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Netherlands Business Academy (NLBA) is a private Business School with part-time programs for business professionals. We offer rigorous academic programs, a global perspective, exciting ways to take advantage of vibrant community of accomplished students, distinguished faculty members and committed professional staff. We offer a growing number of specialized certificates, continuing education programs; practical-oriented Master's programs, postgraduate courses and Master classes.
The strength of our organization lies in providing unparalleled opportunities, and our personal and customer-oriented approach. Anchored in the values and strengths of NLBA, we offer a safe, familiar environment with programs beyond the boundaries of the traditional business education. At NLBA our students excel, thrive and become reflective leaders who explore the complex context that shapes the world.
NLBA provides an unique educational experience that allows participants to grow their network, engage in new experiences, and embed their newly acquired knowledge in their day-to-day profession. In addition, our students describe us as adaptable, reliable and with a distinctive curriculum and academic staff.
The high level of our courses is guaranteed by our NVAO accreditations. Our programs are provided by distinguished faculty members and committed professional staff. In addition to their teaching position they also fulfill a function in the business sector or in the government. They are professionals with an impressive CV and often they are also affiliated with other Dutch universities or they have management or trainers experience with larger companies in the Netherlands.
Our academic staff dedicates, and invests in our students personally; this allows optimal guidance in personal development, aimed at achieving goals and objectives. We work exclusively with specialists who have a valuable network with the practice field of their academic program. The programmatic integration between theory and practice develops key skill sets allowing participants to think beyond the need for an immediate solution and focus on strategic success.
Graduates, as reflective leaders, will be able to draw on critical thinking skills, ethical business practices, and apply an entrepreneurial mindset with the agility and versatility demanded by today’s business environment. As a student you are expected to introduce current and actual business cases and reflect, analyse, and showcase critical thinking via papers, presentations, discussions, cases and group work.
UCAM is a private University located in Murcia (Spain) that counts with more than 20 years of history and more than 16.000 students. UCAM offers 30 prominent European official graduations, 52 Master programs, 4 PhD programs and other prestigious title. UCAM also offers a modern system of distance teaching.
UCAM is strongly linked with the work world through study plans adapted to market exigencies, obligatory internships in institutions and enterprises in every program and research programs in collaboration with big regional, national and multinational companies.
The major aims of UCAM are: a) A diverse academic offer, constantly adapting and consistent with the real needs of society, culture and the catholic church, b)Teaching methodology applied to small groups; continuous assessment; development of personal autonomy; promotion of teamwork; stimulation of personal and collective creativity, and in constant contact with professional environments through internships; c) Personalized teaching with a high level of dedication from the professors to the students and with trained tutors for academic, psychological and personal counseling; d) A University community composed of students, professors, administrative staff and services, and governing bodies based on the principles of cooperation and mutual support at the service of knowledge; e) International, national and regional orientation with particular attention to Spanish-speaking countries; f) The system of quality management applied to teaching, research and services in order to ensure the excellence in professional roles and in human relationships among all members of the University community, through continued training programs for professors and for general service staff.
Academic coordinator of the project
Dr. iur Dana Rone
Turiba University is one of the leading private higher educational institutions in Latvia with a stable tradition and a clear vision of common European educational space. Founded in 1993, Turiba is proud of its more than 3000 students, 15 000 alumni, modern lecture auditoriums, library and student campus – hostel and a big sports hall.
Turība is intensively expanding its international cooperation. Turība has been accepted as a member of AACSB International, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business that unites leading business schools all over the world as well as a member of EURASHE –European Association of Institutions in Higher Education.
Turība University also offers a wide range of opportunities to obtain knowledge and experience abroad. Three types of cooperation have been implemented: ERASMUS programmes , double degree programmes and bilateral exchange programmes.
THE INSTITUTION HAS 3 MAJOR FACULTIES:
and 2 additional study directions:
Communication and Computer systems.
CONTACTS:
Turiba University
Address: 68 Graudu Str., Riga,
LV-1058, Latvia
Founded in 1992 «KROK» University is the best private university in Ukraine (since 2012 according to Consolidated ranking of Ukrainian universities, TOP-200 Ukraine (2015-2018), FOCUS TOP-50 — the estimates of the employers (2017). In 2003, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine accredited the University at the IV (highest) level.
«KROK» University is the team of about 4000 students, more than 700 of them are international students from 41 countries all over the world, and about 250 academic staff, 70% are PhD holders.
The University conducts the training in 43 programs at Bachelor, Master, PhD and Doctoral levels. Main fields of studies are the following: Management, Economics, International Relations, Law, Psychology, Tourism and Hospitality, Computer Sciences, Design, Journalism, Nursing and others. Bachelor programs in International Economic Relations, Management, Tourism and Hospitality, as well as Master Programs in Global Business Management, International Business and Project Management are offered in English.
