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Cooperation with China at Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Jan Cornelis 阳 · 科诺理 教授Vice Rector International Policy 国际事务副校长Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) 布鲁塞尔自由大学

TIME: Top Industrial Managers for Europe

International students mobility: some order of magnitudes

Trends 2004-2012English taught Master programs

~12000 students @ VUB

106 nationalities

2012-2013 BachelorTotal registrations: 5259

2012-2013 MasterTotal registrations: 6023

2012-2013 Ph.DTotal registrations: 1349

Brussels, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE布鲁塞尔，高质量的生活

140.000 European foreigners live in Brussels

140.000 欧洲外籍人士生活在此 Life cost is cheaper than in most of the other

European capitals

生活费用低于大部分欧洲其他首都 Wide range of international schools, offering

English and American programs

有众多国际学校，提供英国和美国式的课程

High quality health care system

高质量的医疗服务保障An OPEN city for the expat欢迎新移民的城市

Challenge is outgoing mobility

Some targets and incentives

OUTGOING STUDENTS Target 2020

EU: 20 % of students: 15 ECTS or 3 months abroad

Flemish Government:33 % of students: 10 ECTS acquired abroad

VUB:Faculties: KPI’s based on policy planPersonal incentives: ZAP matrixInternal Allocation model, already now (3%):- incoming international students- outgoing exchange students (Erasmus ~150)- travel grants VLIR-UOS ……. to be refined

China

VUB’s General China policy

• Historically grown focus on China• Specific focus on contemporary China• Creation of trust & respect for diversity, reciprocity ...• More than occasional collaborations (partnerships)• Reinforce and trigger bottom-up initiatives by increasing

VUB’s reputation & visibility in China• Intercultural competences = social responsibility

towards students• Strong physical presence• Currently ~ 220 Chinese students at VUB; our main

challenge: outgoing mobility

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Ambassador ZHANG Qiyue

Ex-Vice-Minister MOST

Ma Songde

MoU singing ceremony between CSC & VUB, Secretary-General ZHANG Xiuqin, Nov 2005

MoU singing Ceremony RUC & VUB Establishement of BICCS

Vice President, Prof. YUAN Wei

VUB at Shanghai EXPO 2010

普罗伯 : 会拥抱的智能机器人Study Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)Special focus on hospitalised childrenFocus on non-verbal communication by emotions

3D 传感器3D 照相机

VUB在上海世博会

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Chinese students @ VUB 2011-2012

12.000 students 2600 International 220 Chinese students

PostgraduateCertificate5 %

Some Privileged Partners

China Scholarship Council (CSC)• Cooperation with CSC since 2005• 2011: 29 Chinese PhD students at VUB with CSC scholarship

Erasmus Mundus 2009-2013• Inter-institutional cooperation with10 Chinese U’s. • More than 100 students at VUB with EM scholarship

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China: cooperation beyond mobility: cases

Educational Trajectory models and pre masters

• VUB: 3 year Ba and 1 or 2 year Ma. • China: 4 year Ba + 2-2,5 year Ma.

• Asian universities have set up joint programs with universities (selected partners, not with everybody) from the Netherlands, UK, France and Germany reduction of total study years (best students)

Educational Trajectory models (shorter)

Premaster programs and summer schools

• Top-class Universities– Project 211 – Best 100 Universities (1995)

• Supported by National Government

– Project 985 – Top 39 Universities (1998)• Supported by National and Local governments

China specific : cooperation limited to

Case 1: Brussels Institute for Contemporary China Studies (BICCS)

Establishment: April 2006

Co-founder: Renmin University

Mission: The capital of Europe's main academic hub between Europe and China.

Research: 4 main clusters– China and the EU– Foreign and security policy– China’s domestic transition– Chinese law

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www.vub.ac.be/biccs

Case 1: Brussels Institute for Contemporary China Studies (BICCS)

Education: 4 major post-graduate programmes

For European students:

– China Business Development

– Contemporary China Studies

– Chinese Business Law

Debate: BICCS forms the capital of Europe’s most important platform for debating contemporary China and its impact on the global order.

