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STUDENTS MOBILITY PROGRAMSErasmus Within the European Union Erasmus program, the Faculty of Economics currently has active exchanges with forty-nine foreign universities (Belgium: 1. Denmark: 3. Finland: 1. France: 15. Germany: 8. United Kingdom: 3. Greece: 1. Poland: 2. Portugal: 2. Czech Republic: 1; Spain: 10. Romania: 1, Holland: 1). As a consequence of university reforms, new criteria have been identified for students’ participation in the mobility programs and for the conferring of scholarships. These criteria were approved by the Faculty’s governing body on 15 December 2003. In order to stimulate the students’ mobility it has also been established that:
Number of students participating to the program (excluding double diploma students): after the dip recorded in the move to 3 + 2, in the last three academic years the mobility of the students at our faculty (outgoing) has begun to increase. Students enrolled on their specialist degree, who spend the second year abroad, can also participate in the program when preparing the thesis. The faculty receives a high number of foreign students (incoming), above all from Germany and Spain. The support services for these students have been much improved and each September an Incoming Day is organized, in order to allow them to familiarize with our facilities.
The European Master of Business Sciences (EMBS) program is a carefully designed scheme of study leading to a qualification of Master's standard. An integral part of the program is a year abroad studies. The scheme is collectively administered by a consortium of European universities and business schools and aims to meet the requirements for the academic education of business and management graduates in modern Europe. Close cooperation between the institutions involved and a jointly agreed program structure provides a program of academic excellence, leading to full competence in another community language and in-depth understanding of the business environment and culture of other European countries. The EMBS scheme is aimed at high level students who have completed the initial part of a business and management degree scheme at one of the participating institutions. There is wide evidence that the specific skills, insights and experience which the EMBS program provides are much in demand in the European employment markets. Successful completion of the scheme also offers the possibility of studying for higher degree, including doctoral programs. The program was established in the 1980's, and the first EMBS certificates were awarded in 1992. The number of places available is strictly limited and there is strong competition for them. These are the members of the Consortium: - University of Birmingham (UK) - ESC Brest (Francia) - ESC Clermont Ferrand (Francia) - ESC du Havre (Francia) - Université Jean Moulin Lyon III (Francia) - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (Francia) - Universidad de Córdoba (Spagna) - Universidad de Granada (Spagna) - Universidad de Alcalà (Spagna) - Kracow University of Economics (Polonia) - Universität Mannheim (Germania) - Universität Regensburg (Germania) - Universität Stuttgart (Germania) - University of Southern Denmark, Odense (Danimarca) - University of Vaasa (Finlandia) - Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italia) Students spend the first year at their Home Institution where they will obtain 60 ECTS. They attend the second year abroad and they’ll get 60 ECTS divided into 3 modules. One of them must be European Affairs. A module in European Affairs and a project/thesis are compulsory. In addition, candidates select 5 subject modules from the following options available: Accountancy, Business Informatics, Economics, Finance, General and Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Production and Quantitative Methods. European Affairs and at least two of the other modules must be completed at a Host Institution in another language area. Modules are assessed on a grading scale agreed by all institutions. Successful candidates are awarded the consortium's EMBS Certificate. For outstanding candidates this may be awarded 'with merit' or, in exceptional cases, 'with distinction'. The Certificate is accompanied by an Academic Report which contains details of the modules taken and the scores obtained. In parallel the respective home institutions grant nationally recognised academic degrees to their students. EMBS AT OUR FACULTY Since 2002, the Faculty of Economics has participated in the Consortium EMBS (cfr. infra) as part of which exchange programs have been set up. These stays last an academic year (during a specialist degree) at one of the 21 European partner institutions. Students who participate in this program (that we could define as a sort of "élite of Erasmus") acquire a second level degree (in Italy the specialist degree) and the title of “European Master in business science” conferred by the Consortium. The students registered for the first year of a graduate degree (Laurea Specialistica) in Laurea in Economia e gestione delle imprese can participate in the EMBS (European Master of Business Sciences) program in one of the partner institutions: Syddansk Universitet (Denmark), Groupe Supérieure de Commerce Montpellier (France), Groupe ESC Brest (France), Groupe ESC Clermont (France), Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France), Ecole de Management de Normandie (France) University of Wales Swansea (Great Britain), Universidad de Alcalà de Henares (Spain); Universidad de Còrdoba (Spain), Universidad de Granada (Spain), Krakow University (Poland), Universität di Mannheim (Germany), Otto-Fridrich Universität (Germany). Study plan The studies are composed of two years. During the first year the students are in Pavia where they have to take 60 credits divided in three different modules. The second year will be spent abroad, during which the students have to take 60 ECTS worth of exams divided in three modules of 20 credits each. The module for European Affairs is obligatory. Each partner university has the module for European Affairs and at least five modules from the following list: Accountancy, Business Informatics, Economics, Finance, General and Strategic Management, Marketing, Quantitative Methods, Human Resource Management, Production, and eventually an optional module. The thesis written at the end of the program should preferably be on a theme related to Europe. DegreeThe students who participate in this program will obtain a graduate degree (laurea di secondo livello) and also a degree in European Master in Business Science. The degree will be awarded during the annual meeting of the EMBS in November in one of the partner institutions. Application The students who are registered for the first year of graduate studies (Laurea Specialistica, percorsi aziendali) can apply to the program. The application deadline coincides with the Socrates Program deadline. It is usually around February-March. The participants will be selected at the end of April.
ScholarshipThere will be a monthly scholarship of € 340 for a period of ten months. EXCHANGES WITH THE UNITED STATES An average of 4-6 students from the Faculty of Economics participate every year in various exchanges with universities in the United States and set up by the University of Pavia. The stays last 4-6 months and examinations taken abroad are recognized once the student returns to Italy. Download 1.25 Mb. Share with your friends:
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