Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Research and Innovation in Higher Education - MARIHE

Course Structure

1. 1st Semester: Danube University Krems / Austria
2. 2nd Semester: University of Tampere / Finland
3. Internship: between 2nd and 3rd semester
4. 1st part of the 3rd Semester:
5. International field trip to: Beijing Normal University / China or LM Thapar School of Management,\xa0Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology / India
6. The specialization\xa0\x93Institutional Research\x94.\xa0\xa0Students in this specialization will spend the\xa0second part of their 3rd semester and the 4th semester at Danube University Krems / Austria.
7. The specialization\xa0\x93Research and innovation\x94.\xa0\xa0Students in this specialization will spend the\xa0second part of their\xa03rd semester and the 4th semester at University of Tampere / Finland.
8. The specialization\xa0\x93Leadership and Change\x94.\xa0Students in this specialization will spend the\xa0second part of their 3rd semester and the 4th semester at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences / Germany.
9. The specialization\xa0\x93Learning and Teaching\x94.Students in this specialization will spend the\xa0second part of their 3rd semester and the 4th semester at Eötvös Lorand University Budapest / Hungary.
10. have a sound understanding of the new contexts relevant to research and innovation in higher education (system knowledge combined with global and regional contexts)
11. have a sound understanding of the relation between change processes and how these link to education systems and labour markets in general.
12. understand the specialties of scientific institutions and how to adapt marketization and deregulation instruments to the needs and the culture of the institutions. They are competent in policy analysis and evaluation.
13. have developed skills to link system change with institutional change and implementation of change in different contexts
14. demonstrate the ability to analyse critically the relevant literature and to use it as a tool of analysis
15. demonstrate also the ability to use research and research management skills and analytical methodologies appropriately and have the potential to move to doctoral studies
16. develop management skills to deal with the changing environment inside HE and research institutions
17. have the ability to apply management instruments in an adequate way regarding the knowledge triangle.
18. demonstrate the ability to think and plan strategically, especially in relation to problem-solving as well as the ability to integrate knowledge, handle complexity, formulate judgements and communicate them to a wider audience
19. show the ability to operate with stakeholders of research and innovation, in particular, business companies.
20. Dr. Attila Pausits, Head of the Center for Educational Management and Higher Education Development, Danube University Krems (Austria)
21. Prof. Dr. Seppo Hölltä,\xa0 Head of Higher Education Group, University of Tampere (Finland)
22. Prof. Dr. Liu Baocun, Director of the International and Comparative Education Research Institute, Beijing Normal University (China)
23. Prof. Dr. Frank Ziegele, Director of the MBA-programme in Higher Education and Research Management, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück (Germany)
24. Prof. Dr. Lesley Andres, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
25. Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Balbachevsky, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
26. Dr. Zhang Danhui, Beijing Normal University (China)
27. Prof. Dr. James Fairweather, Michigan State University (USA)
28. Prof. Dr. Yan Fengqiao, Peking University (China)
29. Prof. Dr. Myroslava Hladchenko, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine)
30. Prof. Dr. Teng Jun, Beijing Normal University (China)
31. Dr. Manja Klemencic, Harvard University (USA)
32. Prof. Dr. Patrício Langa, Eduardo Mondlane University (Maputo, Mozambique)
33. Prof. Dr. Sheila Slaughter, University of Georgia (USA)
34. Prof. Dr. Zhou Xueguang, Stanford University (USA)
35. Prof. Dr. Yingjie Wang, Beijing Normal University (China)
36. Anna Glass, Policy analyst for higher education at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
37. Thomas Estermann, Director for governance, funding and public policy development at European University Association (EUA)
38. Dr. Achim Hopbach, Managing director at Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ Austria)
39. Rob van Lambalgen, Director of business, media and law of Windesheim University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
40. Dr. Michalis Tzatzanis, Expert in European and international programmes at the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)