Internationalization Strategy at UCA and Multi campuses strategy

Internationalization Strategy at UCA and Multi campuses strategy Srdjan REDZEPAGIC Université Côte d’Azur Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Overview • • • Introduction Internationalization processes Multi campuses strategy: IDEX Multi campuses strategy: Case of BISI Final remarks Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Introduction • Internationalization of education, research and mobility • Activities in the field of international cooperation at the level of the University – coordinated by the International department • International relation offices of the faculty units (vice dean or vice directors). • International strategy of the UCA: IDEX • BISI – Balkan Institute of Science and Innovation Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Internationalization processes The following tasks are included within the Internationalization processes: • preparation of inter-university and international program and plan strategies cooperation • participation in projects, including the preparation of applications for University participation on international and other projects • organization and implementation of inter-university and international agreements cooperation • coordination of activities of international cooperation of units at the level of the University • mobility of academic and non-academic (administrative) staff and students • continuous training and teaching and administrative staff for the implementation of the adopted cooperation programs, including applying for projects and scholarships. Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Multi campuses strategy: IDEX The operation of the transdisciplinary programs of the Université Cote d’Azur is possible thanks to the support of the IDEX (University labelled “In. Dex of EXcellency”), which finances various specific projects, each conceived as a crucial part of the global objective. In order to ensure the link between these different specific projects that constitute the core programs, and to reinforce their coherence, the IDEX also financially supports various transverse actions such as workshops, conferences, summer schools, joint training or dissemination activities, education and outreach. Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Multi campuses strategy: IDEX http: //univ-cotedazur. fr/en/idex/initiative-ofexcellence-idex#. Xtd. RQc. A 682 w Université Côte d’Azur has various tools to support this new scientific approach. Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Multi campuses strategy: IDEX • Five academies have been established as part of the UCAJEDI program, each composed of laboratories and teams of excellence, which build new interactions between researchers from different disciplines in the following five areas: • Academy 1 : Networks, Information and Digital Society • Academy 2 : Complex Systems • Academy 3 : Space, Environment, Risk and Resilience • Academy 4 : Complexity and Diversity of Living Systems • Academy 5 : Human Societies, Ideas and Environments These Academies of Excellence are flexible and responsive structures that fuel the creativity and renewal of research at the Université Côte d'Azur. Annual funding allows the academies to support, according to their own terms, the initiatives developed within them. Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Multi campuses strategy: IDEX These core programs aim to develop transdisciplinary fields of research that have been identified as strong themes for the Université Côte d'Azur: • Art and sciences • Environment, health, citizens • Social interactions and complex dynamics • Matter, light and interactions • Modeling, physics and mathematics of living systems • Risks in the Northern Mediterranean zone • Data sciences • Cognitive systems, normality and pathology of the human brain, and computational neuroscience Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Multi campuses strategy: IDEX Innovation at the UCA is the result of a process of continuous interaction between research, technology, and the market. These interactions are furthered and supported by creative men and women open to hearing different perspectives. Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Multi campuses strategy: Case of BISI has two components: • REINOVA: a research and innovation unit dedicated to cooperation activities in applied research, innovation, scientific communication and technology transfer • Nice. CAMPUS Balkans: a training and information unit dedicated to cooperation in training, pedagogy and scientific and technological information. Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Multi campuses strategy: Case of BISI REINOVA component aims to: • Establish, first and foremost, projects combining research and innovation from the outset on specific themes such as health and the smart city. • Organize with the faculty, staff and students of UCA and Uo. M and their partners the setting up and development of these projects. • Create interaction platforms between faculty, students and industry in order to objectify the need for meetings and to promote transdisciplinarity. • Organize scientific exchanges between the research structures of UCA and Uo. M in order to develop thematic research collaborations between researchers and promote the implementation of applied research projects, particularly through co-supervised theses. • Organize scientific communication with national and international partners. • Promote technology transfer and start-up efforts resulting from these innovative research projects. Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Multi campuses strategy: Case of BISI Nice. CAMPUS Balkans aims to: • Develop international training courses at the Bachelor's, Master's and Ph. D levels. • Develop double diploma programs. • Develop certified short courses aimed at acquiring specific scientific, technological, managerial and entrepreneurial skills for a professional public in continuing education. • Support the collaboration between the faculty of the UCA and Uo. M in the production and promotion of pedagogical and scientific content, in particular, in the use and dissemination of educational and scientific content through advanced digital tools. • Organize with the industrial partners the dissemination of scientific and technological information on the Internet and social networks. • Organize student exchanges between the two universities' training programs as part of mobility programs Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Final remarks • Highly respected internationalization strategy • Multicampuses – Institutes • Further steps… Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020

Thank you! Srdjan. REDZEPAGIC@univ-cotedazur. fr Working visit to Nice for the Review of EU HEIs models of internationalization, Nice, 3 rd June 2020