3. Students' International Mobility in 2017/18 compared to 2016/17

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Report on Students’ International Mobility at the Faculty of Report on Students’ International Mobility at the Faculty of Economics and Business (University of Barcelona), 2018/19 Economics and Business (University of Barcelona), 2018/19

Data for the academic year 2018/2019 and preceding academic years Data for the academic year 2018/2019 and preceding academic years

International Relations Office International Relations Office

Faculty of Economics and Business. University of Barcelona Barcelona, August, 2019

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0. Index

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1. Introduction

2. Students' International Mobility in 2017/18: Key figures

Index Index

2. Students' International Mobility in 2017/18: Key figures

3. Students' International Mobility in 2017/18 compared to 2016/17 4. Students' International Mobility, 2009/10- 2017/18

4.1. Aggregated data

4.2. Per academic year and gender

4.3. Per academic year and mobility programme 4.3. Per academic year and mobility programme 4.4. Per academic year and study programme 4.5. Outgoing-incoming ratios

4.6. Percentage of outgoing international mobility

4.7. Per academic year and country of origin or destination

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1. Introduction

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Introduction Introduction

The Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona, is a leading center for tuition in economics, business, sociology and tuition in economics, business, sociology and statistics, and can claim to be the foremost faculty in these disciplines in Catalonia.

It has also a strong commitment with internationalization. It has developed more than 200 specific bilateral agreements at both Bachelor and Master level, which include, among others, some of the world’s top universities; and it also has more than 100 courses taught in English, belonging to Bachelor degrees and Master programmes totally taught in English. As a partial result of this, the Faculty of Economics and Business concentrates one-quarter of the total University of Barcelona international mobility.

the total University of Barcelona international mobility.

This report provides evidence on students’ international mobility in the Bachelor and Master programmes offered by our Faculty. It starts by showing key figures for the academic year 2018/19; then these figures are compared to those for the academic year 2017-/18; and finally they are placed in a broader context using the data available since the academic year 2009/10.

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2. Students' International Mobility

in 2018/19: Key figures

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Students' International Mobility in 2018/19:

Key figures Key figures

 Overall Students’ International MobilityOverall Students’ International Mobility

More than 760 incoming and outgoing students in total, of which most of them are women (56%), and decided to study abroad during the Fall semester (57%) through the Erasmus+ Study Abroad Programme (77%).

An outgoing-incoming ratio (no. of outgoing students/no. incoming students) of 0.59, this ratio being higher among men (0.68), An outgoing-incoming ratio (no. of outgoing students/no. incoming students) of 0.59, this ratio being higher among men (0.68), among the students that participated in an annual exchange (1,08), and among those that went abroad through either a Specific Bilateral Agreements (0.72) orthe Erasmus+ Study Abroad Programme (0.67).

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OutgoingOutgoing Students’Students’ InternationalInternational MobilityMobility

About 290 outgoing students, of which 53% are women, 51% were enrolled in the B.A. in Business Administration and Management, 54% studied abroad during the Fall semester, mostly through the Erasmus+ Study Abroad programme (83%), and decided to go to 33 different countries, being the top five host countries the Netherlands (17%), the UK (11%), Italy (8%), Ireland (8%), and Germany (6%).

About 25% of the students that in 2018/19 finished their degree had participated in an international mobility About 25% of the students that in 2018/19 finished their degree had participated in an international mobility programme during their studies, this percentage being remarkably higher in the B.A in International Business (80%).

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IncomingIncoming Students’Students’ InternationalInternational MobilityMobility

480 incoming students, of which 59% are women, 59% studied in our Faculty during the Fall semester, mostly through the Erasmus+ Study Abroad programme (73%), and came from 45 different countries, being the top five home countries the Netherlands (18%), Italy (9%), Germany (8%), the USA (7%), and France (6%).

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3. Students' International Mobility

in 2018/19 compared to 2017/18

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Students' International Mobility in 2018/19 Students' International Mobility in 2018/19 compared to 2017/18 compared to 2017/18

 In 2018/19, and relative to 2017/18, the total students’ international mobility (incoming plus outgoing) increased in 42 students (i.e. a growth of about 6%), and 185 months (i.e. a 4.5% growth rate).

2017/2018 2018/2019 Variation

No. % No. % No. %

Panel 1. International Students

Incoming 474 65,6 480 62,7 6 1,3

Outgoing 249 34,4 285 37,3 36 14,5

Total 723 100,0 765 100,0 42 5,8

Panel 2. Months of Stay

Incoming 2695 64,6 2655 61,0 -40 -1,5

Outgoing 1475 35,4 1700 39,0 225 15,3

Total 4170 100,0 4355 100,0 185 4,4

 Outgoing mobility led the rise in total international mobility at the Faculty of Economics and Business (UB) as the outgoers increased more than the incomers, both in number (14.5% vs. 1.3%) and even more in months of stay (15.3% vs. -1.5%).

