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Internationalisation: Strategy, Indicators, Achievements

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

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Internationalisation: Strategy, Indicators, Achievements

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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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