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Karazin Business School
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is one of the oldest universities in Eastern Europe and one of the leading Ukrainian universities in terms of international activity.
Kharkiv University is the only university in Ukraine that has trained and employed three Nobel Prize laureates: the biologist I. Mechnikov, the economist S. Kuznets, and the physicist L. Landau.
It has strong traditions of international collaboration having concluded around 210 cooperation agreements with higher educational institutions from all over the world. Today the University has 21 schools and 125 departments providing training to specialists in 61 majors. The University also comprises 3 Research Institutes (of Astronomy, Biology and Chemistry), Central Scientific Library with over 3.5 million books in its stocks, Botanical Garden, University History Museum, Museum of Natural History, Museum of Archeology and Ethnography. Today the university ranks 382 according to QS World University Rankings and 800+ according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking. More information can be found at www.univer.kharkov.ua/en.
In 2016 in our university was created Karazin Business School. The training of future experts is based on the educational program "Management" and "Business Administration" under the European model of education (Bachelor degree and Master degree) and is aimed at standards of international associations of business education. The primary target of Karazin Business School is to prepare future leaders for successful practice in various types of business, financial and banking sectors, international companies and government agencies. More information can be found at http://kbs.karazin.ua
Now we have 16000 students, among them 4500 foreign students.
This project will be realized on the basis of Karazin Business School.
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Karazin Business School
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is one of the oldest universities in Eastern Europe and one of the leading Ukrainian universities in terms of international activity.
Kharkiv University is the only university in Ukraine that has trained and employed three Nobel Prize laureates: the biologist I. Mechnikov, the economist S. Kuznets, and the physicist L. Landau.
It has strong traditions of international collaboration having concluded around 210 cooperation agreements with higher educational institutions from all over the world. Today the University has 21 schools and 125 departments providing training to specialists in 61 majors. The University also comprises 3 Research Institutes (of Astronomy, Biology and Chemistry), Central Scientific Library with over 3.5 million books in its stocks, Botanical Garden, University History Museum, Museum of Natural History, Museum of Archeology and Ethnography. Today the university ranks 382 according to QS World University Rankings and 800+ according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking. More information can be found at www.univer.kharkov.ua/en.
In 2016 in our university was created Karazin Business School. The training of future experts is based on the educational program "Management" and "Business Administration" under the European model of education (Bachelor degree and Master degree) and is aimed at standards of international associations of business education. The primary target of Karazin Business School is to prepare future leaders for successful practice in various types of business, financial and banking sectors, international companies and government agencies. More information can be found at http://kbs.karazin.ua
Now we have 16000 students, among them 4500 foreign students.
This project will be realized on the basis of Karazin Business School.
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
The University in Chernivtsi became the fifth university by the time of its foundation (1875), which raised on the Ukrainian lands. It appeared as a result of a joint effort – viribus unitis – of the Austro-Hungarian State and the local community. The University has uniquely combined traditions and innovations, physicists and lyricists, jurists and naturalists, European educational and scientific classicism and the latest postmodernism in the field of science and education.
The University has always attracted outstanding scholars, talented teachers and endowed students. Currently almost 17,000 students are educated in 55 fields of knowledge, 78 specialties at the University, and there function 87 departments.
Presently, the University includes 2 institutes – the Institute of Biology, Chemistry and Bioresources and the Institute of Physical, Technical and Computer Sciences, as well as 12 faculties: Faculty of Geography, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Applied and Decorative Arts, Faculty of Pedagogics, Psychology and Social Work, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Philology, Faculty of Philosophy and Theology, Faculty of Finances, Entrepreneurship and Accounting, Faculty of Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Law.
Educational process and scientific work is provided by more than 1200 scientific and pedagogical workers: 130 of them are Doctors of Science, professors; more than 700 are Candidates of Sciences, associate professors; 15 are Academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine; 5 are laureates of State Prizes.
Students from more than 10 European countries, as well as China and other Asian and African countries, study at the University.
The international cooperation in the University is based on more than 200 agreements on partnership with higher education institutions from almost all over the world.
The University Library has about 3 million books in various fields of knowledge.
By preserving and multiplying traditions, the University is dynamically changing, absorbing European techniques and creating its own nanotechnology of educational activity and scientific work.
Project Team
Khazar University is a private educational institution for undergraduate, graduate and professional studies promoting advanced study and research, educational policy and development in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Khazar is the first university in Azerbaijan composed of multiple independent schools, united by the same academic policy and principles, which offer a wide scope of diverse majors in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Economics, Management and Business Administration, and Education.
