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[email protected]
and
the K.U.Leuven International Office
June 2008
Today
Currently
• Largest university in Flanders / Belgium
• 3 core missions:
– Scientific research: research-intensive and
comprehensive university
– Academic education: innovative, Bologna
reform
– Service to society
• International orientation
• Legal status of a free institution
Association K.U.Leuven
Since 2002 K.U.Leuven is associated with
12 Flemish institutions for professional and academic
higher education
Katholieke Universiteit Brussel
• Appr. 75,000 students
• Located in 23 cities across Flanders
• 44 % of the student population in the
Flemish higher education area
Regional campus in Kortrijk (1072 students on 1/02/2007)
International networks
… aspires to be
a prominent centre
of higher education
in Europe
1985 :
37 European
multidisciplinary
universities
… aspires to be a
prominent centre
of research in
Europe
2002:
20 European
researchintensive
universities
Proven excellence in research
and education
UNIV ZURICH
RUPRECHT KARLS UNIV HEIDELBERG
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT
KOBENHAVNS UNIV
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
KINGS COLL UNIV LONDON
UNIVERSITEIT GENT
LUNDS UNIV
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN
UNIV MILANO
RWTH AACHEN
UNIV PARIS VI PIERRE & MARIE CURIE
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
UNIV MANCHESTER
UPPSALA UNIVERSITET
UNIV AMSTERDAM
TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH
UNIV EDINBURGH
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
KAROLINSKA INST STOCKHOLM
UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART
LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIV MUNCHEN
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN
KATHOLIEKE UNIV LEUVEN
ETH ZURICH
ECOLE POLYTECHN. FED. DE LAUSANNE
UNIV HELSINKI
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
UNIV UTRECHT
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
IMPERIAL COLL LONDON
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
UNIV COLL LONDON
LUNDS UNIVERSITET
UNIV OXFORD
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
UNIV CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
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2008 Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) Ranking:
#61 worldwide (#93, 2007)
International Student Barometer (ISB): 89 % advocacy rate
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Students
• Students: 33,601 (3/12/2007)
12 % international students: 4,054
33 % international students in Master-afterMaster and PhD programmes
• Degree students: 30,610
Bachelor
Initial Master
Master-after-Master
Academic Teacher Training
Doctoral Programmes
Other
2007-2008
53 %
24 %
8%
2.5 %
11 %
1.5 %
Students
33,601 students in 14 faculties
16 % new first year students
46 % male / 54 % female students
Largest student population:
Medicine
(5,292 = 15 %)
Law
(4,148 = 12 %)
Arts
(3,997 = 12 %)
Economics (3,836 = 11 %)
(3/12/2007)
International Student Barometer
Leuven (1367)
ISB (52822)
45%
Will actively encourage people to apply
38%
44%
If asked, will encourage people to apply
46%
9%
Will neither encourage nor discourage others
13%
2%
If asked, will not encourage people to apply
2%
0%
Would actively discourage others from applying
1%
International Student Barometer
Leuven
Autumn 2007
(satisfied)
Safety
97%
Expert lecturers
95%
Registrars office
94%
Good place to be
93%
Transport links
92%
Library
91%
International Office
91%
Sport facilities
91%
Health Centre
89%
Course content
89%
Organisation Chart K.U.Leuven
Group Science, Technology
and Engineering
Heverlee-Arenberg
Group Humanities
Leuven Inner-city
3 faculties
8 faculties
3 faculties
Science
Engineering
Bioscience Engineering
Law
Arts
Theology
Canon Law
Philosophy
Social Sciences
Business and Economics
Psychology and Educational Sciences
Medicine
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences
Group Biomedical Sciences
Leuven-Gasthuisberg
Staff
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Staff
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2784
FTE
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864
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Academic staff
Assistants
Researchers
Administrative
and technical
staff
TOTAL
Hospital
2006
K.U.Leuven Strategic Plan
2007-2012
Four priorities:
• Broad Training of Students
• Quality in Education, Research and
Service to Community through
multidisciplinarity and concentration of
initiatives
• A European University in a Global Context
• Strong Management Structures
European University in a Global
Context
• Broad Set of Values
• Multi- and Intercultural context
• Concentration of manpower
and initiatives:
– Institutional alliances
– Strategic partners
Main Strategic Options
• Intensive Relations with a Small
Number of Strategic Partners
• Identification of Common Strong
Points
• More Mobility of staff & students
