"The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) is a public comprehensive higher educaiton institution, which proposes more than one hundred national degree programmes from bachelor’s degree to PhDs. The Research and Education fields are structured around 4 areas through its 3 faculties, 3 institutes and 2 doctoral schools : Arts, Letters, Languages - Sciences, Technology, Health - Humanities and Social Sciences - Law, Economy, Management. The large offer of study programmes is supported by a dynamic research through the association of its 16 laboratories with social-economic actors, industries, competitiveness clusters and great national research organizations. UPVD is known as a university with high international visibility : It receives annually 9500 students, within 23% of international students (within 36% of european countries) representing 120 nationalities. By its participation in numerous European & multilateral projects (Tempus, INTERREG, Erasmus Mundus, Erasmus+..), it has acquired a real know-how in implementation and management of international cooperations, capacity building projects and exchange of good practices, particularly in the field of Education.The main objectives of the project are:- Increasing outgoing mobility for students and staff,- Enhancing internationalization and strengthening the quality of the study offer for the students,- Developing and enhancing the quality of cooperation with universities and partner organizations,- Improving the employability of students,- Strengthening the capacity and skills of university staff,- Developing the awareness and visibility of the institution in the European area of higher education and internationally.The Erasmus + project Mobility for Higher Education 2014-2016, has funded 71 students and 10 academic staff mobilities. Specifically, the project funded 60 students for studies and 11 students in internship mobility. Students were enrolled in short cycle (7%), 1st Cycle (49%) and 2nd cycle (44%). The staff mobility was mainly for teaching activities organized for one week at a partner university. The main destination countries were the United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland and Turkey. These results are in line with the UPVD policy of international cooperation and partnerships development. The UPVD has signed in 2014, 102 Erasmus+ agreements with 60 universities (including 18 with Spain, 9 with United Kingdom, 3 with Ireland and 2 with Turkey) and in 2015, with 12 new partners (including two Spanish and one English).Regarding the profile of the project' participants, women represent 69% of the outgoing mobility, and 31% for men.The administrative and financial management and coordination of the project' activities are carried out by the International Relations Office (SURI) at the central level, and in relation with the services for student life and the faculties of UPVD. The selection of participants was done by the Erasmus+ pedagogical coordinators, organized by Field of study. It is based on transparent procedure and criteria, respecting the Erasmus Charter.Participants from incoming and outgoing mobility, received administrative, linguistic and educational support throughout their stay. The SURI organized each semester for incoming students a welcome session and the opportunity to participate to the ""international mentoring"" system, which allow to be welcomed and accompanied by a UPVD student, for a successful integration.The project allowed UPVD to develop its internationalization and the professional skills of staff and students, to led them to better integrate and improve their employability in the European and world market. After the end of the European funding of the project, to obtain multiplier effects in terms of cooperation, UPVD plans to strengthen relationships with partner universities, through new bilateral agreements and structural & integrated multilateral projects that will ensure the sustainability of inter-university exchanges."

