Bologna Conference on Student Mobility

Bologna Conference on Student Mobility Bologna and the internationalization of higher education: risks and opportunities for the Louvain School of Engineering Marc Lobelle Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-1

Contents Traditional student mobility in the Louvain School of Engineering «Bologna» induced changes in student mobility practices Un projet en cours: Dual masters Le problème des langues: nouvelles initiatives D'autres pistes possibles Discussion Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-2

Traditional student mobility in Louvain School of Engineering ERASMUS/SOCR ATES mobility 1 year in 4 th 1 term in 5 th (courses or final work) TIME Double Degrees 6 year study program, including 2 years in another TIME institution 2 different engineering degrees from 2 universities (or French Grandes Ecoles). Most attractive destinations for our students: Ecole Centrale Paris: 2+2+2 Supaéro: 4+2 Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-3

Traditional student mobility in Louvain School of engineering(2) 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1996-1997 1998-1999 2000-2001 2002-2003 2004-2005 2006-2007 2007-2008 Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-4

Traditional student mobility in EPL (3) Going to (2007-2008) OUT 2007-2008 MAP MATR MECA ARCH ELEC GC INCH ELME INFO Allemagne 1 KIT 1 Pays Bas 6 TUDelft 2 1 1 TUE 1 1 UPM 1 Espa gne 10 La Coruna 1 2 UPV 1 1 1 UPC 1 1 1 Italie 2 U.Pisa 1 PoliTo 1 ECP 1 Fra nce 7 Supaéro 2 ENSICA 1 1 IFP 1 1 Finlande 1 TKK 1 Hongrie 3 BME Budapest 1 1 1 Tchéquie 4 CTU Prague 1 1 1 1 Dane mark 2 DTU 1 1 Suisse 4 EPFL 1 2 1 Irlande 2 TCD 1 U. Limerick 1 Irlande N 1 Belfast 1 KTH 1 2 Suède 6 Linköpings U 1 Lunds U 1 1 Norvège 4 NTU 3 1 Laval 2 U.Montreal 1 1 2 Cana da 14 U. Moncton 1 U. Sherbrooke 1 3 SFU Vancouver 1 1 U. Clemson 1 USA 9 U. Illinois UC 1 3 U. Texas 1 OklahomaSU 1 1 1 Vene zuela 1 S. Bolivar 1 Pérou 1 PUC 1 Mexique 1 IPN Mexico 1 PUC 1 2 Chili 7 U. Chile 1 1 UTFSM Valparaiso 1 1 Argentine 2 ITBA 1 1 Vietnam 1 IFI 1 Belgique 5 KULeuven 2 2 1 Totaux 93 0 15 4 19 11 9 11 2 18 3 Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-5

Traditional student mobility in Louvain School of Engineering (4) Coming from (2008-2008) IN 2007-2008 MAP MATR MECA ARCH ELEC GC INCH GNUC INFO Allemagne TUD 2 4 KIT 1 RWTH 1 Espagne UPM 1 2 UPC 2 12 La Coruna 2 2 UPV 2 Cantabria 1 Italie PoliTo 1 4 PoliMi 2 La Sapienza 1 France 1 ENSSAT 1 U.Rennes ENSICA Finlande 1 TKK 1 Roumanie 1 U.Bucarest 1 Turquie 2 U.Istanbul 2 Russie 2 TPU 1 1 Laval 2 3 Canada U.Montreal 1 Venezuela 2 S. Bolivar 2 Pérou 1 PUC 1 Vietnam 2 IFI 2 Belgique KULeuven Totaux 35 9 2 2 10 4 2 2 1 3 Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-6

Changes induced by the «Bologna» scheme The Bologna scheme: no more 5 year integrated stydy program in engineering bachelor (3 years) master (2 years) Traditional mobility : horizontal mobility The student goes and comes back New possible mobility: vertical mobility The student goes away for his master and does not come back Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-7

Changes induced by the «Bologna» scheme (2) Principle of vertical mobility: good students do their master degree in the best institutions for the (sub) orientation they have selectedl Opportunity and risk: Opportunity: attract good students from other institutions after the bachelor degree targets: best students in «weaker» universities students interested in our fields of excellence (even in «strong» universities) Risk: our good students might leave us after getting their bachelor degree when our fileds of excellence do not matc h what they are looking for or if they find even better somewhere else target: our own best students Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-8

Changes induced by the «Bologna» scheme (3) The challenge: exploit opportunities and reduce risks develop our attractivity Two ways to improve our attractiveness Dual masters Accessibility for non French speaking people (without frightening the French speaking people) +, of course, communicate Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-9

Principle of the «dual master»: Dual masters two (good) institutions set up a common program Strenghten the s trong points (broader choice of advanced cours es) Provide more subdomai ns of excellence Give an international dimension to the program (or i nter-regional) Typically one year in each institution Students get 2 degrees from the two institutions The degrees are clearly linked: single pre-established program Differences with TIME double degree Same field of study in both institutions vs different fields (complementary) (computing/computing) vs (computing/aeronautics) Integrated program vs concatenated programs No lengthening of studies vs 1 more year Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-10

Dual masters (2) Practical issues One year here and one year at the partner (us ually in any order) Registration and fees in the home uni versity Open for students coming from third institutions (they register wher they spend the 1 st year) Like in ERASMUS/SOCRATES, exchanges must be balanced Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-11

Dual masters (3) Differences with traditional ERASMUS scheme (e.g. one year exchange in 4 th study year) Fulfill the requirements of the 2 instrtutions and not onl y of the home institution structured program, cset-up jointly by the partner i nstitutions TWO DEGREES (but clearly linked to each other) Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-12

Dual masters (4) With whom? Other CLUSTER institutions KULeuven Clemson,..., Developping countries? Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-13

Dual masters (5) Programs starting in 2008 Cluster: Barcelona (UPC): Computing, Telecom Lisbon (IST): Telecom Stockholm (KTH): Nuclear KULeuven: probably most engineering f ields (computing was first ready) Clemson: mecanical engineering Projets 2009: KTH, TKK, INPG, IST,... What language? KULeuven: each institution in her own language CLUSTER, Cl emson,...: English Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-14

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The teaching language issue What language for the masters? French? (traditi onal situation) Our attractivity is decreasing (less ERASMUS IN) English? English is the universal second language The status of the French language is decreasing from ''the diplomatic language to a local language such as Dutcg or Letton The higher education offering in English is increasing. (Northern countries, the Nethernands, Prague, Barcelonee,... This attracts studentsn even in out universities. Like everybody else, no choice after all? Risk of loosing one's own student (perhaps not the best, but...)who could leave us for another Belgian higer education studies. Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-17

The language issue (2) New initiatives related to teaching in English Physics, computing (since September 2007) Fall term in anglais Spring term in French (final work: free choice) Others have specific tracks in english (e.g. courses included in ERASMUS MUNDUS programs ) Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-18

Discussion Ecole polytechnique de Louvain Advisory Board du 10 janvier 2008-19