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Introducing Università degli Studi di Bergamo International Relations
Who we are
• Lombardy: a region in the heart of
Europe
o among the highest GDP per capita
o more than 10 million inhabitants
• A State University:
o about 16,000 students
(undergraduates and graduates)
o about 300 PhD students
o 7% student growth rate per year
between 2001 and 2011
o teaching staff: 331 (professors and
researchers) and about 60
international teaching staff
o administrative staff: 230
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Where we are
• Cultural and social environment
o a medieval town with a key historical role
o a bridge between Western and Eastern Europe
˗ (Bergamo airport is the Southern Europe hub for Ryanair and other
low cost airlines, turning over ca. 9 million passengers in 2014)
• Economic features of the region
o multinational companies based in the
Bergamo area: Brembo, Gewiss,
Italcementi, SIAD, Tenaris Group
o among the highest entrepreneurship
indexes (SMEs)
o export-oriented specialized
manufacture industry
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What we teach and research - UniBG
• Campus of Humanities
o in the “Upper Town”
Humanities
• Campus of Economics and Law
Economics
and Law o in the city of Bergamo
walking distance - train station
Caravaggio Airport district heating grid & 142 kWp solar
panels
• Campus of Engineering
o in Dalmine (industrial area)
Dalmine district heating grid & 102 kWp solar
panels
o inside the science park “Kilometro
Rosso”
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A new idea of University
• Breaking traditional boundaries
o Time
˗ Lifelong-learning education
o Space
˗ Long-distance learning (Open Universities)
˗ Network Universities
o Content
˗ Cooperation with the industry and the government
˗ Joint research-centre
˗ Multi-disciplinary research teams on strategic topics (territorial
dynamics, educational system, ageing, pervasive technologies, etc.)
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Sustainable fees for a sustainable university
• The average fees @UniBg are 1,058 € per student
o Among the less expensive university in northern Italy
• UniBg is moving towards a hybrid and sustainable
funding model
o State contribution is co-financed with private endowments
and with private research contracts
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Internationalization of the teaching programs
o Six Master’s Degree programs
entirely taught in English:
Tourism Management
Economics and Business Administration
Management Engineering
Clinical Psychology
o PhD programs taught in English
o Growing percentage of international students (currently
5%)
o International university, about 60 foreign professors
coming from 15 countries actively involved in teaching and
more than 20 visiting professors
o Flexible terms for visiting lecturers
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This year’s enrolments
Δ% Target Unibg
Next Target Distance from Enrolled
Department Enrollments 2020
(AA 15/16) 2020 target 04/11/2014
2014 vs. 2013 (AA 19/20)
Management, Economics and
+41,2% 770 850 -8,9% 774
Quantitative Methods
Law -10,5% 300 350 -36,0% 224
Engineering and Applied
+47,3% 470 550 -0,2% 549
Sciences
Foreign Languages, Literatures
+21,2% 1.000 1.000 +7,5% 1.075
and Communication Studies
Human and Social Sciences +41,2% 950 1.000 +7,7% 1.077
Letters and Philosophy +11,1% 160 250 -41,2% 147
Total +30,3% 3.650 4.000 -3,9% 3.846
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University state-funding allocation 2014
The University of
Bergamo gained the
most from the new
allocation of state-funds
(FFO) in 2014 based on
an efficiency indicator:
the standard cost and
the quality of research.
– Source: Il Sole 24 Ore website, December 18, 2014
– Interministerial decree n. 893/2014, Table 5
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University Research Centres
• CCI - Research Centre on International Cooperation
o UNESCO Chair - Human Rights and the Ethics of International Cooperation
o CRDN - Research Community Cultures Religions Rights Non-violence
o FinDev - Research Group Finance and Development.
