The Concept of Educational Internationalization
in the Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University
Drohobych, 2016
The process of globalization involves the integration of international, intercultural and global elements into the educational (pedagogical), scientific and administrative functions implemented in the educational internationalization, in particular higher education.
One of the essential characteristics of the modern world is “globalization”. Education is directly related to the process of globalization. Accelerating the processes of globalization in the economy and politics put forward new demands on the structure and quality of education. Accordingly, modern transformations of the system of higher education are due to the transformation of the social, political and economic spheres of society.
Internationalization of higher education means the integration of interethnic, intercultural or global dimensions with the purpose, tasks, functions and process of higher education. Internationalization is the expansion of bilateral and multilateral ties and contacts between educational institutions of different countries on the basis of equal and mutually beneficial cooperation. Its goal is to increase the efficiency of educational and research work, to increase the mobility of teachers, students and staff.
The educational internationalization is a multi-faceted concept. Its inherent feature is, on the one hand, the focus on the integration of an international component into national research, community service, educational services of higher education, and on the other, the process of internationalization should be aimed at the export of educational services and the achievements of national science. Consequently, the educational internationalization is one of the factors of global space formation of higher education and is classified as external (international academic mobility) and internal (introduction of world standards, internationalization of training courses, participation in international research programs and in intercultural communication, etc.).
The University’s international cooperation covers countries such as Poland, Austria, Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Italy, Germany, USA, Slovakia, Hungary, Belarus, Czech Republic, Japan, Russia and Belgium; implemented over 40 international agreements and many individual cooperation projects supported by universities.
1. Main directions and components
1. Availability of a strategy for the internationalization development and its integration into the university’s strategy.
2. Management infrastructure.
3. Information support.
4. Organization of students, teachers and staff mobility.
5. Consumer infrastructure.
6. Resource support for mobility and internationalization.
7. Language competencies of staff and students.
8. Participation in joint international projects.
9. Involvement of foreign specialists into the educational process and research.
10. Participation in the International networks of universities.
2. Indicators of internationalization
1. Bilateral partnership agreements.
2. Attracting foreign partners to different types of activities.
3. Foreign trips and internships of teachers and students.
4. Teachers, students and staff mobility.
5. International scientific projects.
6. Foreign scientific publications.
7. Membership in international professional and scientific organizations.
8. International scientific conferences, seminars, trainings.
9. Foreign missions of the rector, vice-rectors, administrative staff.
3. Educational programs
1. Programs of double and joint diplomas.
2. Preparation and defense of diploma, master’s degree in foreign language.
4. Scientific research
1. Number of international publications per one teacher.
2. Number of speeches at international conferences per researcher.
3. Number of researchers in international scientific projects
4. Impact factor of publications.
5. Citation Index of Authors.
6. Budget of scientific projects and grants.
5. Educational process, personnel potential
1. The ratio of subjects that are taught in foreign languages and their total number.
2. Number of foreign languages taught at the university.
3. The ratio of the number of teachers who give lectures in foreign languages and their total number.
4. Number of teachers who have been studying / teaching more than one semester abroad.
5. The ratio of the number of teachers trained / taught abroad and the total number of teachers.
6. Education (bachelors, masters)
1. Number of students studying in joint / double degree programs.
2. The ratio of students studying in joint / double degree programs and the total number of students.
3. Number of foreign students.
4. The ratio of the number of foreign students and the total number of students.
7. Administration
1. Number of administrative staff with knowledge of foreign languages.
2. The ratio of the number of administrative staff with knowledge of foreign languages to their total number.
3. The number of administrative staff who participated in international exchange programs, trainings.
4. Percentage of funds directed to the process of internationalization from the general budget.
8. Additional indicators (bachelors, masters)
1. Number of students with international certificates for the study of foreign languages.
2. The ratio of the number of students who have international certificates for the study of foreign languages and the total number of students.
3. Number of students studying in programs certified by international agencies.
4. The ratio of the number of students enrolled in certified international agencies programs and the total number of students.