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[email protected]

and the K.U.Leuven International Office

June 2008

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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

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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)

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International networks

… aspires to be

a prominent centre

of higher education

in Europe

… aspires to be a prominent centre

of research inEurope

2002:20 European research-intensiveuniversities

1985 :37 European multidisciplinary universities

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Proven excellence in research and education

0 50 100 150 200 250

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LUNDS UNIVERSITET

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

ECOLE POLYTECHN. FED. DE LAUSANNE

KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN

UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH

UPPSALA UNIVERSITET

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

RWTH AACHEN

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

UNIVERSITEIT GENT

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT

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UNIV CAMBRIDGE

UNIV OXFORD

UNIV COLL LONDON

IMPERIAL COLL LONDON

UNIV UTRECHT

UNIV HELSINKI

ETH ZURICH

KATHOLIEKE UNIV LEUVEN

LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIV MUNCHEN

KAROLINSKA INST STOCKHOLM

UNIV EDINBURGH

UNIV AMSTERDAM

UNIV MANCHESTER

UNIV PARIS VI PIERRE & MARIE CURIE

UNIV MILANO

LUNDS UNIV

KINGS COLL UNIV LONDON

KOBENHAVNS UNIV

RUPRECHT KARLS UNIV HEIDELBERG

UNIV ZURICH

size-dependent Brute Force impact indicator

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-after-Master and PhD programmes

• Degree students: 30,610

Bachelor 53 %

Initial Master 24 %

Master-after-Master 8 %

Academic Teacher Training 2.5 %

Doctoral Programmes 11 %

Other 1.5 %

2007-2008

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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)

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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%

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International Student Barometer

LeuvenAutumn 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%

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Group Science, Technology and Engineering

Heverlee-Arenberg

Group HumanitiesLeuven Inner-city

Group Biomedical SciencesLeuven-Gasthuisberg

3 faculties

MedicinePharmaceutical Sciences

Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences

8 faculties

LawArts

Theology Canon Law Philosophy

Social SciencesBusiness and Economics

Psychology and Educational Sciences

3 faculties

ScienceEngineering

Bioscience Engineering

Organisation Chart K.U.Leuven

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Staff

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2784

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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

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• Broad Set of Values

• Multi- and Intercultural context

• Concentration of manpower and initiatives: – Institutional alliances– Strategic partners

European University in a Global Context

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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

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Indicators of Success

• Quality of Incoming Students

• International Recruitment

• High Quality English-taught

programmes

• International Curriculum Components

• Network Optimization

• Strong Administration

• Financial Incentives

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International Office

27 staff (about 20 fte)International Admissions and Mobility Unit

(IAM)International Policy Unit

(IPU)Development Cooperation Unit

(DCU)Director

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International Admissions and Mobility Unit

• Welcome desk• Admissions• Grants• Intercultural Officer (Vesta*)• Mobility Center

Administers:• Exchange students (LLP-Erasmus,…)* Bilateral agreement mobility (central and selective)* Development cooperation scholars• Special scholarships and student loans• Visiting scholars

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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

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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

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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,…

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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

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Bilateral Agreements AsiaChina:• Bridgehead comprehensive agreement (including 5 faculty level

subagreements):Tsinghua University

• Selective Bilateral Agreements for doctoral students :Peking University, BeijingFudan University, ShanghaiZhejiang University, Hangzhou

• Exchange Agreement:Chinese University of Hong Kong

Taiwan> Exchange agreements ( master and bachelor level):

– National Cheng Kung University, Tainan– National Chengchi University, Taipei

JapanWaseda University, TokyoKansai University, Osaka

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Bilaterals on other continents

• North AmericaUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• EuropeUniversity of WarsawRadboud Universiteit Nijmegen (*)

• Latin AmericaSelective Bilateral Agreements with 12 partner institutions (PhD

grants)

• South AfricaStellenbosch, Western CapeFree State- Bloemfontein, Pretoria, Cape Town

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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)

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Development Cooperation Unit

General GoalsRaise the quality and increase the size of universitydevelopment cooperation at K.U.Leuven

Specific Goals Broaden the recruitment framework and raise the

visibilityof Institutional University CooperationFurther improve (professionalize) the support

frameworkfor IUC

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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,…

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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/

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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”)