international division · • erasmus mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field...

INTERNATIONAL

DIVISION (MOBILITY PROGRAMME)

Mobility programmes

• Exchange program (with/without credit transfer)-1 to 2 semester(s) • Short term program (less than 1 semester) • Attachment program • Internship/Industrial Training • Summer Programmes • Special Projects (e.g. AUN+3, MEVLANA, Erasmus Mundus, AIMS, Asia Exchange) • Mobility Grant

Mobility Statistics

Statistics of Students Inbound vs Outbound Programmes (2010 to 2014)

Mobility programmes- Erasmus Mundus

ERASMUS MUNDUS

• Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with Third-Countries.

• Since end of December 2009, UPM has successfully bid for six (6) projects under the

Erasmus Mundus. Through the projects that have been successful executed, indirectly UPM has left footprints among project members!


• Participation in EU projects since Framework Programme 4 (FP4) • European Union FP7 projects

– ASEM-Aquaculture09 – EGI-Inspire – EUAsiaGrid – MyEULink – European input to course content – Erasmus Mundus – Europe Asia 2 (EURASIA2), Erasmus Mundus Man

Health Environment biodiVersity in Asia (MAHEVA), Erasmus Mundus Let’s Move Together Program (MOVER), Erasmus Mundus Centre of Excellence for Learning, Innovation, Networking and Knowledge (CLINK), knowledGe mAnagement Technology transfer and Education programme (GATE)

• Network member – Asean-European University Network (ASEA UNINET) – EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce & Industry (EUMCCI)

Relationship with European Countries


Project 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

MYEULINK 15 Dec 2009 – 14 Dec 2012/

RM148,804.00 =€34,980

Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia 2 (EURASIA2)

18 Oct 2010 – 18 Oct 2014 / RM492,540 = €113,572

Erasmus Mundus Man Health Environment biodiVersity in Asia (MAHEVA)

15 July 2010 -14 July 2014/ RM977,083 = € 225,292

Erasmus Mundus Let’s Move Together Program (MOVER)

15 Nov 2011 – 15 Nov 2015/ RM856,415 = € 197,439

knowledGe mAnagement Technology transfer and Education programme (GATE)

July 2012- Dec 2015/ RM75,602 = € 17,427

Centre of Excellence for Learning, Innovation, Networking and Knowledge (cLINK)

Aug 2012 – Dec 2016/ RM89,899 = €20,722

*the amount of grants stated are until August 2014 only

List of UPM-Erasmus Mundus Projects

Mobility programmes-Erasmus Mundus Projects

MYEULINK (15 December 2009 – 14 December 2012)

• A project supported by the European Union, and is the landmark in the development of a growing and equitable partnership between Malaysia and the European Union. • The MYEULINK project targets those who will play a key role in the future development and growth of this country. This of course, includes Malaysian students, educators, policy makers and entrepreneurs who wish to develop themselves and their institutions towards a bigger international dimension. •UPM together with University Malaya, University Malaysia Sabah and University of Nottingham Malaysia as the co-ordinator of the project. The Malaysian team also partners with 3 European Universities, namely; Institute Asia-Europe, University of Nottingham, UK and University of Maastricht, Netherlands.


Institutions Involved and Grants Allocated

Coordinator Partners Allocation

University of Nottingham Malaysia

Main Institutions: 1) Universiti Putra Malaysia 2) Universiti Malaya 3) University of Maastricht, Netherland 4) Universiti Malaysia Sabah 5) University of Nottingham, UK Associated Institutions: 1) Institute of Strategic and International Studies

(ISIS) 2) National Higher Education Research Institute

(IPPTN) 3) Petroleum Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS)

Travel : €10,000.00 Secretariat: €3,600.00 Office Equipment: €5,400.00 Tel., fax, electric and maintenance; €5,400.00 Total Allocation: €34,980 (RM148,804.00)

Achievement: • Series of coordination meetings (e.g. kick-off, launching, bilateral meetings) • Students’ exchange program (attending seminars and lectures by distinguished speakers from University of

Maastricht, the Netherlands ) • Established a database on Economy and Business, and • Organized seminar related to security, environmental migration, science & technology, and energy

(coordinated by Faculty of Economics and Management, UPM). The project involves the delivery of teaching and knowledge of economics and business performance. A total of 18 hours has been allocated in the delivery and teaching, and involved four (4) different topics.


