Internationalization and development of PhD studies Erasmus Project

Project Title

Internationalization and development of PhD studies

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

The project “Internationalization and further development of doctoral studies” was carried out by the three universities UCM Trnava (SK), UJEP Ústí nad Labem (CZ) and Uniwersytet Wrocławski (PL). The starting point was the finding that there were clear deficits in the training of doctoral students. This included the very low level of international orientation and networking. In view of today’s requirements in science and practice, this is extremely problematic. The project and the strategic partnership formed in this way contributed to promoting the internationalization of the doctoral study programs at the cooperating institutions, through joint events, through the networking of the doctoral programs at the participating universities and through the long-term prospect of international acquisition of PhD students.
Another deficit could be identified in the methodological training of the doctoral students. Numerous measures were implemented as part of the project to strengthen the methodological skills of the doctoral students. This includes the organization of joint international doctoral colloquia, which will be continued in the future, the creation of a joint curriculum and the creation of methodologically and scientifically high-quality teaching material, the creation of a publication option specifically for doctoral students, the strengthening of international exchange at the level of the doctoral students and the Communication of current, also non-university research results and innovative methods. Another focus of the project was on the further qualification of supervisors and teachers in the doctoral program. For this purpose, methodological recommendations for this target group were developed and published in order to increase the quality of the supervision of the doctoral students.

Project Website

http://kger.ff.ucm.sk/de/erasmusphd/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 125652,82 Eur

Project Coordinator

Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave & Country: SK

Project Partners

• UNIWERSYTET WROCLAWSKI
• UNIVERZITA JANA EVANGELISTY PURKYNE V USTI NAD LABEM