Mobility Project No. 6

Project facts

Project promoter:
'Alexandru Ioan Cuza' University of Iasi
Project Number:
RO15-0009
Target groups
Students,
Teachers, trainers, managers, leaders and other staff within higher education institutions
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€309,150
Final project cost:
€194,550
From EEA Grants:
€ 175,095
The project is carried out in:
Iaşi

Description

The project is needed to expand the scope of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (AICU) academic international cooperation by attracting EEA students and staff to choose our institution as their exchange destination. The objective is to strengthen the cooperation between Romanian and EEA institutions. The project will increase the quantity and quality of the EEA mobility exchanges. The EEA exchanges will provide students with specialized knowledge in their study fields to gain meaningful experience and linguistic proficiency which will be used as assets in their future jobs. The staff exchanges will lead to new curriculum design and teaching methods. The three actors that will benefit from the mobility exchanges are AICU and EEA students and staff, as well as AICU and EEA partner institutions as a whole. Donor partners are Higher Education Institutions and companies in EEA countries, playing the role of host institutions for AICU students and staff. The partnership is expected to connect different public and private actors across the European territory.

Summary of project results

Although partnerships between "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi and some EEA Higher Education Institutions already existed, the project was needed to further expand the scope, both domain-wise and geographically, of UAIC academic international cooperation mainly by attracting EEA students and staff to choose UAIC as their exchange destination. The objective of the project was to strengthen the cooperation between Romanian and EEA institutions mainly through the promotion of academic excellence and institutional improvement, reduction of mobility obstacles, good practice exchange and internationalization at home. The project increased the quantity and quality of the EEA mobility exchanges which are still expected to grow into cooperation projects of research of common interest. The EEA exchanges provided students with specialized knowledge not only in their fields of study, but also on the cultures/societies of all countries involved, meaningful experience and linguistic proficiency which will be used as assets in their future jobs. The staff exchanges will lead to new curriculum design and teaching/assessment methods, as well as implementation of good practices. The benefit of this project was not only at individual level for students and staff, but also at institutional The donor partnership could better connect different public and private actors across the EEA and Romanian territory.

Summary of bilateral results

The mobility project within the EEA Grants was needed to strengthen the cooperation with the existing partner institutions (HEIs) in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and furthermore to initiate new partnerships with institutions (both HEIs and enterprises for student traineeships) in these countries. The idea of the project was not only to promote the outgoing mobility flow to the EEA countries, but most importantly the incoming mobility flow (both students and staff) in order to reduce the economic and social disparities among the above-mentioned countries and increase the attractiveness of Romanian institutions. The EEA exchanges provided students with specialized knowledge not only in their fields of study, but also on the cultures/societies of all countries involved, meaningful experience and linguistic proficiency which will be used as assets in their future jobs. The staff exchanges will lead to new curriculum design and teaching/assessment methods, as well as implementation of good practices. The EEA mobility project coordinated by Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi during the academic year 2013-2014 counted 29 outgoing students mobilities, 18 outgoing staff mobilities, 2 incoming students mobilities and 7 incoming staff mobilities.