INTERNATIONALISATION POLICY FACULTY

INTERNATIONALISATION
POLICY
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS.
UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE

JOSÉ M. CASADO DÍAZ – ASSOCIATE DEAN
FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND
MOBILITY
QATMI meeting
Alicante, 7 June 2010

The Faculty – An overview

• 3,610 Degrees in Business Administration
6,320 • 613 Degree in Economics
• 1,058 Degree in Publicity
students • 293 Degree in Sociology
• 746 Degree in Social Work
University: 26,040

• Applied Economic Analysis; Communication
and Social Psicology; Economic Policy and
9 Applied Economics; Economic Analysis
Departments Fundamentals; Finance, Accounting and
Marketing; Management; Social Work and
Social Services; Sociology I; Sociology II

Faculty of Economics and Business - Structure

Dean (Prof. Juan Llopis)
Degree’s Associate Deans General Associate Deans

• Economics • 1 International Relations and
Mobility (JM Casado - Díaz)
• Business
• Publicity • 1 Internships
• Sociology • 1 Secretary
• Social Work

Coordinators
• 1 International Relations and Mobility (Consuelo Díaz)
• Other: Infrastructure, Postgraduate Studies, Teaching Innovation…

Our international dimension
Student exchanges
• Europe: LLP-Erasmus
• US: SMEEE program
• China
• University of Alicante (UA) exchange program with non-European universities
• Exchanges with other Spanish universities

Courses in English
• Regular courses (Degree in Business Administration)
• International Business Programme
• Summer Business Program (with University of Missouri-Columbia, US)

International internships
• Very limited (but growing) experience at Faculty level (a different Associate Deanship is in charge).
• More experience at University level (a central office deals with Erasmus-internships and Leonardo, among other
programs)

Research internationalisation
• The Departments are in charge of research issues

Communication Policy

Students exchange
1. Europe: LLP-Erasmus
2. United States
3. China
4. UA non-European program of student exchanges
5. With other Spanish Universities (SICUE program)

1. Students exchange- Lifelong Learning
Program (LLP)-Erasmus
 ERASMUS seeks to enhance the quality and
reinforce the European dimension of higher
education by encouraging transnational
cooperation between universities, boosting
European mobility and improving the transparency
and full academic recognition of studies and
qualifications throughout the Union.
 ERASMUS: 27 Member States of the European
Union, the three countries of the European Economic
Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), and
Turkey.

1. Students exchange- LLP Erasmus
 The University of Alicante (UA) signs vis-à-vis agreements
with other European Universities stating (a) field of
exchange and (b) number of students (c) eventually Teaching
Staff mobility is also included.
 UA selected exchange students pay their fees here and
study abroad for half/whole year. Students receive a
scholarship funded by the EU+UA+private
sponsors+(eventually) locality of residence (circa 400 € per
month)
 Before leaving both the student and the Faculty sign a
LEARNING AGREEMENT which contains the list of (a)
modules to be followed at host university (b) UA modules
that will be recognised in exchange when they return
 The learning agreement also includes the signature of approval
from host university


2008/9 2009/10 2010/11

• 97 outgoing • 132 • 200
(of which 27 outgoing (of
UK, 15 which 27 UK, 18 outgoing
Netherlands, Netherlands, 16
13 Ireland, 11 Finland, 14 Italy, • 300
11 Ireland)
Sweden)
• 296 incoming
• 291
incoming incoming (est.)

OUTGOING STUDENTS
 The Faculty (Associate Deanship for International Relations
and Mobility) – mainly ACADEMIC ISSUES:
 Promotes the program among Faculty members
 Proposes the list of partner institutions (multiple-year
agreements): currently we operate with circa 150 partner
institutions
 Selects the students (ranked by marks; but considering
specific-language requisites).
 All have a minimum level B1(proved through external certifications,
a UA specific test or by attendance to specific language courses)
 Assists the student in choosing the modules to be attended at
host university, and approves the LEARNING AGREEMENT
 Makes the conversion (credits and marks) when they return

OUTGOING STUDENTS
 The central office (Secretariado de Programas
Internacionales y Movilidad) – mainly ADMINISTRATIVE
ISSUES
 Deals with formal procedures associated with the signature
and following-up of exchange agreements.
 Makes sure that all candidates meet foreign language
requirements (organises tests and language courses)
 Communicates the list of exchange students to partners (who
send them the application forms directly or through that
office)
 Deals with financial issues
 Other administrative steps

INCOMING STUDENTS

 The Faculty (Associate Deanship for International
Relations and Mobility) – mainly ACADEMIC
ISSUES:
 Assists
the student in choosing the modules to be
attended at our University, and approves (signs) the
LEARNING AGREEMENT

INCOMING STUDENTS
Internacionales y Movilidad) – mainly
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES
 Deals with formal procedures associated with the
signature and following-up of exchange agreements.
 Receives the list of incoming students from partner
institutions and deals with formal registration at the
University of Alicante
 Co-ordinates Spanish courses for incoming students
 Other administrative steps

