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The University of Alicante
Gateway to the Mediterranean
Facts & figures
History
1545. Universidad de Orihuela was founded
1979. The University of Alicante was founded
Students
> 33.000
Exchange
students
> 2.500
Employees
2.212 Teachers and Researchers
1.356 Administrative staff
Degrees
91 official degrees + 4 UA own degrees
(thereof 22 post-graduate)
Institutes/
schools
6 Faculties, 5 University schools, 1 Polytechnic, 75
Departments
Research
226 Research groups in 12 Research Institutes
THE CAMPUS
Big campus at the outskirts of the city
Extraordinary environmental quality and architecture,
modern buildings
Extensive variety of services
Located in a strategic position with excellent
transport possibilities
UA BACKGROUND
Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Polytechnic University College
Scientific education & innovation
Research at UA
12 Research Institutes
226 Research Teams
> 300 Research projects in cooperation with other
public institutions
> 400 Research projects in cooperation with
industrial partners
Resources received for research: 18 million €
Numerous Doctoral Thesis, Publications in
specialist journals, books, patent applications
Technology Transfer Office at UA
Services Offered
R&D Projects national, regional, European
R&D contracts with Industry (Art. 83 LOU)
Financial research management
Updating of Technology offer of UA
Intellectual Property management and assistance
Creation of new, technology based firms
Compilation of reports and statistics related to
R&D
THE UA INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
MANAGEMENT OFFICE (OGPI)
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THEMATIC AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Planning And Management Of Higher Education Institutions
(Financial Management, International Relations, Research etc)
Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer
University – Industry Cooperation
Quality & Accreditation
Curriculum Development
Research & Innovation
Access to Higher Education
Lifelong Learning, E-learning
ORGANISATION / FLOW CHART
UA PRESIDENT
Vice-President for
R&D
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Vice-President for
IRR
ORGANISATION / OGPI SERVICES
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ORGANISATION / INVOLVED UNITS +
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICE (GIPE)
TT OFFICE (OGPI)
STUDENTS SUPPORT SERVICE
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE
SOCIAL COUNCIL
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
QUALITY UNIT
EQUALITY UNIT
FACULTIES:
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HUMAN RESOURCES
OGPI STAFF: 17 persons
NATIONALITIES: French, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Singapur,
Romania, Austria, UK, Italy, Spain
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese,
Russian, Italian
ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS: Education, Economics, Translation,
Public Relations, Law, Sociology.
GOOD PRACTICES - PUBLICATIONS
Intellectual Property Rights:
Research.eu (Nano2Market)
IPHandbook of Best Practices
(Concept Foundation)
EU-Asia Higher Education Platform
(Links that matter: Recurring themes in EUAsian Higher Education Cooperation
Internationalisation of HE
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“Prácticas y tendencias para la
internacionalización y la cooperación entre
universidades de América Latina y UE”
“Casos prácticos para la gestión de la
internacionalización de universidades”
GOOD PRACTICES - TRAININGS
TEMPUS Training to Spanish Universities (2009-10-11)
EDULINK Training to Spanish Universities (2011)
CEDDET on-line course on University-Industry Cooperation to
Latin American Civil Servants (2008-2012)
LATIN AMERICA DIES PROGRAMME (2012)
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532 PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD
103 COUNTRIES
WP.3. ENHANCEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES
FOR PARTICIPATION IN LARGE-SCALE INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS
UA will contribute to boosting internationalization as
a strategic axis, which aims at consolidating and
developing relations with outstanding universities
and research centres.
It will design and host the training envisaged in WP3
for Serbian HEIs to gain practical knowledge in
managing large-scale international projects and
attend the Project workshops, meetings and
conferences.
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THANK YOU!
International Project Management Office
University of Alicante
www.ua.es
T.: +34 965 90 97 18
F.: +34 965 90 97 15
© OGPI – University of Alicante, 2012