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A Comprehensive National System for Internationalization of Higher Education in Iran

EducationIRAN

August 10, 2017

Centralized National

Internationalization

Plans:

Instances from

around the World

Study in Australia

www.studyinaustralia.gov.au

www.ucas.com

• The service dates back to 1961.

• Today, UCAS (Universities and Colleges AdmissionsService) processes over 2.5 million applicationsevery year, for some 650,000 prospective studentsacross the UK and beyond: helping them gain accessto more than 340UK universities and colleges.

Study in Italy

www.studyinitaly.it

• This national website provides the following information:types of HEIs (university and non-university sector),admission procedures, study programs, university degrees,non-university higher education qualifications (academicdiplomas), tuition, language, student life and welfareservices, country information, etc.

• Links to other websites are also given, where even moredetailed information on specific topics of individual interestis available.

• The website "Study in Italy" is a MIUR project, jointly carriedout by the CIMEA of the Fondazione Rui and CINECA(CINECA is a non profit consortium, made up of 68 Italianuniversities, and 3 institutions).

Campus France

www.campusfrance.org/en

Campus France

• Campus France Agency was created by law on the

July 27th, 2010. It is a public institution in charge of

promoting higher education and managing the

reception and international mobility of students,

researchers, experts and guests.

• Run by more than 300 people trained by the agency,

in close collaboration with educational associations

and the agency's supervising ministries, the spaces

welcome and guide prospective students.

Campus France

• Campus France maintains more than 60 local sites

managed by its offices abroad. Those sites provide basic

information in the 30 languages used by Campus France

to help prospective students explore their interest in the

possibility of studying in France.

• Thanks to its global network of 180 Campus France

Spaces, the agency informs international students about

French higher education, guides them on their choice of

training, helps them complete their application form and

gain a visa. The agency keeps in touch with former

students, particularly through France Clubs.

EducationUSA

https://educationusa.state.gov/

• EducationUSA is a U.S. Department of State-supported network of hundreds of advising centersaround the world.

• EducationUSA advisers work in U.S. embassies andconsulates and in a variety of partner institutions,including Fulbright commissions; bi-national culturalcenters; U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)such as AMIDEAST and AmericanCouncils/ACCELS; foreign NGOs; foreignuniversities; and libraries.

• EducationUSA assists U.S. college and universityrecruiting and admissions staff by providinginformation on trends in higher education overseas,foreign education systems, the importance ofrecruiting international students, how to utilize thenetwork to recruit effectively, and how to maintain aninternational-student friendly campus and website.

• More than 1,000 accredited U.S. institutions access awide range of services and tools for recruitmentadvice through the EducationUSA website.

• EducationUSA is Located in the U.S. Department ofState's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs(ECA).

AMIDEAST

www.amideast.org

• The Chinese government launched the "Study in

China Program", hoping to attract 500,000 foreign

students to study in China by 2020.

• CUCAS is an official organization providing

application services across a range of subject areas

and modes of study for China's universities and

colleges

• So far, nearly 200 universities have joined the service

system. Universities have signed Technical Service

Purchase Agreements with CUCAS.

http://www.cucas.edu.cn/


www.cucas.edu.cn



EducationIRAN - Iran’s Center for the Internationalization of Higher Education

www.educationiran.com

EducationIRAN VISION

• Envisioning Iran as one of the major hubs of higher education in the future, EducationIRAN will strive tolower the drawbridge between Iran’s higher education and the world which awaits outside.

• We believe in providing every individual with the most suitable educational opportunities. We believe in,and constantly work toward, a global society where people are able to follow their dreams. Ourmotivation lies simply in the desire to offer the world the best of what we have.

• We have embarked upon a journey to push beyond perceived limitations and raise conventionalstandards. We hope to be able to do our share to constantly improve Iran’s, and the world’s, highereducation landscape, and to provide international students with the chance of benefitting from ourresources.


www.educationiran.com

EducationIRAN MISSION

EducationIRAN, in line with the vision of services it will provide, has listed for itself the following missions:

• Providing an advertisement foundation for Iranian universities to introduce themselves in theinternational arena

• Participating in international events, exhibitions, and fairs• Cooperating with Iranian embassies and consulates for advertisement purposes• Receiving, processing, and distributing applications from international students interested in studying in

Iran• Assisting international students regarding mobility• Assisting Iranian universities regarding student affairs• Assisting Iranian universities in the fields of quality enhancement and accreditation• Assessing higher education market situations to assist Iranian universities regarding admissions policies

EducationIRANماهیت کلی

•EducationIRANخارجهامور»هایوزارتخانهمیانملی،نهادیعنوانبه»،بهلمستقطوربه«فناوریوتحقیقاتعلوم،»و«پزشکیآموزشودرمانبهداشت،»

.پردازدمیفعالیت

اجراییاهدافبهدستیابیوپیشنهادیهایفعالیتانجامتسهیلجهت•EducationIRANموجود،هایظرفیتازوریبهرهچنینهموEducationIRAN

