Tuition fees at LU/Richard Stenelo 2015 EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION SINCE 1666

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1 Tuition fees at LU/Richard Stenelo 2015 EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION SINCE 1666

2 The world is a book and he who stays at home read only one page Augustine of Hippo, 3 November August 430

3 An international University 600 partner universities in over 70 countries Students from over 130 countries Over 100 masters programmes in English 9 joint programmes 5 Bachelor programmes in English Over 600 courses in English Coordinator of 13 EM2 project and partner in 51 projects 40% International PhD students 1300 of 3200 Sweden's most popular university for masters studies Over 5000 international students

4 International masters programmes Over 100 programmes Quality not quantity Real international programmes not a translation from Swedish Diversity in recruitment 1/3 Nordic, 1/3 EU, 1/3 Non-EU Global classroom Need of industry Marketing for potential PhD students Marketing of Sweden Goal 20% international students at LU Ranking In line with University strategy Understand, Explain and Improve the world and the human conditions

5 Introduction of tuition fees Bill presented to the parliament in February 2010 all non EU/EES students has to pay fees as of July When fully implemented in 2013 decrease of LU funding of 41,5 MSEK from the government (about 500 MSEK for all Swedish universities) Strong engagement from university management from the beginning as well as involvement of all faculties and programmes from the start. International expertise and benchmark Initial investment of 19,5 MSEK the first 3 years 10 MSEK in 2010, 6 MSEK in 2011 and 3,5 MSEK in Price model that encourage recruitment and services Creation of a marketing team Before fees LU had 7% of non EU/EES students in Sweden, now 18%

6 Marketing & Recruitment Handled centrally within the Division for External Relations (International Office) Team of 6 people Not a stand alone activity recruitment is integrated with other international activities Regional coordinators at IO involved develop programmes with partners, joint programmes, study abroad etc Dialogue with the programmes and faculties what kind of students are they looking for? Intelligence work external actors, scholarships etc Different approaches in different markets

7 Marketing & Recruitment More than just recruitment and marketing the LU offer The international website; Social media Printed materials Scholarships Fairs part of the intelligence Student competition Agents Communication with potential students, calling all admitted students Pre-departure events alumni events Study portals External scholarship organizations International Media/Video (1 person at Communications dept) International Alumni relations (1 person outside team)

8 Price model Example: Social Science Programme fee SEK Marketing/agents/credit card fees 15% ( SEK) Student experience and service SEK per student» whereof 2500 to the faculty Scholarship fund per faculty 7500 SEK per student Accommodation/admissions etc 7500 SEK per student To the faculty: » Minskar direktavsättningen från grundutbildningsanslaget med per student för bostadshanteringen» for services» per student to faculty scholarshipfund» per student for accommodation handling» Total

9 Fee paying students per year since (550) ? Before fees (+18%) (+43%) (+48%) 920 admitted Including: SwB (28 students 2014 and 40 expected 2015/16) Study Abroad (54 students 2014 and about /16 Not including: Erasmus Mundus and Joint programmes

10 New fee-paying students per country fall 2014 (Master, Bachelor, SwB and Study Abroad) VIETNAM; 5 MEXICO; 5 EGYPTEN; 5 GEORGIEN; 6 COLOMBIA; 6 KAMBODJA; 6 AUSTRALIEN; 7 THAILAND; 9 RYSSLAND; 9 KENYA; 9 KANADA; 10 ETIOPIEN; 10 ZAMBIA; 11 UKRAINA; 14 ÖVRIGA; 72 KINA; 80 U.S.A.; 73 BRASILIEN; 36 TURKIET; 16 INDONESIEN; 22 UGANDA; 18 JAPAN; 22 INDIEN; 20 BANGLADESH; 21

11 Case - Indonesia Initiated in 2012 Not just about recruitment a bigger offer from LU Vice-Chancellor visit in January 2014 Agreement with LPDP 17 full scholarships fall 14 Commissioned education RISTEK (Research and Education ministry) about a national innovation system New agreements with UI and ITP Bandung Student exchange STINT (SACF) project On-going discussion about Indonesian financing of joint research projects and PhD students

12 Result Indonesia

13 Income tuition fees 41, 5 MSEK less in government funding Income 2013: 49 MSEK - Income 2014: 63 MSEK - Prognosis 2015: 67 MSEK