MYEULINK; Achievements

• Series of coordination meetings (e.g. kick-off, launching, bilateral meetings) • Students’ exchange program (attending seminars and lectures by distinguished speakers from University of Maastricht, the Netherlands ) • Established a database on Economy and Business, and • Organized seminar related to security, environmental migration, science & technology, and energy (coordinated by Faculty of Economics and Management, UPM). The project involves the delivery of teaching and knowledge of economics and business performance. A total of 18 hours has been allocated in the delivery and teaching, and involved four (4) different topics.


European Academic Mobility Network with Asia (EURASIA 2) 18 October 2010 – 18 October 2014

• A cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with Third-Countries. • The main objective of the project EURASIA 2 is to contribute to the promotion of the European system of higher education world-wide (Bologna Declaration) and to strengthen the existing network of co-operation among universities in Asia and Europe by expanding their experience in student and staff exchanges to the associate institutions • In total 120 mobility flows have been planned in frame of this project from Asian institutions to EU. The planned exchange activities and mobility flows involve staff and students representing all levels of the participating institutions: BSc-, MSc-, and PhD-students, Post-doctorate as well as Academic staff.



Coordinator Consortium Members Allocation

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic Associate universities: 1.Kasetsart University, Thailand 2.Prince of Songkhla University, Thailand 3.Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia 4.Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia 5.Research Institute for Aquaculture N.1, Vietnam 6.AGRINATURA Association, Czech Republic 7.CIRAD, France

European Universities: 1.University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2.Warsaw university of Life Sciences, Poland 3.Wageningen University, The Netherland 4.Goteborg University, Sweden 5.SupAgro Montpellier, France 6.Goettingen University, Germany 7.Humbolt University of Berlin, Germany Asian universities: 1.Mongolian State University of Agriculture, Mongolia 2.Can Tho University, Vietnam 3.National University of Laos, Laos 4.Chiang Mai University, Thailand 5.Thammasat University, Thailand 6.Tadulako University, Indonesia 7.Bogor Agriculture University, Indonesia 8.Northweast Agriculture and Forestry University, China 9.Nanjing Agricultural University, China 10.Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia 11.University of Economics Hochiminh City, Vietnam 12.Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam

Scholarships covers: • Fees exemption (students) • Actual travel cost (1 round

ticket) • Health insurance (arranged

directly with the host university)

• Monthly allowances: -Bacelor

EUR1,000 -Master EUR1,000 -PhD EUR1,500 -Post-Doc

EUR1,800 -Staff EUR2,500


EURASIA2; Achievements

• Series of coordination meeting and management activities

(e.g. kick-off, launching & bilateral meetings, interview session & selection of candidates, information exchange, managing mobility flows, performing respective financial management, preparing the regular project reports) • Number of mobility programs granted

Country Bachelor Masters PhD Post-doc Staff Total

Cambodia 2 1 3

China 5 4 5 4 18

Indonesia 4 6 5 1 5 21

Laos 2 2 3 2 9

Malaysia 2 2 2 1 2 9

Mongolia 3 1 2 1 2 9

Thailand 4 9 4 2 4 23

Vietnam 6 8 5 2 7 28

Total 26 34 26 8 26 120


Man Health Environment Biodiversity Asia (MAHEVA) 15 July 2010 – 14 July 2014

• An activity under the Erasmus Mundus cooperation and mobility programme for promoting the

European system of higher education worldwide and the strengthening of existing network of co-operation among universities in Asia and Europe. •UPM is the only Malaysian university partner in this programme. Thus, UPM has been appointed as the secretariat for the project. Overall, the mobility involve 120 students and staff from Asia to Europe. • A total of 11 scholarships have been allocated under this programme - 9 scholarships (for UPM students ) -2 scholarships (Other Malaysia HEI UPM , 1 Masters and PhD students)




Université Montpellier 2 Sciences et Techniques, France

European Universities: 1. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France 2. Universidad de Granada, Spain 3. Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Spain 4. Uppsala Universiteit, Sweden 5. Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy 6. Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland 7. Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium 8. Turku University, Finland Asian Universities: 1. Mahidol University, Thailand 2. Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand 3. University of Health Sciences, Laos 4. Institute of Technology of Cambodia, Cambodia 5. Hanoï University of Technology, Vietnam 6. University Gadjah Mada, Indonesia 7. Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia 8. University of the Philippines Manila, The

Philippines 9. Madras University, India 10. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka 11. National University of Mongolia, Mongolia

11 scholarships have been allocated under this programme - 9 scholarships (for UPM students ) -2 scholarships (Other Malaysia HEI UPM , 1 Masters and PhD students) The scholarships cover actual travel cost, health insurance and monthly subsistence.