.نمایدمیتعیینخوداستقرارمحلعنوانبهراخارجهاموروزارت


EducationIRAN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

•EducationIRANمراکزهایداشتهوموجودوضعیتمعرفیبرایابزاریعنوانبه.نمایدمیعملجهانبهکشورعالیآموزشنظاموعالیآموزش

در،بازاریابیوتبلیغاتیحوزهدروظیفهانجامباEducationIRANراستا،ایندر•-یمبهبودراکشورهایدانشگاهتوسطخارجیدانشجویانجذبفرآینداول،یمرحله.نمایدمیتسریعوبخشد

آموزشمراکزالمللی،بینمعیارهایسطحدرییمعیارهاتبیینوتعیینباچنین،هم•.نمایدمیخدماتکمّیوکیفیسطحارتقابهملزمراکشورعالی

وخارجیوداخلیعالیآموزشمراکزبینرابطهایجادوبازاریابیمراحلطیازپس•زمراکالمللیبینهایفعالیتبررسیباEducationIRANتوزیع،هایمسئولیتانجام.کندمیتضمینراهاآنکیفیت،داخلی



یاز،موردنشرایطاحرازباتوانندمیعالیآموزشمؤسساتوهادانشگاهتمامی•آنهایفعالیتازبخشیدروببرندبهرهEducationIRANخدماتاز

.نمایندمیشرکت



ایراندرتحصیلمتقاضیانجذب•المللیبینعالیتحصیالتآموزشیامور•المللیبینهایپروژهوپژوهشیامور•المللیبیندانشجویاندانشجوییامور•دانشگاهیبینوسازمانیبینروابط•مرکزباداخلیهایدانشگاهارتباط•



هاگردهماییوهاهمایشها،نمایشگاهامور•اعتباربخشیواعتبارسنجی•بازاریابیوتبلیغات•روادیدامور•اجراییامور•اطالعاتفناوری•



عملیاتیاداریبدنۀبرعالوه،EducationIRANچنین،همهایفعالیتدرالزاماًکهاستهاییکمیتهنیازمندخود،

ومشیخطتعییندراماندارند،شرکتآنیروزمرهاایفایکنندهتعییننقشآن،جزئیوکلیهایسیاست.میکنند

:ازعبارتندهاکمیتهاین



دانشگاهیبینروابطارزیابیکارگروه•عضوعالیآموزشمؤسساتارزیابیکارگروه•اعتباربخشیواعتبارسنجیکارگروه•(R&D)توسعهوتحقیق•

اجرایییکمیته•



فرآیندهای اجراییو هامأموریت

•EducationIRANحضورتسهیلوارتقاباداردهدفبهبخشیانسجاموکشورعالیآموزشنظام

یعرصهدرراایرانزمینه،ایندرالمللیبینهایفعالیت.نمایدبرجستهومعرفیالمللیبینعالیآموزش

هکاندشدهتعریفآنبرایهاییمأموریتذهنیت،اینبا:ازعبارتند


EducationIRAN ACTIVITIES

یهارائوالمللیبینهایعرصهدرعضودانشگاههایمعرفی•ایراندرتحصیلمندانعالقهومتقاضیانبهاطالعات

ردتحصیلهایدرخواستبهرسیدگیودریافتتسهیل•مراکزبینهاآنتوزیعوخارجیمتقاضیانطرفازایران

عضوداخلیعالیآموزشواخلیدمتخصصینواساتیددانشجویان،جاییجابهتسهیل•

خارجیبهلشاغالمللیبیندانشجویاناموربهرسیدگیتسهیل•

کشورداخلدرتحصیلEducationIRAN - Iran’s Center for the Internationalization of Higher Education


وهاخانهسفارتکمکباکشورهادرپررنگحضور•هانمایندگی

هایگردهماییسایروهانمایشگاهها،همایشدرحضور•مؤسساتوهادانشگاهتمامیینمایندهعنوانبهمربوطهعضو

ایهدانشگاهمیاندانشگاهیبینروابطبرقراریتسهیل•خارجیوداخلی

ساتمؤساعتباربخشیواعتبارسنجیفرآیندهایبهکمک•کشورعالیآموزش



:بهعلمیتحقیقاتوآموزشیهایفعالیتازبخشیاختصاص•

بشریترفاهوجهانیصلح

هاانسانتمامیبرایامنجهانیایجاد

بشریجوامعتمامیدرزندگیکیفیتارتقا

گوناگونهایفناوریوعلومدرپیشرفت

اسالمیفرهنگاشاعهومعرفی

Institute Preparedness Levels

A. Information Level• Limited Advertisement and Introduction

• Exposure

• Passive international relations

B. Function Level• Information level

• Full Scale Advertisement and Introduction

• Admission and Student/Faculty Recruitment

• Active international relations


INSTITUTE PREPAREDNESS LEVELS

Information Level (Core) Requirements

1. English Website

The institution provides clear and detailed information on its website in each of the following

areas. All the information should be written in English:

• An introduction about the institution (known as “About Us”)

• A brief description about the institution’s schools, research centers, etc.

• Student Life: The institution provides students with comprehensive and accurate

information on housing, dining, transportation, living costs and the city where the

institution is founded.



Information Level (Core) Requirements (cont.)

