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CIDD attracting new members: University of Salford (UK), Università degli Studi di Brescia (I)
Two European universities applied for membership in 2008:
The University of Salford, a Greater Manchester university, has been running successfully a joint Master course with RISEBA for many years. With a history dating back to 1896, the University has established a successful global presence with four faculties, 12 schools, nearly 20,000 students, and 2,500 staff serving the needs of industry and commerce. The university was adopted as a full member in October 2008.
The Università degli Studi di Brescia, located in Italy’s North, offers Bologna-type undergraduate ("laurea") and graduate courses ("laurea specialistica") and post-laurea Master programmes in business, economics. In particular, the International Business programme is being interested in developing double degree arrangements with CIDD member universities. The formal voting on the university’s membership will take place at the Helsinki meeting of the consortium’s Assembly in June 2009.
Czech-German Double Degree Signed
The University of Economics (http://www.vse.cz) and FH Mainz - University of Applied Sciences (http://www.fh-mainz.de) signed an agreement which allows their Master students in International Business to earn both degrees. Students spend one year in Prague and one year in Mainz, take courses in both universities, and cooperate with international companies in their thesis project. The agreement includes also academic cooperation in teaching and research. During the winter term 2008/09, the programme leaders, Ludmila Sterbova and Ulrich Schüle, will jointly run a seminar on international trade, for example.
Cooperation signed between FH Mainz and Osaka Gakuin University
FH Mainz - University of Applied Sciences and Osaka Gakuin University signed an agreement on student exchange and faculty cooperation. Starting in 2008, students of the German Masters programme in International Business will spend an academic year in Osaka, and Japanese students will be integrated into the German undergraduate or graduate programmes. The programmes are taught in English and include introductionary courses in the host university’s language and culture.
