1. Bild 1 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLANGES SIGBRITT KARLSSON VICE-CHANCELLOR PROFESSOR REKTOR@HIS.SE

2. Bild 2  University vision/strategy internationalisation  Opportunities and challanges: lessons learnt from SIDA-supported Capacity building project with UDSM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Concluding remarks OUTLINE SIGBRITT KARLSSON

3. Bild 3 THE LOCATION SIGBRITT KARLSSON

4. Bild 4 Be ready to be global (students- faculty-University) Good mix of in- and outgoing students at second and third level Selected countries and universities INTERNATIONALISATION SIGBRITT KARLSSON

5. Bild 5 In and outgoing students (partner universities) Paying students In and outgoing faculty International research projects International collaboration projects (academia-industry) TARGETS: INTERNATIONALISATION

6. Bild 6 To create and sustain INTERNATIONAL PARTNER UNIVERSITIES SIGBRITT KARLSSON 1.Vice-Chancellor 2.Schools 3.Teacher- researcher 3 3 Reason for choice: Equal in teaching-education Adding teaching-education parts Mutual research interests Capacity building 2 1

7. Bild 7 We offer excellent education at basic, master and research levels within our research profiles. Our research is profiled towards few areas in which we are nationally leading and internationally competitive. VISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE SIGBRITT KARLSSON

8. Bild 8 South Korea, 5 MoU 2014 Africa, 11 (?) MoU 2015 USA-new MoUs in profiled areas: e.g. gaming; nursing; engineering Exchange of students and faculty Erasmus+; potentials for scholarships, potential for double degree Research collaborations aiming at national and international funding (Horizon 2020) Collaborations with countries/regions of importance to society and industry: improve internationalisation at home PRIO 2012-2016 COUNTRIES/REGIONS SIGBRITT KARLSSON

9. Bild 9 THE CAMPUS University of Skövde Joint Research and Innovation Environment Gothia Science Park

10. Bild 10 EXPERIENCE AS A RESEARCHER OPPORTUNITIES VS CHALLANGES SIGBRITT KARLSSON, PROFESSOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS

11. Bild 11 SIDA: Capacity building 1998-2008 KTH-UDSM SINCE 1998 BIOCOMPOSITES SIGBRITT KARLSSON

12. Bild 12 SUSTAINABLE POLYMERIC MATERIALS F. a

13. Bild 13 SIGBRITT KARLSSON

14. Bild 14 a)Exchange within SIDA-program Biocomposite, 3 months b) Master Chemical Science and Engineering KTH, Sweden c) Ph.D. KTH, Fibre and Polymer Technology Sweden d) Presently: post doc at Marquette University Milwaukee in Wisconsin. USA. ONE SUCCESS STORY? SIGBRITT KARLSSON

15. Bild 15 Capacity building-competence by excange of Master students, Ph.D. exchange, Senior research visits; Post-docs Infrastructure access MFS visit Master theses examination, Ph.D. examination, Evaluations for tenure track positions Joint publications: conferences and peer-review papers Example: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. BS.Ndazi, S.Karlsson, JV Tescha and CW. Nyahumwa 38, 925, 2007. Cited by 113 RESULTS SIGBRITT KARLSSON

16. Bild 16 Outgoing Swedish students Outgoing Swedish faculty Accomodations in Sweden Formulation of mutual goals and possibilites to reach win-win partnership Involvement of society and industry CHALLANGES SIGBRITT KARLSSON

17. Bild 17 Identify common goals Readiness to identify needs of incoming students and faculty Teacher/researchers are ambassadors for internationalisation CONCLUDING REMARKS