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I-Historical Overview

Created in August 1986 for the central region of Tunisia (Sousse, Monastir, Mahdia and Kairouan) under the name "University of Monastir" 1991 : the name was changed to « University of the Center » referring to its location at the center of the country Then, in September 2004 the name has been changed into University of Sousse.

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The University of Sousse is a public organization that provides courses for approximately 25655 students regularly registered for the academic year 2016-2017. These courses are in fundamental sciences, technical, agronomic, medical, paramedical, Legal, economic and management, sciences, arts and crafts, arts and humanities. The University of Sousse has joined and implemented the new LMD system of academic training (License, Master, and Doctorate).

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Introduction Uso Campus Faculties/Schools Collaboration Research

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Introduction Uso Campus Faculties/Schools Collaboration Research

The main building of the University of Sousse is situated in the northwest part of the city of Sousse. It is composed of 17 establishments : 04 Faculties, 10 Higher Institutes and 03 Higher Schools.

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Introduction Uso Campus Faculties/Schools Collaboration Research

1.Faculty of medecine (1974)

2.Faculty of Law and Political Sciences (1985)

3.Faculty of Economic sciences and Management of Sousse 4.Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences of Sousse (1990)

04 Faculties:

03 Schools: 1.High School of Sciences and Health Technics (2001) 2.National School of Engineers of Sousse (2005)

3.High School of Science and Technology

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1.Institute of Agronomy of Chott Meriem (1975)

2.Institute of Management (1995)

3.Institute of Music (1999)

4.Institute of Fine Arts (2000)

5.Institute of Transport and Logistics (2001)

6.Institute of Applied Science and Technology (2001)

Introduction Uso Campus Faculties/Schools Collaboration Research

10 Institutions:

7.Institute of Higher Commercial Studies (2002)

8.Institute of Nursing Science

9.Institute of Computer Sciences and Communication Techniques of Hammam Sousse (2001)

10.Institute of Finance and Fiscality (2002)

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Introduction Uso Campus Faculties/Schools Collaboration Research

Inter-University agreements,

in vigour

1999 1

2001 4

2002 2

2003 2

2004 2

2005 6

2006 2

2007 1

2008 2

2009 1

2010 -

2011 1

2012 2

2013 5

2014 12

2015 08

2016 09

1997 1st two agreements with Kyung-Hee University South Korea

and Nouakchott University Mauritania

19 years of active presence

The University of Sousse has currently a total number of 60 international cooperation agreements in research and exchange with international universities and research centers from around the world.

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Introduction Uso Campus Faculties/Schools Collaboration Research

Main aims are:

Inter-university agreements for

academic cooperation

Exchange of faculty members Exchange of undergraduate and

postgraduate students Participation in seminars and academic

meetings Development of research collaborations

and projects

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Introduction Uso Campus Faculties/Schools Collaboration Research

Figures of agreements according to geographical area

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5

10

15

20

25

30

Africa Europe Asia Canada

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Introduction Uso Campus Faculties/Schools Collaboration Research

178 conventions of co-tutelage of theses (co-supervising theses) signed with European and Maghreb Universities.

Co-tutelage of theses

Figures of existing conventions of co-tutelage of theses per

establishment:

31 40

33

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19 8 10

5 3

FSEG ISG FLHS ISA ENISO FDSPS ISITCOM ESSTHS ISBAS

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Participation in International

Organizations, Associations and University

Networks

The Francophony Academic Agency

The Compostela Group

Euro-Mediterranean University

UNIMED : Mediterranean Universities Union

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROGRAMMES

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1. Tempus Projects 2. Seventh framework Programme FP7 3. Erasmus Mundus Programme 4. Erasmus+

UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE :

INTERNATIONAL JOINT PROGRAMMES

TEMPUS PROJECTS

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N° Project Number name of Organization project Title Acronym Web site

1 Tempus Project -Meda

JEP-33060-2005 Gasriu University of Las Palmas

de Gran Canaria

Gestion et Administration de

Services de Relations Internationales Universitaires

GASRIU www.gasriu.uc.rnu. tn

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144631-TEMPUS-2008-FR-JPHES

National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine

Innovation, Creativité en Réseau Action et

Formation ICREA

www.icea-formation.inpl-

nancy.fr

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145054-Tempus-1-2008-1-DE TEMPUS-

JPHES University of Alicante

Création de bureaux de liaison Université-

Entreprises UNILINK

http://www.projet-unilink.org/

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N° Project Number name of

Organization project Title Acronym Web site

4 159175-TEMPUS-1-2009-FR-TEMPUS-

JPCR

Management School of Grenoble

North African branch of Expertise Training in Entrepreneurship and

International Development

FEFEDI www.fefedi.polito..it/fr/ project.html

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51277-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-DE-TEMPUS-

