1. Case studies of institutional strategies for joint degrees Central European University Budapest dr. István Teplán, Executive Vice-President

2. CEU’s profile Motivations for engaging in international cooperation/joint degrees Strategy Examples Possible lessons

3. CEU’S PROFILE: American, European, International US-chartered university (NY State Education Department) US program accreditation (NY State Education Department) Candidate for US institutional accreditation (Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools -to be finalized in April 2004) European, Hungarian accreditation?

4. CEU’S PROFILE: American, European, International Graduate school, research-intensive Programs in social sciences and humanities Curriculum based on a comparative approach, no national agenda International faculty (20 countries) International student body (60 countries)

5. Mission CEU’s primary mission is to contribute to the development of open societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by promoting academic excellence - including high level research - and civic commitment.

6. CEU’S PROFILE: American, European, International US-chartered university -operating in Hungary -with an international faculty and student body -and a mission that is primarily European What need for international cooperation/joint degrees?

7. Motivations Achieve the missionAchieve the mission Maximizing resources (intellectual, financial, etc.) Promoting innovation in teaching and research Asserting a European profile

8. Strategy Joint appointments with universities form “the region” Special and Extension Programs (Curriculum Research Center, Course Development Competition, etc.) Exchange programs for students and professors (North America, Europe, Australia) Joint degree programs

9. Examples of joint programs Ph.D. in Mathematics and its Applications: CEU, Alrfed Renyi Institute of Mathematics (Budapest), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris) Advantages: prestige, innovative curriculum (high level Mathematics in systematic dialogue with Social Sciences and Humanities), wider scope of recruitment, no individual partner had sufficient resources alone

10. Examples of joint programs Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Policy: CEU, Professors from several Institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences/Hungarian Universities Advantages: CEU has strong expertise in environmental policy matters covering the whole region but no science infrastructure and experts in environmental science; US accredited program, also ‘accreditable’ according to Hungarian standards as a ‘doctoral school’

11. Examples of joint programs International Masters in Management: CEU, Purdue (US), Tilburg (Netherlands), ESCP-EAP (France) LLM in Comparative Business Law: CEU, World Law Institute, Emory University

12. Lessons Joint degrees: intellectual, financial, social, and symbolic added-value; excellent tool for building a European Area of Higher Education No real framework supportive for such programs at national or European levels (including quality assurance, accreditation, or proper formal recognition)