Khazar University is also one of the leading universities in Azerbaijan in terms of its cooperation with industry and has established long-lasting relations with leading local and international companies. It has about 2500 students and employs about 250 full-time faculty members including renowned scholars and experts, business leaders, and leading member of the arts with national and international renown.
Khazar is more than just a university. It offers a life-long learning education, from preschool, primary and secondary school (via its affiliate “Dunya” School) all the way to PhD and post-doctorate studies. Khazar has created an environment that nourishes people's love of knowledge and culture, whetting their desire to work and learn. Its atmosphere is a magnet for attracting scholars and students to the joy of challenge and discovery.
Khazar University’s success and steady growth over the last twenty-eight years are to be extended and enhanced in the future. The principles on which the Founder of the University, President Professor Hamlet Isaxanli, established Khazar University –facilitating the transition to a democratic, pluralistic, open society, maintaining a high quality of teaching, and selecting strong faculty and high achieving students continue to serve as a foundation for further development.
Academic activities at the university are conducted in three Schools:
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School of Science and Engineering
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School of Economics and Management
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School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
Mission
The mission of Khazar University is to serve Azerbaijan and the broader region through an exceptional university education in undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels of studies with a student-centered approach as the main pillar. The university has a strong commitment to continuously evaluate, develop and improve academic activities and to enhance theoretical and applied research that benefits the country and society as a whole.
Vision
The vision of the University is to become a world-class higher education institution, recognized for its excellence in education and research, as well as wide-ranging partnerships with stakeholders both nationally and internationally.
Khazar in Rankings
Khazar University has been a leading Azerbaijani university in the QS World University Rankings for nine consecutive years.
According to the 2018 QS World University Rankings, Khazar University was placed in the 701-750 tier of the world’s best universities and was ranked as the top university in Azerbaijan.
Khazar University is the only Azerbaijani university that was included in the 2018 QS Top 50 under 50 Rankings, a list of the world's best 150 universities established less than 50 years ago.
Khazar University also performed among the top 60% in the 2020 edition of the QS EECA University Rankings. It placed in the 221-230 tier, proving Khazar’s reputation as a leading institution for multidisciplinary research and teaching excellence.
Being the first university from Azerbaijan to be included in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, Khazar University was ranked 301+ in the world under the SDG 4 ‘Quality Education’ and 201-300 in SDG9 ‘Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure’ lists in 2019.
Project Team
Parvin Karimzada
Vice-Rector on Science and Innovations
Ruslan Mammadov
Head of International Relations Office
Vasif Hasanov
Head of Department
of Innovations
Razim Aliyev
Head of Technology Transfer
and Marketing Office
Asif Hasanov
Head of ICT Office
Ganja State University (GSU) is located in Ganja which is the second biggest city of Azerbaijan. The university was founded in 1938 and it is the biggest regional university of Azerbaijan. GSU is a leading pedagogical and research-intensive Azerbaijan Higher Educational Institution creating a student and staff community that advances knowledge and stimulates intellectual creativity at the highest level. Ganja State University offers 38 bachelor programs, 56 master programs and 30 PhD programs. There are 9 faculties and 32 departments in the university. Currently, 6514 bachelor, 342 master, 162 PhD students are studying at three cycle system in 5 academic campuses. The campuses provide libraries, laboratories, centers, gyms, dormitories, youth centers and several other facilities providing conditions and support that are necessary for students to make progress in their academic career. For example, centers such as teaching and learning center, e-learning center, student ombudsman center, center for students with disabilities, electron education center, career and internship center, language resource center and several others centers operate in order to assist students to increase their performance. In addition, there are offices such as technology transfer office, international relations office, ICT office, quality assurance office, department of graduate studies, department of correspondence education, human resources department etc.
Project Team
Salome Gagnidze salome.gagnidze@iliauni.edu.ge
Konstantine Chokoraia konstantine.chokoraia@iliauni.edu.ge
Dimitri Dzagnidze ddzagnidze@gmail.com
Ilia State University is a flagship public research and comprehensive higher education institution in Georgia that was established in 2006 as a merger of six different institutions, each having a long history and a diverse institutional profile. Its schools offer distinctive training in their respective direction and in-depth research opportunity in social sciences, humanities, life sciences, earth sciences, and hard sciences. The leadership remains open to innovative teaching and learning programs and supports research initiatives to finance research activities (significant allocation for research as part of its annual budget), justly occupying the top research citation index in Georgia. With the highest competition rate for PhD programs in the nation, approximately 15,000 students, 988 highly qualified academic staff, and with renovated research infrastructure in several Georgia’s regions (including 30 large and small scale research institutes, centers and stations), ISU has become one of the most desirable universities to study and work for in the country over the last 12 years.
