University of Graz
Office of International Relations
University of Graz
Facts and Figures
•76 Departments
•3.933 Staff (total)
- including:
2.700 Academic Staff
•31.578 Students
•4.648 Beginners
•3.011 Graduates
€€€ A budget of approx. 180
million Euro per year
STUDENTS:
Humanities
Natural Sciences
Social and Economic
Sciences
Law
Catholic Theology
Environmental and Regional
Sciences and Education
•Interdisciplinary
9.010
7.049
5.705
4.897
595
5.914
1.353
6 Faculties
• Catholic Theology
• Law
• Business, Economic and Social Sciences
• Arts and Humanities
• Natural Sciences
• Environmental, Regional and Educational
Sciences
Broad range of study programmes
• More than 100 study programmes at six faculties
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degrees
• Special doctoral programmes
 9 Doctoral Studies
 14 Doctoral Schools
 10 Doctoral Colleges
 16 Doctoral Programmes
• 19 secondary school teacher accreditation
programmes
Research Core Areas at the
University of Graz
Inter-university research core areas
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Modeling and Simulation
Molecular Enzymology and Physiology
Brain and Behaviour
Environment and Global Change
University research core areas
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Heterogeneity and Cohesion
Cultural History and Interpretation of Europe
Learning – Education – Knowledge
Research at the University Level
facts and figures 2013
• 264 proposals of third party projects
• revenues from third party projects about € 24.32 Mio.
• 16 notified inventions
• 13 applications for a patent
• 3 granted patents
Research Management Service
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AREAS:
Promotion of Research
Research Projects: Quality Assurance, Agreements
and Financing
Technology and Knowledge Transfer
• Promotion of Research
 Information and advice on research funding programmes (FWF, FFG, HORIZON
2020,…)
 University funding + Awards and grants for academics
 Research newsletter
• Research Projects: QA, Agreements and Financing
Project management and controlling
 Financial calculations of third-party funded projects
 Coordination of EU audits
 Quality assurance of project-relevant data
Legal counseling
 Legal advice in all research-relevant fields
 Research contracts and cooperation agreements
• Technology and Knowledge Transfer
 Support of projects between academia and business
 Employee inventions and patents
 University spin-off companies – Science Park Graz
Office of International Relations
UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ
International Relations
Main objective:
to strengthen the quality in teaching & research
• Increasing mobility
• Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Projects
• Joint Degree Programmes
• Short-term Programmes
• Internationalisation of teaching & research
through international partnerships
Focus Regions:
• South-Eastern Europe
• The Americas
Mobility
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about 1.000 outgoing und 800 incoming mobility students
500 partners worldwide
- including: 300 partner universities in Europe
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13 Joint Degree Programmes
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26 Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Projects
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Member of Utrecht Network, Coimbra Group and other networks
Mobility Programmes
Students
ERASMUS
ERASMUS Mundus Action 2
Joint Study
ISEP, AEN, MAUI, SEN, UN
CEEPUS
Research stipends for
bachelor, master and
doctoral theses
Financial support for selforganized short-term
mobility
Short-term programmes
Summer Schools
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Staff
ERASMUS
ERASMUS Mundus Action 2
Internships
Staff Training (STT)
Visiting professorship
Minnesota
Financial support for individual
and group mobility
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Erasmus Mundus Action 2
Programmes
During the academic year 2013/14, the University of Graz is involved in 8
new Erasmus Mundus programmes:
JoinEU-SEE > PENTA (Western Balkan), coordinator: University of Graz
Euro-Asian CEA 2 (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan)
SILKROUTE (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan)
IANUS II (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus)
EU-METALLIC II (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya)
Al Idrisi II (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya)
EMAIL III (Israel)
EUROSA +(South Africa)
Joint Degree Programmes
The University of Graz coordinates the following Joint Degree Programmes:
PhD Diversity Management and Governance
MA Cultural Sociology
MA English & American Studies
MA Gender Studies
MA History of South-Eastern Europe
MA Jüdische Studien - Geschichte jüdischer Kulturen (Jewish Studies)
MA South Eastern European Studies
Msc Sustainable Development
Erasmus Mundus Master in Industrial Ecology (MIND)
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The University of Graz participates as partner in the following programmes:
MA Euromachs – University Coimbra
German Philology of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age
MA in Interpreting (Slovene/German/English) – University Ljubljana
MA in Translation (Slovene/German/English/French) – University Ljubljana
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Further Programmes in preparation:
Global Studies on Management and Information Science
Empirical Economics (Double Degree)
http://www.jointdegree.eu/index.php?id=6&lng=1
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Tempus Programmes
ongoing
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PhD in Food Science & Technology & Creating Capacities for PhD
Reform at the University of Prishtina / Kosovo (PdD@UP)
INTERFACE: Developing and setting up measures for initiating,
enhancing and sustaining Higher-Education-Society Cooperation
Reforming Foreign Language Studies in Serbia (ReFLeSS)
Education for Sustainable Development beyond the Campus
UNIMIG: Migration and Higher Education - Building Skills and
Capacity
Empowering Universities to fulfil their Responsibility for Quality
Assurance (EUREQA)
Tempus Programmes
ongoing
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ConSus HE: Connecting Science-Society Collaborations for
Sustainability Innovations
Strengthening the Specific Role of Universities as LLL Institutions,
SSRULLI
SIPUS: Strengthening of Internationalisation Policies at Universities
in Serbia
The Establishment of a Foundation for the Integration of Disabled
People into HEIs
Modernizing and harmonizing maritime education in Montenegro
and Albania - MArED of Azerbaijan [ESFIDIP]
Current Strategic Aims for
Internationalisation
UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ
Strategic Aim -1
Supporting the mobility of students and early-stage
researchers
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Analysis of mobility obstacles
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Defining and monitoring mobility numbers
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Broadening the scope of mobility programmes
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Allocating budgets for mobility grants for early-stage
researchers
Strategic Aim - 2
Improving competitiveness by strengthening the
international dimension
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“Teaching in English” and raising the number of classes
taught in English
Joint/Double Degree programmes and improving
implementation procedures
Promoting international recruitment
Strategic Aim -3
Developing international strategic partnerships
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As part of its internationalisation strategy, the University of Graz aims at
defining and intensifying close strategic partnerships with leading
international universities.
Strategic cooperation = “intentionally designed, planned and controlled
cooperation
in
order
to
promote
one’s
own
interests”
(cf. Neuberger, 1998)
Objectives:
- strengthening research through scientific cooperation
- improving international offers for lecturers and students
- improvement & intensification of the promotion
researchers
- joint procurement of third-party funds
of
early-stage
Involvement in SIPUS
UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ
Work Packages
WP1 : Development and Advancement of National Legislative for
Internationalisation
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Input to the comparative study on national legislative for internationalisation
of HE and research among EU partner countries and Serbia.
WP2 : Advancement of University integrative function through
Internationalisation of Education, Research and Academic Mobility
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Hosting the study visit to be organized in cooperation with WUS Austria
presenting at workshop in Novi Sad on best practices of academic and
administrative support for international students and staff and organization of
joint and double degrees, and writing guidelines for institutional practices and
regulations regarding academic recognition of mobility periods
Work Packages
WP3: NHANCEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES FOR PARTICIPATION
IN LARGE-SCALE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Participation at the workshop in Belgrade on best practices in building
institutional capacities for participation within ERA and advancing the service
of international projects’ development and management at university level.
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WP7 : Management
Management of project activities, budget and financial reporting at institutional
level. Attending Consortium meetings.
Thank you for your attention!