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University of Graz

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Graz

UNESCO’s World Heritage

Cultural Capital 2003

UNESCO City of Design 2011

Inhabitants: 260.000 (second largest city in Austria)

Students: around 50.000

4 Universities

2 Universities of Applied Sciences (FH)

2 University Colleges of Teacher Education

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Study Offers100 Fields of Study

76 Departments

3.857 Staff (total 2011)

- including:

2.676 Academic Staff

31.580 Students

4.731 Beginners

2.851 Graduates

Diploma Programmes

Secondary School Teacher Accreditation Programmes

Bachelor Programmes

Master Programmes

Doctoral Programmes

(Data: winter term 2011/12)

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Students according to FacultiesHumanities 8.712

Natural Sciences 6.732

Social and EconomicSciences 5.874

Law 5.026

Catholic Theology 615

Environmental and Regional Sciences and Education 5.417

Interdisciplinary 1.140

About 32.000 students from 100 different countries

About 11 % international students: mainly from neighbouring countries, SEE, EU and USA(Data: winter term 2011/12)

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University of Graz: Autonomy in Reality

Ministry Rectorate Organizational Units

Persons

Departments

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Mobility1.000 outgoing und 800 incoming mobility studentsduring the academic year 2010/11

500 partners worldwide- including: 300 partner universities in Europe

13 Joint Degree Programmes

26 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 projects (currently)

Member of Utrecht Network, Coimbra Group and othernetworks

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Quality Assurance Project 2007-2009Austrian Quality Assurance Agency (AQA)

Accreditation for 6 yearsfor Process Management in Internationalisationin the Areas Mobility and Joint Degrees

Recommendations:More Internationalisation at HomeMore Courses taught in English

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6%

94%

Academic Year 2008/09

English as Main Language

All Languages (except English)

Where we started…And three years later…

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Goals of Internationalisation (1)

Improving competitiveness by strengthening the international dimension

• “Teaching in English” and raising the number of classes taught in English

• Joint/Double Degree programmes and improving implementation procedures

• Promoting international recruitments

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Goals of Internationalisation (2)

Supporting the mobility of students and young researchers

• Analysis of mobility obstacles

• Defining and monitoring mobility numbers

• Broadening the scope of mobility programmes

• Allocating budgets for mobility grants for young researchers

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Goals of Internationalisation (3)

Developing international strategic partnerships

• Project on evaluation of institutionalized cooperation

agreements and obstacles on mobility

• Focus on South-Eastern Europe and Americas:

Strengthening cooperation with selected partners in this

region on various levels (research, exchange, teaching,

institution building etc.)

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