Internationalization Indicators

The ACUP has been working with the Committee of the Inter-University Council of Catalonia (CIC) and a specific committee in order to identify and define on a limited list of indicators that can show the internationalization of the Catalan public university system. The list will also create a database that will be used in the near future to obtain statistical significant information of the internationalization of the university system.

The initiative stems from the lack of information systems and common indicators in the field of internationalization of Catalan university system showed by the International public universities 2010-15 plan. This plan establishes the need to improve the international position and public universities in international rankings. Responding to this, the ACUP has worked alongside with the Indicators for Mapping and Profiling Internationalization (IMPI) project. This project  project is coordinated by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) and has developed a tool to measure the profiles of internationalization of higher education institutions, using comparable indicators and targets, and introduce proposals to improve the international positioning of universities.

On 4 October 2012 the CIC approved a limited list of indicators to display and analyze the internationalization of the Catalan public university system. The next step will include the analysis and detection systems for collecting data and seeking synergies to maximize existing resources.