The University of Perpignan (UPVD) is a comprehensive public higher education institution, which provides more than a hundred of national degree programmes from Bachelor degree to PhD. The Research and Education fields are structured within four areas, through three faculties, three institutes, and two doctoral schools: Art, Letters, Languages/Sciences, Technology, Health/ Humanities and Social Sciences/Law, Economy, Management. The study offer is supported by a dynamic research thanks to its 16 laboratories working in synergy with socio-economic actors, associations, clusters of competitiveness and great national research centers.Human-size University (9500 students a year), foreign students represent 23% of the total number of students at UPVD, from 120 different nationalities.The University of Perpignan (UPVD) has developed a long experience of international exchanges thanks to its involvement in lots of students exchange projects, and notably within Erasmus Mundus Action 2, for the last ten years. Former cooperation in the field of French as foreign language (FLE) and close link with Kazakhstan helped the implementation of the mobility project 2015-2017, in order to foster a dynamic and to meet with the following objectives:-To develop and to strengthen cooperation between UPVD and Kazakh Universities;-To increase the ingoing mobilities concerning students and staff, and outgoing mobilities for staff;-To strengthen the employability of students and staff abilities; -To strengthen international visibility of the institutions.11 mobilities had been realized, of which 9 ingoing mobilities and 2 outgoing mobilities. 2 outgoing training mobilities for staff for 10 days on average; 4 ingoing training mobilities for staff, for 11 days on average; and 5 ingoing mobilities for students, for 9 month on average.Kazakh Universities involved in the project with UPVD are:-Kazakh state women's teacher training university;-RSE Karaganda State University named after Academician E. A. Buketov;-Caspian Public University;-Kostanay state pedagogical institute.The International Relation Office in UPVD centralized administrative and financial management of the project, in partnership with the other offices of the UPVD (registration office, financial and accounting department, and the departments of the University). Furthermore, the UPVD worked in close cooperation with the offices, and department of the partner Universities in order to implement an efficient follow-up and management of project. From the selection of the project to the final report, a strict and defined timetable had been implemented concerning the UPVD and the partner Universities, including a clear division of tasks.The organizational support had sustained the exchanges throughout the duration of the project, by funding mainly the insurance of the students.The International mobility project between the UPVD and Kazakhstan strengthened the partnership within the institutions, and the abilities of the Universities involved in the project to manage international mobility.The UPVD and partner institutions want to keep on developing the international cooperation and sustain university exchanges.

"The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) is a public comprehensive higher educaiton institution, which proposes more than one hundred national degree programmes from bachelor’s degree to PhDs. The Research and Education fields are structured around 4 areas through its 3 faculties, 3 institutes and 2 doctoral schools : Arts, Letters, Languages - Sciences, Technology, Health - Humanities and Social Sciences - Law, Economy, Management. The large offer of study programmes is supported by a dynamic research through the association of its 16 laboratories with social-economic actors, industries, competitiveness clusters and great national research organizations.UPVD is known as a university with high international visibility : It receives annually 9500 students, within 23% of international students (within 1/3 of european countries) representing 120 nationalities. By its participation in numerous European & multilateral projects, it has acquired a real know-how in implementation and management of international cooperations, capacity building projects and exchange of good practices, particularly in the field of Education. The international cooperation strategy of the University of Perpignan is in line with the objectives of the Erasmus + program, and aims to develop the internationalization of its study offer through the implementation of mobility programs of excellence and international projects. The opportunity offered by the Erasmus + Higher Education mobility program has allowed the UPVD and its partners to have the capacity to develop their cooperation and to improve the visibility of their institution and of their educational and research program at European and international level.The implementation of the intra-European mobility project for the 2016-2018 contract has participated to this dynamic by meeting with the objectives:- Increasing outgoing mobility for students,- Enhancing internationalization and strengthening the quality of the study offer for the students,- Developing and enhancing the quality of cooperation with universities and partner organizations,- Improving the employability of students,- Developing the awareness and visibility of the institution in the European area of higher education and internationally.The Erasmus + project Mobility for Higher Education 2016-2018, has funded 107 students mobilities. Specifically, the project funded 87 students for studies and 20 students in internship mobility. Students were enrolled in short cycle (6,5%), 1st Cycle (49,5%) and 2nd cycle (44%). The main destination countries were Spain, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. These results are in line with the UPVD policy of international cooperation and partnerships development. The UPVD has signed in 2014, 147 Erasmus+ agreements with 60 universities (including 18 with Spain, 9 with United Kingdom, 3 with Ireland), in 2015, 15 new agreements (including 2 spanish and 1 english universities), in 2016, 25 new agreements with 16 universities (including 5 ES, 1 UK), and in 2017, were signed 21 agreements with 14 universities (including 4 ES, 1 UK and 1 UK).Regarding the profile of the project' participants, women represent 67% of the outgoing mobility, and 33% for men.The administrative and financial management and coordination of the project' activities are carried out by the International Relations Office (SRI) at the central level, and in relation with the services for student life, accounting office and the faculties of UPVD. The selection of participants was done by the Erasmus+ pedagogical coordinators, organized by Field of study. It is based on transparent procedure and criteria, respecting the Erasmus Charter. Participants from incoming and outgoing mobility, received administrative, linguistic and educational support throughout their stay. The SRI organized each semester for incoming students a welcome session and the opportunity to participate to the ""international mentoring"" system, which allow to be welcomed and accompanied by a UPVD student, for a successful integration.The project allowed UPVD to develop its internationalization and the professional skills of staff and students, to led them to better integrate and improve their employability in the European and world market. To obtain multiplier effects in terms of cooperation, UPVD plans to strengthen relationships with partner universities, through new bilateral agreements and structural & integrated multilateral projects that will ensure the sustainability of inter-university exchanges."

