Internationalisation and intercultural competence
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Internationalisation at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥
Students at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ develop a JYUidentity during their studies, which includes, among other things, strong communication skills, language skills and cultural awareness, as well as global and ethical responsibility. Our students have versatile opportunities to include international study and internship periods in their study plans. They can also engage in international studies and experiences at their home campus. During their studies, our students develop good skills for working life and international cooperation.
Students can increase their international skills, e.g.:
- With a study exchange
- With an internship abroad
- During a short mobility period, e.g., summer schools, FORTHEM short exchange
- By participating in the foreign language teaching of JYU's degree programmes
- By participating in the teaching of JYU's partner universities, e.g., virtual teaching
- By participating in the degree programme's teaching, which includes field-specific internationalisation skills
- By participating in teaching that includes international and multicultural themes and/or intercultural communication
- By completing optional foreign language communication and language studies, or multilingual and intercultural communication studies
- By doing a thesis in a foreign language and in an international context (group work, international case study, etc.)
- By participating in internationalisation opportunities at home e.g., tutoring international students
An internationalisation plan is a dynamic document drafted at the beginning of the Bachelor studies in order to recognize, make visible, and verbalize competences needed in international, multicultural and multilingual studying and work. This plan is made as part of guidance pertaining to student’s personal study plan and it covers the whole degree path, and it will be reviewed and updated along the progress of studies.
The plan is used to think and reflect the foundation and development of personal international competences in relation to the faculty’s and Movi’s international competences and learning outcomes. The plan can also be an actual plan on when and how the student can gain and strengthen these competencies, e.g participating in faculty courses, Movi courses, other courses at JYU, internation mobility, international at home, etc.
A faculty/department/ degree programmes has
- Defined the targeted learning outcomes that best describe the needs of the field for international competence.
- Considered when and how a student can gain and enhance this competence (all studies of the department, other studies, student exchanges, internships, etc. and their timing)
- Decided where students should document the construction and verbal presentation of their competences (e.g. a portfolio) and consider at what stage, how and by whom the student’s document will be taken up again in practice.
Different faculties / departments and degree programmes have different outcomes and processes for the internationalization plan. Information can be found from the websites from below and from your personal study plan instructor / teacher tutor / education coordinator.
Internationality means that you learn to communicate effectively in various situations in cooperation with people from different cultural backgrounds and starting points. Internationality is a skill as much as any other, and you can learn it and develop it.