Institutions Involved and Grants Allocated (cont…)


Associate Universities: 1. Université Montpellier 1, France 2. Communauté d’Agglomération de Montpellier, France 3. Conseil Régional Languedoc Roussillon, France 4. Institut de recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France 5. Association Contact, France 6. Centre Régional des Oeuvres Universitaires et Scolaires, France 7. Fondation Mérieux, France 8. Fondation Pierre Fabre, France 9. Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB), Spain 10. Coïmbra Group, Belgium 11. Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 12. Prince of Songkla University, Thailand 13. SEAMEO TROPMED Network, Thailand 14. ASAIHL, Thailand Observatory on illicit trafficking of Research Institute on

Contemporary 15. South East Asia (IRASEC), Thailand 16. Mahidol University – Oxford University Tropical Medicine Research Unit

(MORU), Thailand 17. Université des Sciences de la Santé du Cambodge, Cambodia 18. Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Cambodia 19. Mahosot Hospital-Welcome Trust- Oxford University Tropical Medicine

Research Collaboration (LOMWRU), Laos 20. National University of Laos, Laos 21. Nong Lam University, Vietnam 22. University of Sciences and Technology of Hanoï (USTH), Vietnam 23. National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), Vietnam 24. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), The Philippines


Let’s Move Together (MOVER) 15 November 2011 – 15 November 2015

• MOVER is a mobility project funded by the European Commission Under the Erasmus Mundus Programme, Action 2 • The aim of MOVER is to contribute to the Third Countries' challenges, as posed in their national plans of development, by upgrading the students and the staff academic level (particularly at postgraduate level) and to promote the design of joint degrees between the EU and the TC partners while encouraging the emergence of new ones in the TC institutions. • The partnership is coordinated by the University of Murcia, Spain, and composed by a Consortium of 23 Universities including Partners and Associates in Asia and Europe, one associate network, two NGOs and other associates. A total mobility of 115 individuals will be involved in educational and training activities from Asia to Europe.




Universidad De Murcia, Spain Associate Universities: 1.Compostela Group of Universities, Spain 2.CARM,Spain 3.University of Alicante, Spain 4.UNED, Spain 5.Casa Asia, Spain 6.Cyprus International University, Turkey 7.Psicologos sin Fronteras, Spain 8.Homo-Faber, Poland 9.Sichuan International Studies University, China 10.Yenepoya University, India 11.University of International ,China

European Universities: 1.University of Porto, Portugal 2.University of Oviedo, Spain 3.University of Cagliari, Italy 4.Lublin University of Technology, Poland 5.University of La Rochelle, France 6.University of Latvia, Latvia Asian Universities: 1.Hunan Normal University, China 2.Lanzhou University, China 3.Royal University of Phnom Phen, Cambodia 4.University of the Philippines, The Phillipines 5.National University of Laos, Laos 6.Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia 7.University Muhammadiah Malang, Indonesia 8.Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam 9.University of Madras, India

Scholarships covers: • Fees exemption

(students) • Actual travel cost (1 round

ticket) • Health insurance • Monthly allowances: -Bacelor

EUR1,000 -Master

EUR1,000 -PhD EUR1,500 -Post-Doc


MOVER; Achievements

• Series of coordination meeting and management activities (e.g. kick-off, launching & cohort meetings, interview session & selection of candidates, information exchange, managing mobility flows, performing respective financial management, preparing the regular project reports) • Number of mobility programs granted

Third Country Bachelor Master PhD Post-doc Staff TOTAL

Cambodia 4 3 3 2 2 14

Vietnam 4 3 3 1 2 13

Laos 3 3 3 2 2 13

China 5 6 5 2 3 21

India 3 4 3 2 2 14

Indonesia 3 3 3 2 2 13

Malaysia 3 4 2 1 2 12

Philiphines 3 4 3 2 3 15

Total 28 30 25 14 18 115


knowledGe mAnagement Technology transfer and Education programme (GATE) July 2012-December 2015

• is an Erasmus Mundus mobility project funded by the European Commission. It provides 103 scholarships to students at all levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD, post-doc researchers and staff) from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam to the European consortium partners.

• the project has been designed so that the exchange programmes will benefit all partners and limit "brain drain".


Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

European universities: 1. University of Tampere, Finland 2. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France 3. Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 4. Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary 5. Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Italy 6. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Asian universities: 1. University of Battambang, Cambodia 2. Shandong University of Technology, China 3. Tongji University, China 4. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India 5. The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India 6. Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia 7. National University of Laos, Laos 8. Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia 9. Mongolian University of Science and Technology 10. National University of Mongolia, Mongolia 11. Thammasat University, Thailand 12. Hanoi University of Science and Technology 13. Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam

Scholarships covers: • Fees exemption (students) • Health insurance • Monthly allowances: -Bacelor : EUR1,000 -Master: EUR1,000 -PhD: EUR1,500 -Post-Doc: EUR1,800 -Staff: EUR2,500


GATE; Achievements


(e.g. kick-off meeting, selection of candidates, information exchange, managing mobility flows, performing respective financial management, preparing the regular project reports)

• Number of mobility programs granted Country Bachelor Master PhD Post-Doc Staff

Cambodia 3 3 1 1

China 4 4 3 2 3

India 4 3 3 1 2

Indonesia 4 5 3 1 3

Laos 2 2 1 1 1

Malaysia 3 3 3 1 2

Mongolia 2 2 2 1 2

Thailand 4 3 2 1 2

Vietnam 2 3 2 1 2

Total 28 28 20 9 18


Centre of Excellence for Learning, Innovation, Networking and Knowledge (cLINK) August 2012-December 2016

• is an EU (ERUSMUS MUNDUS) project, aims to foster partnerships of emerging Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, China, India, Malaysia and Thailand) with the EU countries (Germany, Romania, Hungary, France, and UK) to reinforce the existing collaborations developed through the EAST-WEST Asia Link project, eLINK and eTourism.

• the key objective of the cLINK consortium is to enhance the capacity for international cooperation between universities in the Asian and EU countries by facilitating transfer of people, know-how, culture and best practice in training the next generation of researchers and academic staff.


University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK

European universities: 1. Staffordshire University, UK 2. Corvinus University Of Budapest, Hungary 3. Université Lumiere Lyon2, France 4. Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania 5. University of Bremen, Germany Asian universities: United International University, Bangladesh Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan Kantipur Engineering College, Nepal Mohammed Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan Northeastern University, China Chiang Mai University, Thailand Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Jadavpur University, India

Scholarships covers: • Fees exemption (students) • Travel ticket (round trip) • Visa cost • Health insurance • Monthly allowances: -Bacelor EUR1,000 -Master EUR1,000 -PhD EUR1,500 -Post-Doc



cLINK; Achievements


(e.g. kick-off meeting, selection of candidates, information exchange, managing mobility flows, performing respective financial management, preparing the regular project reports) • Number of mobility programs granted

Country Bachelor Master PhD Post-Doc Staff

Bangladesh 4 4 6 3 5

Bhutan 4 4 0 0 3

Nepal 4 5 2 1 3

Pakistan 2 4 6 3 3

China 2 2 3 2 2

India 2 2 3 2 2

Malaysia 2 2 3 2 2

Thailand 2 2 3 2 2

Total 24 25 26 15 22


Other Erasmus Mundus Projects

Recently, UPM has also bids for several other projects under Erasmus Plus, which still waiting for the result. The projects partners are;

Trilingual Bachelor Programs in European Languages for Tourism & Hospitality (TriliBA) University of La Rochelle (ULR) Advancing university financial management practices in Southeast Asia (ADVANCE) University of Alicante, Spain Developing new generations of ICT-based international curricula in Health/Environment in Europe and South East Asia (TEACHE) The University of Montpellier

Mobility programmes – Others

ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) – previously known as MIT

• A.I.M.S is a combination of seven (7) ministries between seven (7) countries, namely; Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Philippines, and Japan

• There are 4 fields of studies offered for the AIMS Program at UPM, namely: Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Hospitality / Tourism, International Business • There are 5 faculties involved in this AIMS Program, namely: Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Economics and Management, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication

Inbound under AIMS

Country Year Total

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Indonesia 13 13 8 15 9 - 65

Thailand 6 5 8 15 7 2 41

Vietnam - - - 8 - - 8

Brunei - - - - - 3 3

Japan - - - - 3 2 3

Total 19 18 16 38 19 7 117

Mobility programmes- Others

Outbound under AIMS (Fund under the Ministry of Education, Malaysia)

Country Year Total

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Indonesia - - 63 29 10 3 105

Thailand - 4 14 6 4 1 29

Vietnam - - - - - - 0

Japan - - - - 2 - 2

Total 0 4 77 35 16 4 136

Mobility programmes-Others

ASEAN University Network (AUN)

• UPM is an active AUN member since August 2010 and is one of the 4 university in Malaysia that has collaborate under AUN.

