In implementing the Development Strategy of the Management Academy of Applied Sciences in Warsaw for 2024-2028, the University Authorities, in consultation with the academic community, are actively developing international scientific and research cooperation, cooperating with researchers from the following countries: Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, India, Ireland, Germany, Nigeria, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, the United States, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
Therefore, fulfilling the mission, resulting from the desire to achieve the indicated development goals: – ensuring high quality international education of students, which allows them to acquire and develop knowledge, skills and competences necessary in professional work in an international environment; – while referring to the highest national and European standards in the field of teaching and learning methods; – as well as developing scientific research by conducting original projects, including through cooperation with other scientific institutions, multi-level implementation activities described here in outline have been proposed. They will be implemented by establishing strategic partnerships with renowned universities and institutions in Europe and around the world, thus enabling regular exchange of knowledge and experience, ensuring multicultural openness and understanding for all of us. Information about the Erasmus+ program and recruitment rules: https://mans.org.pl/dla-studenta/uczelnia/program-erasmus/erasmus
MANS cooperation with the international environment is considered by our academic community to be one of the sources of inspiration for activities in various areas of science, culture and economy. The intended effect of the actions indicated in the new Strategy is the harmonious improvement of MANS’s position in the international dimension by equipping students and employees of our Academy with knowledge and competences allowing them to achieve their scientific and professional goals, especially in the international arena.
International cooperation, as one of the key areas of our Academy’s activity, is subject to direct decisions of the Rector.
The MANS 2024-28 strategy, inspired by the best domestic and foreign models, in addition to developing activities related to student and employee mobility, also assumes taking actions within the concept of „internationalization at home”, achieving the goal of harmonious growth in teaching and learning capacity, including the increasing involvement of our academic community in diverse international cultures in order to strengthen globalized learning. Thanks to internationalization, universities not only develop critical thinking and logical reasoning of students, but also prepare them for real foreign cooperation.
International cooperation of MANS is implemented mainly on the basis of bilateral agreements with foreign partner universities in the field of academic exchange, scientific-research cooperation and publications, and the Visiting Professor Program.
Internationalisation of the education process
Internationalisation of the education process, as the second pillar of MANS activity, requires cooperation between central units, faculties and teams coordinating individual fields of study, the goals of which will be: continuous work aimed at adapting study programmes to the requirements related to obtaining international accreditations; increasing the offer of study programmes in English; increasing the share of foreigners in the research and teaching staff; recruiting a larger number of foreign students for the full cycle of studies; ensuring access to Polish language learning for foreigners; encouraging faculties to create courses in English and introduce subjects taught in English as compulsory for Polish students; organising training for teaching staff in the field of improving competences to conduct didactic classes in foreign languages and intercultural competences; taking steps towards joint educational programmes with foreign universities (joint fields of study, joint diplomas); increasing the mobility of students and teaching and administrative staff within the framework of international academic exchange programmes in order to carry out part of the studies and internships; organising guest lectures by outstanding scientists from abroad as part of the updated visiting professor procedure.
Improving internationalization in the areas of science and teaching will only be possible with the cooperation of the university’s administrative departments at every level. The vision of internationalization of our Academy assumes achieving synergy of internationalization through effective cooperation of all central and faculty units with IRO in implementing a common and coherent internationalization policy. Strategic goals for the area of administration and management will include: coordination of the activities of the authorities of Faculties and Departments related to internationalization; dynamization of the activities of administration employees aimed at consulting on matters related to serving foreign students and employees; establishing uniform formal standards (university bilateral agreement template, supervision over the conclusion of university-wide agreements); streamlining and unifying university administrative procedures in areas related to international cooperation (including document templates in English); organization of training for administration employees in the field of English and intercultural competences; introducing a reporting system regarding international scientific, publishing and teaching activities as well as a register of received foreign delegations, enabling the inclusion of this activity in reports sent to the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as other official bodies and institutions.
The strategic goals in the area of promoting the image of MANS in the international direction are to strengthen the image of the Academy as a university open to cooperation with various scientific and cultural centers, characterized by a long tradition, recognized scientific and educational achievements. Tasks in the area of promotion and image will include: strengthening the promotion of internationalization in order to create the image of MANS as a university offering high-level education and being an excellent partner for joint international scientific research; intensifying activities in the field of disseminating information about our Academy, its didactic offer and research results by running the University’s website and expanding the website in English, as well as promotion in social media; participation in international educational fairs and other events of international scope in order to present the MANS Academy to a wide group of candidates and students; using the foreign mobility of employees and students to promote MANS; providing students and employees traveling to partner universities with promotional materials; emphasizing to teaching and administrative staff the importance of high-quality didactic classes and student service as an important tool for the international promotion of MANS.
The operational objectives in this area are actions aimed at strengthening the internationalization of the Academy in the coming years, including: activating existing agreements on international cooperation; continuing the efforts to obtain international BGA accreditation for postgraduate studies; participating in the “Welcome to Poland” promotional program; making efforts to join international associations of universities, creating conditions for foreign-language education within all faculty structures of the University; preparing a program of first-cycle studies in the fields of Management and IT, conducted in the following languages: English, Russian and Ukrainian; preparing a program of uniform master’s studies in the field of Management, conducted in English; maintaining the University’s website in English and creating a modern and extensive subpage of the MANS International Cooperation Office; popularizing the importance of internationalization among employees and students; training in cultural differences for lecturers and administrative staff; introducing pro-ecological digitization of mobility procedures for students (e-recruitment of students, exchange of e-data, implementation work on “Erasmus Without Paper”); updating the regulations for visiting professors in terms of the current legal status in higher education; enabling researchers and students from Ukraine to continue their scientific work, establishing permanent cooperation with researchers from India and opening up to the challenges of the offer addressed to Chinese students and researchers; adapting the curriculum of the offered studies to the recommendations of American auditors regulating cooperation for the purpose of a double degree with ASU; making the forms of our teaching offer more attractive, addressed in particular to foreign candidates and recruitment agencies, participation in international grants and scientific research, including in particular the KA1 and KA2 Erasmus+ actions.
