The Council of Croatian Institutions of Higher Professional Education Higher Schools and Polytechnic

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The Council of Croatian Institutions of Higher
Professional Education(Higher Schools and
Polytechnics)

• arko Nozica, Ph. D.
• science and international affairs

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Changes are good!

• Changes are good for us hence the optimistic tone
  of this presentation
• It should help us rotate an inverted pyramid back
  from top to the base (Danmark 70, Croatia 16-20
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• It should increase the quality of our basic
  profile- a specialist and market value acceptance
  of our profiles

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PROFESSIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION STUDIES IN CROATIA
COORDINATING BODY The Council of Croatian
Institutions of Higher Professional Education
ACCREDITATION BODY National Council of Higher
Education
Financing
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORIY- Ministry of Science,
Education and Sport
Representatives of
Coordination
Professional studies
ACCREDITATION
FINANCING
PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION
POLYTECHNICS and other Institutions of Higher
Professional Education No. of students 30.000
STATE N 20
PRIVATE 6.N 11
State financing
FUNCTIONAL
Independent financing
LINKS
2 STUDY CYCLES
UNIVERSITIES (N6) No. Of students 130.000
Undergraduate 3 years Baccalaureate
Possible ECTS
180 ECTS
3 STUDY CYCLES
Short Cycle courses 2 years
120 ECTS
transfer
3 years Baccalaureate
60-120 ECTS
Graduate studies 1 2 years
Integral studies 5-6 years
2 years Mr. sc.
Possible ECTS transfer
1-2 years Spec.
LIFELONG EDUCATION
3 years Dr. sc.
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Factors Influencing Higher Education in Croatia

• Professional Higher Education has a long history
  in Croatia majority has been established in
  50s last century
• In the last decade, changing labour market and
  economic and social conditions have resulted in a
  clear demand for more and better education and
  training
• The rapid restructuring of the Croatian economy,
  with the decline of the large state enterprises
  following privatisation
• Education became attractive to private sector
• Bologna Process

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Interest for Polytechnics

• The result was increased interest in focused,
  efficient professional education that will
  provide a labor market with
• Ready for a Job Engineers
• Right out of a School
• By such definition of end product
• We were Bologna ready by default

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Legal Support for Professional Education

• Dual or Binary System was promoted
• Professional programs are primarily to be
  delivered at Polytechnics and other institutions
  of Professional Higher Education
• Only as an exception
• Professional programs can be performed on
  Universities
• Universities to end enrolling students in
  professional programs, at the latest, by year
  2010./11.

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Implementation of two-cycle study programmes

• All our members modified their programmes to
  support integrative process with other similar
  institutions in Croatia and in EU as well as
  Bologna requirements
• Functional links to Universities do exist
• Work needs to be done in some cases for
  extensions to our study programmes to be accepted
  (3 2)
• Programmes are open to students from Universities
• Some subjects show interest in keeping
  professional study programmes although they are
  supposed to phase them out by year 2010.

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Harmonisation of Programmes

• 3 Years (180 ECTS) Undergraduate
• 1-2 Years ( up to 120 ECTS)
• Horizontal and vertical Mobility
• Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
  orientation
• Titles Competences still not guaranteed that
  students competences will be recognized (in term
  of rights and titles)
• It would be unfortunate if recognition is given
  in some countries only

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Human potential available

• Bad Good Thing We do have shortage of the full
  time staff (as intended)
• Cumulative work load with UNI
• Experts from Industry
• Good Thing We are getting racks for new staff
  members. We are hiring
• We will succeed with continuing support from
  Ministry (MZOS)
• Ideally 5 increase per year
• We need more support in securing the necessary
  space

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Financial support

• Government could consider providing more
  financial support or removing limits on student
  payments
• More capital investments
• Lowmakers still need to provide solutions as in
  EU
• Ratio in financing approaching 8
• UNI 1 billion kuna ( 140 Million E)
• All Poly 12 million Kn

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STRUKTURA NEZAPOSLENIH OSOBA PREMA STRUCNOJ
SPREMI(prosjek 1999.)
Izvor ANALI Studentskog centra u Zagrebu Zagreb
2000
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STRUKTURA NEZAPOSLENIH OSOBA PREMA STRUCNOJ
SPREMI(prosjek 1999.)
Izvor ANALI Studentskog centra u Zagrebu Zagreb
2000
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Dva razlicita tipa sustava visokog obrazovanja

• unitarni ili komprehenzivni sustav u kojem je
  najveci broj ustanova visokog obrazovanja
  organiziran od strane sveucilita ili sveucilitu
  slicnih ustanova koje nude i opce akademske
  stupnjeve obrazovanja i vie profesionalno
  usmjerene programe razlicitog trajanja i
  razlicitih razina,
• Binarni ili dualni sustav sa tradicionalnim
  sveucilinim sektorom osnovanim na vie-manje
  Humboldt-ovoj koncepciji sveucilita i sa
  odvojenim i razlicitim izvan sveucilinim
  sektorom visokog obrazovanja ( Haug i Tauch,
  2001).

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Comprehensive vs Dual System

• Comprehensive u kojem je najveci broj ustanova
  visokog obrazovanja organiziran od strane
  sveucilita ili sveucilitu slicnih ustanova koje
  nude i opce akademske stupnjeve obrazovanja i
  vie profesionalno usmjerene programe razlicitog
  trajanja i razlicitih razina,
• Binarni ili dualni sustav sa tradicionalnim
  sveucilinim sektorom osnovanim na vie-manje
  Humboldt-ovoj koncepciji sveucilita i sa
  odvojenim i razlicitim izvan sveucilinim
  sektorom visokog obrazovanja ( Haug i Tauch,
  2001).

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STRUKTURA STANOVNITVA HRVATSKE PREMA
OBRAZOVANJU(2001)
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Harmonizacija strucnih studija sa Bolonjskim
modelom

• Bazicni studiji 3 godine (180 ECTS)
• Specijalisticki studiji 1 do 2 g. (60 120
  ECTS)

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Mobilnost studenata izmedu razlicitih vrsta
studija

• Zakonom predvidena mogucnost prijenosa ECTS
  bodova sa strucnih na sveuciline studije i
  obrnuto, temeljem sporazuma o suradnji
  sveucilinih i veleucilinih ustanova

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