About project
Project title: BE UNIZD - Internationalization of Blue Education, University of Zadar
Total value of the project: HRK 1,788,718.40
Duration: 10/12/2018 - 12.04.2021.
Program Framework: European Social Fund
Implementing authority: University of Zadar
Partner: Tankerska plovidba d.d.
The backbone of the project BE UNIZD - Internationalization of Blue Education, University of Zadar is the development and promotion of a new joint graduate study of Maritime Management and courses in ecology and aquaculture in English, which will significantly improve the quality of higher education and facilitate student mobility and teaching staff education.
The new joint graduate study in English will be developed by the Department of Maritime Studies with collaborating institutions, the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and the College of Applied Sciences in Flensburg (Germany). The partner in the project is Tankerska plovidba d.d., which will contribute to the development of the curriculum for the new study to its experts. In addition, the existing maritime simulator will be upgraded through the project - relevant software will be procured to create and customize high-quality navigation simulations and generate 3D models.
Through the project, the Department of Ecology, Agronomy and Aquaculture will develop 6 new courses within the graduate study Maintenance of Aquatic Ecosystem Management. The courses will be intended for foreign students, but also for students of the University of Zadar who are not even from the Department of Ecology, Agronomy and Aquaculture, since they will be offered as elective courses.
Project goals:
- Development, establishment and promotion of a new joint graduate study in the field of maritime management through cooperation and strengthening the competence of teaching and non-teaching staff of the University of Zadar, students and representatives of the real sector.
- Development, establishment and promotion of new graduate level courses in a foreign language in the field of ecology and aquaculture through cooperation and strengthening the competence of students and teaching and non-teaching staff of the University of Zadar
- Strengthening the competence of students of teaching and non-teaching staff of the University of Zadar through the application of a participatory approach to the development of new programs, participation in educational activities and cooperation with representatives of the real sector
Contact person:
Project manager - Irena Dominiković, mag.oec, e-mail: idominiko@unizd.hr
Coordinator for the development and establishment of a joint study - Assoc. prof. dr. sc. Leonardo Marušić, e-mail: lmarusic@unizd.hr
Coordinator for the development and establishment of courses in a foreign language: Assoc. prof. dr. sc. sc. Ivan Župan, e-mail: zupan@unizd.hr
The project was co-financed by the European Union from the European Social Fund. The content of the website is the sole responsibility of the University of Zadar.