Student mobility Kaisu Piiroinen Ministry of Education, Science and Culture Department for Higher Education and Science [email protected] Emrex.

Student mobility

Kaisu Piiroinen

Ministry of Education, Science and CultureDepartment for Higher Education and [email protected]

Emrex kick off - meeting13.1.2015

Importance of student mobility

• Internationalisation one key issue• Mobility one key indicator

– core funding of HEs– quentative targets of HEs– Target EU2020 – 20% of graduates should have

study or training period abroad

• Value and added value– work, language skills, people, social skills,

experiences, relationships

Polytechnics core funding from 2014

Universities core funding from 2015

Quantitative targets for universities 2013-2016

UNIVERSITIES2012 2013

Target 2013-2016

Bachelor’s degrees 13 014 13 016 14 200

Master’s degrees 13 829 14 444 15 023

PhDs 1 649 1 724 1 635

Foreign degree students 9 628 10 240 8 950

Exchange students (incoming & outgoing, > 3 months)

10 661 10 713 11 950

Quantitative targets for polytechnics 2013-2016

POLYTECHNICS2012 2013

Target2013-2016

Polytechnic degrees 21 992 22 664 21 907

Vocational teacher education

1 740 1 877 1 600

Polytechnic Masters 1 707 1 946 2 018

Foreign degree students 9 378 9 517 7 475

Exchange students (incoming & outgoing, > 3 months)

8 679 8 926 8 830

Mobility – why not?

Academic, financial, conserns related to self- confidece, work related barriers, lack of guidance and information

Academic concerns typical to Finnish students– miss part of studies at home– be delayed in studies– lack of guidance from home institution– difficulties to fit studies at home institution– uncertaincy about the quality of education abroad– difficulties getting studies (pre)approved

All ECTS approved to Finnish degree to 70% of students. No ECTS approved 3%.

Thank you for your attention!

• http://www.cimo.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/cimowwwstructure/28083_Living_and_learning.pdf

• http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Julkaisut/2014/Opiskelijatutkimus_2014.html?lang=fi&extra_locale=en

• http://www.minedu.fi/export/sites/default/OPM/Julkaisut/2009/liitteet/opm23.pdf?lang=fi