Introduction HEInnovate Workshop Sofia 26sept

IntroducingUniversità degli Studi di Bergamo

FABIO PREVIDI

HEInnovate workshop

Sofia – September 26th, 2014

Introducing UniBGUniversità degli Studi di Bergamo

Who we are

• Lombardy: a region in the heart of

Europe

o among the highest GDP per capita

o more than 10 million inhabitants

• A State University:

o about 16,000 students

(undergraduates and graduates)

o about 300 PhD students

o 7% student growth rate per year

between 2001 and 2011

o teaching staff: 331 (professors

and researchers)

o administrative staff: 230

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Where we are

• Cultural and social environment

o a medieval town with a key historical role

o a bridge between Western and Eastern Europe (Bergamo airport is the

Southern Europe hub for Ryanair and other low cost airlines, turning over

9 million passengers in 2012)

• Economic features of the region

o multinational companies based in the

Bergamo area: Brembo, Gewiss,

Italcementi, SIAD, Tenaris Group

o among the highest entrepreneurship indexes (Small

and SME

o export-oriented specialized manufacture

industry (top level in 2012); Germany

among the top partners

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What we teach and research - UniBG

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• Campus of Humanities

o in the “Upper Town”

• Campus of Economics and Law

o in the city of Bergamo

• walking distance - train station

• district heating grid & 142 kWp solar

panels

• Campus of Engineering

o in Dalmine (industrial area)

• district heating grid & 102 kWp solar

panels

o inside the science park “Kilometro Rosso”

Caravaggio Airport

2 km


Toward an international University

• 2013: 14% of master students in 3 MD entirely in English

• 2014: 25% students in 5 MD in English

• 2015: 35% students in 7 MD in English, on a total of 15 MD

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UniBG Students 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/132015/16

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% enrolments of students outside of the province

28.0 28.4 30.2 34.0 34.8 50.0

% enrolments in MD courses ofstudents with BD from other UNI

8.0 17.0 19.0 23.0 26.7 33.0

% MD/BD students 19.9 22.5 23.2 23.7 24.0 35.0

% foreign students 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.8 5.2 10.0

% enrolled in MD entirely in English *

0 0 0 9.0 11.0 35.0


A growing university in a competitive environment

• 12 Universities in Lombardy

• 84 Universities in Italy

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University

Students

2010

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Growth %

(2007-

2010)

Milan – Statale 59.9 2.50%

Milan – Cattolica 40.1 1.40%

Milan – Politecnico 36.7 1.40%

Milan – Bicocca 30.7 4.50%

Pavia 22.1 0.40%

Bergamo 14.6 6.00%

Brescia 14.5 3.80%

Milan – Bocconi 13.1 2.40%

Varese – Insubria 9.2 -0.10%

Milan – IULM 4.4 -17.90%

Milan – San Raffaele 1.9 2.30%

Castellanza – C. Cattaneo 1.8 -4.70%

Total Lombardy 249.1 1.90%

Total Italy 1766.6 -3.40%

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Internationalization of the teaching programs

• Three Master’s Degree programs

entirely taught in English:

o Tourism Management

o Business Administration

o Management Engineering

• PhD programs taught in English

• Growing percentage of international students (currently 5%)

• International faculty, about 60 foreign professors coming from

15 countries actively involved in teaching and more than 20

visiting professors

• Flexible terms for visiting lecturers

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New development and new University

• In the University of Bergamo we feel in a living laboratory

• Our mission: to prepare young people for their future life

• Education today: learn along the way, less lectures, more

experiences and opportunities for young people

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1. Teaching quality: started with the Teaching Quality Program

(TQP), allocating more resources to the best courses

2. Strengthening orientation and placement in itinere

3. Network University

4. University and Territory

• territorial presence

• sharing strategic perspectives

5. International opening

• today 3 MD entirely taught in English, 5 from next year

• each of our graduate should be provided with more

experiences, at least one abroad

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5 UniBG strategies


• An exercise to give an idea of the university environmento Our province is export oriented (about the 10% of the Italian export)

o BGY airport � more than 90 destinations

o Companies well performing despite the economic recession

1. Big firms: top firms in terms of turnover and / or number of employees,

including foreign companies in the Province BG

2. Gazelles: top firms for growth rates in sales or employees in the last three

years, with over 50 M€ turnover or 50 employees

3. Best performing: Top firms for productivity (value added/number of

employees) with over 50 M€ in sales + firms with higher return on

investment (ROI) with over 10 M€ in sales + highly innovative firms

(Confindustria Awards for Innovation)

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UniBG is well founded in an export oriented environment


Top 50 companies - Big firms

Same Deutz-Fahr

Bayer

Sanpellegrino

Gewiss

Lediberg

N&W Global Vending

Rhiag

Gildemeister It.

Mediamarket

Polynt

Tenaris

Metal GroupInnowatioCampus

University di Bergamo

Food & Beverage

Publishing

Italcementi

KCS Caregiver

Kiko

SIAD

Schneider ElectricSIAC

Brembo

CTF

Lombardini

Health Care

Automobiles & Parts

Industrial Goods&Services

Construction & Materials

Chemicals

Utilities

Basic Resources

Personal & Household

Goods


Top 50 companies - Gazelles

Impresa Percassi

Burlodge

Irtrading

Edelweiss Energia

Agile

IMS Deltamatic

Tokens

Isocell

Radiatori 2000

Sematic

Paccani MacchineBrembana & Rolle

Campus University di Bergamo

Industrial Goods &

Services

Travel & Leisure

Utilities

Basic Resources

Personal & Household

Goods


Top 50 companies - Best performing

Fassi Gru

Montello

Clay PakyStemin

Officine Luigi Resta

PMG

Zanetti

Persico

Flamma

Tesmec

Ar-Tex

Robur

Argomm

Cosberg

Elettrocablaggi

Radici Novacips

Campus University di Bergamo

Food & Beverage

Health Care

Industrial Goods &

Services

Chemicals

Basic Resources

Thank You!

Economy & Finance

Introduction HEInnovate Workshop Sofia 26sept