Introduction HEInnovate Workshop Sofia 26sept

1. Introducing
Università degli Studi di Bergamo
FABIO PREVIDI
HEInnovate workshop
Sofia – September 26th, 2014

2. Who we are
• Lombardy: a region in the heart of
Europe
o among the highest GDP per capita
o more than 10 million inhabitants
• A State University:
o about 16,000 students
(undergraduates and graduates)
o about 300 PhD students
o 7% student growth rate per year
between 2001 and 2011
o teaching staff: 331 (professors
and researchers)
o administrative staff: 230
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3. Where we are
• Cultural and social environment
o a medieval town with a key historical role
o a bridge between Western and Eastern Europe (Bergamo airport is the
Southern Europe hub for Ryanair and other low cost airlines, turning over
9 million passengers in 2012)
• Economic features of the region
o multinational companies based in the
Bergamo area: Brembo, Gewiss,
Italcementi, SIAD, Tenaris Group
o among the highest entrepreneurship indexes (Small
and SME
o export-oriented specialized manufacture
industry (top level in 2012); Germany
among the top partners
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4. What we teach and research - UniBG
• Campus of Humanities
o in the “Upper Town”
• Campus of Economics and Law
o in the city of Bergamo
• walking distance - train station
• district heating grid & 142 kWp solar
panels
• Campus of Engineering
o in Dalmine (industrial area)
• district heating grid & 102 kWp solar
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panels
o inside the science park “Kilometro Rosso”
Caravaggio Airport
2 km

5. Toward an international University
• 2013: 14% of master students in 3 MD entirely in English
• 2014: 25% students in 5 MD in English
• 2015: 35% students in 7 MD in English, on a total of 15 MD
UniBG Students 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
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2015/16
Exp
% enrolments of students
outside of the province
28.0 28.4 30.2 34.0 34.8 50.0
% enrolments in MD courses of
students with BD from other UNI
8.0 17.0 19.0 23.0 26.7 33.0
% MD/BD students 19.9 22.5 23.2 23.7 24.0 35.0
% foreign students 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.8 5.2 10.0
% enrolled in MD entirely in
English *
0 0 0 9.0 11.0 35.0

6. A growing university in a competitive environment
• 12 Universities in Lombardy
• 84 Universities in Italy
Insubria
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Brescia
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University
Students
2010
(x 1000)
Growth %
(2007-
2010)
Milan – Statale 59.9 2.50%
Milan – Cattolica 40.1 1.40%
Milan – Politecnico 36.7 1.40%
Milan – Bicocca 30.7 4.50%
Pavia 22.1 0.40%
Bergamo 14.6 6.00%
Brescia 14.5 3.80%
Milan – Bocconi 13.1 2.40%
Varese – Insubria 9.2 -0.10%
Milan – IULM 4.4 -17.90%
Milan – San Raffaele 1.9 2.30%
Castellanza – C. Cattaneo 1.8 -4.70%
Total Lombardy 249.1 1.90%
Total Italy 1766.6 -3.40%
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Pavia
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Milan
• Statale
• Cattolica
• Politecnico
• Bicocca
100 km
62 miles
• Bocconi
• IULM
• San Raffaele

7. Internationalization of the teaching programs
• Three Master’s Degree programs
entirely taught in English:
o Tourism Management
o Business Administration
o Management Engineering
• PhD programs taught in English
• Growing percentage of international students (currently 5%)
• International faculty, about 60 foreign professors coming from
15 countries actively involved in teaching and more than 20
visiting professors
• Flexible terms for visiting lecturers
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8. Partnerships of the University of Bergamo in Europe
Longlife Learning Programme (Erasmus)
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10. New development and new University
• In the University of Bergamo we feel in a living laboratory
• Our mission: to prepare young people for their future life
• Education today: learn along the way, less lectures, more
experiences and opportunities for young people
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11. 1. Teaching quality: started with the Teaching Quality Program
(TQP), allocating more resources to the best courses
2. Strengthening orientation and placement in itinere
3. Network University
4. University and Territory
• territorial presence
• sharing strategic perspectives
5. International opening
• today 3 MD entirely taught in English, 5 from next year
• each of our graduate should be provided with more
experiences, at least one abroad
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5 UniBG strategies

12. UniBG is well founded in an export oriented environment
• An exercise to give an idea of the university environment
o Our province is export oriented (about the 10% of the Italian export)
o BGY airport more than 90 destinations
o Companies well performing despite the economic recession
1. Big firms: top firms in terms of turnover and / or number of employees,
including foreign companies in the Province BG
2. Gazelles: top firms for growth rates in sales or employees in the last three
years, with over 50 M€ turnover or 50 employees
3. Best performing: Top firms for productivity (value added/number of
employees) with over 50 M€ in sales + firms with higher return on
investment (ROI) with over 10 M€ in sales + highly innovative firms
(Confindustria Awards for Innovation)
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13. Top 50 companies - Big firms
Sanpellegrino
Same Deutz-Fahr
Brembo
Bayer
NW Global Vending
Food Beverage
Publishing
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Rhiag
Gewiss
Lediberg
Gildemeister It.
Mediamarket
Polynt
Tenaris
Metal Group
Campus Innowatio
University di Bergamo
Italcementi
KCS Caregiver
Kiko
SIAD
SIAC Schneider Electric
CTF
Lombardini
Health Care
Automobiles Parts
Industrial GoodsServices
Construction Materials
Chemicals
Utilities
Basic Resources
Personal Household
Goods

14. Top 50 companies - Gazelles
Impresa Percassi
Tokens
Brembana Rolle Burlodge
Paccani Macchine
Agile
Sematic
Radiatori 2000
Irtrading
Edelweiss Energia
IMS Deltamatic
Isocell
Industrial Goods
Services
Travel Leisure
Utilities
Basic Resources
Personal Household
Goods
Campus
University di Bergamo
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15. Top 50 companies - Best performing
Persico
Fassi Gru
Montello
Officine Luigi Resta
PMG
Stemin Clay Paky
Zanetti
Flamma
Tesmec
Food Beverage
Health Care
Industrial Goods
Services
Chemicals
Basic Resources
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Ar-Tex
Robur
Argomm
Cosberg
Elettrocablaggi
Radici Novacips
Campus
University di Bergamo

16. Thank You!