194 flows for international mobility in 20 universities in 14 non-European countries
The University of International Studies of Rome (UNINT) is strongly focused on internationalization processes, which are increasingly relevant today in both the academic and professional worlds. Thanks to its strategic position in the capital and its degree courses oriented towards the study of languages and the global market, UNINT makes the creation of internationally oriented skills one of its main strengths.
The key value of UNINT is the acquisition of knowledge based on multiculturalism and multilingualism. The attention to the demand for skills, the dynamism of the training offer, the propensity for internationalization and a network of institutional relationships with partner universities around the world make international student and non-student mobility an integral and inseparable part of the training offer.
Over the last three years, UNINT has recorded an average annual increase in outgoing student mobility of 17%. Likewise, the increase in incoming mobility in the period examined stands at 37% per year, demonstrating the great attractiveness that UNINT's international training offer has for the University's partners.
For this reason, the University's Mobility and International Relations Office (UMRI) is increasingly active in seeking new international exchange opportunities, strong in the belief that the exchange of knowledge and good practices in a multicultural environment represents the key to success and for the personal and professional growth of both the students and the teaching staff and technical-administrative staff.
With this in mind, UMRI is committed to continuously increasing the number of partners thanks also to participation in international fairs. On these occasions, UMRI has the opportunity to present the UNINT reality to all potential academic and non-academic partners: from degree courses to the possibility of international mobility, passing through the opportunities for internships and student projects financed by the University. International fairs are the springboard for entering into new agreements with universities and companies from all over the world. Since participating in the NAFSA fair, held annually in the United States, UNINT has established relationships with universities in Argentina, Japan, India, Peru, USA and many other countries.
Aware of the role that international experience plays in today's competitive working world which requires increasingly flexible and capable professional figures soft skills difficult to learn in the classroom, but easily acquired by living in an international and new context compared to one's comfort zone, one of UNINT's primary missions is to ensure that more and more students can access this opportunity also from an economic point of view (in the academic year 2023-24 all 117 mobility for study purposes were financed).
With this vocation in mind, UNINT annually sends its application to participate in Erasmus+ mobility projects, both European ones (key action 131) and non-European ones (key action 171).
This latest project, called International Credit Mobility-ICM, has represented a milestone in the University's internationalization strategy since 2015, offering students and staff the opportunity to carry out international mobility beyond European borders. The latest project presented (KA171-Call2024) received an average rating of 95/100 for the 6 regions requested, receiving funding for a total of 194 flows to be implemented in 20 universities in 14 non-European countries. As evidence of UNINT's strong international commitment, the University ranked first in Rome, second in Lazio and fifth in Italy for funds received for ICM mobility among those who presented their candidature with an endowment of approximately 1 million euros in 2024.
Thanks to the latest funding obtained and together with the ICM projects currently active and the funds allocated internally by the University itself, UNINT offers exchange opportunities in Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Ecuador, Georgia, Jordan, Morocco, Montenegro, Mozambique , Peru, Russia, Tunisia, Taiwan, Vietnam. These possibilities, in addition to enriching the experience of the students and staff on mobility, allow all students and staff of the University to become part of an international environment through direct interaction with students, teachers and technical-administrative staff of other universities visiting UNINT.
Precisely with this in mind, for three years it has been a consolidated practice for UMRI to organize international events such as International staff weeks, that is, weeks of workshops, cultural and recreational activities in a multicultural climate aimed at consolidating the relationship with partners, at transmitting the founding values of the European community, but also at enhancing the surrounding area with guided tours in the Garbatella district.
At the same time, UNINT does not lose sight of the "classic" Erasmus+ within European borders, trying to continuously expand the range of destinations available for students, keeping in mind the objectives of the Erasmus+ program such as inclusion and diversity, digital transformation, environment and fight to climate change, participation in democratic life, common values and civic commitment. At the moment, UNINT boasts almost 80 active agreements within European borders, with a choice that mainly falls on France, Germany and Spain, but also on generally less "common" destinations such as Latvia, Malta or Slovakia.
In a company that requires professional figures with a strong international profile, UNINT works to stipulate agreements double degrees with partner universities. In 2024 alone, UNINT has entered into two new double degree agreements: one with the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin – HTW (Berlin, Germany) for the three-year degree course in Green management and sustainability and one with the Warocqué School of Business and Economics – Université de Mons (Mons, Belgium) for the master's degree course in International Economics and Management – Specialization Luxury, made in Italy and sustainability. Thanks to these agreements, the UNINT student who will opt for the double degrees At the end of the course, they will be able to obtain the qualification both at UNINT and at the partner university.