"L'Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) est un établissement public d'enseignement supérieur pluridisciplinaire, qui propose plus d'une centaine de programmes nationaux d'études allant de la licence au doctorat. La recherche et la formation sont structurées autour de 4 grands domaines, à travers ces 4 facultés, 3 instituts et 2 écoles doctorales : Arts, lettres, langues - Sciences, technologie, santé – Sciences humaines et sociales - Droit, économie, gestion - Sports. L’offre de formation est soutenue par une recherche dynamique à travers ses 16 laboratoires qui travaillent en synergie avec les acteurs socio-économiques, les associations, les entreprises, les pôles de compétitivité et les grands organismes de recherche nationaux. L'UPVD est une université à forte ouverture internationale : elle accueille 9500 étudiants par an dont 23% d’étudiants étrangers (dont plus d'un tiers de pays européens), représentant un total de 120 nationalités. À travers sa participation à de nombreux projets européens, l’UPVD a acquis un réel savoir-faire dans la mise en œuvre et la gestion de coopérations internationales, de programmes conjoints ou d’échange de bonnes pratiques, en particulier dans le domaine de l’éducation. La stratégie de coopération internationale de l'Université de Perpignan s'inscrit dans les objectifs du programme Erasmus+, et vise à développer l'internationalisation de son offre de formation grâce à la mise en place de programmes de mobilité d'excellence et de projets de coopération internationale. L'occasion offerte par le programme de mobilité Enseignement supérieur Erasmus+ a permis à l'UPVD et à ses partenaires, d'avoir la capacité de développer leur coopération et d'améliorer la visibilité de leur institution et de leurs programmes d'enseignement et de recherche au niveau européen et international.La mise en place du projet Erasmus+ mobilité de l'enseignement supérieur 2018-2020 a fortement participé à cette dynamique en répondant aux objectifs attendus :- d'accroitre la mobilité sortante des étudiants ; - de permettre l'internationalisation et le renforcement de la qualité de l'offre de formation proposée aux étudiants ; - de développer et renforcer la qualité des coopérations avec les universités européennes et les organismes partenaires ; - d'améliorer l'employabilité des étudiants ; - de développer la notoriété et la visibilité de l'établissement dans l'espace européen de l'enseignement supérieur et à l'échelle internationale.Le projet Erasmus+ mobilité de l'enseignement supérieur 2018-2020, a permis de financer la mobilité de 109 étudiants et 4 personnels. Plus précisément, le projet a permis le financement de 92 étudiants en séjour d‘études et 17 étudiants en stage en entreprise. Les étudiants sont inscrits en cycle court (11%), 1er cycle (57%) et 2ème cycle (32%). Les principaux pays d’accueil sont l'Espagne (33%), le Royaume-Uni (28%) et l’Italie (6%). Ces résultats sont en adéquation avec la politique de coopération internationale et le développement de partenariats.L’UPVD est passée de 2018 à 2020, de 168 à 181 accords Erasmus+ avec une centaine d'universités partenaires (soit 13 nouveaux accords avec l’Espagne (5), la Belgique (4), la République Tchèque, le Danemark, le Royaume-Uni et la Roumanie). Concernant le profil des participants au projet, les femmes représentent 65% de la mobilité sortante, pour 35% d'hommes.La gestion administrative et financière, ainsi que la coordination des activités du projet sont réalisées par le Service des relations Internationales (SRI) au niveau central, en relation avec les services à l'étudiant, le service de comptabilité et les composantes de l'UPVD. La sélection des participants a été réalisée par les coordinateurs pédagogiques Erasmus+, organisés par filière. Elle est basée sur une procédure et des critères transparents, dans le respect de la Charte Erasmus.Les participants à la mobilité entrants et sortants, bénéficient d’un accompagnement et d’un suivi administratif, linguistique et pédagogique tout au long de leur séjour. Le SRI organise pour les étudiants entrants une réunion semestrielle de bienvenue et la possibilité de bénéficier du dispositif de ""parrainage international"" pour être accueilli et accompagné par un étudiant de l'UPVD, permettant ainsi une meilleure intégration.Le projet a permis à l'UPVD de développer son internationalisation et les compétences professionnelles des personnels et des étudiants afin de leur permettre de mieux s'intégrer et d'améliorer leur employabilité sur le marché européen et mondial. Pour obtenir des effets multiplicateurs en termes de coopération, l'UPVD prévoit de renforcer les relations avec les universités partenaires, par la mise en place de nouveaux accords bilatéraux et des projets structurants multilatéraux qui assureront la pérennisation des échanges inter-universitaires."

