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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
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)
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
Proven excellence in research and education
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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
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
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)
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%
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%
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
Staff
1423864
3546
2784
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Academic staff Assistants Researchers Administrativeand technical
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Staff
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2006
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
• Broad Set of Values
• Multi- and Intercultural context
• Concentration of manpower and initiatives: – Institutional alliances– Strategic partners
European University in a Global Context
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
Indicators of Success
• Quality of Incoming Students
• International Recruitment
• High Quality English-taught
programmes
• International Curriculum Components
• Network Optimization
• Strong Administration
• Financial Incentives
International Office
27 staff (about 20 fte)International Admissions and Mobility Unit
(IAM)International Policy Unit
(IPU)Development Cooperation Unit
(DCU)Director
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
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
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
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,…
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
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
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
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)
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
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,…
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/
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”)