ISU Schools
ISU has the following 4 schools:
School of Arts and Sciences is one of the largest academic schools at Ilia State University that offers interdisciplinary education at all levels basing its curricula on liberal arts education principles and academic freedom.
School of Engineering & Natural Sciences is a new but a rapidly growing school at ISU offering BA programs in Architecture, Building Constructions, and Computer Sciences, laying basis for robust research and inventions.
Faculty of Management, Technology, and Education is an umbrella faculty and a brand-new home of study programs of business, engineering, and education schools, including technology courses, labs, and services. The new faculty offers interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach within technology, business, and education fields enhancing synergies and close links between the disciplines integrated into the teaching and learning processes. The faculty will be housed in a brand new state-of-the-art campus building equipped with student friendly teaching and learning spaces, labs, library, and latest technologies in classrooms.
School of Law was established to prepare legal knowledge workers and practitioners while offering three -tier education. The School has emerged one of the successful centers for legal education in Georgia.
International Projects
Ilia State University is actively involved in international projects. The priorities of these international projects and programs range from infrastructure and new programs development, improvement of academic and scientific potential and sharing international experience with the leading universities, research organizations, and institutions.
Tempus & Erasmus + CBHE
Ilia State University has an extensive experience of participating and leading EU funded capacity building and mobility projects. ISU has been the first grant holder of Tempus project from Georgia and up to now has been a coordinator of 2 projects within the frames of Tempus IV and 2 projects within Erasmus + CBHE. Overall, ISU has been partner of 27 Tempus, and 15 Erasmus + CBHE projects related to various academic and administrative fields.
Project Team
Ketevan Devadze keti.devadze@bsu.edu.ge
Chief-Specialist of Department of Strategic Development and International Relations, Psychologist at BSU-Children and Youth Advocacy Center
Murman Gorgoshadze murman.gorgoshadze@bsu.edu.ge
Professor, Department of Law of the faculty of Law and Social Sciences
Ketevan Beridze – k.beridze@bsu.edu.ge
Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Head of BSU-Psychology Clinic
Ruslan Baramidze ruslan.baramidze@bsu.edu.ge
PhD, Senior Researcher at the Department of Ethnology and Social Research of Niko Berdzenishvili Institute
Rusudan Beridze
Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences
Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (BSU), located in Batumi, Adjara, Autonomous Republic of Georgia, has academic tradition since 1935. BSU is one of the leading higher education institutions, whose mission is to prepare a highly qualified, competitive specialist, a free person carrying national and universal values, become a strong educational-research center and take an important place in the national and international educational space.
At present over 6 500 students study at the vocational, Bachelor, Master and Doctoral programmes.
Batumi State University comprises 7 faculties and 3 scientific-research institutes:
Faculties:
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Exact Sciences and Education
- Faculty of Economics and Business
- Faculty of Law and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health Care
- Faculty of Technologies
- Faculty of Tourism
Scientific-research institutes:
- Niko Berzenishvili Institute (Direction of Humanities and Social Studies)
- Institute of Agrarian and Membrane Technologies
- Phytopathology and Biodiversity Institute
BSU is a multi-functional educational and scientific institution where a unified space of academic and professional education and research is created with the cooperation of students, professors, teachers and researchers. A number of scientific-research projects of international and national significance have been accomplished on the university base.
Hultgren Nachhaltigkeitsberatung UG
Project Team
Oliver Schmidt
CEO
Hultgren Nachhaltigkeitsberatung UG, founded in 2012, is a consulting company. We advise our customers – companies and organisations – on the implementation of sustainable strategies and quality assurance. We do this in talks, lectures, audits, seminars and publications. We thus ensure our customers to create a sustainable positioning close to the market. Social and technological trends as well as economic developments are related to entrepreneurial actions, market opportunities and social developments.
One tool Hultgren developed especially for organisations and projects is the “Sustainability Check”, that contains 150 questions in 15 fields of action, e. g. energy, waste and pollutants, supply chain, IT-Management, financing, communication and reporting. At the end of the check is a comprehensive report that provides information on the status quo of the sustainable company development, usefull targets and strategic recommendations for action in every field and not least highlights priorities of future orientation.
The “Sustainability Check” is used successfully with IT companies as well as the finance, education and social sectors. The "Sustainability-checked" certificate from Hultgren Nachhaltigkeitsberatung is recognized by numerous companies in germany.
A company also focuses on monitoring, evaluation and quality management. They also evaluate the quality of EU funded projects, as, for example, “Essbare Schule” - Netzwerk Ernährungsbildung” in Berlin. Our academic cooperation partners and customers are: Freie Universität Berlin, Euroregion Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)/ Gorzow, Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde, Netherlands Business Academy Breda.