UNIVERSITY OF SFAX: HIGHER EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONALISATION UNIVERSITY OF SFAX: HIGHER EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONALISATION Adel M. ALIMI Director of National Engineering School of Sfax, University of Sfax,Tunisia March 1st, 2010, Alicante, SPAIN

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3 Year of creation: August 1986 Number of students – graduate and postgraduate: Degree structure: LMD Other information (campuses, etc) : 18 Faculties, schools and institution University of Sfax Basic Data

4 Number of incoming exchange students and their origin: 50, mainly in engineering, health sciences, and law. Number of local students who are on an exchange programme: 20 Disciplines offered to foreign students: All disciplines Language classes for foreign students/academics: Arabic, French and English Students Mobility

5 Double diplomas of: * Licence degrees and Engineer degrees with european universities (Tempus projects) * co-tutelle and co-direction of thesis with european universities (Tempus projects, bilateral projects) Joint degrees of many Masters degrees: * with european universities (Erasmus Mundus and Tempus projects) * with US universities (USA Embassy) International degrees / programmes

6  Services offered by the international relation office: * scolarship and trainings for students and* researchers, * missions for professors and visitors, * management of international projects (with Maghrebian universities and european universities) Is there an internationalisation strategy ? Is it formal or ad-hoc ? The International Relation Office

7  Funding of internationalisation activities: local budget and international projects funding Participation in international projects and/or research projects: Tempus (10), Erasmus Mendus (1), FP5,6,7 (3), INTERREG (2), NATO (1), AUF (12), Japan (2), USA (1), etc. in multiple disciplines for higher education or research programs

8 Example of a Tempus Project supporting the University Chair of Innovation of Sfax The achievement of the specific objectives of UNCHAIN project activities is distributed in 10 Work Packages (WP): WP1WP1 MEDA University Chairs on innovation WP2WP2 Technology Transfer Policy TTP WP3WP3 Re-skilling program on Innovation WP4WP4 EU MEDA Twinning MSc Thesis Program WP5WP5 EU-MEDA Virtual Environment WP6WP6 Strategy for University - Industry Cooperation in Innovation WP7WP7 Dissemination WP8WP8 Sustainability WP9WP9 Quality Control and Monitoring WP10WP10 Management

Thanks for your attention Adel M. ALIMI Director of National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Tunisia ENIS Teaches Sustainable Innovation