Overview

The project is implemented with research objectives-

• Promote the idea of international collaboration and exchange
• Promote comparability with European standards and support the university management in its alignment for EU related initiatives
• Counsel the Indian institutes concerning recognition of European courses, grades and admission of incoming European students.
• Counsel international office of universities and outgoing students in selecting high quality European institutions for their studies for open programmes, collaborative degree and exchange programmes
• Screen the European higher education area for new developments and partnership opportunities.Under the European Union project proposal, UNIQUE Centre in India is created at Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) to execute the research outcomes and offer continuity to the idea. It will be the centre of information for European Universities and also a place to offer available opportunities on quality improvement, collaboration with universities for student exchange, faculty exchange and counseling of student exchange programmes. The information on universities will include institutions, programmes, scholarship, quality, evaluation system, and other engagement opportunities. Given the breadth of the information, the centre will service both students and professors.

Project Partner Institutions

• FHJ – FH JOANNEUM, Austria
• WUS – World University Service Graz, Austria
• UA – University of Alicante, Spain
• ASTON – Aston University, UK
• BIMTECH – Birla Institute of Management Technology, India
• VSU – Voronezh State University, Russia
• UIBE – University of International Business and Economics, China
• ITESM – Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico
• NUST – Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia