1. Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses: Implementation challenges Roger Janssens Kyushu University, 3 Nov. 2009

2. EMMC Implementation challenges I. Academical 1) Course content/integration 2) Quality assurance and evaluation II. Technical/administrative 1) Management of student-related registrations 2) Accreditation

3. EMMC Implementation challenges I. Academical Award criteria: a) Course content b) Course integration c) Course mgmt, visibility and sustainability measures d) Students' services and facilities e) Quality assurance and evaluation

4. EMMC Implementation challenges I. Academical 1) Course content/integration, viz. 'Educational concept' element of quality control; easy to define in name, but not so easy to carry out in practice?; benefits of unified approach vs traditional, institution- specific approach?

5. EMMC Implementation challenges I. Academical 2) Quality assurance and evaluation different grading systems: how to reconcile them?; ECTS grading scale and its perfect bell curve (10% top students, next 25%, next 30%, next 25%, lowest 10% of successful students); 'grade of distinction' boundaries

6. EMMC Implementation challenges II. Technical/administrative 1) Management of student-related registrations registration/enrolment; course registrations; exam result registrations; solved through recent developments in Leuven and possibly elsewhere?

7. EMMC Implementation challenges II. Technical/administrative 2) Accreditation recognition of diplomas by national authorities; joint vs double/multiple degrees; joint degrees require common ‘diploma supplement’ -> unified expectations