UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO PERFORMANCE REPORT IN THE AREA OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FOR THE1 2017 Impressum VICE RECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Prof. Dr Aleksandra Nikolić INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE Mrs Dr Jasna Bosnjovic, Head of the Office Mrs Ljiljana Sulentic, M.Sc.Arch, International Relations Officer Mr Adnan Rahimić, International Relations Officer Mejsun Al-Ghoul, student volunteer This report is created by International Relations office of the University of Sarajevo in a cooperation with vice deans and coordinators for international cooperation members of the University of Sarajevo. DTP: Mr Adnan Rahimić Sarajevo, April, 2018. 2 UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO PERFORMANCE REPORT IN THE AREA OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FOR THE 2017 3 Content Internationalization strategy of University of Sarajevo .......................................................... 6 International Cooperation Board ............................................................................................ 7 International Academic Mobility ............................................................................................ 8 Outgoing (students and staff) .............................................................................................. 8 Incoming (students and staff) .............................................................................................. 9 Administrative staff mobility in the International Relations offices ................................ 10 International mobility programmes ...................................................................................... 11 Program structure ................................................................................................................. 13 Erasmus+........................................................................................................................... 13 Report according to key activities of Erasmus+ programme ............................................ 15 ERASMUS MUNDUS ......................................................................................................... 29 About the programme ....................................................................................................... 29 Erasmus Mundus in numbers ............................................................................................ 29 CEEPUS ............................................................................................................................... 30 About the programme ....................................................................................................... 30 CEEPUS in numbers ......................................................................................................... 31 CEEPUS networks in 2017 ............................................................................................... 31 MEVLANA .......................................................................................................................... 31 About the programme ....................................................................................................... 31 Mevlana in numbers .......................................................................................................... 31 FULBRIGHT ........................................................................................................................ 32 FOREIGN STUDENTS so-called FREEMOVERS ............................................................ 32 BILATERAL COOPERATION ........................................................................................... 32 COTUTELLE – PhD Joint Degree ....................................................................................... 33 Memberships in networks, associations and other international organizations .................... 33 Overview of networks, associations and other international organizations: ..................... 33 About organisations and networks: ................................................................................... 34 Promotion of Internationalisation@home ............................................................................ 39 Organizational activities with an international character at the UNSA ............................ 39 Winter and summer schools .............................................................................................. 39 Conferences ....................................................................................................................... 42 Cooperation with universities ........................................................................................... 45 Visits by international institutions representatives ........................................................... 50 4 Lectures by international academics ................................................................................. 56 Scholarships fairs .................................................................................................................. 58 Eighth Scholarships Fair ................................................................................................... 58 French Universities Fair .................................................................................................... 59 Support services of the University of Sarajevo for foreign students .................................... 59 International activities of University of Sarajevo members ................................................. 61 Social Sciences Group ...................................................................................................... 61 Humanities Group ............................................................................................................. 69 Medical Sciences Group ................................................................................................... 78 Technical Sciences Group ................................................................................................. 84 Natural Sciences Group .................................................................................................... 86 Arts Group ........................................................................................................................ 89 Annex 1 - Agreements/ Memorandums/ Protocols/Letters of intent on Academic Cooperation in 2017 ............................................................................................................. 96 Annex 2 - List of Erasmus+ interinstitutional agreements active in 2017 ......................... 110 Annex 3 - List of signed protocols on cooperation with Turkish universities within Mevlana programme .......................................................................................................................... 122 Annex 4 - Active CEEPUS networks in 2017 .................................................................... 124 Annex 5 - List of approved projects within Erasmus+ programme ................................... 126 5 Internationalization of University of Sarajevo Education has a main role in the economic and social development of a human, where internationalization has a significant contribution to it. Internationalization of education contributes to improving its quality and youth employment on a global work market. Internationalization is mentioned as a physical mobility, academic cooperation and transfer of academic knowledge, as well as institutional partnership, joint studies and also international education and other sorts of CBC (Cross-border cooperation). This means a new way of communication and interaction among countries with aim of adopting intercultural knowledge and competencies. In the frame of internationalization, mobility’s segment of students, teachers and associates is of exceptional importance for many reasons: strengthening the quality of programs and excellence of research, strengthening the academic and cultural internationalization of European higher education, cooperation and competition among higher education institutions. At the same time, mobility has become a symbol of a European area of Higher education that is initiated to enable easier recognition and mobility inside Europe, as well with the aim to strengthen cooperation of European countries with Non-European Countries. The University of Sarajevo possess specific strength that is based on, before all, its academic tradition and academic culture of activities and openness to the world and thanks to that, even during the hardest times, University of Sarajevo didn’t stop performing, and during the moments when physical movement was impossible there were always some ways to feel influence and spirit of international activities. Today, this institution is investing a significant effort in following European area in the development of Higher education and also it is being part of it as a participant. Maximum efforts are made for providing access and participation in international projects because these activities are followed by financial incentives measures that individual institutions would not have access to free association with other Higher education institutions, nor they can draw it from national funds. By its nature, international activities are more complex than domestic ones. Internationalization is impossible without a wide palette of support services. Institutions are different when it comes to their activities due to foreign languages courses and domestic language course for foreign students, as well as accommodation for foreign