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Leuven University College

KHLeuven

Higher Education

Higher professional education only professionally-oriented bachelor courses only provided by university colleges

Academic educationboth bachelor and master coursesOnly provided by universities

Association: inter-institutional co-operation between one university and one or more colleges of higher education

Bologna Declaration: one space for higher education in Europe

Implementation of Bologna Declaration:

restructurering of higher education in Flanders

Integration of academic

programmes

1999 2013-20142003

• Bachelor-Master structure• accreditation system• flexibile study paths• academisation• foundation other associations

2002

Founding ofKU Leuven Association

Higher educationIntegration

Numbers based on ‘Statistisch Jaarboek van het Vlaams Onderwijs 2011-2012’ , Department of Education, (students in initial courses on September 30, 2012; excl. HUB-KUB and tUL)

218.000 students5 associations

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44% 29% 16% 7% 4%

Students

KU Leuven Association

Ghent UniversityAssociation

Antwerp UniversityAssociation

Brussels UniversityAssociation

Limburg UniversityAssociation

Higher Education

94.753students

University college,professional

University

University college,academic

44% of HE student population in Flanders:University college,

arts

Numbers based on ‘Statistisch Jaarboek van het Vlaams Onderwijs 2011-2012’, Department of Education,

(students in initial courses on September 30, 2012)

5.274 international students (5,6%) + 1.679 incoming Erasmus students

46.922 student

s(50%)

32.564 student

s(34%)

13.250student

s(14%)

2.017 students (2%)

Facts & FiguresAssociation KU Leuven: students

17.367staff members

Researchers Professors Administrative and Technical Staff

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University

University col-leges

FTE

Year reports 2011;excl. university hospitals.

• University: approx. 9.900 / 8.700 FTE• University colleges: approx: 7.400 / 5.300 FTE

Facts & FiguresAssociation KU Leuven: staff

Resources higher education Flanders (2013): 1,385 billion euros

Percentage granted to KU Leuven Association: 587 million euros (42%)

Government funding for specific assignments: 11 million euros

Input association members: 6 million euros

Facts & FiguresAssociation KU Leuven: funding

Higher educationClustering colleges

• Students: 14.650 13.400 in first degree programmes1.250 in advanced bachelor programmes

• Staff: 1.200 FTE, 1.700 persons

Cluster Leuven Limburg

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KHLeuven• 8.000 students• 13 bachelor degrees• 7 bachelor after bachelor degrees• 4 departments – campusses

• Teacher Education (Heverlee and Diest)• Business Administration and Management (Heverlee)• Health and Technology (Gasthuisberg)• School of Social Work (Heverlee)

• 725 members of staff

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Bachelor degreesTeacher Educationpre-primary schoolteacherprimary schoolteacherlower-secondary schoolteacher

Business and Management StudiesBusiness Managementoption Accountancy & fiscal Studiesoption Finance & Insuranceoption MarketingOption Legal Practice

Office Managementoption in Business Translation - Interpretingoption in Management Assistanceoption in Medical Management Assistance

Health Care and TechnologyBiomedical Laboratory Technologyoption in Pharmaceutical and Biological Laboratory Technologyoption in Medical Laboratory Technology

Nutrition and Dietetics

Applied Information Technology

Chemistryoption in Biochemistryoption in Chemistryoption in Environmental Careoption in Process Technology

Nursingoption Geriatricsoption Paediatricsoption Psychiatric nursingoption Social nursingoption Hospital nursing

Midwifery

Social Work and Welfare StudiesSocial work – Community Studiesoption Community Studiesoption Professional Studiesoption Social-cultural Studiesoption Community Counselling

Social Work – Children and Care

• 180 ECTS bachelor programmes

• 60 ECTS bachelor after bachelor programmes

• Vicinity of Leuven University

• Integration of research into education

• Quality assurance in education

KHLeuvenCharacteristics

2011 – region Leuven2.088.239,0 Euro2012 – region Leuven3.091.388,0 Euro

2011 – region Limburg 5.556.794,5 Euro2012 – region Limburg 7.003.205,4 Euro

Turnover research

Funds/grants applied for:

2012 – region Leuven666.149,8 Euro2013 – region Leuven2.046.118,4 Euro

Funds/grants granted:

2011 – region Leuven163.605,0 Euro2012 – region Leuven207.758,0 Euro

Turnover research

Number researchers (2012)region Leuven 193region Limburg 186

Number research projects (2012)region Leuven 91region Limburg 121

Turnover research

CESOCCenter for Social Economy

PASSParticipation, Inclusion & Success at School

Healthcaring ITPerson centred careFood Subject related didacticsMarketing communication

Research themesLeuven

EntrepreneurshipWell being & careElderly careLAB4USynthetic materialImage & WordI netACROETHOSEDICTSocial SpacesArt, object & designPlay & Game

Research themesLimburg

• Attention to international competences

• From short experience to long mobility

• Growing interest in practice-based research cooperation

• Cooperation with developing countries

KHLeuvenInternational

6. Strategic

cooperation5.

Cooperation quality assurance

4. Cooperation in education

3. Cooperation in research projects

2. Mobility staff

1. Mobility students

• c. 5 partners

• c. 5 partners

• c. 10 partners

• c. 50 partners

• c. 100 partners

• c. 100 partners

KHLeuvenInternational partners

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Results

• 14% outgoing long term mobility (> 250 students)

• Award of ECTS label 2011-2014

• Award of Certificate for Internationalisation (Business Marketing)

• Award of ESF label

KHLeuvenInternational

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Results

• International oriented degree programmes

• European Bachelor in Business Management (BME): 3 year in 3 different countries

• Bachelor in Business Management (BBM),English programme in Leuven

• Advanced bachelor programme in International Cooperation North-South (ICoNS):

work placement in the South

KHLeuvenInternational

dr. Klaas Vansteenhuysehead International Office

Abdij van Park 9, B-3001 Heverlee+32 485 440971klaas.vansteenhuyse@khleuven.beinternational@khleuven.be

www.leuvenuniversitycollege.be

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