2. University of Novi Sad Quality, curricula, credit system short overwiew Radmila Marinkovic-Neducin seka@uns.ns.ac.yu

3. Comprehensive university, 13 faculties created as a departmental, research intensive and campus-oriented

4. UNS performances  TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS 37000  TEACHING STAFF 2200  NON-TEACHING 970  STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 2003/2004 7317  2,200 undergraduate and 700 postgraduate courses

5. Student enrollment

6. 1. E asily readable and comparable degrees 2. System essentially based on two cycles 3. Establishment of a credit system 4. Promotion of mobility 5. Promotion of European cooperation in quality assurance 6. Promotion of the European dimension in higher education 7. Lifelong learning LLL 8. Higher education institutions and students 9. Promoting the attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area EHEA 10. European research area ERA Bologna action lines Declaration

7. UNS have started preparing Bologna reforms before being obliged to do so by the governments, being the first in Serbia to begin the process of internal evaluation under EUA supervision (January 2002). followed by EUA Institutional Evaluation (June 2002). defining strategy and selecting the priorities/action lines for reform based on Evaluation Analysis University of Novi Sad – Our approach

8. Mission To be a University which is integrated in its social environment as a center of learning, research, knowledge transfer, culture area, an agent of a social change; In all activities of the University core traditional values of Academia such as honesty, equality, merit, tolerance, civility, objectivity are incorporated;

9. Vision To become internationally recognized place for teaching, lifelong learning, research, social and civic responsibility based on professional ethical criteria; To become a leading institution in the city and in the region where the best practices and reforms are promoted.

10. Current Law on University –implicit regulation concerning quality control Commission for accreditation – initial body on national level / active participation University regulations directed to more coherent quality assurance and control Internal evaluation&acreditation procedure will be introduced Current state of quality management

11. Long undergraduate courses of 4-5 years duration Low efficiency, with high drop-out rates Majority of courses are obligatory and very rigid Generally there is no continuous assessment during the study programme The mobility of staff and students is restricted STARTING POINT FOR CRRICULA REFORM

12.   Promotion of the ECTAS principles and philosophy  Comprehensive guide to ECTS  Open Forum on University level for promotion of institutional, national and international experiences  Intensive cooperation with student organizations  Initiating networking on national level  Participation in European networks and TEMPUS projects  Introduction of pilot programmes  Analysis of current programmes based on ECTS principles  Regional cooperation in ECTS  20 projects on university reform financed by Vojvodina Government OUR APPROACH

13.  Almost half of the current programmes are already reformed  One-semester courses start to be common approach  Continuous assessment is introduced (increased efficiency? – evaluation)  ECTS is introduced in both reformed and new programmes (evaluation next year!)  Optional courses  New programs are introduced on all the faculties – more than 20 in last two years  Diploma Supplement for the generation 2004. – Faculty of Technical Sciences  CAMPUS EUROPAE

14. 1.Environmental engineering 2.Medical physics 3.Meteorology and environmental modeling 4.Management in sports 5.Techniques and Management in Applied Arts 6.Gender studies 7.Management in Education 8.Sport medicine 9.European studies (joint degree, English) Interdisciplinary postgraduate studies ( master and PhD level )

15. FURTHER STEPS Institutional level Competences should be used as points of reference for curriculum design and evaluation Legal framework Accumulative credit system, which will give new opportunity to have flexible studies Two/tier system should be defined by Law

16. Study system The advantages One semester coursesOne semester courses Flexible systemFlexible system More optional coursesMore optional courses With more than 60 ECTAS the student could transfer the state fundingWith more than 60 ECTAS the student could transfer the state funding

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