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1 COOPERATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF EU-CHINESE JOINT DOCTORAL PROGRAMS: A CASE STUDY EUCNDOC, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nov 2014 Gaoming Zheng Yuzhuo Cai University of Tampere

2 KEY ISSUES TO BE PRESENTED 1. What are the major Sino-European joint doctoral programmes? 2. How is quality assurance managed in a specific joint doctoral programme?

3 MAJOR SINO-EUROPEAN JOINT DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES

4 no. names Chinese participants European participants start year 1 UESTC-ISCTE joint University of Electronic ISCTE -University Institute 2011 program of Doctor of Management Science and Technology of China of Lisbon, Portgual 2 SJTU-MoUjoint Doctor of Business Administration Program 3 SMUC-ISCTE-IUL Doctor of Management in Healthcare Program 4 SYSBS-GEdMjoint program of Doctoral of Business Admission 5 GSCACS-UoL Doctor of Agricultural Sciences and Biological Engineering Program 6 French Doctor of Clinical Medicine Program 7 CQU joint program of Doctor of Business Admission Shanghai Jiaotong University SouthenMedical University Sun Yat-SenUniversity Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai Jiaotong University Chongqing University University of Manchester, UK ISCTE -University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal Grenoble Ecole de Management, France 2012 University of Liege, Belgium Universitede Strasbourg, France Grenoble Ecole de Management, France; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Admission 5 GSCACS-UoL Doctor of Agricultural Sciences and Biological Engineering Program 6 French Doctor of Clinical Medicine Program 7 CQU joint program of Doctor of Business Admission Shanghai

5 EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS European participants University of Liege, Belgium University of Manchester, UK - From the geographic perspective, most of the European counterparts are from South Europe. Universite de Strasbourg, France Grenoble Ecole de Management, France; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Portgual ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Portgual Grenoble Ecole de Management, France

Universite de Strasbourg, France Grenoble Ecole de Management, France; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

6 CHINESE INSTITUTIONS IN JOINT PROGRAMS Chinese participants University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Shanghai Jiaotong University Southen Medical University Sun Yat-sen University Six out of seven of the participating Chinese institutions are Project 211 universities Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai Jiaotong University Chongqing University

Six out of seven of the participating Chinese institutions are Project 211 universities Graduate

7 DISCIPLINES Most popular: business administration and management Two interdisciplinary programmes: SMUC-ISCTE-IUL Doctor of Management in Healthcare Program, GSCACS-UoL Doctor of Agricultural Sciences and Biological Engineering Program)

SMUC-ISCTE-IUL Doctor of Management in Healthcare Program,

8 DEGREE 1 Chinese degree, 6 EU degrees No joint degree or double degree

9 QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE SMUC- ISCTE-IUL DOCTOR OF MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE PROGRAM

10 MAIN APPROACHES OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE CASE JOINT PROGRAM Case: SMUC-ISCTE-IUL Doctor of Management in Healthcare Program - Chinese counterpart: Southern Medical University of China - Portuguese counterpart: ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon - Trial year: Official starting year: Study year: 3-6 years - Study mode: Part-time study (during weekends)

Portuguese counterpart: ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon - Trial year: 2010-2012 -

11 CASE: SMUC-ISCTE-IUL DOCTOR OF MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE PROGRAM Target students 1. managers in health-care sector in China 2. managers in hospitals, in particular top hospitals (A level) 3. managers in medical enterprise (reason: to meet the need of national reform in public health-care management) 4. university managers from medicine universities : only students from Guangzhou city : students from Guangdong province now: national area

managers in medical enterprise (reason: to meet the need of national reform in public health-care management) 4.

12 CASE: SMUC-ISCTE-IUL DOCTOR OF MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE PROGRAM Student number: 20-25/year Admission requirement for students: 1. master s degree holders 2. at least five years working experience in related area Recruitment way: CV+ interview Criteria for graduation: thesis + defense Degree: Doctor of management of ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon Number of graduates until now: 5

at least five years working experience in related area Recruitment way: CV+ interview Criteria

13 CASE: SMUC-ISCTE-IUL DOCTOR OF MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE PROGRAM Study place: in Southern Medical University of China in China (in Guangzhou, China) Defense place: in ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon (in Lisbon, Portugal) Student tuition fees: 330,000 RMB (43,000 euros) [student tuition fee is the only funding source for the program]

in ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon (in Lisbon, Portugal) Student tuition

14 MAIN APPROACHES OF ADMINISTRATING THE PROGRAM SMUC: students enrollment, check-work of students attendance, a part of lectures, daily administration of the program. SMUC-ISCTE-IUL : student admission and enrollment, selection of faculty staff, curriculum design, main part of lectures, thesis examination, host of defense.

15 MAIN APPROACHES OF QUALITY ASSURANCE External quality assurance - government s accreditation (the MoE accreditation) - Mainly relies on SMUC Internal quality assurance - Student enrollment and admission - Selection of faculty staff - Curriculum design - Thesis requirement - Defense requirement - Student feedbacks Mainly relies on ISCTE

assurance - Student enrollment and admission - Selection of faculty staff -

16 MAIN APPROACHES OF QUALITY ASSURANCE 1. Both cooperator institutions work together to assure the quality of the program: Chinese institution- external accreditation, whilst Portuguese institution- internal quality assurance. 2. Other approaches: - Consortium meeting: twice/year - Establishment of the Program s managerial group in SMUC - Setup of representative office for ISCTE-IUL representative professors (long-term) in SMUC

external accreditation, whilst Portuguese institution- internal quality assurance. 2.

17 CHALLENGES OF ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT PROGRAMS 1. To gain the MoE s accreditation 2. To meet the requirement of students cultivation from both institutions 3. To attract enough students (considering the high tuition fees )

18 REFERENCES Relevant Websites: GSCACS-UoL Doctoral of Agricultural Sciences and Biological Engineering Program: SJTU-MoU joint Doctor of Business Administration Program: French Doctor of Clinical Medicine Program: CQU joint program of Doctor of Business Admission: SMUC-ISCTE-IUL Doctor of Management in Health-care Program: UESTC-ISCTE joint program of Doctor of Management: SYSBS-GEdM joint prpgram of Doctoral of Business Admission:

crs.jsj.edu.cn/index.php/default/approval/detail/940 http://cfmsf.shsmu.edu.cn/index.asp CQU joint program of Doctor of Business Admission: http://www.crs.jsj.edu.cn/index.php/default/approval/detail/786 http://ceba.

19 Thank you for your attention!

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