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 Compared to 2017/18, women international mobility in 2018/19 also rose more than men mobility (8.8% vs. 2.1%), and this was the result of the expansion of women mobility among outgoers, which increased 28.2% between the above mentioned periods, whereas men mobility only grew 2.3%.

mentioned periods, whereas men mobility only grew 2.3%.

2017/2018 2018/2019 Variation

No. % No. % No. %

Panel 3. Gender Incoming

Men 195 41,1 199 41,5 4 2,1

Women 279 58,9 281 58,5 2 0,7

Total 474 100,0 480 100,0 6 1,3

Outgoing

Men 132 53,0 135 47,4 3 2,3

Women 117 47,0 150 52,6 33 28,2

Total 249 100,0 285 100,0 36 14,5

Total

Men 327 45,2 334 43,7 7 2,1

Women 396 54,8 431 56,3 35 8,8

Total 723 100,0 765 100,0 42 5,8

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 Between 2017/18 and 2018/19, the number of students that went abroad during the Spring (2nd) semester increased more than during the rest of periods (10.5% for the Spring semester, 6.3% for the Fall semester and -4.5% for the entire year), although in 2018/19 most of the students still went abroad during the Fall semester (57.3%). The growth of mobility during the Spring semester the Fall semester (57.3%). The growth of mobility during the Spring semester was particularly remarkable among outgoers as compared to incomers (31.6%

vs. 2.1%).

2017/2018 2018/2019 Variation

No. % No. % No. %

Panel 4. Period of stay Incoming

Entire year 65 13,7 51 10,6 -14 -21,5

Fall Semester 266 56,1 283 59,0 17 6,4

Spring Semester 143 30,2 146 30,4 3 2,1

Total 474 100,0 480 100,0 6 1,3

Outgoing

Entire year 46 18,5 55 19,3 9 19,6

Fall Semester 146 58,6 155 54,4 9 6,2

Spring Semester 57 22,9 75 26,3 18 31,6

Total 249 100,0 285 100,0 36 14,5

Total

Entire year 111 15,4 106 13,9 -5 -4,5

Fall Semester 412 57,0 438 57,3 26 6,3

Spring Semester 200 27,7 221 28,9 21 10,5

Total 723 100,0 765 100,0 42 5,8

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 In 2017/18 and 2018/19, the Erasmus+ study abroad programme was not only the dominant mobility programme among the international students, between these two years it was also the only programme that was able to expand (10.8%), relative to both other Erasmus programmes and other mobility programmes for students, which in fact decreased (-20.8% and -5.9%, respectively). Again, the number of which in fact decreased (-20.8% and -5.9%, respectively). Again, the number of ougoers that took advantage of the Erasmus+ study abroad programme rose more intensively than the number of incomers (22.8% v. 3.9%).

2017/2018 2018/2019 Variation

No. % No. % No. %

Panel 5. Mobility Programmes Incoming

Erasmus+ study abroad 336 70,9 349 72,7 13 3,9

Other Erasmus+ prog. 15 3,2 12 2,5 -3 -20,0

Other programmes 123 25,9 119 24,8 -4 -3,3

Total 474 100,0 480 100,0 6 1,3

Outgoing

Total 249 100,0 285 100,0 36 14,5

Total

Total 723 100,0 765 100,0 42 5,8

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 About 25% of the students that in 2018/19 finished their degree had participated in an international mobility programme during their studies, namely 2 percentage points higher than in 2017/18. The bachelor’s degrees of Economy and Business Administration and Management had similar percentages compared to 2017/18 whereas in Sociology, Statistics and International Business these percentages were higher in 2018/19 than in 2017/18.

and International Business these percentages were higher in 2018/19 than in 2017/18.

 As in the previous academic year, the ranking of students that in 2018/19 finished their degree had participated in an international mobility programme was lead by the B.A. in International Business.

 Between 2017/18 and 2018/19, the B.A. in Statistics was the bachelor’s degree that experienced a larger expansion.

