The Medical University of Graz is one of the best "young" universities worldwide. As a university with an international reputation, it must continue to develop its position as an attractive research location and prepare students and staff for international careers as best as it can. Thus internationalization is part of its mission and implemented in four fields of action.
The support initiative of Med Uni Graz primarily aims at Ukrainian citizens who had to leave Ukraine after February 24, 2022 due to the current situation. Due to the health-orientation of the university, students and staff members from the health sector should feel primarily addressed, especially students of medicine and dentistry, as well as researchers from the preclinical and clinical settings.
Mobility is an integral component of the internationalization process at Med Uni Graz. As a university with an international reputation, it offers students, staff, doctors, researchers and other guests from abroad several opportunities for a stay at Med Uni Graz:
Med Uni Graz students can receive support to go abroad several times during their studies for study abroad, clinical rotations, parts of the clinical practice year, traineeships in dentistry or nursing and also selected research stays and summer/winter schools. All Med Uni Graz staff also have the opportunity to complete a funded staff mobility for teaching or for training abroad.
Med Uni Graz offers its international students and staff an attractive work environment and home. It operates a welcome center that provides advising and support to new arrivals, establishes first contacts and promotes social integration. Services and processes for foreign guests are also available in English and thus easily accessible. Taught exclusively in English, the Ph.D. program is the heart of an open, innovative and international research and teaching community. Topics in this field of action are:
Med Uni Graz is active and connected in numerous international university networks and framework programs around the world, and has bilateral partnerships in research and teaching with excellent universities on nearly all continents. It does not focus on specific geographical regions since there are outstanding institutions in different disciplines worldwide and the quality of research and teaching is pivotal to strategic cooperation.
Internationalization is a central element of the development plan of the Medical University of Graz and is seen as an integral part of the university's tasks. As part of its core values, Med Uni Graz has committed itself to further developing its position as an attractive research location and to preparing its students and staff for successful careers in an international context. Promoting outstanding achievements in competence development is a matter of great concern in this process.
Internationalization is a central element of the development plan of the Medical University of Graz and is seen as an integral part of the university's mission:
“Internationalisation of higher education is the process of integrating an international/intercultural dimension into the teaching, research and service functions of the institution.”
KNIGHT, J. (1994), Internationalisation: Elements and Checkpoints, Canadian Bureau for International Education, Ottawa
Internationalization at Med Uni Graz is viewed as a cross-sectional topic spanning all areas - research, teaching and administration. The topic is therefore central to the entire development plan and especially highlighted in the sections International mobility, Cooperation and Networking. Med Uni Graz aims to further develop the existing internationalization initiatives and to increase the global visibility and competitiveness.
The university sees its international orientation and active participation in global scientific discourse as a basic requirement for achieving sustainable success in research and teaching. The comprehensive approach spans beyond the promotion of mobility measures. Sustainable internationalization - and thus actively lived internationality - requires that dimensions of internationality are anchored as self-evident aspects in the thoughts and actions of the university members at all levels.
The Medical University of Graz – founded as a faculty in 1863 and established as an independent university in 2004 - was listed in the 2019 Nature Index as one of the top 30 academic institutions under 30, i.e., it is one of the best "young" universities worldwide. As part of its core values, Med Uni Graz has committed itself to further developing its position as an attractive research location and to preparing its students and staff for successful careers in an international context. Promoting outstanding achievements in competence development is a matter of great concern in this process. As a vital part of its mission, the university implements internationalization activities within the framework of the following fields of action:
Med Uni Graz cooperates with numerous research/higher education institutions and private companies worldwide and continues to be open for new partnerships that add value to its research and teaching endeavors. Researchers are active players in the European Research Area and participate in the European Framework Programs HORIZON. The university also takes a cooperative approach regarding its research infrastructure. Its Center for Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Medicine is the first technology and research center in Austria to achieve full physical and organizational integration into a university campus. It thus provides a perfect location for cooperation between science and industry. The Medical University of Graz also houses the headquarters of the biobanking infrastructure BBMRI-ERIC, established by the European Commission as a European and international biobanking hub.
Med Uni Graz holds bilateral partnerships in research and teaching with excellent institutions on nearly all continents. It does not focus on specific geographical regions as it considers the quality of research and teaching in a specific subject as the primary criterion for strategic cooperation. Med Uni Graz fosters incoming and outgoing mobility of students, faculty and staff by providing services and financial support tailor-made for the relevant target groups. As a local contact point of the European EURAXESS Network for researchers’ mobility, the university also provides access to the wide spectrum of EURAXESS services. Med Uni Graz is a member of CEEPUS, the ASEA Uninet, the Eurasia-Pacific Uninet and the Africa-UniNet, networks that facilitate project and mobility cooperation in a multitude of counties around the globe. In terms of student, faculty and staff mobility, the university furthermore takes part in various schemes of Erasmus+ as well as the Africa-UniNet.
Med Uni Graz offers both an attractive working environment and a home to international students, faculty and staff. It runs a Welcome Center, which offers a variety of services ranging from advice to hands-on support as well as social networking opportunities for newly-arrived members of the university community. Services and processes relevant for guests from abroad are available in English and thus easily accessible. The PhD programs – which are fully taught in English – contribute to further internationalize an open and innovative research and teaching community.
At the International office, teams for incoming and outgoing mobility provide administrative support in all matters related to student mobility and staff mobility. Its Welcome Center advises international Med Uni Graz students and staff as well as international guests concerning their stays in Graz.
Med Uni Graz has bilateral partnerships in research and teaching with excellent universities on nearly all continents. It does not focus on specific geographical regions since there are outstanding institutions in different disciplines worldwide and the quality of research and teaching is pivotal to strategic cooperation.
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