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SCHOOL FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AND PERMANENT PROGRAMME OF OPEN EDUCATION

SCHOOL FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AND PERMANENT PROGRAMME OF OPEN EDUCATION. CONTENTS. _ SCHOOL FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES Purpose Competences Aims _ ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE _ COURSES ORGANISED AND QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED _ INTERNACIONALIZATION OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION _ GRANTS

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SCHOOL FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AND PERMANENT PROGRAMME OF OPEN EDUCATION

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  1. SCHOOL FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AND PERMANENT PROGRAMME OF OPEN EDUCATION

  2. CONTENTS _ SCHOOL FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES • Purpose • Competences • Aims _ ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE _ COURSES ORGANISED AND QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED _ INTERNACIONALIZATION OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION _ GRANTS _ FIGURES _ SOURCES OF FINANCING _ QUALITY CONTROL AND POLICY _ PERMANENT PROGRAMME OPEN EDUCATION

  3. SCHOOL FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES • TheSchoolforPosgraduateStudiescameintobeingwhentheThirdCycleStudiesService and the Centre forContinuingEducationweremerged. • Itwascreatedbythe UGR Governing Council on 27 November 2008. • Aims: • Tomanage and co-ordinatepostgraduatestudies – both UGR and Officialprogrammes – and alltheprocessesthat lead toobtainingDoctoratequalifications. • TopromoteLifelongLearning. • Toprovidequalityprogrammesthat are adaptedtobothprofessional and researchneeds. • Purpose: • Topromotepostgraduatestudies. • Topromotetheinternationalization of thesestudies. • Competences: • Tohandletheacademic and administrativeprocedures. • Toadministratethebudget and searchoutexternalsources of financing. • Todisseminatethe catalogue of postgraduatecourses.

  4. VICE-RECTOR’S OFFICE FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE STUDIES Management of School for Postgraduate Studies Administration Management of Permanent Programme for Open Education Porter Financial Affairs Students Information and Registration External Financing Programmes Lecturers International Adult Education

  5. COURSES ORGANISED & QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED • OFFICIAL COURSES: At theend, anofficialqualificationthatisvalidthroughoutSpain: • UniversityMaster’sProgrammes • DoctorateProgrammes UniversityMaster’sorDoctorateDegreeQualification • UGR COURSES: At theend, a qualificationissuedbythe UGR. These can bespecialization, refreshment, professional, scientific, artsorfurthereducationcourses: • UGR Master’sCourses • UGR ExpertCourses • SpecializationCourses Qualifications: UGR MasterorExpert, Specialization Diploma.

  6. INTERNATIONALIZATION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES TheSchoolforPostgraduateStudiescurrently has threetypes of posgtraduateprogrammes: • LATIN-AMERICAN DOCTORATES: 4 Withinframework of theLatin-American UniversityPostgraduateAssociation (AUIP), aninternationalbodypromotingpostgraduate and PhDstudies in South America. • CO-OPERATIONAL DOCTORATE PROGRAMMES: 17 • “ERASMUS MUNDUS” MASTER’S AND DOCTORATE PROGRAMMES, themainaim of whichistopromotethequality of Europeanhigher-educationprogrammes, throughdifferentActions: • Action 1A: JointPostgraduateProgrammes, developedbyconsortia of Europeanuniversities. • Action 1B: Erasmus MundusJoint Doctoral Programmes. At this time, the UGR co-ordinatesoris a member of 4 Erasmus MundusMaster’sProgrammes.

  7. GRANTS • OFFICIAL POSTGRADUATE STUDIES: • General StateGrants (Ministry of Education). • Income-basedloans. • Mobilitygrantsforvisitingstudents and lecturersonOfficialMaster’sProgrammes. • Mobility subsidies forlecturers and studentsonJointMaster’sProgrammesimplementedbyFrench and Spanishuniversities. • UGR ScholarshipProgramme. • Others: Talentia, MAE-AECID, AUIP, FULBRIGHT, Fundación Carolina, Fundación Ramón Areces, etc.

  8. BECAS GRANTS • UGR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES: • 15% of coursefees are re-invested in grants, in UGR Master’s and ExpertCourses and, also, in SpecializationCourses. • MAE-AECID grants. • Fundación Carolina grants.

  9. FIGURES OFFICAL POSTGRADUATE STUDIES • OFFICIAL MASTER’S (byArea of Knowledge): • Arts and Humanities: 24 • HealthSciences: 11 • Experimental Sciences: 8 • Social and Legal Sciences: 26 • TechnicalStudies: 5 • DOCTORATE PROGRAMMES • Co-operational, taughtabroad: 17 • Inter-University: 20 • Inter-Departamental: 22 • Departamental: 32 The UGR offers 64 programmesthathavebeenawarded a mention of merit: 44 Master’scourses and 20 PhDcourses.

  10. FIGURES UGR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES ByArea of Knowledge: • UGR MASTER’S: • Arts & Humanities: 5 • HealthSciences: 8 • Social & Legal Sciences: 12 • Experimental & Tech. Sciences: 3 • UGR EXPERT’S: • Arts & Humanities: 1 • HealthSciences: 23 • Social & Legal Sciences: 10 • Experimental & Tech. Sciences: 1 • SPECIALIZATION COURSES: • Arts & Humanities: 30 • HealthSciences: 21 • Social & Legal Sciences: 22 • Experimental & Tech. Sciences: 34

  11. FIGURES STUDENT NUMBERS OFFICIAL POSTGRADUATE STUDIES • OfficialMaster’s: 2,330 (620 foreignstudents) • PhDProgrammes: 3,345 (1,150 foreignstudents) UGR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES • Master’s: 567 • Experts: 803 • SpecializationCourses: 3,330

  12. FINANCING OFFICIAL POSTGRADUATE STUDIES • Dependingonthetype of Master’sorDoctorateprogramme, the UGR designates a specificamounttoeach, in accordancewiththerunningcosts. • Subsidies fromOfficialBodies, InstitutionsorPrivateFirms. UGR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES • Officialfees per studentenrolled. • Subsidies fromOfficialBodies, InstitutionsorPrivateFirms.

  13. st QUALITY CONTROL In anefforttoimprovethequality of theservicesprovided and usersatisfaction, theSchoolforPostgraduateStudies has implemented a number of quality-orientedactions, whichinclude: • Introduction of a quality control system: in 2000 (Centre forContinuingEducation) and 2008 (ThirdCycle – Postgraduate – Service). Awardedthe ISO 9001 qualityrecognitionfortheSchoolforPostgraduateStudies in December 2009.

  14. QUALITY POLICY • Establishment and observance of the SERVICES CHARTER. • ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: OurSchooliscommittedtotheenvironmentalmanagementsystemintroducedbythe UGR, accordingtothenorms of ISO 14001. • Shouldusersrequire, theyhavetherighttofillout a COMPLAINTS, OBSERVATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS form.

  15. PERMANENT PROGRAMME OF OPEN EDUCATION A UGR initiative, introduced in theacademicyear 1994/95. • Aim: Tocovertheeducationalrequirements of prospectivestudentsfromthe over-50 agebracket. • Objective: Toimprovethe personal and social abilities of thisgroup of studentsontwolevels: education and welfare.

  16. Thanks for your attention! http://www.escuelaposgrado.ugr.es http://www.ugr.es/~aulaperm/

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