2. Students exchange – US (SMEEE)

 Project funded by the European Union and the
Government of the US through the Atlantis program:
SMEEE: Consortium for Small and Medium-size Enterprises
and Entrepreneurship Education (Oct. 2008-Sept 2012). LINK
 This project is a follow-up of our very successful SMEEE
consortium that was originally funded in 2003 under the EU-
US Mobility Program
 Both programs personally leaded by the Dean, Prof. Juan
Llopis (Management)
 3 US partners (Appalachian, Clemson and North Florida)+
3 EU partners (Alicante, Liege and Bamber) exchange
students (US towards EU and vice versa). The Faculty sends
students equivalent to 16 semesters

OUTGOING STUDENTS
 The Faculty (Associate Deanship for International Relations
and Mobility):
 Promotes the program among Faculty members
 Selects the students (ranked by marks; considering specific-
language requisites; personal interview).
 Assists the student in choosing the modules to be attended at
host university, and approves the LEARNING AGREEMENT (at
least one module on entrepreneurship is mandatory)
 Makes the conversion (credits and marks) when they return
 Deals with administrative issues related with funding and
other

INCOMING STUDENTS

 The Faculty (Associate Deanship for International
Relations and Mobility) – mainly ACADEMIC
ISSUES:
 Assists
the student in choosing the modules to be
attended at our University, and approves (signs) the
LEARNING AGREEMENT
Internacionales y Movilidad) – mainly
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES including registration

3. Students exchange - China
 Faculty promoted specific bilateral agreements signed
in 2008 with the Shanghai International Studies
University and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
with the support of UA Center for Western Asia Studies
(CEO).
 4 students each side per year (2 UA-Shanghai + 2 UA-
Guandong)
 Funded by the Faculty with own financial resources
transferred from UA budget
 Selection of outgoing students by the Faculty (average
marks, English and Chinese skills, personal interview)
 Rest of procedures as in Erasmus (with the support of
CEO)

4. UA non-European program of
student exchanges
 Bilateral agreements signed at University level (mainly US,
Canada, México, Chile, Australia)
 Open to all UA students. The Faculty exchanges circa 15
students per year
 Students selected by central office (ranked by degree-
corrected average mark)
 Funded by the UA in partnership with private sponsors
 Scholarships distributed accordingly to Faculty size in terms
of full-time students (e.g. our size is circa ¼ UA therefore
our selected students receive circa ¼ of total budget
distributed in individual scholarships).
 Some students are exchanged without financial support other than
fees exemption at host university once they are paid in Alicante
 Rest of procedures as in Erasmus

5. Non-international student exchanges:
With other Spanish universities (SICUE)

 Bilateral agreements signed at Faculty level stating
(a) field of studies and (b) number of students
exchanged
 2010/2011: 50 outgoing students
 Scholarships funded by the Spanish Department of
Education (SENECA program)
 Some students are exchanged without financial support
other than fees exemption at host university once they
are paid in Alicante
 Rest of procedures as in Erasmus

Programs in English
1. Regular courses (Degree in Business Administration)
2. International Business Programme (IBP)
3. Summer Business Program (SBP) with University of
Missouri-Columbia (US)

1. Regular courses in English (Degree in
Business Administration)
 All incoming (and UA) students can participate (no fees
apply to exchange students)
 2010/2011
 Introduction to Macroeconomics
 Introduction to Microeconomics
 Introduction to Econometrics
 Mathematics I
 Mathematics II
 International Economics
 The choice will increase progressively (rest of modules
in Spanish; also the above-listed can alternatively be
followed in Spanish)

 Established at Faculty level in 2005/2006.
 The choice of modules progressively increased. In
2010/2011: 11 courses per semester. All courses approved
by CECLEC (a UA central office which assess, approves and
assigns credits). Each course: 5 ECTS credits.
 Open to UA students (‘options’ within their curriculum),
visiting students and exchange students.
 Fees apply to all students (this program works on a self-
funded basis): 150€ per course
 Program totally managed at Faculty level.
 Each year a call is made to the Departments, who offer
courses and lecturers. The Faculty selects and assess quality.
 A course is offered the following year depending on
previous-year recruitment and students’ assessment.


2007/8 2008/9 2009/10

• 392 course • 520 course • 619 course
registrations registrations registrations

3. Summer Business Program
 A joint program organised by the Faculty in partnership with
University of Missouri-Columbia since 2004/2005.
 From 2006/2007 with the administrative support of UA – Rafael
Altamira Summer University.
 A summer program taught during 3 weeks in July (12-30 July 2010)
– 60 contact hours – 80 students per year (of which 40 US students)
 Two modules, one offered by the University of Missouri-Columbia
and one offered by the University of Alicante. Each module
comprises two courses; students participating in the program must
attend one course of each module.
 Courses 2010:
 Current Issues in Marketing (Missouri)
 Topics in International Business (Missouri)
 Business Consulting (UA)
 Marketing Applications – Tourism and Pan-European Marketing and
Brand Management (UA)

Communication Policy
•With partner institutions
•With incoming students

•With outgoing students

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