• CAV - Centre for Visual Arts
• CCSE - CISAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe
o HERe4I – Higher Education Research for Italy
• CE.R.CO - Research Centre on the Complexity
• CST - "Lelio Pagani" Centre for Territorial Studies
o CeSTIT - Research Center on Tourism Destinations and Heritage Interpretation
o Diathesis Cartographic Workshop
o CORES - Research group on Consumption, Networks and Practices of
Sustainable Economies
• CYFE - Center for Young and Family Enterprise
• GITT - Centre on Innovation Management and Technology Transfer
• HTH - Human Factors and Technology in Healthcare
20.04.2015 11Departmental Research Centres
• CASI - Centre for Statistical Analyses and Survey Interviewing
• CERLIS - Research Centre on Languages for Specific Purposes
• CISAM - International Centre for Studies on the Avant-garde
and Modernity
• COGES - Centre on Innovation and Knowledge Management
• CRiLeF - Research Centre on Linguistics and Philology
• ELab - Entrepreneurial Lab, Centre for Research on
Entrepreneurship
• ISHTAR - Indeterministic Sciences and Historico-
philosophical Transdisciplinar Advanced Research Centre
• ORA - Research Centre on Time and Its Signs
• ZEBRA - Center of Studies on the Languages of Identities
20.04.2015 12Devoted centers
• for improving competences in languages
o CCL = Centro competenza lingue
o CIS = Centro italiano per stranieri - Centre of Italian for
Foreigners
20.04.2015 13Teaching and Studying in an international perspective
• Partnerships for student mobility
in Europe outside Europe
20.04.2015 14Partnerships for Students mobility (Outside Europe) 20.04.2015 15
Exchange programs A. Y. 2014-2015
Languages, Literatures
Communication Engegneering (2 Dep.)
53 Institutions 19 Institutions
10 EU + 4 extra EU 8 EU + 3 extra EU
Ecomomics Letters and Philosophy
35 Institutions 12 Institutions
12 EU + 3 extra EU 5 EU + 2 extra EU
Human and Social
Law
Sciences
16 Institutions
18 Institutions
8 EU + 2 extra EU
10 EU + 2 extra EU
20.04.2015 16Internationalization of Master Courses
• Economics and Global Markets
o (Dep.: Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi
• Clinical Psychology for Individuals, Families and
Organizations
o (Dep.: Scienze umane e sociali)
• Management Engineering / Ingegneria gestionale
o (Dep.: Ingegneria)
• Management, Finance, and International Business /
Management, finanza e International Business
o (Dep.. Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi)
1. Management, Leadership, Marketing
2. International Business and Finance
• Planning and Management of Tourism Systems /
Progettazione e gestione dei sistemi turistici
o (Dep.: Lingue, Letterature straniere e Comunicazione)
20.04.2015 17DOUBLE DEGREE – MASTER LEVEL
(Department: Lingue, Letterature straniere e comunicazione)
• Laurea Magistrale in Lingue moderne per la comunicazione e la
cooperazione internazionale + Master II Commerce international et
langues appliquées
o partner: Université de Lyon 2 (France)
• Laurea Magistrale in Lingue e Letterature Europee e Panamericane +
M.A. in Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
o partner: Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)
• Laurea Magistrale in Comunicazione, informazione, editoria + M.A.
in Corporate and Organizational Communication,
o partner: Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - New Jersey (USA)
• Laurea Magistrale in Progettazione e Gestione di Sistemi Turistici +
M.A. in “Hospitality and Tourism Management”
o partner: Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - New Jersey (USA)
20.04.2015 18SUMMER SCHOOLS at University of Bergamo
• Summer Business Program
o partner: University of Missouri , Columbia (USA)
• Humanities Summer Program,
o partner: Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison -
New Jersey (USA)
• Summer Program on Management
Engineering / Global Business Management
o partner: Universität Augsburg (D)
20.04.2015 19SPECIAL PROGRAMS (Master Level)
• Boarding Pass
o Partners: Università di Bergamo (I) Freie Universität Berlin (D), IÉSEG
School of Management Lille (F), Technische Universität Chemnitz (D),
University of Washington Bothell (Seattle, USA)
• Global Business Program (MA in Management, Finance and
International Business)
o Partners: Università Bergamo (I) , Universität Linz (A), Nižnij Novgorod
School of Economics (Russia)
• Master Mundus
o Partners: Bergamo (I) Perpignan (FR) , Santiago de Compostela (ES),
Sheffield (UK), St. Andrews (UK), Lisbona (PT), Poznan (PL) , Guelph (CA)
• Smarter Citizens
o Partner: Università di Bergamo (I) ,Harvard University - Graduate School of
Design (USA)
20.04.2015 20International PhD programs
EMJD ERASMUS MUNDUS Joint Doctorate
• Cultural Studies in Literary Interzones
o Partner: Perpignan, Tübingen, Rio de Janeiro, New Delhi
PhDNet
• Literary and Cultural Studies (European Network)
o Partner: Gießen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Lisbon
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