14 Income and costs tuition fees Figur 7.1 Intäkter och kostnader studieavgifter (tkr) Intäkter Studieavgifter Anmälningsavgifter Studenter Brasilien 2770 Kostnader Institutionens utbildningskostnader inkl kvalitetshöjande åtgärder Kostnader specifikt för avgiftsstudenter Personalkostnader Marknadsföring, agenter, mottagande och service Avsättning stipendier Bostadshantering Årets kapitalförändring Varav via stipendier som betalas direkt till universitetet tkr 2 Institutionernas utbildningskostnader antas motsvara universitetets intäkt för helårsstudenter och helårsprestationer

15 Scholarships About half the students at masters level has some kind of Swedish scholarship Swedish Institute Scholarships Lund University Global Scholarship Government funding (8 MSEK 2015) Fundraising (Total 25 MSEK since 2010) From tuition fees (4,9 MSEK in 2014) External (non Swedish) Scholarship organisations Indonesia, Chile etc.

16 Possibilities Cooperation with Swedish embassies Foundation programme start in 2016 Scholarships - LUSS LU 350 foundation. Use scholarships more in marketing efforts External scholarship organisations (Indonesia, Chile, Brasil etc) Study Abroad New masters programmes/change offerings/names/bachelor programmes Marketing/communication incl programme specific marketing, Case faculty of engineering Admissions separate groups/uploading of documents/early admissions etc Migration rules (possibility to stay 6 months after degree etc) Ranking Alumni incl. better data KIC (KTH) Pathway programs ( 3-1-1, 4+2 etc) Currency fluctuations (20%+ discount year 2015)

17 Risks Quality what happens if students are not satisfied with the quality? Scholarships (SI, fundraising etc) Admissions system Migration rules Not enough courses for Study Abroad Ranking Accommodation cost/access Bad quality/lack of lecture hours Security/External factors (i.e Australia and Indian students) Debate about abolishing fees Application fee (900 SEK) Lack of engagement from management/faculties Bad/lack of communication with students Currency fluctuations

18 Other Swedish Universities (2013) University Income fees Funding cut Diff Uppsala universitet 22,3-28,9-6,6 Lunds universitet 49-41,5 7,5 Göteborgs universitet 11, ,5 Stockholms universitet 14,6-22,5-7,9 Umeå universitet 13,6-18,5-4,9 Linköpings universitet 8-37,6-29,6 Karolinska institutet 9,3-3,9 5,4 Kungl. Tekniska hög. 46,2-104,7-58,5 Chalmers tekniska hög ,4-24,4 Luleå tekniska universitet 0,8-7,2-6,4 Sveriges lantbruksuni 1,6-4,5-2,9 Karlstads universitet 0,5-1,6-1,1 Linnéuniversitetet 9,5-10,1-0,6 Örebro universitet 1,6-6,8-5,2 Mittuniversitetet 2,3-4,5-2,2 227,8-378,7-150,9

19 Other Swedish Universities (2013) University College Income fees Funding cut Diff Blekinge tekniska högskola 9,8-25,9-16,1 Försvarshögskolan Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan Högskolan i Borås 3,9-19,3-15,4 Högskolan Dalarna 3,1-16,4-13,3 Högskolan på Gotland 0,2-0,9-0,7 Högskolan i Gävle 7,4-15,7-8,3 Högskolan i Halmstad 10,3-11,7-1,4 Högskolan i Jönköping 13, ,8 Högskolan Kristianstad 2,1-9,7-7,6 Högskolan i Skövde 2,9-11,7-8,8 Högskolan Väst 2,4-2,6-0,2 Malmö högskola 5,1-8,2-3,1 Mälardalens högskola 3-19,6-16,6 Södertörns högskola 0,3-1,6-1,3 Summa 63,7-160,3-96,6

20 Recommendations for Finland If fees have a clear message either you have fees or you do not have fees for non EU/EES Give universities a cap for non EU/EES to be used as tuition waivers (i.e with government funding) Offer an attractive scholarship programme (incl. living costs) Look at the whole picture its not only about education, include migration policies, residence permit issues etc Work immigration rules and access to employment Invest in strong national marketing for Finland as a study destination Offerings does the programme have the right quality? Clear regulations, think of all possible scenarios refund? Code of conduct etc. Admissions.

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