JPCR

University of Dresden

Flexible Modular Master Programme in

Technology

MASTECH

www.mastech.eu/index. php

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511274-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-FR-TEMPUS-

SMHES

Université Montpellier 2

Développer l'employabilité dans les

filières d'ingénierie

DEFI

http://www.slideserve.com/daniel_millan/tempus-defi-

averro-s-d-velopper-l-employabilit-dans-les-fili-

res-d-ing-nierie

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N° Project Number name of

Organization project Title Acronym Web site

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158889-Temp－us-1-2009-1-FR-TEMPUS-

SMGR

International Center of

Pedagogical Studies

Renforcement de l'assurance qualité interne dans des universités de la

Méditerranée : Algérie - Maroc - Tunisie (2010 - 2013)

AQI-UMED http://www.aqiumed.org/?-Projet-Aqi-Umed-

8 158979-Tempus-1-

2009-1-UK-TEMPUS-SMGR

University of Wales - Cardiff

Leadership in Higher Education

Management LHEM

http://www.tempus.uwic.ac. uk/

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510997-Tempus-1-2010-1-RS-TEMPUS-

JPCR

Hamburg University of Technology

(TUHH)

Development and implementation of advancing program research education and exploitation for the support of a

national innovation system

PARENIS http://www.parenis.eu/

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N° Project Number name of

Organization project Title Acronym Web site

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511248-TEMPUS-1-2010-1-DE- TEMPUS-

SMGR

Technishe Universitat Dresden

Quality Assurance and certification

procedures in the Higher Education System of Tunisia

QUALYCERT http://www.qualycert.eu

11 511151-TEMPUS-1-

2010-1-FR-TEMPUS-JPHES

Université Bordeaux 1- Sciences et technologie

Ouverture Structurée université MOnde Socio-Economique

OSMOSE http://osmose.ensem.ac.m

a/partenaires. php

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516982-Tempus-1-2011-BE-TEMPUS-JPGR

Erasmushogeshool brussel

Universities of Maghreb

:Enseignement Inclusif

UMEI

http://sites.google.com/site/projettempusumei/home

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N° Project Number name of

Organization project Title Acronym Web site

13

530401-Tempus-1-2012-FR-TEMPUS-

SMHES

University of Seville

EURO-MEDITERRANEAN

INTEGRATION THROUGH LIFELONG

LEARNING

EUMILL http://www.tempus.us.es/eumill/fr/

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543690-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-ES-TEMPUS-

JPGR

Universidad de

Murcia

Le développement des services de soutien

aux étudiants VIETUD

https://sites.google.com/site/projettempusvietud/

home

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543713-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-ES-TEMPUS-

JPHES

Université de Léon

Moderniser la formation sur les

Energies Renouvelables (ER)

au Maghreb: Transfert de

l'expérience UE

MOMATE

http://momateproject.uae.ac.ma/

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N° Project Number name of

Organization project Title Acronym Web site

16 543833 -TEMPUS-1-2013-1-

EG-TEMPUS- JPCR

Arab Academy for Science and

Technology and Maritime Transport

(AASTMT)

Excellence in Nanoscience Education for the MENA Region

XNEM

http://www.arabnano. eu/

17 543976-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-

FR-TEMPUS-JPHES

CCI de Grenoble / Grenoble Ecole de

Management

Création d'un environnement pour l'émergence de pôles

régionaux de formation,

d'innovation et de recherche au Maghreb

PORFIRE

http://www.ccicentre.org.tn/evenement_detail.php?a=10

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544106-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-IT-TEMPUS-JPCR

Université de Florence-Italie

Design pour le Développement

Durable des Productions

Artisanales Locales

3D Design

http://www.designdedu.eu/project/

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N° Project Number name of

Organization project Title Acronym Web site

19 544186-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-IT-TEMPUS-

JPCR

Mediterranean Universities Union

A bottom-up approach for the design and

development of a joint Master Course in Cross-

MEDia Journalism

eMEDIa

http://www.emediaproject.eu/?lang=fr

20 544286-TEMPUS-1-

2013-1-PS-TEMPUS-JPCR

Birzeit University

Serious Games: Pathway within the undergraduate IT programs, SAGE

SAGE

http://www.sage. ps/

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544350-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-IT-TEMPUS-

JPCR

Université des études de

Urbino "Carlo Bo"

