Participating universities
Students and lecturers from the following four additional universities have been participating in the BTME Summer School 2009.
University of Lodz, Poland
The University of Lodz was founded on May 24, 1945 as a continuation of the achievements and traditions of educational institutions functioning in Lodz in the 1920s and 1930s: the Teacher Training Institute (1921-1928), the Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (1924-1928) and a division of the Free Polish University (1928-1939).
Professor Teodor Vieweger, the Rector of The Polish Free University, was highly engaged in establishing a university in Lodz under its original name: "The State University - The Free University”. In the academic year of 1945/1946, the University of Lodz was reorganized into six faculties: the Faculty of Pharmacology, the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Law and Economics and the Faculty of Dentistry. There were 530 faculty members, and the number of students exceeded 7 000, which represented 12.7% of all students in Poland at that time.
Today, the University of Lodz offers 33 degree graduate programmes and 134 specialisations and is one of the biggest Polish universities. Currently, it has more than 42 500 students and 3 827 teachers.
Dunarea de Jos University, Galati, Romania
The University "Dunarea de Jos" of Galati was founded in July 1974 by merging the Polytechnical Institute and the College of Education. The Polytechnical Institute of Galati had at its origins the Naval and Mechanical Engineering Institute, wich had been founded in 1951. In 1953, the Institute of Fish Breeding and Fishing Technology located in the city of Constanta merged with the Naval Institute of Galati under the name of Technical Institute of Galati.
In 1955, the Institute for Food Industry of Bucharest was also transferred to Galati. These higher education institutions transformed into the Polytechnical Institute of Galati in 1957. The College of Education, founded in 1959, consisted of five faculties: Languages, Mathematics, Physics-Chemistry, Natural Sciences and Sports. In 1974, the two higher education institutions, the Polytechnical Institute and the College of Education merged and formed the University of Galati. Shortly after the 1989 Revolution, the University has been named "Dunarea de Jos" after the historical name of the area around the City of Galati.
Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
Yeditepe University is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The University was established in 1996 by the Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation, which seeks to promote educational opportunities on a non-profit basis.Yeditepe University is now one of the largest of the 27 foundation universities in Turkey.
The aim of Yeditepe University is “...to educate the young group as enlightened individuals, fully capable of dealing with the demands of the contemporary modern world, culturally rounded with technological skills and dedicated to the ideals of secularism, progress and creativity inspired by Atatürk's principles. The educational programmes are geared towards securing this objective in the light of rapid global developments of the 21. Century.” All academic programmes are offered in English except for a programme of political science and international relations in French, a programme of business administration in German and a programme of art and design in Italian.
Yeditepe University comprises eleven faculties, three graduate institutes and one vocational school of higher education. The Business Administration Department is the largest one of the 64 departments on the Campus, and its total student population is more than 2 000, including those enrolled in MBA as well as doctorate programmes.
The total student population of Yeditepe has reached 15 000. Of these, 20% are students enrolled in graduate programmes. The teaching staff comprises about 1 350 lecturers, two-thirds of them being full-time faculty members.
The current Rector of Yeditepe University is Prof. Dr. Ahmet Serpil, who is assisted in his functions by three Deputy Rectors.
University of Windesheim, Zwolle, The Netherlands
With over 17 000 students Windesheim is one of the largest of the 55 Universities of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. It offers study programmes in 50 different disciplines, which are grouped within the various departments. The emphasis is on a student-focused, practice-oriented education.
The University of Windesheim is eager to provide a number of international programmes for the benefit of students and lecturers alike. Its objective is to incorporate international elements into all subjects. Foreign students are welcome to participate in these international programmes as well.
In 2004, Windesheim merged with the “Vrije Universiteit” of Amsterdam. This alliance ensures an ongoing exchange of knowledge and a complete package of educational opportunities. In the future, Windesheim will not only offer higher professional education degrees but also regular university degrees as well.
