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Administrative support for outgoing and
incoming mobilities
St. Petersburg University experience
St. Petersburg. February 3, 2011
Some Goals of Development Strategy 2020
• Increase of foreign students numbers (30% by 2020!)• Increase of education quality and attractiveness• Increase of graduates’ competitiveness• Increase of research quality and outputs• SPSU as a world-wide recognized research center
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Question: How to reach those ambitious goals?
Answer: Internationalization!International Mobility
as a norm in education and research.Practical Solutions: • Information availability • Equal access rights to available resources• Competent and transparent selection procedures• Administrative support, advising and tutoring • Monitoring of conditions and mobility results
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Outgoing mobilities.Main challenges:
• Administrative distribution of quotas• Non-transparent procedure• Unclear results (input to scientific
and study process development)
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Outgoing staff mobilities.Goals:
• Make the mobility programmes available• Turn to competitive distribution of quotas• Make the procedure transparent• Guarantee the correspondence of mobility
results with University Development Plan
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Outgoing staff mobilities.Selection Committee
• Representatives of the academic and administrative departments
• Special formulas are used• Number of winners limited by quotas• Financial support is provided• University academic reputation is raised• Implementation of the Development Plan
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Outgoing student mobilities.Main principles:
• Open competition • Annual Information Seminars• Wide range of opportunities
(Governmental agreements, Bilateral agreements, Special Mobility Projects)
• Transparent procedure and results
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Outgoing student mobilities.Application package:
• Recommendation letter with academic average score
• Motivation letter• Foreign Language Certificate• Study Plan to guarantee the recognition of
studies partly or fully
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Outgoing student mobilities.Selection Committee
• Representatives of the academic and administrative departments
• Special formula is used• Motivation is important• Courses at Host university in correspondence
with Home university• Number of winners limited by quotas
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Incoming mobilities.Main challenges:
• Registration on the territory of RF• Language difficulties• Cultural difficulties• Paperwork
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Orientation meetings:
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Orientation meetings:
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Extracurricular activities:
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Extracurricular activities:
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International mobility management structure
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Incoming Mobility Coordinator
Outgoing Mobility Coordinator
Partner University
International Mobility Project
International Mobility Projects
Coordinator