(incoming AND outgoing)
• Industrial Valorisation &
Development Cooperation
Indicators of Success
• Quality of Incoming Students
• International Recruitment
• High Quality English-taught
programmes
• International Curriculum Components
• Network Optimization
• Strong Administration
• Financial Incentives
International Office
27 staff (about 20 fte)
International Admissions and Mobility Unit
(IAM)
International Policy Unit
(IPU)
Development Cooperation Unit
(DCU)
Director
International Admissions and
Mobility Unit
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Welcome desk
Admissions
Grants
Intercultural Officer (Vesta*)
Mobility Center
Administers:
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Exchange students (LLP-Erasmus,…)
Bilateral agreement mobility (central and selective)
Development cooperation scholars
Special scholarships and student loans
Visiting scholars
International office: Unit IAM
Special attention to:
- allocation of the right status(*) (ex ante advice to
faculties) > complex legal framework
- credential evaluation > becoming ever more important
- international housing:
- first line assistance - longer term solutions
- webmaster & translator support:
- international cooperation website
- English language website
Vesta Intercultural Framework
1.Orientation Days for new International
Students & Scholars (Sep & Feb)
2.Buddy Programme (since 05-06)
3.Follow-up Activities during the Academic
Year for students and staff: information &
intercultural sessions
4.Intercultural Awareness: from multi to inter
International Policy Unit
- Policy advice to management
– Implementation of strategic management
options
– Management of institutional agreements AND
international networks (Coïmbra, LERU,
EUA…), support for Faculty and Group MOU’s
– European and International Programmes:
Erasmus (Mundus), Tempus, …
– E-Learning, open courseware,…
Central Bilateral Agreements
Staff- and student mobility
• for academic staff and doctoral students
• periodes of1 week to 3 weeks voor staff
• from 3 weeks to 3 months for doctoral
students
• two deadlines per year : October 15 and
March 15
Bilateral Agreements Asia
China:
• Bridgehead comprehensive agreement (including 5 faculty level subagreements):
Tsinghua University
• Selective Bilateral Agreements for doctoral students :
Peking University, Beijing
Fudan University, Shanghai
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
• Exchange Agreement:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Taiwan
> Exchange agreements ( master and bachelor level):
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National Cheng Kung University, Tainan
National Chengchi University, Taipei
Japan
Waseda University, Tokyo
Kansai University, Osaka
Bilaterals on other continents
• North America
University of Pennsylvania
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Europe
University of Warsaw
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (*)
• Latin America
Selective Bilateral Agreements with 12 partner institutions (PhD grants)
• South Africa
Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Free State- Bloemfontein, Pretoria, Cape Town
Step by step for MOU’s
• Bottom up approach:
– from Faculty level (most agreements, including
all Erasmus)
– over Group level (limited at this point e.g.
NCTU, Taiwan)
– to University wide involvement (cfr. supra)
Development Cooperation Unit
General Goals
Raise the quality and increase the size of university
development cooperation at K.U.Leuven
Specific Goals
Broaden the recruitment framework and raise the visibility
of Institutional University Cooperation
Further improve (professionalize) the support framework
for IUC
Main Tools / Channels
• VLIR – UOS (Flemish Interuniversity Council – University
Development Cooperation)
> The framework for development cooperation at Flemish universities:
- financing mechanism for long term projects; forum for reflection,
concertation, interuniversity contacts, North-South networks
and action (17 long term IUS-partner institutions)
• IRO (Interfaculty Council on Development Cooperation)
> K.U.Leuven’s own main development forum:
- financing of PhD research with development relevance; special
prospection and postdoc grants; student travel grants to DC
projects
• K.U.Leuven Development Cooperation Platform
> University wide working group / think tank
- raise visibility and expand support framework; criticial issue
thinking on academic valorisation, external funding,…
Links and information
• General information:
www.kuleuven.be/english/
• International Programs
www.kuleuven.be/english/teaching/masters
• Admissions
www.kuleuven.be/admissions/
• Jobs
www.kuleuven.be/jobs/
• International Cooperation
www.kuleuven.be/international/
Conclusion
“Either we further
strengthen our
international contacts
or we curtail the
ambition of being a top
level research
university. There is
simply no other way.”
K.U.Leuven delegation member
during recent mission to India,
24 April – 3 May,i 2008
(in “De Morgen”)