Gateway to the Mediterranean  TheUniversity of Alicante  The University of Alicante

Facts & figures History1545. Universidad de Orihuela was founded The University of Alicante was founded Students> Exchange students > Employees Teachers and Researchers Administrative staff Degrees 91 official degrees + 4 UA own degrees (thereof 22 post-graduate) Institutes/ schools Research 6 Faculties, 5 University schools, 1 Polytechnic, 75 Departments 226 Research groups in 12 Research Institutes

THE CAMPUS  Big campus at the outskirts of the city  Extraordinary environmental quality and architecture, modern buildings  Extensive variety of services  Located in a strategic position with excellent transport possibilities

UA BACKGROUND  Faculty of Economics and Business  Faculty of Science  Faculty of Law  Faculty of Education  Faculty of Arts  Faculty of Health Sciences  Polytechnic University College

Scientific education & innovation

Research at UA  12 Research Institutes  226 Research Teams  > 300 Research projects in cooperation with other public institutions  > 400 Research projects in cooperation with industrial partners  Resources received for research: 18 million €  Numerous Doctoral Thesis, Publications in specialist journals, books, patent applications

Technology Transfer Office at UA Services Offered  R&D Projects national, regional, European  R&D contracts with Industry (Art. 83 LOU)  Financial research management  Updating of Technology offer of UA  Intellectual Property management and assistance  Creation of new, technology based firms  Compilation of reports and statistics related to R&D

THE UA INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (OGPI) 8

Planning And Management Of Higher Education Institutions (Financial Management, International Relations, Research etc) Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer University – Industry Cooperation Quality & Accreditation Curriculum Development Research & Innovation Access to Higher Education Lifelong Learning, E-learning THEMATIC AREAS OF EXPERTISE

ORGANISATION / FLOW CHART 10 UA PRESIDENT Vice-President for R & D Vice-President for IRR

ORGANISATION / OGPI SERVICES 11

ORGANISATION / INVOLVED UNITS +  EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICE (GIPE) EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICE (GIPE)  TT OFFICE (OGPI) TT OFFICE (OGPI)  STUDENTS SUPPORT SERVICE STUDENTS SUPPORT SERVICE  INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE  SOCIAL COUNCIL SOCIAL COUNCIL  FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE  QUALITY UNIT QUALITY UNIT  EQUALITY UNIT EQUALITY UNIT  FACULTIES: FACULTIES:  …. 12

 OGPI STAFF: 17 persons  NATIONALITIES: French, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Singapur, Romania, Austria, UK, Italy, Spain  LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Italian  ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS: Education, Economics, Translation, Public Relations, Law, Sociology. HUMAN RESOURCES

GOOD PRACTICES - PUBLICATIONS 14  Intellectual Property Rights:  Research.eu (Nano2Market)  IPHandbook of Best Practices (Concept Foundation)  EU-Asia Higher Education Platform (Links that matter: Recurring themes in EU- Asian Higher Education Cooperation  Internationalisation of HE  “Prácticas y tendencias para la internacionalización y la cooperación entre universidades de América Latina y UE”  “Casos prácticos para la gestión de la internacionalización de universidades”

GOOD PRACTICES - TRAININGS 15  TEMPUS Training to Spanish Universities ( )  EDULINK Training to Spanish Universities (2011)  CEDDET on-line course on University-Industry Cooperation to Latin American Civil Servants ( )  LATIN AMERICA DIES PROGRAMME (2012) LATIN AMERICA DIES PROGRAMME (2012)

532 PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD  103 COUNTRIES

WP.3. ENHANCEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN LARGE-SCALE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS  UA will contribute to boosting internationalization as a strategic axis, which aims at consolidating and developing relations with outstanding universities and research centres.  It will design and host the training envisaged in WP3 for Serbian HEIs to gain practical knowledge in managing large-scale international projects and attend the Project workshops, meetings and conferences. 17

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