Internationalisation dialogue Edilio Mazzoleni Melbourne, October 1, 2012

External change due to an unexpected funding reduction YearESF Other EU programs Other Programs Total 1999/ , ,2 2000/013463,2700,190,14253,4 2001/025200,2952,385,86238,3 2002/035306,41009,5112,36428,2 2003/046618,71125,6136,97881,2 2004/057375,51009,7165,38550,5 2005/067597,11196,8176,28970,1 2006/074374,71098,7190,25663,6 2007/081640,2978,6181,22800 Why is an Italian University internationalising?

 The new situation provoked a shift in the University rationale  A new rationale was added:  Economic rationale University’s rationales

Internationalization Strategy  Commitment  Action

Implications for internationalization From an «ad hoc» approach to a «process» approach driven by the strategy

Student mobility data

Student mobility data: Asia Outbound

Activities in Asia for recruitment  Confucius Institute in partnership with BLCU since October 2009  UCSC Representative in South East Asia (Bangkok) since 2012  Agents: India, Kazakhstan (since 2012)

Student mobility data India: 10 China: 8 Pakistan: 5 Kazakhstan: 2 Indonesia: 1

CHEI and Cattolica  How does the Centre support the internationalisation process and assess it?  Objective: establish the current level in understanding internationalisation

CHEI objectives  The identification and definition of relevant projects, surveys and studies on:  Emerging trends in the Internationalisation of higher education: policies, strategies, mobility, recruitment, internationalisation of the curriculum.  Institutional Development: input and advise on university internationalisation strategy development; the impact of mainstreaming and comprehensiveness of internationalisation; how to use research to develop the university’s policy of international education; how to incorporate at home and abroad dimensions into the institutional strategy; and how to use trends and data to shape institutional strategy.  Existing and Emerging Rationales for the internationalisation of higher education: economic drivers, political factors, social/cultural motives, educational rationales.  Internationalisation of Italian Universities in the European and Global Context: creating a forum for dialogue for Italian institutions.  The promotion of collaboration agreements with Italian and non-Italian institutions and the identification of financing opportunities for research programmes and projects  The promotion of seminars, events, conferences, meetings and debates, of regional and international dimension, and specific activities  To promote the publication of the results of the conducted research

Internationalisation dialogue Edilio Mazzoleni Director, UCSC International Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, Italy