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Double Degree – Joint Degree
Strategic (and practical) considerations
Barbara Hasenmüller – University of Bremen
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General Facts
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University of Bremen
• founded in October 1971
• guiding principles:
 modernisation and restructuring of academic selfgovernment and administration
 interdisciplinary research and teaching
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Students
• 22.123 students in total
• thereof 3.340 (15%)
international students
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Agenda
• academic excellence
• interdisciplinary cooperation
• research and teaching of practical
relevance and social responsibility
• internationalization
• gender equity
• environmental sustainability
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Academic Structure
Faculty of physics
and electrical
engineering
Faculty of
geo sciences
Faculty of cultural
studies
Faculty of biology /
chemistry
Faculty of law
Faculty of languages
and literary studies
Faculty of
mathematics /
computer science
Faculty of
business studies and
economics
Faculty of
human and health
sciences
Faculty of production
engineering
Faculty of
social sciences
Faculty of
educational sciences
BA / MA- Structure
• U of Bremen has been the forerunner in
introducing BA and MA structure in Germany
• Many international (English taught) MA courses
have been introduced over the last 7 years,
especially in the Natural Sciences
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International Degree
Programs
• ISATEC- International Studies in
Aquatic Tropical Ecology (M.Sc.)
• Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology (M.Sc.)
• MARMIC –Marine Microbiology
(M.Sc./PhD)
• Environmental Physics (M.Sc.)
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International Degree
Programmes
• Communication and Information
Technology (M.Sc.)
• Digital Media (M.Sc.)
• Information and Automation
Engineering (M.Sc.)
• Environmental and Marine
Geoscience (M.Sc.)
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International Degree Programmes
• Comparative and European Law/Hanse Law
School (B.A.)
• Integrated European Studies (B.A.)
• Social Policy Research (M.A.)
• Global Governance and Social Theory (M.A.)
• European Labour Studies (M.A.)
• Business Studies (M.A.)
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internationalisation
Perspectives of international
cooperation
• exchange on postgraduate level
in research + teaching
• development of joint degree programs
with international partners
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Rationale for
internationalisation
• Excellence
• Offer excellent education for our
students
•  attract excellent students
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Academic programmes
• Students exchange programme
(Sokrates)
• Internationalised Curricula
• International BA and MA Courses
• Joint and double degree programs
• Faculty mobility programs
• PhD Programs and Graduate Schools
From Exchange programmes to
double/ joint degrees
• Exchange Programmes with credit transfer;
easiest approach;
• Double Degree / Joint Degree
 More overall involvement of the institution
needed
Difference: Double Degree – Joint
Degree
• Double Degree: Students receive two certificates
from each participating university
• Joint Degree: Both universities award one
certificate
What does it mean for the institution?
• Big organisational effort
•  close co-operation with partner universit(ies) on
all levels
•  participation of teaching and administrative staff
•  development of a common curriculum
•  more involvement of teaching staff
•  more money!!!
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Double / Joint Degree
Programms at the University
of Bremen
• Double Degree Programme in
Economics with Università degli Studi di
Trento
• Joint Degree: Master of European
Labour Studies
• Double Degree in Marine Sciences with
University of Bremen, University of Kiel
and the Ocean University, Qingdao,
China
To Be Developped:
• Double Degree programme in Marine Geoscience
with University of Waikato, New Zealand
• Joint Ph D programmes
Double Degree in Economics with
University of Trento in Italy
• Developed before the introduction of BA / MA
degrees; based on traditional Italian and German
system
problems:
 language
Difficult to find students with sufficient knowledge
of Italian and German!
Joint Degree: Master of European
Labour Studies
• One – Year Master programme
• Network of 12 European universities
• Students have the opportunity to go abroad for one semester
to one of the 11 partner universities
• Degree awarded: Master Degree of the University of Bremen
+ Certificate of the Network „Master Européen en Science du
Travail“
• One of 11 selected examples of good practice by the EUA
(joint master project)
Master of European Labour Studies
• First semester: teaching language: German
• Second semester: teaching language: English
In order to receive incoming students
• With their application for the master course, students
indicate in which partner university they want to study
• Financial support: Sokrates /Erasmus programme, (DAAD)Free Mover programme
Organisational Challenges
• Good coordination: regular meetings of the partner
universities
• Fine tuning of curricula
Double Degree: Master in Marine
Science
• Development of project is funded by the BMBF
and the Chinese Ministry for Education for a
period of 3 years
• The development includes the setting up of
summer schools held alternatively in China and
Germany
MA Marine Science
The following (2 year-) English taught Master
Courses are involved:
• Marine Geosciences
• Environmental Physics
• Aquatic Tropical Ecologoy
• Marine Biology
MA Marine Science
• Exchange of 20 students each way for 1 academic year
• Organisational challenges:
•  tuning of curricular
•  definition of admission requirements (language + content)
•  selection of students
•  linguistic and cultural preparation
MA Marine Science
• Financial Implications:
• One full-time coordinator at the University of
Bremen
• Money for mobility of students and staff
Conclusion
• Double Degrees /Joint Degrees are wanted!
• They are important for the internationalisation of the
institution
• They attract excellent students and are thus important for
marketing issues
• But: they are cost – intensive
the institution has to strategically decide in what areas and
fields double/joint degrees should be implemented