University of Alicante TIES Kick-off Meeting March 1st 2010 Aliandra Barlete International Project Management Office / OPGI

KICK- OFF MEETING Contents –Basic Institutional data –Student mobility –Courses offered to promote internationalisation –International services –International strategy

KICK- OFF MEETING Basic institutional data The UA was created in 1979, but it comes from a long academic tradition in the Valencian region (University of Orihuela, 16th Century) Enrolment: students International students: 1.400

KICK- OFF MEETING Student Mobility Inbound mobility: 1400 international students –Origin: Europe (Erasmus programme), USA, Japan, Latin America, Middle East Outbound mobility: About 500 students go abroad every year Students are recruited with fairs, agreements, marketing, etc.

KICK- OFF MEETING Courses offered to promote internationalisation Target groups: students, scholars, admin and technical staff Language courses (“AULAS”) –English, French, German, Italian, Chinese There are programmes in English –i.e. International Business Programme Spanish language, as well as courses on Spanish Culture and Civilization Centre for Oriental Studies –Chinese and Japanese language classes, plus studies on Asian Culture

KICK- OFF MEETING International services Provided by the SRI – International Relation services: –Travel agency –Translation –Services for “Erasmus” students –AULAS (language classes) –Accommodation –Information for visitors –University shop

KICK- OFF MEETING Internationalisation strategy Has been created recently Focuses mostly on student mobility, does not take into account other activities taken place at the University related to internationalisation Its development had been “ad hoc”, without formal procedures Too early to evaluate its development

KICK- OFF MEETING Other data Office for International Project Management, created in 2001.

KICK- OFF MEETING Thank you! Aliandra Barlete TIES Project Officer OGPI/UA Tel.: Fax: