Final Report - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

The visit of rectors and representatives of Brazilian state and municipal
universities to German high education institutions can be classified as well succeeded.
The participants had the opportunity to get informed about the numbers and orientation
of each visited institution and its undergraduate and graduate programs. All visited
institutions presented its Brazil oriented projects and were open for the dialogue
concerning future cooperation. Much time has been expended for joint discussions and
direct matching with professors and researchers, in which the possibility of academic
exchange could be extensively treated. The possibilities for future agreements and
academic partnerships had been evaluated from “good” to “very good” by 85 % of the
requested Brazilian participants (13). On the other hand, 68 % of them considered from
“good” to “very good” the feasibility of application of the methods and education
models presented by the German institutions in their own universities.
The overall evaluation of the visits at the education institutions reached a medium
value of 6.3 from 7 (very good). An overview on the evaluation of visit is given in the
following figure. For ethic reasons the names of the institutions are omitted. Two
institutions were not included in the evaluation form.
Value
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Evaluated institutions
Figure: Evaluation of German education institutions by ABRUEM-delegates
All requested delegates evaluated the visit to Germany and the general
organization as good or very good.
The delegates considered as excellent aspects of the visit the receptivity and
organization by the locals, the support of the DAAD, the contacts and opportunity to meet
the universities, to know new technologies and to experience the intense partnership
between university and private sector, to get information on the universities and the
German educational system, to compare their own institutions with the German ones in
academic, structural and management point of view, to select universities and related
fields, and the possibilities of relevant scientific and academic cooperation. On the other
hand, some aspects could be amended, mostly related to the intensive program of
activities during each institution visit. Thus, there was a request for more time for rest
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