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Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-ZentrumDr. Max MustermannReferat Kommunikation & Marketing Verwaltung
The Secondos Programof the University of Regensburg
Thomas Strothotte, Rector
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
1. Introduction
2. The Secondos Program
3. Structure of the Program
4. Current Status
5. Future Work
Structure
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
The University of Regensburg (Bavaria, Germany)
founded 1967, about 18,000 students 85 % of our students are from our region annual budget 170 Million Euros University hospital budget 220 Million Euros
most important professor: Pope Benedict XVI
Challenge: shift from 13 years of school to 12; two groups coming out of high school next year
1. Introduction
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
German Society is rather heterogeneous
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
about 22 % of all 18-year-olds are either immigrants or children of immigrants; this may rise to 33 % over the next 15 years.
about 90 % the children of immigrants grow up bilingually.
German Society is becoming more heterogeneous over time
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
„Integration“ among freshmen
less than 10 % of freshmen at German universities are immigrants or children of immigrants
nonetheless already today between 10,000 und 20,000 of the 240,000 freshmen at German universities have grown up bilingually (estimate)
German Society is becoming more heterogeneous over time
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Group Size Number of 18-year-olds
Overall population 82,369,000 ≈ 800,000 (2010: ≈400,000)
Immigrants or their descendents
15.143.000 ≈ 200,000
of these: German citizens 7.300.000
without German citizenship 7.844.000
Of these for example from:
Russia 942,000 ≈ 14,000
Türkey 2,495,000 ≈ 35,000
Romania 342,000 ≈ 5,000
German Population
Quelle: Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge, 2007
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Demographic shift Maßnahme BeispielThere will be less of us
Develop new market segments
Faculties of Engineering are targeting immigrants
We‘re getting older Professional development degree programs
Continuing education master‘s degrees
We‘re becoming more heterogeneous
Develop specific market segments
Targeting woman for science
German Universities‘ reaction to the demographic shift
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Market segment: 18-year-olds who are children of immigrants and are good students
have received the entire school education in Germany and have at least a B– average (top half of the grading scale)
are typically bilingual, at least with respect to their oral competency in their mother tongue.
know the culture of the country from which their parents or grandparents have come
2. The Secondos Program
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Secondos
term used in Switzerland since the early 2000s
used to denote “in the second Generation“ (of immigrants)
Secondos Program – Terminology
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
develops their mother tongue for them and as well as their intercultural skills at a professional level
makes the potential in their bilingual and bicultural background visible and useful
Secondos Program – Creating Value for Students
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
1st yearin Regensburg
2nd yearabroad
3rd yearin Regensburg
students participate in the regular program of study in their subject
in addition. secondos take language and culture courses pertaining to their mother tongue (about 3 hours per week)
students take up their studies at our partner university in the country of their origin
industrial internship during their semester break(s)
final part of their degree program in Regensburg
receive the Bachelor degree of the Univ. of Regensburg
if at all possible. receive the bachelor‘s degree of our partner university in addition to the German degree
Secondos Program – Curriculum
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Secondos Program – Characteristics
intensive councelling in all phases of the program transfer credits for all courses taken abroad
Financing Erasmus-Scholarships (up to about 200 € / Monat) or
similar scholarships (e.g. „Go East“-program of the DAAD)
tuition fees waivers at home while studying abroad
Networking: We provide our students with access to the extensive network between the Univ. of Regensburg and potential employers in Eastern and Central Europe
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Secondos Councelling (in particular career planning)
Secondos Lanuage Courses for Native Speakers
Secondos Tandem
Secondos Semester or Year Abroad
Secondos Industrial Internship
Secondos Program – Modules
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Students recruiting among students who would come to
Regensburg anyways recruiting nationwide in immigrant communities
Partner Universities abroad selection of partners building up relationsships between the rectors,
the international offices, faculty members; consulates and the communities
development of model “learning agreements“ und “credit transfer agreements“
3. Structure of the Program
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Each ethnic community has its own forms of communication
newspapers (in German or in their homeland)
television (in particular from their homeland)
internet
„word of mouth“
Nationwide Student of Recruiting
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ads and articles in newpapers
recruiting events in other cities in Germany
consulates
education fairs
Result: During the academic year 2009/10 we had about councelling sessions with about 100 individual potential students (secondos).
Advertising
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Secondos Partnerships Croatia Univ. of Zagreb
Poland N.N.
Romania Babeş-Bolyai Univ., Cluj-Napoca
Russia Nationale Univ. of Kazan
Ukraine Taras Shevchenko Univ. of Kiev
Hungary Univ. of Pécs
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Partnerships began in Juli 2009 with Babeş-Bolyai University in
Cluj-Napoca; currently 5 partnerships
Students began Pilot phase during 2009/2010 mit 12
students our students are proud to be „secondos“… for 2010/2011,
156 (bilingual) freshman have expressed interest in our program (of about 4,150 new students, ≈ 4 % of our student body)
4. Current Status
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
20 of our law students in Regensburg enrolled Professor from Turkey (Bahcesehir Univ., Istanbul) who has
Postdoctoral experience in Germany
all students spoke perfect German quality of students (average grades) same as the overall quality
almost all students were German citizens
17 of the 20 students asked their questions in class in German
We now want to dev elop an extra-curricular certifcate program in Turkish Law as a recruiting method for law students of Turkish origin
Summer School 2010„Turkish Law“ taught in the Turkish language
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Creating value through Education
We want to make the University of Regensburg more international using the potential we have within Germany:
Bilingual and bicultural “Secondos“ “Diversity Management“ – Making use of our diversity
rather than treating all students the same way
Contributions to
building up a positive identity and image for young immigrants in the 2nd generation
the University: National position for recruiting students
5. Future Work
Dr. Max MustermannGeschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum
Double bachelor degrees is unusual
Partnerships with „small“ countries (ones who have only small numbers of immigrants in Germany)
Dealing with clichés
With respect to courses in languages other than English or French (e.g. in the Summer School on TurkischLaw): No members of our faculty know the language nor the material
Justification of using ressources of the university to cater to a specific group (secondos)
Challenges
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