European Studies in the TEMPUS-TUNING project (SCM-COO3BO4)
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In
2004, European Studies at the University of Novi Sad became a
participant of the project called "Tuning Educational Structures in
Europe", which gathered around 135 European universities.
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TUNING
project aims at implementing those processes at European universities
that have emerged after the signing of the Bologna Declaration in 1999.
Differing from the reform of the educational systems in Europe, which
is mostly governments’ responsibility, this project focuses on the
structure and content of the educational process as a responsibility of
the higher education institutions. Tuning doesn’t mean harmonization of
curricula or the creation of unified, obligatory or unconditional
European curricula, but seeks to reach points of convergence and mutual
understanding. Protection of differences in European education is one
of its major goals and there is no tendency towards restricting the
independence of academic and subject specialists or diminishing local
and national authorities. Tuning aims to establish common criteria for
comparing curricula according to their structure, content and teaching
process. The major goal is to develop a common framework of comparable
and compatible qualifications in each of the signatories of the Bologna
Declaration, which would be expressed in workload, study levels,
learning results, competencies and profiles.
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overall TUNING project covers nine areas: Business, Education Science,
Mathematics, Geology, History, European Studies, Medical Care, Physics
and Chemistry. |
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Group for European Studies agreed upon the following common features:
| :: | Workload and ECTS for Postgraduate studies - 120 credits
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finishing multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary postgraduate European
Studies (including law, economics, political science, history,
management, sociology, humanities, etc.) students will have the
following competences: a notion and idea of Europe and European
integration, understanding of European institutions and decision making
processes, knowledge about common European policies, Europe in the
world, to have ability to use different methodologies typical for
different areas in an integrative way, to interpret European events,
developments and policies in national, regional and local environments,
to communicate in their mother tongue and in at least one of the
international languages using adequate terminology. |
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In
2004, thanks to the TEMPUS programme, several universities from South
East and East Europe became participants in the TUNING program /group
for European Studies.
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Coordinator of the TEMPUS project:
Mr WAGENAAR ROBERT RIJKS
UNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN
Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26 - 9700 AS Groningen , Netherlands
Phone: +31/50/3635176 - Fax: +31/50/3635704
Email: R.Wagenaar@let.rug.nl |
Participants in the TEMPUS project:
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RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN – Groningen
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF UKRAINE - Kiev (UA) |
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NATIONAL STATE O.O. BOGOMOLETS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY - Kiev (UA) |
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY "KHARKOV POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE" - Kharkov (UA) |
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ODESSA STATE ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY - Odessa (UA) |
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UNIVERSIDAD DE DEUSTO - Bilbao (ES) |
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UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD - Novi Sad (CS) – Prof. dr Fuada Stanković, local coordinator |
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UNIVERSITY OF PRISTINA - Pristina (1244) |
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UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB - Zagreb (HR) |
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UNIVERSITY 'STS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS' - Skopje (MK) |
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For more details see:
www.let.rug.nl/TuningProject/index.htm
www.relint.deusto.es/TuningProject/index.htm
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Brochure that contains the key general documents produced by the Tuning Project:
Tuning General Brochure (.pdf, 670 Kb)
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| Report of the Validation Panel (.pdf, 33 Kb) |
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