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University of Pre ov in Pre ov Slovak Republic

The history of University of Preov. Established in 1997- University of Presov very young higher education institution.The history of its faculties is much older and complex: Greek-Catholic Theological Faculty (1880), Faculty of Arts (1959), Faculty of Education (1949) and Orthodox

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University of Pre ov in Pre ov Slovak Republic

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    1. University of Prešov in Prešov Slovak Republic Iveta Kovalcikova University of Prešov ivakoval@unipo.sk June 2009 DRC Zadar

    2. The history of University of Prešov Established in 1997- University of Presov very young higher education institution. The history of its faculties is much older and complex: Greek-Catholic Theological Faculty (1880), Faculty of Arts (1959), Faculty of Education (1949) and Orthodox Theological Faculty (1950). Faculties were established independently and at different times

    3. International Relations During the past few years, specifically since 2004, there has been a clear increase in student and teacher mobility, there is a balance between incoming and outgoing students to and from PU. Nevertheless, these numbers are still low as compared to most European countries.

    4. Problems in the area of internationalisation at University of Presov Financing of the Erasmus mobilities / according the obtained Erasmus financial support we can send only 0,5% of students for mobility every year

    5. Problems in the area of internationalisation at University of Presov Administration of higher number of incoming students taps the money from university budget (we pay an extra money for teacher`s extra work - delivery of the moduls in English for Erasmus incoming students) instead of financial support of outgoing Erasmus students What would be a way? We do not want to refuse the students who are interested in Erasmus at our university.

    6. Internationalisation Programmes 5 Modules offered to foreign students - Management – Business – Tourism - Teacher training - Cross – Cultural studies - Natural and Environmental Sciences - English in international business and culture

    7. Internationalisation ERASMUS students mobility

    8. Internationalisation ERASMUS teachers mobility

    9. Internationalisation ERASMUS - Proportion of incomming and outgoing students

    10. Study period recognition Strategies on: University level Faculty level Department level

    11. Study period recognition University level: 2 documents: 1. Internal regulation of rector for ECTS and Study period recognition Obligatory document Study agreement Recommended document

    12. Obligatory rules are declared in the document: University internal regulation of rector for ECTS and Study period recognition

    13. Institutional ECTS coordinator (IectsC) Duties and competencies of ECTS institutional coordinator: …preserves and guarantees the process of ECTS principles respect – transfer, accumulation,… disseminates info about ECTS at university, acts as A manager of Faculty and Department ECTS coordinators all the university teachers, researches and other univ. employees are in the issues of ECTS subordinated to IectsC

    14. Faculty ECTS coordinator Duties and competencies All the faculty teachers, researches and other univ. employees are in the issues of ECTS subordinated to FectsC Guaranties in the faculty full ECTS recognition with respect to National Higher Education Act as well as internal regulation

    15. Faculty ECTS coordinator In the case of any controversial or problems – teachers are obliged in written form approach with request for the inspection the IectsC, who is responsible for final decision and statement. Yearly, FectsC submits the report with respect to ECTS and Study period recognition to the dean of the faculty, IectsC as well, plans the activities for the next academic year, Mostly – FectsC/Dean for internationalisation

    16. Department ECTS coodinator Apart from hierarchically structured duties and competencies named above: Responsible for ECTS documentation (Learning agreement…).

    17. Rules Clearly defined preconditions for ECTS Who is responsible for proper students documentation In Learning agreement must to be indicated whether the course is: An alternation to the obligatory subject of domestic study program (which one), An optional subject A selective subject

    18. Rules For placement: Alternation to another type of observation or practice as a part of curriculum New subject added to Diploma supplement

    19. No easy process… Success is connected with: Strong support of internationalization policy at university and faculty level Dissemination activities, university Radio, TV, journal…students write and speaks about the problems… Promotion of student’s success stories Proofs that mobility is an appreciated process Individual involvement in the controversial issues.

    20. University of Prešov Slovak Republic Contact: Nám. Legionárov c. 3, 080 01 Prešov, Slovak Republic, Tel. +421 51 7563 110, www.unipo.sk

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