2017/2018 2018/2019 Variation

No. % No. % No. %

Panel 6. Number of students that in 2017/18 had completed 240 ECTS credits and had gone on mobility during their studies Bachelor’s degrees

Bachelor’s degrees

Business administration and

management 144 21,1 132 21,6 -12 -8,3

Economy 48 21,8 49 21,5 1 2,1

International business 50 66,7 57 80,3 7 14,0

Sociology 8 9,4 13 15,9 5 62,5

Statistics 2 5,1 6 14,3 4 200,0

Total 252 22,8 257 24,8 5 2,0

Note: For 2018/19, the percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students that in 2018/19 had completed 240 ECTS credits and, in addition, had participated in an international mobility programme during the academic years of 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 by the total number of students that in 2018/19 had completed 240 ECTS credits. The original data were provided by Carles Sánchez, Head of the Secretary's Office for Students and Teaching at the Faculty of Economics and Business (UB).

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4. Students' International Mobility, 4. Students' International Mobility,

2009/10

2009/10-- 2018/19 2018/19

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Students' International Mobility 2009/10

Students' International Mobility 2009/10--2018/19: 2018/19:

aggregated data aggregated data

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per academic year and gender per academic year and gender

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per academic year and period of stay per academic year and period of stay

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per academic year and mobility

per academic year and mobility programmeprogramme

8 8

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Students' International Mobility per Academic Year and Mobility Programme: outgoing students

(Outgoing students participating in Erasmus+ Internship)

0 0 0

1

2 2

3

2

5

0,00 0,00 0,00 0,38 0,86 0,94 1,33

0,72

3,21

1,75 0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 No. of outgoers participating in Erasmus+ Internship

Percentage over the total number of outgoers

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outgoing

outgoing--incoming ratiosincoming ratios

0,69 0,80

0,90 1,00

The outgoing- incoming ratio

(total number of outgoing students/total number of incoming students; per academic year)

0,67 0,68

0,76 0,76

0,69 0,66

0,80 0,90 1,00

The outgoing- incoming ratio

(total number of outgoers' months of stay divided by total number of inomers' months of stay; per academic year)

0,49

0,60 0,59

0,69

0,63 0,62

0,58

0,65

0,53

0,59

0,00 0,10 0,20 0,30 0,40 0,50 0,60 0,70

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19

0,52

0,67 0,68 0,69

0,63 0,66

0,55

0,64

0,00 0,10 0,20 0,30 0,40 0,50 0,60 0,70

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19

1,00 0,99

The outgoing- incoming ratio by gender (men)

1,00

The outgoing- incoming ratio by gender (women)

0,60

0,67

0,60

0,77

0,67 0,72

0,81

0,68 0,68

0,00 0,10 0,20 0,30 0,40 0,50 0,60 0,70 0,80 0,90

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19

0,42

0,54 0,59

0,50 0,53

0,59

0,47

0,54

0,42

0,53

0,00 0,10 0,20 0,30 0,40 0,50 0,60 0,70 0,80 0,90

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19

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percentage of outgoing international mobility percentage of outgoing international mobility

Students that finished their degree and, in addition, participated in an international mobility during their studies (%)

24,8

30,0

20,2

22,8

24,8

10,0 15,0 20,0 25,0

Note: These percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students that had completed 240 ECTS credits in the mentioned academic years and, in addition, had participated in an international mobility programme during their studies by the total number of students that had completed 240 ECTS credits in the mentioned years.

0,0 5,0

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19

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percentage of outgoing international mobility percentage of outgoing international mobility

Students that finished their degree and, in addition, participated in an international mobility during their studies (%)

90,9 90,0

100,0

18,421,1 18,821,8 20,2

66,7

21,6 21,5 22,8

80,3

15,9 14,3

24,8 20,0

30,0 40,0 50,0 60,0 70,0 80,0

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19

Note: These percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students that had completed 240 ECTS credits in the mentioned academic years and, in addition, had participated in an international mobility programme during their studies by the total number of students that had completed 240 ECTS credits in the mentioned years.

10,4

0,0 9,4

5,1

15,9 14,3

0,0 10,0

Business administration and management

Economy International business

Sociology Statistics All bachelor's degrees

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per academic year and country of origin or destination per academic year and country of origin or destination

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Outgoers

Outgoers per academic year and study per academic year and study programmeprogramme

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International Relations Office team (academic year 2018/19)

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• Exchange-Outgoing coordinator: Montse Cervera (until June 2019) and Clàudia Nieto (from July 2019) ([email protected])

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• Administrative assistants: Anna Kirilenko (Erasmus Mundus master GLOCAL, international Internship and incoming area), Marta Fornols (outgoing area), Susana Barea (incoming and outgoing areas)

• Interns: Aleksander Lacima (until March 2019), Paula Liñán (academic year), Eugenia Di Pólito (academic year), Raimundo Ramos (until March 2019); Judith Valle (from June 2019), Guilherme Zilves (until May 2019)

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