Campus Internationalization in Italy Aimée Devitto 12 November 2013

International students abroad Source: OECD.StatExpats 2011

Trend of international students enrolled in Italy Source: OECD.StatExpats 2011

Where do international students come from? Source: Vision 2011

Reasons for studying in Italy Learn or increase knowledge of the language Learn or increase knowledge of the language Experience the culture Experience the culture Experience a different educational system Experience a different educational system Gain experience study abroad Gain experience study abroad Do research pertinent to studies at home institution Do research pertinent to studies at home institution

Current efforts made to increase internationalization within campuses Change language of instruction of graduate programs to English Change language of instruction of graduate programs to English Offer e-learning for students who cannot be in Italy Offer e-learning for students who cannot be in Italy Make university websites available in several languages Make university websites available in several languages Internationalizing faculty and staff Internationalizing faculty and staff Promote international student programs Promote international student programs Erasmus, Socrates, Leonardo Erasmus, Socrates, Leonardo Offer scholarships to international students to study in Italy Offer scholarships to international students to study in Italy

Politecnico di Milano Established in 1863 Located in northern Italy Campus of 38,700 students A scientific-technological university which trains engineers, architects and industrial designers Drive towards internationalization Currently offers 30% of its graduate coursework in English Plans is to transition exclusively to English language instruction at the masters and doctoral levels by 2014

Università di Trento Founded in 1962 Founded in 1962 Located in the northern Italy Located in the northern Italy Campus has 16,000 students Campus has 16,000 students Strong commitment towards internationalizing the campus Offer study abroad opportunities through Erasmus and Erasmus Mundus Partner with schools from Africa and Asia Offer dual degree program Increase the number of English classes offered Offer Fulbright Universitas Program, Fulbright Specialist Program as well as Fulbright Intercountry Program

Student Mobility Programs FP7 – Marie Curie Actions Lifelong Learning Programme Leonardo Socrates Comenius GrundtvigErasmus

Resources Euraxess Italy. (2012). Services: Mobility Programs. Retrieved from Laudisa, F. and Musto, D. (2008). Foreign Students in Italy: a focus on the universities in the Piedmont region [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from ‎ Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Univesità e delle Ricerca. (n.d). Retrieved from The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education. (2005). Italian universities offer courses in English to attract international students: will that do the trick?. Retrieved from OECD.StatExtracts. (n.d). OECD.StatExtracts. (n.d). Foreign/international students enrolled. Retrieved from Redden, E. (2012). Italian university joins international colleges embracing English language. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from international-colleges-embracing-english-language Tavoni, M. (2013). Internazionalizzare le università italiane: Le proposte per far crescere il numero di studenti stranieri. ICONotizie. Retrieved from Università di Trento. (n.d). About the University of Trento. Retrieved from Vision. (2011). L’internazionalizzazione in Italia e la classifica delle università. Retrieved from Internazionali.pdf