L’INNOVATION DANS LA FORMATION POUR LES

BIENS INFOBC http://www.uni-

med.net/infobc/

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N° Project Number name of

Organization project Title Acronym Web site

22 544360-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-

FR-TEMPUS-SMHES Université de Montpellier 2

Services pour l'Employabilité et la Mobilité sous forme

de Stages en Entreprises des

étudiants du Maghreb/Machrek

SEMSEM

http://www.semsem.eu

23 544378-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-

DE-TEMPUS-JPHES

Technische Universitaet Dresden

Structural Development and

Institutionalization for Pre-Professional-

Teacher Training in Tunisia

TETRAI²

http://tetrai2.eu/fr/fr/

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544460-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-IT-TEMPUS-JPCR

Università degli Studi di

Napoli Federico II

Highway and Traffic Engineering:

Curricular Reform for Mediterranean Area

HIT4Med

www.hit4med.eu/

25 544564-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-

FR-TEMPUS-JPHES

Conservatoire National

des Arts et Métiers

Qualité en Enseignement

Supérieur Agronomique en

Méditerranée

QESAMED

http://mediterranee.cirad.fr/actualites/qe

samed

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Seventh Framework

Programme

FP7

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N° Project Number name of

Organization project Title Acronym Web site

1 FP7-REGIONS-2009-2

Grant N :245843

Universite Autonome de

Barcelone

Network for the exchange of

methodologies and expertise on

sustainable water management and

land husbandry in the Mediterranean

SOWAMED

http://www.sowamed.ird.fr

2 FP7-INCO-2013- 9, R2I-ENP

Grant N :609550

Universitat Autònoma de

Barcelona (UAB),

Fostering partnerships for the

implementation of best available

technologies for water treatment &

management in the Mediterranean

FP4 BATIW

http://www.fp4batiw.eu/

FP7 was the European Union's Research and Innovation

funding programme for 2007-2013.

The current programme is Horizon 2020

but there are many projects funded under FP7 which are still running.

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ERASMUS MUNDUS

Action 2: Partnerships with Third

Country higher education institutions and

scholarships for mobility

04-Programmes Erasmus Mundus

AVERROES

2009-2013

EMMAG

2012-2015

EUMETALIC

2012-2015

UNETBA

2013-2017

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ERASMUS MUNDUS

Action 3: Promotion of European Higher

Eduaction

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Nb Project Title Contracting

University Acronym Logo

1

Strenghtening the

activeness of

European higher

education in

heritage and

cultural Tourism

Centro Italiano di

studi Superiori sul

Turismo e sulla

promozione Turistica

H E R.CUL.ES

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Linking Europe, the

MENA and the Gulf

region

University of

Barcelona, Spain

Linking Med Gulf

Programme Erasmus+

2014-2020

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KA1 -

International Credit Mobility

2014-2020

INTER-INSTITUTIONAL SIGNED AGREEMENTS

N/B

Partner University

Project Duration

1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-Greece 2015/2021

2 Université de perpignan-France 2014/2021

3 Université Moyen Orient de Technologie en Turquie 2015/2021

4 Alexandru Iona Cuza Of Iasi University -Romania 2015/2017

5 Université du Maine-France 2014/2021

6 GDANSK University POLAND 2014/2021

7 CA FOSCARI DE VENEZIA-Italie 2014/2021

Accepted Projects 2014/2015

N/B Partner University Project Duration

1 Université Paris et MARIE Curie-France 2015/2017

2 Santiago de Compostela University / Spain 2015/2017

3 University of Graz/Autriche 2015/2017

4 University of Applied Sciences

Kehl-Allemagne 2016-2018

5 Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis-France 2016/2021

Accepted Projects 2015/2016

KA2 -

CAPACITY BUILDING

2014-2020

N° project number Name of organisation project Title Acronym

1

561988-EPP-1-2015-1-IT-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP

Mediterranean Universities

Union

Réseau

Méditerranéen pour

l’Employabilité

RESUME

2 561985-EPP-1-2015-1-LT-

EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

VYAUTAS MAGNUS

UNIVERSITY, VMU-

Lithuania

Gender Studies Curriculum:

A Step for

Democracy and Peace in EU-

neighbouring

countries with different

traditions

GeSt

3 573644-EPP-1-2016-1-IT-

EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

Università degli Studi di

Genova [UNIGE]

Boosting Environmental

Protection and Energy

Efficient Buildings in

Mediterranean Region

PROEMED

4 573967-EPP-1-2016-1-ES-

EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

University of Las Palmas de

Gran Canaria [ULPGC]

EURO-AFRICAN

NETWORK OF

EXCELLENCE FOR

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

AND INNOVATION

INSTART

5 574015-EPP-1-2016-1-FR-

EPPKA2-CBHE-SP

University of AIX

MARSEILLE

Solutions Académiques pour

le Territoire Euro-

méditerranéen Leader

d'Innovations et Transferts

technologiques d'excellence

SATELIT

Opening of the University on the socio-

economic Environment

Bureau of Technology transfer

Career Center of competencies and

Certification

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