ACTION PLAN FOR INTERNATIONALISATION

AT OSLO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 2005 – 2007

Approved on the Board 27.01.05

The Action Plan is based on the Strategic Plan of OUC.

1. OUC SHALL HAVE A VISIBLE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION IN STUDY PROGRAMMES AND R&D

Actions for the Study Programmes

• Literature and lessons in all the study programmes shall give the students comparative and international knowledge. This shall be included in the Study Programme Regulations
• The Education Committee shall ensure the international dimension in the study programmes, as expressed in the Study Programme Regulations. The Faculty Committees shall have the same responsibility for programmes decided on at faculty level

Actions for R&D

Actions for R&D are in accordance with the R&D strategy.

• OUC shall strengthen the stipend arrangements for research-visits abroad
• Cooperation with institutions abroad shall be considered when new Doctor Programmes are established
• Research Units at OUC should concentrate on participation with in Nordic and European Research Programmes. R&D projects in cooperation with institutions beyond Europe should be further developed
• OUC shall facilitate support for writing applications for external funding of R&D
• OUC shall facilitate recruitment of academics with international research background
• Faculties and units shall facilitate, in collaboration with International Office, infrastructure for international guest researchers
• OUC shall facilitate international publishing of R&D projects and results
• OUC shall improve access to information on R&D-results by establishing a database in English for R&D at OUC
• OUC shall establish good agreements for services on translation and language improvements for international publishing

2. OUC SHALL INCREASE THE MOBILITY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF

Actions for increased student mobility

Outbound students

• OUC shall facilitate exchange to reach the goal of 15% outbound students by 2007. The minimum exchange period shall be six weeks
• All study programmes shall state explicitly at what point in the study-period the students can go abroad for exchange
• The faculties should establish agreements specific for each education. The students shall also have the possibility to study abroad on the basis of institutional agreements with pre-approved courses
• Quality assurance of outbound students shall be strengthened through the elaboration of common requirements for the study abroad period, this including language proficiency and study-progress
• OUC shall endeavour to change the national reporting system on mobility to reflecting a greater part of the mobility, including practice and project work, by incorporating all exchange exceeding 6 weeks in the figures presented to the Database for Higher Education (DBH)

Inbound students

• OUC shall elaborate a strategy for how to manage a probable growing number of applications from self-financing international students in the future
• Priority will be given to students from cooperating institutions as part of the quality assurance of the student admission
• All faculties and units will have homepages in English, which present the education offered to inbound students
• In collaboration with the faculties, International Office will market OUC abroad with updated information of the study programmes for international students

Actions for increased staff mobility

• OUC will facilitate mobility, among other things by using Erasmus-stipends, stimulus funds from the faculties and institutional funds for internationalization
• OUC will allocate funds for visiting researchers who can teach students at all levels
• The faculties will prepare an infrastructure that makes it easy to receive guest lecturers/researchers
• OUC will arrange for increased competence in English and give support to increase competence in other languages

3. OUC SHALL INCREASE THE COOPERATION WITH INSTITUTIONS ABROAD ON COURSES AND STUDY PROGRAMMES

Actions

• Cooperation with foreign partners on courses/programmes/degrees shall have top priority in the allocation of strategy funds for internationalization
• All faculties and units will consider if new study programmes at Bachelor and Master levels shall be developed, completely or partly, in cooperation with foreign partners
• OUC should have 2-3 joint programmes/degrees with foreign partners by 2007
• OUC shall facilitate support to write applications for funding of joint programmes/degrees
• OUC should use the stipends for associate professors to develop joint courses/programmes/degrees in cooperation with foreign partners
• OUC shall stimulate for collaboration between home students and students from partner institutions on projects, like courses/seminars and thesis/assignments in the study programmes

4. OUC SHALL CREATE A STUDY ENVIRONMENT THAT INTEGRATES EXCHANGE STUDENTS

Actions

• A majority of the educations offered in English should be developed to meet a target group consisting of both Norwegian and international students
• Student organisations must focus more on the integration process of international students
• The faculties shall establish a good practice for buddy/mentor arrangements for all international students

5. OUC SHALL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COURSES TAUGHT IN ENGLISH WITH IN BACHELOR AND MASTER PROGRAMMES

Actions

• Within 2007, all study programmes at OUC should offer courses taught in English totalling minimum one semester/30 ECTS
• Study programmes where this aim has not yet been met, will have priority in the allocation of strategic funds to develop courses taught in English