UNIVERSITY OF SFAX HIGHER EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONALISATION Adel

UNIVERSITY OF SFAX: HIGHER EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONALISATION Adel M. ALIMI Director of National Engineering School of Sfax, University of Sfax , Tunisia March 1 st, 2010, Alicante, SPAIN

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University of Sfax Basic Data 3 n Year of creation: August 1986 n Number of students – graduate and postgraduate: 42000 n Degree structure: LMD n Other information (campuses, etc) : 18 Faculties, schools and institution

Students Mobility 4 n Number of incoming exchange students and their origin: 50, mainly in engineering, health sciences, and law. n Number of local students who are on an exchange programme: 20 n Disciplines offered to foreign students: All disciplines n Language classes foreign students/academics: Arabic, French and English

International degrees / programmes 5 n Double diplomas of: * Licence degrees and Engineer degrees with european universities (Tempus projects) * co-tutelle and co-direction of thesis with european universities (Tempus projects, bilateral projects) n Joint degrees of many Masters degrees: * with european universities (Erasmus Mundus and Tempus projects) * with US universities (USA Embassy)

The International Relation Office 6 § Services offered by the international relation office: * scolarship and trainings for students and* researchers, * missions for professors and visitors, * management of international projects (with Maghrebian universities and european universities) n Is there an internationalisation strategy ? n Is it formal or ad-hoc ?

7 § Funding of internationalisation activities: local budget and international projects funding n Participation in international projects and/or research projects: Tempus (10), Erasmus Mendus (1), FP 5, 6, 7 (3), INTERREG (2), NATO (1), AUF (12), Japan (2), USA (1), etc. in multiple disciplines for higher education or research programs

Example of a Tempus Project supporting the University Chair of Innovation of Sfax 8 The achievement of the specific objectives of UNCHAIN project activities is distributed in 10 Work Packages (WP): WP 1 MEDA University Chairs on innovation WP 2 Technology Transfer Policy TTP WP 3 Re-skilling program on Innovation WP 4 EU MEDA Twinning MSc Thesis Program WP 5 EU-MEDA Virtual Environment WP 6 Strategy for University - Industry Cooperation in Innovation WP 7 Dissemination WP 8 Sustainability WP 9 Quality Control and Monitoring WP 10 Management

Thanks for your attention Adel M. ALIMI Director of National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Tunisia ENIS Teaches Sustainable Innovation