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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) 8 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 10 Vice-President for IRR ORGANISATION / OGPI SERVICES 11 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: …. 12 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 14 “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) 15 532 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. 17 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