Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Croatia for Bologna • A very warm and hearty welcome from Austria! • Congratulations for the successful project application! • ÖAD is very glad to participate in this project • Best regards from the Austrian Ministry for Education Science and Culture Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 1

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Austrian Exchange Service (ÖAD) • Largest non profit organisation in the field of internationalisation of higher education • Members of ÖAD: all Austrian Universities, Universities of Applied Sciences and Teacher Training Colleges • Administration of European Union (Sokrates, Leonardo) and bilateral scholarship programmes • Providing and exchange of information, publications • Accomodation for international students Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 2

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Higher Education in Austria I • 236. 000 students in higher education (academic year 2003/04) – 40. 000 international students (more than 16%) – 924 students from Croatia registered at Austrian higher education institutions Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 3

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Higher Education in Austria II • 15 universities + 1 postgraduate university • 6 universities of the arts • 19 Universities of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschulen) with 141 degree programmes • Teacher Training colleges, academies • 9 Private Universities (very few students) Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 4

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Implementation of the Bologna Process in Austria Three items to cover: 1. The overall importance of the Bologna Process for Austrian institutions 2. Implementation of the objectives 3. Structure for implementation Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 5

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Importance for Austrian Institutions • Substantial contribution towards the Europeanisation & Internationalisation of HE • Competition with other European (and worldwide) providers will become tougher in future • Challenge for the future: to reduce the gap between the existing legal framework and reality. Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 6

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Legal Framework • Amendment of University Studies Act in 1999 • Introduction of a new Universities Act in 2002 • This act created the legal basis for all Bologna items such as – – Bachelor and master programmes ECTS Diploma supplement Joint and double degrees Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 7

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Implementation I • Diploma supplement issued on request; starting with July 2005 obligatory (in German and English) • Currently 172 Bachelor and 217 Master Programmes following the new system (about 25% of all study programmes) Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 8

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Implementation II • ECTS – compulsory as of October 2002 – but introduction will take longer as work-load based allocation of credits is not always accepted Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 9

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Implementation III • Austrian Agency for Quality Assurance, estabished in 2004 as a body of private law: – „Meta“ certification of quality assurance mechanisms – administrative support for evaluation projects Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 10

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Promotion of Mobility I Social dimension: support measures for needy students increased • European Union Programmes – especially Erasmus but also Leonardo and EU 3 rd country programmes • extensive range of scholarship programmes for students (incoming and outgoing), e. g. Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 11

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Promotion of Mobility II – Scholarship programmes for OECD and Middle & Eastern European countries: • for work on an Austria-related subject – Exchange programmes with Hungary, Czech and Slovak Republics – Bilateral Scholarship Programmes for developing countries Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 12

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Promotion of Mobility III – Multilateral CEEPUS Programme – Grants for postgraduate programmes (outgoing) – Students keep their national support for study abroad period • fee waiver (tuition) for outgoing students Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 13

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Promotion of Mobility IV • Result: some 30 % of Austrian graduates have studied abroad for at least one term Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 14

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Attractiviness of EHEA • Platform for the promotion of Austria as a location for study and research established • Main activities – participation in three big education fairs – the preparation of uniform information material in a homogenous layout (brochures, folders, homepage, etc. ). • Erasmus Mundus Applications of Austrian institutions Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 15

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Structure for implementation I • National Bologna follow-up group established in 1999 consisting of representatives of – Ministries – Rectors‘ Conference and Fachhochschule Conference – Teacher Training Colleges‘ Conference – Austrian Students‘ Union Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 16

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Structure for Implementation II • Contact point for the Bologna Process at the Federal Ministry for Science, Education and Culture • Bologna Coordinators at all Austrian HE institutions – Responsible for implementation of the Bologna objectives in their institutions Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 17

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Structure for Implementation III • Monitoring Procedure for the implementation of the Bologna Process – National Austrian objectives derived from the Bologna objectives have been defined – Responsibilities and schedules for their implementation – Monitoring of the status of implementation • Austrian approach: to include all stakeholders in the implementation from the very beginning Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 18

Austrian Exchange Service Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research Finally • Thank you for your attention! ulrich. hoermann@oead. ac. at • further information (also in English) http: //www. oead. ac. at http: //www. bologna. at Ulrich Hörmann, Kick-off Meeting, Croatia for Bologna, 14 January 2005 19