Scaling up action: BASES - Brussels Academy for Sino-European Studies -

High level people-to-people dialogue (Sichuan univ., Renmin univ. of China, …)

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For Chinese & Asian students:

– Investing in the EU

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www.vub.ac.be/biccs

Case 2:EU-China Higher Education Res. Center (ECHE)- start in June 2012

Prof. Dr. Chang ZHU – Dept. of Education Science, VUB

•Educational Innovations

•Community development

•Culture education

• Arts & Art Education

• Modern art theories

Culture philosophy/ Art & Philosophy

Social- Culture policy

Case 2: EU-China Higher Education Research Center (ECHE)

Erasmus Mundus Action 3 Project Proposal: Enhancing the visibility of European Higher education and strengthening the dialogue and cooperation with Chinese stakeholders in the field of doctoral education

•Project partners:

•Partner 1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), BE (Coordinator)

•Partner 2. Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA), BE

•Partner 3. University of Vienna (UniVie), AT

•Partner 4. University of Tampere (UTA), FI

•Partner 5. University of Stockholm (SU), SE

•Partner 6. China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), CN

•Partner 7. Beijing Normal University (BNU), CN

•Partner 8. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), CN

•Partner 9. Peking University (PKU), CN

•Partner 10. Southwest University (SWU), CN

•Partner 11. Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (BCECC), BE

Case 3: Collaboration with ChinaThe VUB style, beyond student mobility

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GROUP MOBILITY

Joint Programs – Curriculum Development

Joint Degrees ------------------------------------- Joint Research

Joint Labs ------------------------------------------------- Joint Technology Transfer

Joint Incubators

Joint Regional Development

MOBILITY extended by STRUCTURED (GROUP) MOBILITY Group mobility- Planned exchange with limited number of partner universities: incoming and outgoing groups, rather than individual mobility.

Organisational aspects- good knowledge of procedures of the partner university- fixed mobility window in the curricula- less administrative hurdle (no individual files)- better control of quality assurance- less effort to mobilise students- services (housing) can be well regulated- students experience less anxiety effects (>< individual)- sense of inclusion in the joint community- higher success rates

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Case 3: Brussels Multilayer Innovation Partnership

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University

Involvement

• Education• R&D• New technology

Technology transfer

Innovation

IncubatorScience &

Technology Park

Econom

ic Actors

Involvement

• Education• R&D• New technology

Technology transfer

Innovation

IncubatorScience &

Technology Park

Northwestern Polytechnical University

NEW

Xi’anBRUSSELS

BRUSSELS XI’AN

Case 3: International University Technology Transfer

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Case 4: LIAMA Partners

04/15/23AVSP General Presentation

INRIA: The French National Institutefor Research in Computer Science and Control / 法国国家信息与自动化研究学院

CASIA: Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences/ •中国科学院自动化研究所

NPWU: Northwestern Polytechnical University/ 西北工业大学

BUAA: Beihang University/ 北京航空航天大学

Tsinghua University/ 清华大学

VUB: Vrije Universiteit Brussel/ 比利时大学

CNRS: National Center for Scientific Research/ 法国国家科研中心

INRA: French National Institute for Agricultural Research/ 法国农业科学研究

Case 4: LIAMA: CAVSA - Computational Audio-Visual Scene Understanding

Sahli Hichem VUB Hu Zhanyi CASIA Zhang Yanning NPU Jiang Dongmei NPU The main objectives

Understanding the surroundings

– 3D Reconstruction (Environment/ Scene/Persons)

Analyses sensors

– AV Activity: Localisation /Tracking

Intelligence

– Expression/Emotion/ Human Activities awareness

– Environment Recognition Based on Human Actions

Case 4: Signing of LIAMA agreement 2011

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Contacts

International Relations & Mobility Office, VUB

Email: International.Relations@vub.ac.be

Tel: 0032 (0)2 614 81 01

Website: www.vub.ac.be/en

Website: International University Technology transfer - IUTT http://iutt.etro.vub.ac.be/

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