Introducing Università degli Studi di Bergamo International Relations
Who we are Lombardy: a region in the heart of Europe o among the highest GDP per capita o more than 10 million inhabitants A State University: o about 16,000 students (undergraduates and graduates) o about 300 PhD students o 7% student growth rate per year between 2001 and 2011 o teaching staff: 331 (professors and researchers) and about 60 international teaching staff o administrative staff: 230 2
Cultural and social environment o a medieval town with a key historical role o a bridge between Western and Eastern Europe Where we are (Bergamo airport is the Southern Europe hub for Ryanair and other low cost airlines, turning over ca. 9 million passengers in 2014) Economic features of the region o multinational companies based in the Bergamo area: Brembo, Gewiss, Italcementi, SIAD, Tenaris Group o among the highest entrepreneurship indexes (SMEs) o export-oriented specialized manufacture industry 3
What we teach and research - UniBG Economics and Law Humanities Caravaggio Airport Campus of Humanities o in the Upper Town Campus of Economics and Law o in the city of Bergamo walking distance - train station district heating grid & 142 kwp solar panels Dalmine Campus of Engineering o o in Dalmine (industrial area) district heating grid & 102 kwp solar panels inside the science park Kilometro Rosso 4
A new idea of University Breaking traditional boundaries o Time Lifelong-learning education o Space Long-distance learning (Open Universities) Network Universities o Content Cooperation with the industry and the government Joint research-centre Multi-disciplinary research teams on strategic topics (territorial dynamics, educational system, ageing, pervasive technologies, etc.) 6
Sustainable fees for a sustainable university The average fees @UniBg are 1,058 per student o Among the less expensive university in northern Italy UniBg is moving towards a hybrid and sustainable funding model o State contribution is co-financed with private endowments and with private research contracts 7
Internationalization of the teaching programs o Six Master s Degree programs entirely taught in English: Tourism Management Economics and Business Administration Management Engineering Clinical Psychology o PhD programs taught in English o Growing percentage of international students (currently 5%) o International university, about 60 foreign professors coming from 15 countries actively involved in teaching and more than 20 visiting professors o Flexible terms for visiting lecturers 8
This year s enrolments Department Δ% Enrollments 2014 vs. 2013 Next Target (AA 15/16) Target Unibg 2020 (AA 19/20) Distance from 2020 target Enrolled 04/11/2014 Management, Economics and Quantitative Methods +41,2% 770 850-8,9% 774 Law -10,5% 300 350-36,0% 224 Engineering and Applied Sciences Foreign Languages, Literatures and Communication Studies +47,3% 470 550-0,2% 549 +21,2% 1.000 1.000 +7,5% 1.075 Human and Social Sciences +41,2% 950 1.000 +7,7% 1.077 Letters and Philosophy +11,1% 160 250-41,2% 147 Total +30,3% 3.650 4.000-3,9% 3.846 9
University state-funding allocation 2014 The University of Bergamo gained the most from the new allocation of state-funds (FFO) in 2014 based on an efficiency indicator: the standard cost and the quality of research. Source: Il Sole 24 Ore website, December 18, 2014 Interministerial decree n. 893/2014, Table 5 10
CCI - Research Centre on International Cooperation University Research Centres o UNESCO Chair - Human Rights and the Ethics of International Cooperation o CRDN - Research Community Cultures Religions Rights Non-violence o FinDev - Research Group Finance and Development. CAV - Centre for Visual Arts CCSE - CISAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe o HERe4I Higher Education Research for Italy CE.R.CO - Research Centre on the Complexity CST - "Lelio Pagani" Centre for Territorial Studies o CeSTIT - Research Center on Tourism Destinations and Heritage Interpretation o Diathesis Cartographic Workshop o CORES - Research group on Consumption, Networks and Practices of Sustainable Economies CYFE - Center for Young and Family Enterprise GITT - Centre on Innovation Management and Technology Transfer HTH - Human Factors and Technology in Healthcare 11
