T he University of Rouen

1. The University of Rouen Normandy - France

2. French higher education: new developments with respect to the Bologna process and new relations for more effective cooperation with universities by Prof.Dr.Cafer Özkul, President Speech plan : • The French Education System • Rouen University • Structures of cooperation between universities and industry

3. 1- The French Education System- • Primary education (that lasts five years, from approximately age 6 to age 11). • Secondary education • Higher education

4. Primary and Secondary education • institutions that are highly centralized in their administration • A secondary education divided in 2 stages • Stage 1 : Junior High School • Stage 2 : High School • The baccalauréat : entrance exam for higher education

5. Higher education • A dual system : Composed of Universities and « Grandes Ecoles » • A three cycle system, called LMD system • a relatively new effort to harmonize degree qualifications in France with the rest of Europe • A 3-5-8 years of study system

6. Bachelor- Master- Doctoral degree Master Doctoral degree Bachelor (Licence) L1 L2 L3 3 years 5 years 8 years

7. The specific case of medicine and pharmacy studies • First cycle called PCEM in 2 years • Second cycle called DCEM in 4 years (study + hospital internship) • This 6 years study leads to the vocational qualification only in Dentistry and Pharmacy • Third cycle culminating in State diplomas • national diploma of practitioner in medicine (3 years) • national diploma in specialized medicine (5 years)

8. Higher education • In addition, vocational degrees are offered in either universities or high schools • DUT : in 2 years after the bac in IUTs • BTS : a 2 year diploma provided by high schools

9. Schools for engineering degrees, “Grandes Ecoles” • public and private institutions that are selective • generally offer a more specialized three-year course of study • with majors in business, public administration, or engineering • leading to a master’s degree plus an engineering diploma

10. A broad array of institutions-universities offer thousands of degree programs at all levels • Difficult to compare with the US system • A budget for education = 20% of the annual budget of the french state • A close national monitoring of the quality of instruction/curricular content • a long tradition of openness and accessibility • Inexpensive tuition fees

11. 2- The University of Rouen France

12. Rouen Paris

13. A seven-campus University • 2400 lecturers, researchers and other staff • 24350 students(3000 international students) • 900 PhD students,130 defended PhD / year

14. Our outstanding academic departments and programs are offered in 6 faculties : • Sports • Sciences and technologies • Health Science, Medicine, Pharmacy • Sociology, Psychology and Education Sciences • Law, Economics, Managment • Humanities, letters and arts

15. And 5 institutes : • The institute for business management • The institute for general administration • The institute for teacher training • 2 institutes of technology

16. University gouvernance • An elected President • 3 boards: • The Administrative Board • The scientific board, only consultative • The education and student life board, only consultative • In addition to the general adminstrative services , several services dedicated to academic goals : • Long life learning • Sandwich courses • Distant learning • Teaching quality evaluation cell • Vocational insertion • Research • International relations

17. 3- Structures of cooperation between universities, research establishements and industry • Mixed research units • Competitive clusters • PRES : a hub for higher education and research • GRR : extended research networks

18. Mixed research units An original feature of the French higher education and research system: The research units of the national research establishments are installed inside universities and jointly operated. CNRS (26000 permanent employees), INSERM,INRA, INRIA, IRD, INRETS, CEA, ONERA, IFREMER

19. Competitive clusters • In 2002 a new industrial strategy based on the development of competitive clusters to increase French industrial potential • A strategy based on active partneship between manufacturers, research centers and training bodies • A strategy also conducted at the EU level • A « competitive cluster » label granted to selected projects • 2 main types of clusters • Very high-tech clusters with an international profile • Clusters based on an industrial base in French areas of specialization or development

20. PRES (a hub for higher education and research) • Connects different universities, engineering schools and teaching hospitals, often from the same city or neighbouring region • The main objectives: • acquisition of costly equipment to be shared between labs • training PhD students • promotion and transfer of research • International development • 19 existing PRES today in France and some others to come

21. GRR : extended research networks • Thematic research networks at a regional scale supported by local administration with grants : • for PhD students • for scientific equipment • for conference organisation • In order to impulse collaboration between labs working in the same field • 6 in the Higher Normandy Region

22. To summarize : • The aim of these collaborative structures is to favor the innovative research and higher education actions in order to contribute to the local, national and european economic development. • To say the truth, part of these new education and research organisations were originated from the international ranking objective , especially from the highly criticized Shangai ranking . • This motivation also impacts the federative projects supported by european funds.