FACILITATING MOBILITY FOR ENGINEERING MAJORS: SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN FACULTY
AND EDUCATION ABROAD PROFESSIONALS
Wagaye Johannes, IIE, Chair

Going beyond “bilateral” agreements
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Martin P. Bendsøe
Senior Vice President and Dean
Technical University of Denmark
Nina Kohr
International Relations Coordinator
International Office
Munich University of Applied
Sciences
Wagaye Johannes
Project Director, Generation Study
Abroad
Institute of International Education
(IIE)

Agenda
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Overview of Partnerships
Case Studies
Group Activity

IIE At A Glance

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Going beyond “bilateral” agreements
Reducing the # of MOUs and
not “transactional”
More about “strategic” and
“transformational” partnerships

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MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF
APPLIED SCIENCES
DEVELOPING AN “INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE”

MUAS in a nutshell
Second largest University of Applied Sciences in Germany
17,500 students (winter term 2016/17)
About 2/3 Engineering students
14 departments (8 Engineering)
Over 80 study programmes
(Bachelor and Master)
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International@MUAS
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About 200 partner universities worldwide
Member in international consortia and networks: e.g. UAS7, Global E3
Internationalization Strategy 2015-18:
International Experiences of Students and Staff (In and Out)
Intercultural Competence „at home“ (internationalisation@home)
International Networks and Cooperations in Teaching and Research, Strategic
Partnerships
International Engineering Programs:
Semester exchange (bilateral, consortia)
Courses in English
Summer Schools

From the idea to the implementation: Int’l Engineering Certificate
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Creating (semester) certificates at University of Pittsburgh and Clemson
University in Automotive and Aerospace Engineering
In cooperation with the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and
Aerospace Engineering at MUAS
As a result of faculty idea and involvement and partnership with the Global
E3 program
Offering courses that are not offered in Pittsburgh or Clemson
Interest of other (GE3) universities

From the idea to the implementation: Int’l Engineering Certificate
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Create a MUAS Certificate for international exchange and German students:
Subject-related courses plus international/intercultural components
Based on the existing course catalogue from the MUAS “Courses in English (CiE)”-
program
create a package of existing CiE to one certificate in order to make it more attractive
and “easier” for the students
Pilot with Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering
Start planned for summer semester 2017

Who’s Involved
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Objectives and Benefits
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Promote an international experience for engineering students by working together (faculty
and International Office)
Enhance the intercultural/international competence of students (from abroad and at
home)
MUAS
 Promote the international profile and reputation of MUAS and the department(s) and respond to
MUAS Internationalization Strategy
 Create an attractive “package” and attract more (incoming) engineering students
Partner Universities:
 Create an interesting study abroad option in Munich, promote more interest in the exchange programs
(e.g. GE3) and offer options/courses at MUAS that home university doesn’t offer

Lessons Learned
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“Champion/s” at department(s), motivation and personal commitment of the faculty and
staff are necessary
Facilitator/ project leader in administration/study abroad office is necessary
Guarantee, commitment of the department for the courses, long term planning
Sufficient participation in the courses and motivation of the German students
Promotion and marketing (through GE3 network)
Patience (?): it might take some time to get it promoted and successfully run

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF
DENMARK
Joint programmes
An added value for students and institutions

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Joint programmes with international partners

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Our joint programmes are based on complementary competences
We aim to create unique offers to our students
With clear relevance to the labour market
We do joint programmes with strategic partners
Some of our basic considerations

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From our charter:
Establish a N5T extended campus in
terms of activities, infrastructure
and competence

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The N5T joint MSc programme model
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General principles
Based on the Bologna model (3+2)
Specializations within existing
MSc degree programmes
60 + 60 ECTS
”Building block” model
Pre-defined study tracks
Co-supervision of thesis
Double degrees

Lessons Learned
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ACTIVITY

Group Activity
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Imagine:
You are tasked with creating a new engineering program
-Who should be involved in the
-concept/design?
-Who should be involved in the
- implementation?

Group Activity
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What will convince a faculty
member to implement a program?

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