1. English Website

• List of all programs taught in an international language: Each program should be introduced

to applicants based on detailed and accessible information, including curriculum, admission

requirements, and contact person.




2. Programs

All the academic programs and courses offered to international applicants should be described

in detail and appear in both printed and digital institutional publications.

3. Faculty And Academic Staff

All the academic staff and research supervisors, who are responsible for the coordination and

instruction of international programs and courses, are expected to have an appropriate level of

English proficiency. Documents are needed for proof of qualification.




4. Appropriate Teaching/Learning Facilities

The institution ensures that students have access to the following facilities: Appropriate

classrooms, laboratories, research centers, and other specialized teaching areas.



Take a Self-Evaluation to check if you meet the Core Requirements.

If YES, universities can continue developing their internationalization plan based upon

this fundamental preparedness.

If NO, a «Quality Enhancement Plan» should be devised to fundamentally prepare a

university for future internationalization plans.



Function Level Requirements

1. Mission and Vision

• Standard: The institution should publish a clearly-defined and comprehensive mission on its

website.

• Guidelines:

- The institutional mission addresses institutions’ values, teaching/learning services,

educational purposes, and also indicates the institution’s vision and plans for the future.

- The mission statement should be revealed in the institution’s website after the governing

board's approval.



Function Level Requirements (cont.)

2. Organizational Structure

• Standard: The institution should publish its organizational structure on its website.

• Guidelines:

- It facilitates understanding the information flows between different departments of the

institution.




3. Programs

• Standard: The institution should clearly publish a detailed list of all programs offered to

international applicants.

• Guidelines:

- The institution should provide students with comprehensive pre-enrolment information

including: Entry requirements, program coordinator, language requirements,

curriculum, date of examinations, assessment regulations, and a contact person,

language requirements, fee structure, information and criteria regarding for transfer

of credits




4. Student Admission and Welfare

• Standard: The institution should publish on its website, clear and detailed information about

student admission and welfare.

• Guidelines:

I. Admissions:

- The institution should provide students with a clearly defined admission procedure and

requirements, the programs/courses available, fee charges (application fee, tuition fees

and living costs), living conditions, and accommodation.




4. Student Admission and Welfare (cont.)

II. Student Welfare:

- The institution provides new international students with student handbooks and pre-arrival

information brochures containing accurate information on housing, dining, transportation,

registration for medical treatment, bank account and living costs, and all the other

information that are required for both living and studying in Iran. A brief description about the

city - where the institution is founded - should also be mentioned.




4. Student Admission and Welfare (cont.)

II. Student Welfare:

- For new international students, the institution should arrange an orientation day or week

prior to the commencement of studies in first semester that includes information on student

affairs and services as well as sightseeing trip.

- The institution provides students with an international office where a sufficient number of

qualified staff are available to students to support them on their admission and student visa

process, finding appropriate accommodation, etc.




5. Faculty and Academic Staff

• Standard: The institution should assure that it provides students with qualified, competent

and committed professors and academic staff.

• Guidelines:

- All academic staff/research supervisors responsible for international programs are expected to

have an appropriate level of proficiency in international languages.

- The institution should assure that the number of its faculty and academic staff are enough to

accomplish its educational objectives successfully.




6. Institutional Resources

• Standard: The institution provides students with the following facilities: human resources

and information, physical and technological resources.

• Guidelines:

I. Human Resources

- The institution provides a sufficient number of qualified and experienced staff in library

and/or other learning/information resources including international office, dormitory

office, and IT department to assist students during their studies.




6. Institutional Resources (cont.)

II. Information, Physical, and Technological Resources

- The institution assures that there are adequate classrooms, laboratories, research centers,

study rooms, libraries and other specialized teaching areas, which provide safe, appropriate

and equipped space for all the students.




7. On-going Monitoring and Evaluation

• Standard: The Institution is required to undertake an annual academic review to evaluate its

courses, programs and research activities. The results of these evaluations are used to enhance

fulfillment of the institution’s mission.

• Guidelines:

- Formal input from students and staff should be taken into account during the academic

review process. To do so, the institution should provide students, staff and faculty with regular

education survey and questionnaires.




7. On-going Monitoring and Evaluation (cont.)

- The institution should provide evidence of improvement in each of the following areas based

on analysis of the results:

• educational programs and students’ academic development: by analyzing examination and

research results

• administrative support services

• academic and student support services



HOME PAGE

Mazandaran University of

Medical Sciences

Mazandaran University of

Medical Sciences

Total Number ofPrograms

Total Number of Links & Banner

Total Number ofMenus w. Info

0 12 35

Semnan University of

Medical Sciences

Semnan University of

Medical Sciences




13 12 13

BabolUniversity of

Medical Sciences

BabolUniversity of

Medical Sciences




6 34 1

ShahroudUniversity of

Medical Sciences

ShahroudUniversity of

Medical Sciences




12 19 10

GolestanUniversity of

Medical Sciences

GolestanUniversity of

Medical Sciences




14 0 0

GuilanUniversity of

Medical Sciences

GuilanUniversity of

Medical Sciences




28 9 4

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