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supporter of Slow Food Concept and Fairs. USAMV Cluj-Napoca is an active member within two university consortium, the local consortium of Cluj- Napoca universities, and the consortium of all USAMV universities across the country. The option of USAMV Cluj-Napoca towards Sustainable Development made it a strong actor in promoting the regional strategy for bioenergy and, together with the Regional Development Agency, USAMV Cluj-Napoca formulated the Action Plan for Renewable Energy Implementation: “Towards 2020”. At the national higher education level, USAMV Cluj-Napoca aims to preserve its position in top 12 best universities, by promoting advanced research and excellence in education. At international level, USAMV Cluj-Napoca has continuously developed cooperation with other universities (currently USAMV Cluj-Napoca has cooperation agreements with more than 30 universities), RTD structures and companies, all over Europe, in US and Canada (see: Appendix – International relations), cooperation in education via trans-national projects with USAMV Cluj-Napoca as national leader, promoting integrated pilot projects with significant results in developing modern teaching/learning tools, and international cooperation via Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius and Transnational Networks on specific topics regarding the sustainable development. These projects have represented the starting point for RTD international cooperation, the university being an active partner in some FP6 and FP7 projects. Management policy as a reflection of mission and goals. USAMV Cluj-Napoca management policy can be characterized by “long-lasting values, in a flexible approach”; this approach allowing fast action for capitalization of university’s strong points, finding solutions to correct the weak points, diminishing the risks, considering the threats, and approaching the opportunities. The USAMV Action Plan is related to this management policy, and was produced by an internal analysis that takes place at least once per year and being supported by benchmarking sessions, various external audits and evaluations. As mentioned above, the major decisions in the past 10 years were of high importance for developing new strategies and decisions making for the future. The role of the bottom-up approach of the management structures and their involvement, from departments to faculties and university level, is of high importance for the coherent and transparent decision making and communication processes, and therefore supports the university’s sustainable development. 4.2. Academic profile Analysis of educational and research approaches. The integrated management resources for quality assurance of the education, training and research processes represent an approach that proved its viability in time. As already mentioned, an integrated approach in education and research activities is the base for the sustainable development of USAMV Cluj-Napoca, aiming to support the quality assurance and continued improvement in education. Curriculum reforms following the Bologna process are necessary and need to be implemented within every curriculum, to improve the quality of education and to accelerate and stimulate the implementation of the internal and external accreditation procedures, according to the national legislation and the ARACIS requirements. Each study program developed by the 4 faculties of USAMV Cluj-Napoca has a well defined structure and content. The courses at bachelor level (3 or 4 years bachelor - first cycle) and the specific curricula define, through the detailed syllabus, the content, the outcomes, the evaluation method, for each course, and assigned ECTS (see: Appendix – ECTS system in USAMV Cluj-Napoca). Harmonizing the curricula content represents an ongoing process, where the teaching staff and the students are invited to contribute every 3 years. An academic year consists of 2 semesters, 14 weeks each, followed by a four-week examination period and a supplementary two-week examination period, in September. The total number of credits required to graduate from a bachelor’s degree program, varies between 180 (study program: Biology) and 240 (all study programs for Engineering Sciences – Plant and animal Resources) credits, while for a master degree program the total number of credits is of 90 or 120. Page 13 SELF-EVALUATION REPORT, March, 2012
The curricula content, outcomes and evaluation methods, are presented to the students at the beginning of each semester. Usually, one mid-term and one final examination are evaluating the outcomes of a course. Besides, complementary methods of evaluation (projects, individual home work, etc.), are applied. Optional courses are offered, being one of student-centered learning characteristics. USAMV Cluj-Napoca supports all faculties to stimulate the student-centered education and the continued improvement of the curricula by new knowledge, modern didactical tools (multi/media, team working groups, projects, problem-solving based learning), by registering the course feedback by students’ surveys and by benchmarking with other higher education institutions. The results of the students’ assessment regarding to courses quality and content are very important, being managed by the Department of Quality Assurance. Unfortunately, the students’ answers are rather weak, and a specific action is being planned to improve this situation. Specific attention is dedicated to reduce the relatively high abandon rate of students suspending or leaving the university before graduating. This problem is in direct relation with another sensitive point: the admission procedure in the university. Although the admission forms and criteria are considered to be part of university autonomy, the decision must also consider the national trend and the options of other Romanian universities with similar profile. USAMV Cluj-Napoca aims to attract good candidates, therefore wants to have some good selection criteria, considering the former performance of candidates, by their marks in the secondary school and their results at an entrance examination. A top-priority for the university strategy is the improvement of master programs’ quality. The number of Master programs is related to the number of graduating students, and the general aim of the university was to attract at least 50% of the graduating students for Master programs. Over for the past 8 years, at national and university level, it was noticed an increasing trend and a permanent effort in diversifying the educational offer and to enlarge the number of Master programs. So that, there are situations when were proposed and authorized a too large diversity of study programs, with overlaps of courses and redundant information. Unfortunately the success of these programs was limited, due to their low quality. We intend to restructure the master programs and to have fewer, but stronger, master programs with relevance for the labor market, and especially compatible with similar programs taught in European universities. Especially International Masters taught in English are encouraged to be promoted, with modules which allow the mobility of teachers and students between the partner universities. We believe we have some weak points in Master programs strategic development and especially in running sustainable curricula for really interested students. One key point in developing efficient and sustainable study programs is the good balance between students and academic staff (see: Appendix – Students). The proposal of a new study program is generally done by a department, according to the national standard criteria (defined by ARACIS), forwarded to the Faculty Council and, after approval, to the University Administration Council. The Senate approves or rejects the proposal. If the University Senate approves the program, the external evaluation follows, performed by ARACIS evaluators. The study program is temporarily authorized, if a confidence grade is obtained by the first external evaluation. After graduation of three generations of students, the program needs to obtain the accreditation by ARACIS. For keeping the accreditation, a periodic external evaluation is carried on, each 5 years. The relevance of a new program is validated, among others, by the number of candidates. In this context we can mention that newly developed study programs which attracted a significant number of candidates are: Control and Expertise of Food Products, Engineering of Food Products, Veterinary medicine. Finally, each study program is validated by the number of graduates able to find a job in the labor market in accordance to his/her specialty. In this respect, USAMV Cluj-Napoca still has limited information on the graduates’ career track. Unfortunately, the risks and threads of the actual economic situation in Romania affected too the jobs’ offer in the fields of agriculture, animal science, food technology, and in almost all areas Page 14 SELF-EVALUATION REPORT, March, 2012
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