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44Guide of Good Practices TEMPUS CORINTHIAMscience. This is indicative enough, but in order to fully understand the real quality ofinternationalisation of education, more steps for assessment must be followed. Withthis in mind the following results from the existing data can be examined:• The intensity of the exchange – number of incoming and outgoing studentsand teaching staff, study period abroad/durations, research associates,visiting scholars, international lecturers, joint research, academic conferencesabroad, etc.;• Number of graduates in joint programmes and double degree, and number ofinternational exchange agreements;• International students’ characteristics: international students on campus,range of student nationalities, integration in mixed groups for regularcourses/programmes, participation in social and learning activities;• International curriculum: programmes and regular courses in foreignlanguage, international courses, range of disciplines/courses in foreignlanguage available;• Recourses: internal and/or external learning materials for internationaleducation materials – original textbooks, e-learning, mentoring forinternational students;• Orientation of incoming international students and outbound students forstudy abroad.Separate indicators cannot be used for a real evaluation of the level of internationalisationand its quality, since the aim is not to find a static definition of the state butthe implemented activities that correspond to the съответстващи на strategies forinstitutional development, including internationalisation. Each of these indexes andthe effects form the activities that are applied towards the institutional goals, and canprovide an answer to whether the strategy for development of the internationalisationis achieved and “where we are” compared to the expected positions in the highereducation system.Conclusion and future discussionsFrom the viewpoint of the three processes in the quality assurance – objectives, strategy,and resources, internationalisation can be assessed as an enhancer of the educationalinstitutions. The higher education system functions through its main elementsand their correlation. These elements are:1. Academic staff, administration and students who create the ideas and offerthe moving power for the processes and provide the advance of the wholeenvironment towards new goals.