{"id":37806,"date":"2020-05-19T09:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T06:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upb.ro\/erasmus\/erasmus-policy-statement\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T13:15:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T10:15:57","slug":"erasmus-policy-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/upb.ro\/en\/erasmus\/erasmus-policy-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"ERASMUS Policy Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ERASMUS CHARTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 2021-2027: Universitatea Na\u021bional\u0103 de \u0218tiin\u021b\u0103 \u0219i Tehnologie POLITEHNICA Bucure\u0219ti (National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Participation in Erasmus+<\/strong><\/p>\n National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (UNSTPB) is a comprehensive university created by the merger of University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest with the University of Pitesti, which undertakes the mission of training specialists in various fields, capable to use scientific, technical, and socio-cultural knowledge valuable for the progress of Romanian society and contemporary world. UNSTPB ensures an efficient, developed, and improved education implementation through a wide and various teaching and research activities according to the standards and means offered by the nowadays informational society; it promotes forms of training adapted to a competitive society requirement and at the same time fosters equity inside and outside the multicultural space of the European Community.<\/p>\n UNSTPB understands the importance of students’ experience and training within the European Education Area and intends to transform into an international collaboration hub for training versatile professionals in the European labour market, the ERASMUS+ program being an important tool for achieving these goals. Furthermore, UNSTPB aims to consolidate its image and position regarding performance, internationalization, and interculturality as a European university.<\/p>\n With rich international experience, our university aims to create opportunities and build competencies that will increase the employment rate of the specialists trained for the European labour market so that the training process results can support smart and sustainable (green) development.<\/p>\n Through the ERASMUS+ program in UNSTPB, the university aims to improve the abilities of local students to speak at least one foreign language, namely the aim of mastering a second foreign language gained during exchange mobility abroad and interaction with the host country’s native people. Moreover, this interaction is meant to help students acquire and improve soft skills.<\/p>\n The exchange experience of professors through teaching mobilities will help the partner universities to continue identifying solutions for the modernization and development of educational programs, possibly even for organizing joint short-term courses. The ERASMUS+ program creates the opportunity for the latest ideas and concrete applications to be disseminated so that UNSTPB can find partners for common topics to participate in European research programs.<\/p>\n The ERASMUS+ program represents an opportunity for brilliant minds, especially those with limited financial possibilities or impairments to benefit and take part in an international experience, make contact with European values, and become more aware of Europe\u2019s diversity and its cultural heritage. We believe in enabling mobility and ensuring a fair environment for all students, especially those with social difficulties and a low rate of inclusiveness.<\/p>\n The ERASMUS+ program is an important component of the university’s international strategy. Thereby, UNSTPB is developing and expanding its study programs in foreign languages, supports the development of international joint and double degree programs, carries out diploma and dissertation projects in collaboration with partner universities and economic agents, concludes agreements for doctoral theses under co-supervision, and supports from own funds learning foreign languages and testing to obtain official certifications, to contribute to the development of science and technology within the European Community space.<\/p>\n The ERASMUS+ program will continue to be implemented in UNSTPB with clear and transparent rules, which are offering the possibility to any student or teacher to be up to date with the actions and opportunities of this program. For this purpose, the university’s website, www.upb.ro<\/a>, as well as the social media pages will be used to disseminate information.<\/p>\n Strategy, objectives and impact<\/strong><\/p>\n The mobility of students, teaching, and academic staff is already one of the indicators for measuring the international dimension of our university. Within this action, UNSTPB will seek to raise its visibility on international education markets (a university strategic objective) to attract more foreign students to participate in educational international fairs and use online and offline promotion campaigns. Strengthening and expanding the study programs in foreign languages, and implementing joint degree programs with universities in the EU, are two important actions for the near future.<\/p>\n Through the university\u2019s strategy for the next period, UNSTPB has proposed to increase its visibility as an “European University”, so that the profile of this new university model is of interest to students and the business environment. In this sense, the university participates in the European project on European universities, being a member of the EELISA project.<\/p>\n