All partners UNIQUE meeting at BIMTECH September 2016
BIMTECH is a part of the consortium of 9 educational institutions for the UNIQUE project funded by the European Union. The consortium members include FH Joanneum, Austria; World University Service, Austria; Universida de Alicante, Spain; Voronezh State University, Russia; University of International Business and Economics, China; Intstituto Technologico de Monterey, Mexico; Birla Institute of Management Technology, India; Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia; Aston University, UK with following members participating.
The project started in October, 2013 and culminated with final meeting held at BIMTECH on 7th & 8th September, 2016. 18 representatives from all partners participated in the meeting and shared the initiatives taken to implement the objectives of the project in their respective universities/institutes.
As part of the project, 5 UNIQUE Centre have been established in China, India, Mexico, Namibia and Russia. The EU UNIQUE Centre at BIMTECH is established to be a centre of information and service about European higher education systems and opportunities. In order to disseminate knowledge, BIMTECH has conducted seminars; counseling sessions; staff training programs; workshops and exchange program edification sessions. (http://bimtech.ac.in/eu-unique-centre-india/)
The project is aimed to determine the gaps and developing knowledge for improving services for international students, address the international (European Union) dimensions of Quality Assurance and to promote the joint programmes and student exchange programmes. UNIQUE is focused on promoting European initiatives to partner universities outside Europe, with the main aim of providing common grounds for academic co-operation.