Erasmus+ Jean Monnet InfoDay S.V.Ablameyko Rector of Belarusian State University December 07, 2015 Minsk

BSU International Profile: international projects annually - around 400 partnership/ cooperation agreements - over 2500 international students - over 700 students sent abroad for exchanges annually - over 900 staff members sent abroad for visits, conferences, lecturing etc. annually - over 350 invited lecturers, teachers, researchers from abroad annually

BSU in International Ratings 2015: Top 2% of universities worldwide QS: – BSU In Top 500 (next in Belarus BNTU on 701+) THE: – BSU is the only HEI in Belarus ranked QS EECA: 36 BSU in Top 50 – BNTU 72 Webometrics: 609 (next in Belarus – BNTU on 2718) CIS “Expert RA”: 2 after Moscow State University Top Repositories: 117 (1st in CIS)

BSU in Erasmus Mundus: Total: 6 projects 2 current Grantees from BSU ( ): over 100

Erasmus+ Credit Mobility at BSU Erasmus+ Credit Mobility at BSU: Total 15 Erasmus+ Agreements Germany: Tubingen University; Leipzig University; University of Bremen Spain: University of Granada; University of Cadiz Poland: Warsaw School of Economics; University of Lodz Romania: Babes-Bolyai University; Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi France: University of Picardie Jules Verne Czech Republic: Masaryk University in Brno Sweden: Lulea University of Technology Slovakia: Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica Estonia: University of Tartu Turkey: Middle East Technical University

International projects at BSU: 33 current projects Tempus, Erasmus Mundus, Jean Monnet, EU Cross-Border Cooperation, DAAD, FPB- Belarus, SIDA, VISBY, Baltic University, CIMO, Visegrad Fund, CEI Fund, Eurasia, UNICEF, UNESCO

Types of projects implemented at BSU under TEMPUS Programme  curricular development: ACES, NETCENG, TRADIR, Сomolte, ENERGY, HUMAN  Student Start-up Center: SUCSID  Informatization of university management: INURE  Internationalization: PICASA

BSU in 2015 Erasmus+ Call for Proposals Projects by Subject Fields:

New Erasmus+ CBHE Projects: 4 in total in Belarus – all with BSU in consortia 1 HARMONY - harmonization of Internationalization Strategies 2. PHYSICS - Development of Curriculum for Masters in Physical Sciences 3. FABLAB - Support of Youth Innovation Entrepreneurship/ Creation of Fablab Platforms 4. LNSS - Library Network Support Services

Jean Monnet in Belarus: 8 grants Belarusian State University: Module– 2 ( , ) Chair – 1 ( ) Center of Excellence – 1 ( ) Information and Research activity (Conference)– 1 (2014) Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus Chair – 1 ( ) Belarusian State Technological University Module– 1 ( ) Brest State University Module– 1 ( )

BSU in Jean Monnet:

International Conference: “The European Union and Belarus: Getting closer for better future” June Minsk 128 participants from Belarus, Russia and European Union 4 sections: 1. «EU foreign policy»; 2. «EU industrial and economic policy»; 3. «EU legal development»; 4. «Education and Culture». 4 sections: 1. «EU foreign policy»; 2. «EU industrial and economic policy»; 3. «EU legal development»; 4. «Education and Culture».

Conference Opening: Head of the Department for European Cooperation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) D.Sidorenko Representatives of diplomatic missions in Belarus: Romania, Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia and Russia Representatives of diplomatic missions in Belarus: Romania, Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia and Russia Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Belarus Maira Mora Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Belarus Maira Mora Coordinator of TEMPUS/Erasmus + Programmes in Belarus N.Listopad

Dissemination: Conference Web-site:

Publications: “Catalogue of Belarusian experts in the area of European integration studies” “Collection of Research Papers presented at the Conference” (in Russian with abstracts in English)

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