Presentaci

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Research universities across the world Paths to
academic excellence
Josep Joan Moreso Rector of Pompeu Fabra
University, Barcelona
THE BIRTH AND REVIVAL OF UNIVERSITIES Moscow,
October 2012
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UPF a young public university of quality

• Times Higher Education ranking (2012) 100 under
  50 position 17 worldwide and 1st-ranked Spanish
  university

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UPF, an overview (academic year 2011 - 2012)

• Students 9.115 4.054
• Undergraduate 9.115
• Postgraduate 2.927
• Doctoral students 1.127
• Academic staff
• Faculty members 324
• Part-time and other teaching staff 556
• Administrative and service staff 670
• Budget (2012) 1219M
• 53 Ordinary public funding
• 22 Research
• 16 Students fees
• Institutions
• 7 faculties 1 polytechnic school 8 departments
  3 university institutes 4 associated centres 3
  postgraduate platforms 1 continuing education
  institute

Strategies for International Excellence of
European Research Universities sharing best
practices
Data does not include affiliated centres
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A urban university at the heart of Barcelona
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Mar campus health and life sciences
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Poblenou campuscommunication and information
technologies
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Teaching quality

• 21 undergraduate studies, 109 masters degrees
  and 9 doctoral programmes
• Main indicators of teaching quality
• 2 students apply for every UPF available place
  (2012-13)
• The highest rate of academic achievement in
  Spain 86 (2010-11)
• Employability rate 87 (Catalan Quality
  Assurance Agency, 2011)
• Satisfaction rate 93 of UPF graduates would
  choose the
• same university again (Catalan Quality Assurance
  Agency, 2011)

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Research Innovation

• 22 of university funding comes from research
  activity (competitive and non competitive calls)
  (2012)
• One of the twenty European universities with more
  projects awarded by the European Research Council
  (10 in 2012)
• 1st Spanish university in international
  cooperation and field normalized citation score
  (Scimago Institutions Rankings, SIR World Report,
  2011)

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International Vocation

• 37 of official masters students and 50 of
  doctoral students are international (2011-12)
• 16 of students are in mobility at UPF (2011-12)
• Study Abroad Programme 912 students (2011-12)
• 29 of graduates undertook study periods abroad
  (2010-11)
• 1st Spanish Univ. in International faculty (THE
  2011)
• Agreements with 27 of the Top 50 worlds univ.
  (THE, 2011)

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Current context in Spanish Catalan HEIs

• General economic crisis and budgetary cuts in
  universities fundinglt04 Catalan GDP (2012)
• Governance rigidity and lack of full autonomy
• Faculty recruitment and academic promotion
• No wage flexibility
• Exceptions some flexible forms of
  research/teaching contracts

UPFs institutional policy
recruiting international talent at all levels
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STUDENTS

• Undergraduate studies
• English-taught programmes and courses, study
  abroad programme, UPF-UCLA summer school
• 14 of new students finished high school w/honors
  (2012-13)
• Graduate studies
• 8 out of 9 Doctoral programmes recognised with
  the Mention to Excellence (Spanish Ministry of
  Education)
• 65 of thesis defended in English (2011-12)
• () Specialised postgraduate platforms
• Barcelona GSE (economics)
• Barcelona School of Management (BSM) (management)
• Barcelona Institute for International Relations
  (IBEI) (politics, IR)

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TEACHING AND RESEARCHA singular model of
Administration - Universities partnership

• ICREA programme (2001)
• Goal to promote research in any field of
  knowledge by recruiting international talent for
  the Catalan RD system
• Annual call - 282 researchers hired from 2001
• Salary flexibility permanent positions that
  allow ICREA researchers to join and lead research
  groups working at Catalan universities and
  research centres
• Universities programme (2012-15, 2nd phase)
• Goal to recruit talent for Catalan universities
  on international standards (482 permanent
  professors recruited from 2004-10)
• Offering salary flexibility flexible forms of
  teaching contracts in areas of specialization
  where the University can excel

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UPFs recruitment policy and results

• An OPEN POLICY to international talent
• Profile strong in research international
  experience
• To take advantage of these governmental flexible
  forms of research contracts (ICREA, SH)

• UPFs RESULTS in competitive calls (2012)
• At a Catalan level
• ICREA (38)
• Icrea Academia (20, the 10 of the Catalan
  system)
• At a Spanish level
• Ramón y Cajal (27)
• Juan de la Cierva (21)
• At a European level. 31 ERC Grants
• Starting grants (14)
• Advanced grants (17)

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Thanks!
Universitat Pompeu Fabra is named after the man
who laid down the standards of the modern Catalan
language.