"The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) is a public institution of multidisciplinary higher education offering more than one hundred national programs of study from the Bachelor to Doctorate. Research andTraining are structured around four main areas, through three faculties, three institutes and two doctoral schools: Arts, Letters, Languages / Sciences, Technology, Health / Humanities and Social Sciences / Law,Economics, Management. The training offer is supported by dynamic research through its 16 laboratories working in synergy with socio-economic actors, associations, companies, competitiveness clusters andmajor national research organizations. University on a human scale (9,500 students enrolled), the UPVD has among its students enrolled 23% of foreign students of 120 different nationalities.The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) has a long experience of international mobility thanks to its involvement in many student exchange projects. The UPVD has been involved in several Erasmus Mundus Action2 programs for about ten years: 4 ""Averroes"" projects with Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, and ""Alyssa"" project with Tunisia. The UPVD has been a partner of several projects in which our partners are involved, in particular from Tunisia : the Tempus project ""COMPERE Averroès"", and the Intra-Africa project ""Afridi"". In addition, the EMIC project n°2018-1-FR01-KA107-047347 is in line with the successive EMIC 2015-2018 projects.The implementation of the 2018-2021 mobility project strengthened the momentum and continued the objectives previously established throught the previous projects:- Develop and strengthen the cooperation between UPVD and partner universities;- Increase incoming and outgoing student mobility as well as develop the mobility of teaching and administrative staff;- Increase the visibility, capacity and reputation of the institutions concerned;This project of international credits mobility allowed the realization of a total of 30 incoming and 1 outgoing mobilities with Tunisia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam (7 staff and 24 students). The UPVD has implemented 15 mobilities with Tunisian partners (13 students & 2 staff), 11 mobilities with Kazakhstan (6 students & 5 staff) and 5 student mobilities were made possible with Vietnam.Due to the international COVID19 pandemic, 15 selected mobilities had to be postponed and finally canceled. The UPVD's International Relations Office centralizes the administrative and financial management of the project, in close collaboration with the relevant UPVD services (education, financial and accounting service,and the University components). In addition, the UPVD worked with the services and components of the partner Universities concerned, for the most effective preparation and implementation of the mobilities. From the acceptance of the project to the final report, a step-by-step timetable has been put in place for the UPVD and the partner Universities: promotion, selection, assistance with visa applications, reception of students / teachers / staff, daily administrative support (registration, housing, bank account, insurance, integration into components). The Organisational Support budget (OS) has also been used to support the implementation of the mobilities throughout the project, regarding organizational, financial, administrative and pedagogical issues. The general satisfaction rate of the beneficiaries is 95.83% for students and 100% for staff who participated into the project.The 2018-2021 Erasmus International Credit Mobility project between the UPVD, Tunisia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam has strengthened the institutional relations and the management expertise of the universities involved. The UPVD and the partner institutions wish to continue to perpetuate their cooperation."