeanRe-Integration Grant (ERG), 1 Collaborative Project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries (SICA), 1 No contractType, SupportAction (SA) - Notte dei Ricercatori 2009 • SupportAction (SA)- Notte dei Ricercatori 2010

  19. ResearchDoctoralProgrammes • 49 ForeignerStudentsenrolled at DoctoralCourses at UNITS • Joint CoursewithTeaching Staff and Students Exchange – Joint Degree (Univ. Düsseldorf) • Joint CoursewithTeaching Staff and Students Exchange – Joint Degree (China Earthquake Administration e Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  20. Co-SupervisionThesis - 15 Agreements: • International MobilityofDoctoralStudents; • Qualificationvalid in 2 Countries • EuropeanUniversities

  21. Units is now the first Italian University in the Times Higher Education ranking and is among the first 450 universities in the QS ranking

  22. Positive aspects of the Bologna Process for UniTS: • internationalization and • more efficient organization of educational programmes

  23. More double or joint degrees at eachlevel (BA, MA and Doctorallevel) • More coursesoffered in English – evenrisking a linguisticimpoverishmentowingto the useof English bynon-nativespeakers • Reductionof the lengthof the periodofstudy • Closer connection with the job market.

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