Internationalisation of Higher Education in Finland Maija Innola

Knowledge, information sharing Changing challenges Joint campuses, programmes, courses, degrees Recryting of teachers, experts Research infrastructures and programmes Mobility of students, researchers, experts, administrators Social dimension: values, inclusiveness, public common good, access to information Multidisciplinary, cross-disciplinary approach

TARGET: By 2015, the number of non-Finnish teachers, researchers and degree students has risen considerably and higher education institutions will have become genuinely international study and work communities TARGET Amount of degree students: Universities: Polytechnics: Universities: Polytechnics: Universities: Polytechnics: Universities: Polytechnics: Student mobility/ over 3 months U: P: U: P: U: P: U: P: Mobility of staff/ mean, average U: 0,18 P: 0,88 U: 0,36 P: 0,94 U: 0,36 P: 0,98 U: 0,42 P: 1,09

Future potential of student mobility? Conference on mobility, Helsinki 5 Lähde: Student Mobility in Higher Education: a Nordic Comparison using Eurostudent Data

TARGET: Finnish higher education institutions are internationally renowned and attractive study and work environments -reforming the universities core funding from reforming the core funding and act of the polytechnics strategies, priorities, structural changes, mergers of the HEIs -strong regional innovation centres -national research infrastructures policy and funding -student and research welcome services -International Degree programmes, evaluated in

Degree programmes in English (2012) Bachelor’s degrees Master’s degrees Doctoral degrees Polytecnics Universities Source: Study in Finland database, International or programmes in English?

Universities core funding from 2013

Steering of HEI’s Internationalisation is part of the agreements between the Ministry and HEI’s - Quantitative targets (student mobility, number of international students) - Performance indicatiors (Staff international mobility / teaching and research personnel, international research funding) How could we better cover all aspects of internatiolisation of higher education?

Education and expertise export Finnish higher education institutions are attractive and reliable cooperation partners –international networking Potential of the export of competence and education to become a significant exports? Ongoing trial of tution fees /students outside EU ( ) – political decissions about the future Increase of the cross-border education also in Finland?

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