Managing university internationalisation: decentralisation and internal competence building

Abstract

In the last decades European Higher education institutions have been facing growing demand for increasing the volume and diversity of international activities. The quality of HEIs' activities and the competitiveness in both national and international education markets, and in many cases is strongly interrelated if not directly dependent on university internationalisation level. Internationalisation is a condition for having an attractive image among other universities and educalion stakeholders, mobility opportunities for students and staff, extensive opportunities for curriculum development and international R&D activities, additional incomes from tuition fees for studies, opportunities for human recourses development Decentralisation is an effective managerial tool to increase the scope, diversity and integrity level of international activities, to enhance effectiveness of iniernationalisation and to contribute to the institutional competence building in Higher education institutions.