• AUN is a combined organization between all the ASEAN universities that proposed to promote the

research and education programme, exchange student and academic staff and administration collaboration in the ASEAN universities.

• In UPM, we offer 5 types of programme under AUN which are Exchange Student Programme with

credit transfer (1 semester), Intercultural Student Programme (Academic & Culture), Asia Forum, Seminar, Dialogue & Policy, Meeting and Conference and AUN-University’s Social Responsibility and Sustainability

• Total inbound under AUN = 85 students • Total outbound under AUN = 8 students


Mevlana Exchange Protocol • Mevlana Exchange Programme is a programme which aims the exchange of students and

academic staff between the Turkish higher education institutions and higher education institutions of other countries with the regulation published in August 23, 2011.

• Students may study abroad for 1 to 2 semesters and academic staff may lecture abroad from 1 week to 3 weeks. Accordingly, students and academic staff from any country may benefit from this programme being hosted by Turkish higher education institutions in order to study or lecture in Turkey.

• List of universities under UPM-MEVLANA Exchange Protocol:

i. Izmir Katip University ii. Celal Bayar University iii. Sakarya University iv. Kirikkale University v. Ondokuz Mayis University vi. Yildiz Technical University vii. Suleyman Demirel University viii. Karadeniz Technical University ix. YildirimBeyazit University x. Cukurova University xi. Erzurum Technical University xii. Agri Ibrahim Cecen University xiii. Hitit University


Inbound (student)

No. Name Type of Programme Host Faculty Home Institution Duration

1 Ms. Yagmur Ceren Bachelor FEP Celal Bayar University,

Turkey

2 semester

September 2013 – June 2014

2 Mr. Oguzhan Alakus Bachelor FEP Celal Bayar University,

Turkey

2 semester

September 2013 – June 2014

3 Mr. Berk Bitrak PhD FK Suleyman Demirel

University, Turkey

1 semester

September 2014 – Jan 2015

4. Fahreza Nurrizky - FH Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

February – June 2015 (1 semester)

5. Rizky Fauzan - FS Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey


6. Siti Rahmawati - FS Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey


No. Name Type of Programme Host Faculty Home Institution Duration

1 Prof. Dr. Sukru

Beydemir

Visiting Staff FBSB Ataturk University,

Turkey

1 week

21 – 28 September 2014

2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Recep Calin

Visiting Staff

FK Kirikele University, Turkey

2 – 6 March 2015 (1 week)

3. Dr. Fevzi Bedir Visiting Staff

FK Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

16 – 22 March 2015 (1 week)

3. Dr. Ertugrul Durak Visiting Staff

FK Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

16 – 22 March 2015 (1 week)

Inbound (staf)


No. Name Type of Programme Home Faculty Duration

1. Prof. Madya Dr. Yus Aniza Yusof

Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

FK 10 – 23 Mei 2015

2 Prof. Madya Dr. Aini Mat Said


FEM 5 – 26 April 2015

3 Prof. Madya Dr. Nur Azura Adam


FP 16 Mac – 5 April 2015

4 Dr. Norida Mazlan Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

FP 22 – 28 Mac 2015

5 Prof. Madya Dr. Zaiton Samdin


FH 6 – 19 April 2015

6 Dr. Mohd Hafizal Ismail Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

FH 9 – 17 Mei 2015

7 Prof. Madya Dr. Rosnah Shamsudin

Celal Bayar University, Turkey

FK TBC

8 Dr. Fakhrul Zamani Rokhani

Celal Bayar University, Turkey

FK TBC

Outbound (staf)

Mobility programmes- Others

Kokugakuin Short Term Exchange Programme (K-STEP) Kokugakuin University, with the corporation with the ‘Japan Student Services Organization’ (JASSO) is offering a full scholarship to UPM student to join the ‘Kokugakuin Short-Term Exchange Programme’ (K-STEP) for one academic year. UPM is very active in sending students for under K-STEP since 2005. • Total outbound under K-STEP = 19 students

Others: • Global Korean Scholarship (GKS) • Asian Association of Agricultural Colleges and Universities (AAACU) Summer

Program • AUN/SEED-Net – the Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network

international division · • erasmus mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field...

Documents