By Doina Verdes

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The Attractiveness of European Universities

• By Doina Verdes
• Technical University Of Cluj-Napoca,Romania
• And Claudia Semeraro
• University Of Genoa, Italy

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Why are Or should be attractive European
universities for students from non EU countries
and vice versa ?

• Because
• are not at home!
• are located in the cities with history and
  cultural tradition
• the mobility in a foreign university is a
  challenge to prove your self that you can study
  and live abroad
• it is a way to have an academic experience
• it is an intercultural experience
• is a way to study and communicate in a foreign
  language

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To add more answers we can have - a quick look
at the aims of the Bologna Process for the
establishment of a European higher education area
EHEA- to study the problem from the student
perspective- and to make a view on two examples
of good practice in the field of European and
international student mobility
To add more answers
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European Higher Education Area - EHEA

• adoption of a three-cycle structure
• Bachelor Master - Doctorate
• introduction of the European Credit Transfer and
  Accumulation System (ECTS)
• the provision of the Diploma Supplement
• the recognition of joint degrees
• the introduction of national qualifications
  frameworks and the development of quality
  assurance in higher education.

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A Student Perspective

500 milion citizens
Political and economic institution
Cultural historical centre
One of the largest markets in the world
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A study period in Europe, what should you expect?

• United in Diversity
• A wide range of choice
• High intra-European student mobility
• International environment

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Who will you meet?
Average age

• Age and gender
• Mainly lt 25 years old
• Higher percentage of women
• Prevalently non-married

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Where will you live?

• Depending on your destination
• Private flat
• More independence
• More expensive
• Housworking!
• Student house
• Less expensive than private flats
• Fun with friends
• Less privacy
• Parents
• Cheap
• No houseworking
• Less independence

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TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION
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Level of satisfaction with material well-being by
accommodation form
Students who are (very) satisfied with their
material well-being living with parents/relatives
vs. their counterparts maintaining own households
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Share of students fluent in two foreign languages
(in)
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Language ability and foreign study-related
experience
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MAIN CONCERNS ABOUT STUDYING ABROAD
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What will you do?

• Study hard

• and beyond that?

• Different education system
• Foreign language
• New approach to the topics

• Join a student association
• Learn more about EU culture
• Field trips in interesting locations
• more and more

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In Sum, studying in Europe means

• Meeting a lot of young people
• Living in a private flat or a student hall
• Sharing experiences with other students engaged
  in mobility
• Learning a new language
• Improve oneself
• Chance of finding good jobs

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The good practice in European studies the LLP -
ERASMUS Intensive Program

• Atelier Conception des espaces de travail,
  santé, confort et prevention des risques// Work
  place Design, Health, Safety and Risk Prevention
• 2006-2009
• 28263-IC-1-2005-1-FR-ERASMUS-IUPC-7

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Partners

• University of Technology from Compiegne, France
• Ecole Superieure dArchitecture,
  Clermont-Ferrand, France
• Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• The University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania
• Chalmers University Gotheborg

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WORKSHOP - France 2007Ecole Superieure
dArchitecture de Clermont-FerrandGrands
Atelieres de lIsle dAbeau
Subject the wood industry
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WORKSHOP Sweden 2008Chalmers University -
Gotheborg Medichus Lillhagsparkens - Äldreboende
Subject Elderly Persons Buildings
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Workshop Romania 2009Universitatea Politehnica
Bucharest, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
The car industry
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Persons participating to the project180
Students and 10 teachers

• The specialisations
• Architecture
• Mechanical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Civil engineering
• The countries
• France,
• Sweden
• Romania
• Brasil
• Venezuela
• China
• Morocco

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The Objectives

• To make students, teachers, companies and
  institutions share knowledge and experience
  between various countries of Europe and to create
  a common frame of reference concerning the
  assessment of risks in work and the design of
  work places.

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development have been in two phases based on the
heuristic pedagogy namely
Methodology of the project
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The 1st Stage of the project
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The 2nd Stage of the project
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The knowledges acquired

• Conceptualisation
• Identification, recognition, anticipation
• Risk matrix
• Engineering design
• Design processes
• How to build a model at scale 1
• Controls (risk reduction measures)
• Evaluation (assessment)

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Skills devloped

• To interpret a concept and to represent it
  graphically
• To realize and to artifact it
• To identify the requirements for a given function
  of a
• building
• To identify the reality ? hazard recognition
• To work in an interdisciplinary and international
  team
• To practice a foreign language
• To have intercultural exchange

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The competences

• To design the work place in accordance with
  performances for
• - special functions of the building and
  technology
• - the structure of building in accordance with
  the safety of work places
• - the risks management at the local work place
  level and at the global technological process and
  building

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Recognition of the student work in the project

• The subject is a new discipline which is not
  exactly the same in all the syllabus of
  participating schools or faculties
• The number of didactical hours was 48/week (very
  intensive!) for student and teacher the duration
  of the workshop was two weeks
• The students acquired 5 ECTS credits for the
  subject industrial design (Mechanical
  Engineering) or the equivalence with the subject
  practical training or architectural design at
  the level admitted by the specific syllabus
  (Architecture, Electrical engineering, Civil
  engineering).

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Problems in organising the student mobility and
didactical activity

• The students selection
• The accommodation and hosting
• The visa for non EU students
• The letter of attendance and certificate of
  completion
• The organising the workshop (the hall, the
  presentations, the access to library and Internet
  etc.)
• Invited lecturers
• The organising of the site into the laboratory
  for building models at scale 1/1 and purchasing
  the materials for these.
• To organise the assessment procedure by a jury
  formed from specialised and non advised persons

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The dissemination

• The dissemination by Media (radio, TV, press)
• The presentation of the project to conferences
• The valorisation of the results in writing new
  project to make a Curriculum for a modulus of
  learning at the European level to be implemented
  to the participating institutions

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Some of the fifteen models elaborated by the
students durring the three workshops
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Göteborg, Sweden
Grands Ateliers, lIsle dAbeau France
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The reflection

• My basic idea is that for every person, in his
  and her culture and specific situation, other
  people and cultures provide a possibility for
  reflection and change, and that it is also a
  possibility to learn.

Elisabeth Birgison - Vice-Rector of Chalmers
University, Sweden Workshop, February 2008
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Example of good practice in international mobility

• Tempus Project
• N.I.R.O.A.
• Network of International Relation Offices in
  Azerbaijan
• Jan. 2008/Dec. 2010

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N.I.R.O.A partners

• From EU
• University of Genoa (I)
• University of Siegen (D)
• University of Nice (F)
• Thechnical University of Athens (GR)
• University of Budgoszcz (PL)

• From Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan Medical University
• Odlar Yurdu University
• Azerbaijan State Oil Academy
• Qafkaz University

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N.I.R.O.A. purposes
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N.I.R.O.A. outcomes

• Successful training of the administrative staff
• The IROs are open and working
• International agreements between Azeri and
  European partners

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N.I.R.O.A. outlook

• A first group of 12 students visited the Faculty
  of Medicine in Genoa for a two-weeks traineeship
• A follow-up project will be submitted, aiming at
  establishing similar IROs in other countries

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