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University of
Alicante
Aliandra Barlete
International Project Management Office / OPGI
TIES Kick-off Meeting
March 1st 2010
Contents
– Basic Institutional data
– Student mobility
– Courses offered to promote
internationalisation
– International services
– International strategy
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Basic institutional data
• The UA was created in 1979, but it
comes from a long academic tradition
in the Valencian region (University of
Orihuela, 16th Century)
• Enrolment: 35.000 students
• International students: 1.400
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Student Mobility
• Inbound mobility: 1400 international
students
– Origin: Europe (Erasmus programme),
USA, Japan, Latin America, Middle East
• Outbound mobility: About 500 students
go abroad every year
• Students are recruited with fairs,
agreements, marketing, etc.
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Courses offered to
promote internationalisation
• Target groups: students, scholars, admin and
technical staff
• Language courses (“AULAS”)
– English, French, German, Italian, Chinese
• There are programmes in English
– i.e. International Business Programme
• Spanish language, as well as courses on Spanish
Culture and Civilization
• Centre for Oriental Studies
– Chinese and Japanese language classes, plus studies
on Asian Culture
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International services
• Provided by the SRI – International Relation
services:
– Travel agency
– Translation
– Services for “Erasmus” students
– AULAS (language classes)
– Accommodation
– Information for visitors
– University shop
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Internationalisation strategy
• Has been created recently
• Focuses mostly on student mobility, does not
take into account other activities taken place at
the University related to internationalisation
• Its development had been “ad hoc”, without
formal procedures
• Too early to evaluate its development
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Other data
• Office for International Project Management,
created in 2001.
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Thank you!
Aliandra Barlete
TIES Project Officer
OGPI/UA
[email protected]
Tel.: +34 965 90 97 18
Fax: +34 965 90 97 15
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