Departmental Research Centres CASI - Centre for Statistical Analyses and Survey Interviewing CERLIS - Research Centre on Languages for Specific Purposes CISAM - International Centre for Studies on the Avant-garde and Modernity COGES - Centre on Innovation and Knowledge Management CRiLeF - Research Centre on Linguistics and Philology ELab - Entrepreneurial Lab, Centre for Research on Entrepreneurship ISHTAR - Indeterministic Sciences and Historicophilosophical Transdisciplinar Advanced Research Centre ORA - Research Centre on Time and Its Signs ZEBRA - Center of Studies on the Languages of Identities 12
for improving competences in languages Devoted centers o CCL = Centro competenza lingue o CIS = Centro italiano per stranieri - Centre of Italian for Foreigners 13
Teaching and Studying in an international perspective Partnerships for student mobility in Europe outside Europe 14
Partnerships for Students mobility (Outside Europe) 15
Exchange programs A. Y. 2014-2015 Languages, Literatures Communication 53 Institutions 10 EU + 4 extra EU Engegneering (2 Dep.) 19 Institutions 8 EU + 3 extra EU Ecomomics 35 Institutions 12 EU + 3 extra EU Letters and Philosophy 12 Institutions 5 EU + 2 extra EU Law 16 Institutions 8 EU + 2 extra EU Human and Social Sciences 18 Institutions 10 EU + 2 extra EU 16
Internationalization of Master Courses Economics and Global Markets o (Dep.: Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi Clinical Psychology for Individuals, Families and Organizations o (Dep.: Scienze umane e sociali) Management Engineering / Ingegneria gestionale o (Dep.: Ingegneria) Management, Finance, and International Business / Management, finanza e International Business o (Dep.. Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi) 1. Management, Leadership, Marketing 2. International Business and Finance Planning and Management of Tourism Systems / Progettazione e gestione dei sistemi turistici o (Dep.: Lingue, Letterature straniere e Comunicazione) 17
DOUBLE DEGREE MASTER LEVEL (Department: Lingue, Letterature straniere e comunicazione) Laurea Magistrale in Lingue moderne per la comunicazione e la cooperazione internazionale + Master II Commerce international et langues appliquées o partner: Université de Lyon 2 (France) Laurea Magistrale in Lingue e Letterature Europee e Panamericane + M.A. in Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft o partner: Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) Laurea Magistrale in Comunicazione, informazione, editoria + M.A. in Corporate and Organizational Communication, o partner: Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - New Jersey (USA) Laurea Magistrale in Progettazione e Gestione di Sistemi Turistici + M.A. in Hospitality and Tourism Management o partner: Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - New Jersey (USA) 18
SUMMER SCHOOLS at University of Bergamo Summer Business Program o partner: University of Missouri, Columbia (USA) Humanities Summer Program, o partner: Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - New Jersey (USA) Summer Program on Management Engineering / Global Business Management o partner: Universität Augsburg (D) 19
Boarding Pass SPECIAL PROGRAMS (Master Level) o Partners: Università di Bergamo (I) Freie Universität Berlin (D), IÉSEG School of Management Lille (F), Technische Universität Chemnitz (D), University of Washington Bothell (Seattle, USA) Global Business Program (MA in Management, Finance and International Business) o Partners: Università Bergamo (I), Universität Linz (A), Nižnij Novgorod School of Economics (Russia) Master Mundus o Partners: Bergamo (I) Perpignan (FR), Santiago de Compostela (ES), Sheffield (UK), St. Andrews (UK), Lisbona (PT), Poznan (PL), Guelph (CA) Smarter Citizens o Partner: Università di Bergamo (I),Harvard University - Graduate School of Design (USA) 20
International PhD programs EMJD ERASMUS MUNDUS Joint Doctorate Cultural Studies in Literary Interzones o Partner: Perpignan, Tübingen, Rio de Janeiro, New Delhi PhDNet Literary and Cultural Studies (European Network) o Partner: Gießen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Lisbon 21
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