Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Dr. Max Mustermann Referat Kommunikation & Marketing Verwaltung The Secondos Program of the University of Regensburg Thomas Strothotte, Rector

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum 1.Introduction 2.The Secondos Program 3.Structure of the Program 4.Current Status 5.Future Work Structure

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum The University of Regensburg (Bavaria, Germany)  founded 1967, about 18,000 students  85 % of our students are from our region  annual budget 170 Million Euros  University hospital budget 220 Million Euros  most important professor: Pope Benedict XVI  Challenge: shift from 13 years of school to 12; two groups coming out of high school next year 1. Introduction

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum German Society is rather heterogeneous

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum  about 22 % of all 18-year-olds are either immigrants or children of immigrants; this may rise to 33 % over the next 15 years.  about 90 % the children of immigrants grow up bilingually. German Society is becoming more heterogeneous over time

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum „Integration“ among freshmen  less than 10 % of freshmen at German universities are immigrants or children of immigrants  nonetheless already today between 10,000 und 20,000 of the 240,000 freshmen at German universities have grown up bilingually (estimate) German Society is becoming more heterogeneous over time

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum GroupSizeNumber of 18-year-olds Overall population82,369,000≈ 800,000 (2010: ≈400,000) Immigrants or their descendents ≈ 200,000 of these: German citizens without German citizenship Of these for example from: Russia 942,000≈ 14,000 Türkey 2,495,000≈ 35,000 Romania 342,000≈ 5,000 German Population Quelle: Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge, 2007

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Demographic shiftMaßnahmeBeispiel There will be less of us Develop new market segments Faculties of Engineering are targeting immigrants We‘re getting olderProfessional development degree programs Continuing education master‘s degrees We‘re becoming more heterogeneous Develop specific market segments Targeting woman for science German Universities‘ reaction to the demographic shift

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Market segment: 18-year-olds who are children of immigrants and are good students  have received the entire school education in Germany and have at least a B– average (top half of the grading scale)  are typically bilingual, at least with respect to their oral competency in their mother tongue.  know the culture of the country from which their parents or grandparents have come 2. The Secondos Program

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Secondos  term used in Switzerland since the early 2000s  used to denote “in the second Generation“ (of immigrants) Secondos Program – Terminology

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum  develops their mother tongue for them and as well as their intercultural skills at a professional level  makes the potential in their bilingual and bicultural background visible and useful Secondos Program – Creating Value for Students

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum 1st year in Regensburg 2nd year abroad 3rd year in Regensburg  students participate in the regular program of study in their subject  in addition. secondos take language and culture courses pertaining to their mother tongue (about 3 hours per week)  students take up their studies at our partner university in the country of their origin  industrial internship during their semester break(s)  final part of their degree program in Regensburg  receive the Bachelor degree of the Univ. of Regensburg  if at all possible. receive the bachelor‘s degree of our partner university in addition to the German degree Secondos Program – Curriculum

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Secondos Program – Characteristics  intensive councelling in all phases of the program  transfer credits for all courses taken abroad  Financing  Erasmus-Scholarships (up to about 200 € / Monat) or similar scholarships (e.g. „Go East“-program of the DAAD)  tuition fees waivers at home while studying abroad  Networking: We provide our students with access to the extensive network between the Univ. of Regensburg and potential employers in Eastern and Central Europe

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum  Secondos Councelling (in particular career planning)  Secondos Lanuage Courses for Native Speakers  Secondos Tandem  Secondos Semester or Year Abroad  Secondos Industrial Internship Secondos Program – Modules

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Students  recruiting among students who would come to Regensburg anyways  recruiting nationwide in immigrant communities Partner Universities abroad  selection of partners  building up relationsships between the rectors, the international offices, faculty members; consulates and the communities  development of model “learning agreements“ und “credit transfer agreements“ 3. Structure of the Program

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Each ethnic community has its own forms of communication  newspapers (in German or in their homeland)  television (in particular from their homeland)  internet  „word of mouth“ Nationwide Student of Recruiting

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum  ads and articles in newpapers  recruiting events in other cities in Germany  consulates  education fairs Result: During the academic year 2009/10 we had about councelling sessions with about 100 individual potential students (secondos). Advertising

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Secondos Partnerships CroatiaUniv. of Zagreb PolandN.N. RomaniaBabeş-Bolyai Univ., Cluj- Napoca RussiaNationale Univ. of Kazan UkraineTaras Shevchenko Univ. of Kiev HungaryUniv. of Pécs

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Partnerships  began in Juli 2009 with Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca; currently 5 partnerships Students  began Pilot phase during 2009/2010 mit 12 students  our students are proud to be „secondos“…  for 2010/2011,  156 (bilingual) freshman have expressed interest in our program (of about 4,150 new students, ≈ 4 % of our student body) 4. Current Status

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum  20 of our law students in Regensburg enrolled  Professor from Turkey (Bahcesehir Univ., Istanbul) who has Postdoctoral experience in Germany  all students spoke perfect German  quality of students (average grades) same as the overall quality  almost all students were German citizens  17 of the 20 students asked their questions in class in German  We now want to dev elop an extra-curricular certifcate program in Turkish Law as a recruiting method for law students of Turkish origin Summer School 2010 „Turkish Law“ taught in the Turkish language

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum Creating value through Education We want to make the University of Regensburg more international using the potential we have within Germany:  Bilingual and bicultural “Secondos“  “Diversity Management“ – Making use of our diversity rather than treating all students the same way Contributions to  building up a positive identity and image for young immigrants in the 2nd generation  the University: National position for recruiting students 5. Future Work

Dr. Max Mustermann Geschäftsführung Europaeum. Ost-West-Zentrum  Double bachelor degrees is unusual  Partnerships with „small“ countries (ones who have only small numbers of immigrants in Germany)  Dealing with clichés  With respect to courses in languages other than English or French (e.g. in the Summer School on TurkischLaw): No members of our faculty know the language nor the material  Justification of using ressources of the university to cater to a specific group (secondos) Challenges