PROFESSOR VALENTINA IVANOVA PARTICIPATED IN UKRAINIAN-BAVARIAN CONFERENCE ON DOUBLE DEGREES PROGRAM IN REGENSBURG
On May 4th-5th, 2023, on the invitation of the Bavarian Academic Center of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST), as well as Leibniz Institute for Eastern and Southeastern European Studies (IOS), Prof. Valentina Ivanova, Hab. Doctor in Economic Sciences, Professor of the Department of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Management at ESIMP of SIHE "University of Educational Management", took part in the Ukrainian-Bavarian Conference on Double Degrees Program in Regensburg (Germany).
The goal of the conference was to strengthen cooperation between Ukrainian and Bavarian universities during and after the war, to initiate new double degrees programs at Ukrainian and Bavarian universities.
A survey of Bavarian universities showed that more than 20 faculties of 13 different universities are interested in creating joint study programs with Ukrainian partners.
Double degrees programs offer Ukrainian HEI students the opportunity to study in Ukraine and carry out part of their studies at a German partner university. They will receive a Ukrainian and a German diploma and/or one joint diploma. Courses at a German university can be conducted online if physical mobility of the applicants is not possible. Double degrees programs are also designed to promote international cooperation of university lecturers and internationalization of curricula.
The conference was aimed at university lecturers and educational managers from Ukraine and Bavaria who are interested in the topic or are responsible for international educational programs.
In working groups related to different academic fields, proposals for cooperation to establish new contacts were considered.
The conference speakers are: Yuriy Yarmilko, Consul General of Ukraine; Andriy Vitrenko, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine; representatives of the Department of Pre-Higher and Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine; Natalia Avsheniuk, member of the National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education (NAQA); Melanie Hummel, Minister of State for European and International Affairs of the Bavarian State Chancellery; Dr. Rolf-Dieter Jungk, Director General of the Bavarian Ministry of Science and Arts; Nikolas Djukic, Executive Director of BAYHOST; representatives of Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, University of Regensburg and others.
