Ukrainians in Finland and National

Educational Reform

Украинские студенты в Финляндии и реформа украинской системы

высшего образования

Ukrainians from KNURE in Finland

HELSINGIN SANOMAT,

Saska Snellman:

Ukrainan tieteen muuttolinnut

Double-Degree Programmes

Partners:

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Vrije University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Numbers: about 100 students during

2000 – 2007

Specialties: ISPR + Mobile Computing / Artificial Intelligence

Double-Degree Programmes: Key-elements

Concordance of Curricula !!!

Joint Trainings supervision

Double (Engineer + Master) Thesis work

Joint supervision (Distance mode)

Course Assignments

Financial support: Grants versus part-time jobs !

Teachers exchange (Tempus project frame)

Formalities / Paper work

Success story: examples

Quality to support Quantity

Very first “Laudatur” in the history of IT faculty and it was not

the only one !

83 % of Master Theses - at least ”magna”

Success story: Telia-Sonera Awards 2004

Success story: there is more !

13 Ph.D. Degrees so far at the JY (> 1.4 M Euro) !

About 300 referred scientific papers !

”Ukrainian” Research projects ( > 2 M Euro )

Employment: Ukraine, Finland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway,

Germany, Switzerland, Malta

Innovation Incubator: Nokia / JKL Science Park / Agora Center

Examples: F-Secure, Helsinki, FinlandFuncom, Oslo, Norway

Lessons learned: Reforms in Ukrainian HE are desperately needed

ECTS ReformDegree Structure / Curricula Development

Accreditation and Ranking ReformQuality Assurance System Development

Students / Teachers / Researchers MobilityUniversity – Industry Relations ReformNew Financial Schemes and Models

ECTS Reform

Distance mode credits

Modules, no semester controls

Summer school credits

Invited speakers

Trainings abroad

Ms.Th. Defense (GEK) languages

Ranking Reform

International individual and institutional ranking – Hirsch factor, Shanghai metrics

Teaching abroad

Double / Joint - Degree Programmes

EU / International Projects

Publications

Quality Assurance Reform

Invited + Host Teachers

Licenses for Joint Master Programmes

International Dimension (Shanghai metrics)

Double Thesis supervision

Students / Teachers / Researchers Mobility

Legislation and financial schemes

Merits recognition

European curricula (content)

Degree requirements

Scholarships/salaries to be paid abroad

Language studies

Accreditation Reform

TransparencyConfidentiality / Trust

Easy Access for the society (all levels) International Ranking

Multiple criteria classificationQuality Assurance ?

Solution: Modern Intelligent Technologies

Degree Structure / Curricula Development

3 + 2 Degree Structure !

Adopted European Curricula !

Методкомиссии !!!

ACM / IEEE / Career Space Computing and ICT Curricula

Universities Consortium:

UK, Sweeden, Finland, Greece, France, Austria, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, Italy, Israel, USA, New Zeeland,

Australia, Japan

Societies input into CD

European Commission: DG EnterpriseEuropean Commission: DG Education and

CultureACM

EICTA – European ICT Industry AssociationCEN / ISSS – European Standardization

CommitteeEurel – European National Societies of EE

Industries input into CD:Cisco Systems

IBM EuropeIntel

Microsoft EuropeNokia

Nortel NetworksPhilips Semiconductors

Siemens AGTelefonica

ThalesBritish Telecom

Industry – University Relations:

Key-element:

Curricula Development !

Dilemma: SMI – IT experts ?

ATOM: 47 Millions Transistors

Reasonable solution:

Innovative UniversitiesИсследовательские Университеты http://www.zn.ua/3000/3300/54763/

Centers of ExcellenceResearch-based teaching

European CurriculaInnovation Incubators

Official Recognition:

Bologna Conference: Student Mobility in the European Higher Education Area 2010, March

17th - 18th, 2005 in Bad Honnef, Germany:

http://eu.daad.de/eu/bologna/bologna-germany/veranstaltungen/05672.html

Business Incubators: European Virtual Venturing

France (ITIN) – Finland (Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic)– Ukraine (KNURE)

Chambers of Commerce

WiMAX Technology + Multimedia Technologies, Distance mode (Skype. MSN, ICQ, Videoconferences)

International, Intercultural, Interdisciplinary Students Teams

Round tables with local ICT companies

Our proposals to the Reform of National Education and Science http://www.cs.jyu.fi/ai/Ukrainian_Summary

http://www.cs.jyu.fi/ai/Quality.ppt