Internationalisation strategy

Active participation of students in international exchange programmes for academic study, international work placements and summer courses. USJ also helps students to obtain double international qualifications or postgraduate degrees in foreign universities. For the staff of the university there is also the possibility of conducting research and teaching or training abroad.

Actions:

• Enhance the participation of students in international academic exchange programmes
• Offer professional work placements in companies and collaborating entities abroad
• Encourage the participation of students in summer courses and other short course at partner universities
• Create international joint programmes leading to double degrees
• Offer our students the possibility of studying a graduate programme at a partner university
• Promote the mobility of university staff to develop teaching, research and training activities

Development of linguistic competences, both of students and staff of the University, mainly in English but also in other languages ​​depending on the needs of the job market of the future professional fields of the students.

Actions:

• Encourage foreign languages ​​among the entire university community: students, teaching and research staff and technical and management personnel
• Promote the integration of English as a working language in the university's training programmes
• Implement processes of teacher training and accreditation to ensure the quality of teaching taught in a foreign language
• Identify the foreign languages ​​most in demand in the job market and promote their learning
• Establish the university as the official examination centre for exams of different languages
• Promote the learning of languages ​​abroad with collaborating entities

Promotion of curricular internationalisation and international activities and experiences within the University itself from an 'Internationalisation at Home' approach, to provide students with a vision and understanding of the global world they live in.

Actions:

• Formulate the curricular internationalisation of the training programmes offered by the university
• Encourage the incorporation of foreign teachers in teaching teams
• Develop programmes for international guest lecturers and professors
• Start up international virtual teaching projects
• Organise extra-curricular intercultural and international awareness activities
• Create environments and international spaces within the university campus
• Adapt the services of the university to the cultural and linguistic needs of the entire university community

Promotion of the internationalisation of research activity through the creation of international research networks to encourage the joint development of research activities and projects with universities, institutions and companies from other countries and international collaboration in the Doctorate programmes of the University.

Actions:

• Promote the co-authorship of scientific publications among our research staff and international researchers
• Carry out research activity and international research projects with foreign and international entities
• Promote research projects and lines with international relevance
• Develop and finance programmes of research programmes abroad aimed at university research staff
• Encourage fund raising to carry out international research and transfer projects
• Ensure the internationalisation of our Doctorate programmes through the collaboration of foreign universities and entitiesIncrease the number of international doctoral theses

In accordance with the social mission and the principles and values ​​of the Social Doctrine of the Church and together with the corresponding social agents and NGOs, USJ participates in international cooperation development projects and in cooperation activities in our local environment with groups of immigrants or refugees most in need, and make our students aware of global social problems.

Actions:

• Develop collaborative projects between the university and our sister institution of the Dominican Republic, FUNDOSVA
• Involve the university in international cooperation development projects promoted by its collaborating entities
• Encourage the participation of members of the university community in projects and volunteer activities with an international focus
• Develop collaborative projects with international groups in need in the local environment
• Make our students aware of the realities suffered by people from other geographical and socio-political environments and propose ways to act and collaborate to improve their quality of life