Introduction  ECIU Profile  ECIU Organisation  ECIU Activities  UT and ECIU

Membership in January European Universities 202,000students 28,000 staff Plus 3 Associate Partners 130,000 students, 13,000 staff University of Strathclyde Linköpings universitet Aalborg Universitet University of Strathclyde University of Warwick Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Universiteit Twente Universität Dortmund Université de Technologie de Compiègne Politecnico di Torino Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Universidade de Aveiro Rostov State University, Russia Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

ECIU Profile: Common characteristics Strengths in engineering and social sciences Research intensive Relatively young, with entrepreneurial values Close ties to industry and the region High quality education, new forms of teaching and learning (PBL etc.) Innovative approaches to management and administration

ECIU Mission (1) ECIU objectives are: To act as an agent of change by serving as example of best practice and to influence debate and policy on the future direction for European HE within the context of changing global realities To contribute to the further development of a knowledge-based European economy, with due consideration of the global nature of HE by including overseas partners

ECIU Mission (2) To enhance quality by sharing best practices and learning from each in the areas of: –International collaboration –Teaching and learning –Regional development –Technology transfer –Staff and student development To develop high-quality collaborative education programmes, building on the strengths of different partners

ECIU Organisation ECIU Executive Board ECIU Steering Committees (related to core activities) ECIU Secretariat ECIU Local Coordinators ECIU Student Wing ECIU PR-group General Meeting, Aalborg, May 2005

ECIU Core Activities 1) ECIU Graduate School 2) Improved Student and Staff Mobility 3) University Industry Interaction

ECIU Graduate School: Objectives Joint curriculum development Quality improvement (built on strengths of partners) Attract European funding Joint solutions for administrative issues Chair of Steering Committee: Ulrich Killat, Vice- President, TUHH

ECIU GS: Joint Master Programmes Materials Science (Erasmus Mundus label) Environmental Studies (Erasmus Mundus label) Industrial Design and Manufacturing (incl. UT) Innovation and Entrepreneurship (incl. UT) Management of Innovation and Technology Information and Communication Technologies More programmes to be developed: Engineering Life Sciences (incl. UT) Energy and Sustainable Development (incl. UT) Project Manager: Randolph Galla, TUHH

To increase number of in- and outgoing students To facilitate better conditions for student exchange To promote staff exchange and stimulate staff development Chair of the Steering Committee: Anne Flierman, President, UT Improved Student and Staff Mobility: Objectives

Improved Student and Staff Mobility: Activities ECIU Student Mobility Group ECIU Staff Exchange Programme ECIU Leadership Development Programme

Exchange agreements between (almost) all ECIU members Database on possibilities and conditions for exchange between ECIU members Twin programmes: exchange within pre-designed modules ECIU Symposium on Global Competence (extra incentive for exchange students) Chair of working group: Barbara Schneider, UniDO Student Mobility Group

Target group: Administrative staff Objective: learning from good practices Short- to midterm stay at other ECIU partner Facilitated by home and guest university Contact person at each ECIU member Staff Exchange Programme

Leadership Development Programme: Objectives Increasing knowledge on HE systems, university management and international cooperation Personal development of participants Building a network of current/future leaders Cohort in Aalborg, May 2005

Target group: Senior and middle management (academic or administrative) Duration: 1 year 3 x 3 days, assignments between meetings Coordinated by UT : Third cohort Leadership Development Programme: Main features

Objectives: To benefit from exchange and good practices on technology transfer and knowledge exchange To promote an Entrepreneurship and Innovation agenda Activities: Entrepreneurship Research DIFUSE / Technology Transfer in practice Chair of Steering Committee: Sònia Gonzáles, Barcelona University Industry Interaction

Participants: Aalborg Linköping Strathclyde Twente Focus on: Governance & Management Structures Strategic Planning Human Resources External Relations Benchmark: The administration of innovative universities (1)

Aalborg: Career services: graduate tracer studies & involvement of external stakeholders Networks between researchers and industry/ organisations Human resources: unique logistical support for international staff Linköping: Career services: unique connection with SMEs Grants office staffed with PhD’s/graduate students Graduate school model Benchmark (2): Best practices

Strathclyde: Most fully developed external relations structure Most formalised fundraising structure Funding external relations offices by mix of core funding and income generating activities Twente: TOP Programme Structure and procedures UMT Decentral approach to branding Benchmark (3): Best practices

ECIU Executive Board and Steering Committee Student and Staff Mobility: A. Flierman ECIU Benchmark: P. Binsbergen ECIU PR-group: W. van der Veen (BC) ECIU Student Mobility: International Office ECIU Staff Mobility: N.N. (PAO) ECIU Leadership Development: H. Brouwer (CBO) ECIU Student Wing: Student Union ECIU Local Coordinator: A. Kohl (ABZ) ECIU projects: different UT departments UT and ECIU (1): People

Student mobility Staff exchange Leadership Development UT and ECIU (2): Spearhead activities UT

Best practices Benchmark project Graduate School: Joint Master Programmes Student mobility Staff development Best practices Technology Transfer UT and ECIU (3): What’s in it for me?

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