Internationalization
Special importance has been given to the International dimension of the University ever since its first years. The University has focused on the development of strategic international alliances in the view of complementarity. The University has partnerships with prestigious universities and research centers all over the world and is part of important cooperation networks (for instance Consorzio Time, Asea-Uninet GE4).
Besides the LLP-Erasmus project, ever since 1997, the University has also supported double degree agreements. The most recent one is the double degree in Civil Engineering with the University of Tongi China (May 2008): students can achieve a Master in Civil Engineering and the two year Master course in Civil Engineering in Trento. The University is also part of the Erasmus Mundus programme and the Erasmus Mundus External cooperation window (now called action 2 of Erasmus Mundus II).
The University also has a number of bilateral agreements with universities in Asia, America, the Middle East and Oceania. There are also many collaborations for development co-operation, with African and Latin American universities. Foreign Tenured scholars and Visiting professors are 10% of the total amount of professors. The University is investing in calling high profile foreign scholars and different Italian scholars have arrived in Trento after important experiences abroad, contributing to the internationalization of the University. The collaboration with Germany brought Trento to being chosen as the Italian seat of the Italian-German University, an institution that deals with coordination for advanced training and research between Italian and German universities.
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