Erasmus+

Poznań University of Applied Medicine named after Prince Mieszko I, hereinafter referred to as the Academy, is a state-recognized higher education institution with full academic rights, educating students in medical, pedagogical, legal and administrative fields. Scientific, pedagogical and cultural forms of cooperation are among the most important elements of the mission of Poznań University of Applied Medicine named after Prince Mieszko I, adopted by the Senate on 17 October 2015, defining the public mission of the Academy. In order to improve the quality of studies and research, the Academy focuses on academic partnerships within European countries, as well as cooperation with partners from outside the European Union. The Erasmus+ programme is part of this strategy of internationalisation and modernisation of universities, opening up opportunities for student and staff mobility, participation in inter-institutional cooperation and participation in projects for the development of international cooperation.

In accordance with its mission, the Academy aims to achieve the broadest possible scientific cooperation, which will take into account the scientific and intercultural context. One of the tools enabling the deepening of scientific and intercultural contacts for the Academy is the Erasmus+ program. Appreciating the value of diversity, the laboratory of which in scientific and cultural terms is the Academy, we see the importance and potential of studying abroad. Thanks to the Erasmus+ program, we want to enable our students to expand their studies through the offer of foreign studies at our partner universities, which will allow students not only to complete the program planned for their studies, but also to expand it to include contact with science, pedagogy or social work practiced in a different cultural context. The offer of internships with foreign partners will also serve this purpose. Visits to the Academy by lecturers and students from our partner institutions also facilitate contacts between our students and European diversity. Classes conducted by visiting lecturers from our partner universities enrich the program of courses offered to our students. The Academy ensures that the studies conducted there receive the highest evaluation grades on a national basis, and also meets all the criteria necessary for the study programs and courses conducted within it to be recognized by its partners in the European Union based on the ECTS system, and also recognizes courses conducted at foreign universities within the study programs it conducts. Through language courses included as standard in the study programs, we support students’ readiness to travel abroad, appreciating the importance of such studies for deepening European identity. Operating in an environment that is scientifically, culturally and religiously diverse, the Academy is an inclusive place, hence constant efforts to ensure that all its students have equal access to all elements of the study offer, including studies abroad.

The participation of the Academy in the Erasmus+ program is also aimed at the development of employees by intensifying exchange and international contacts thanks to the implemented mobilities. The Academy aims to ensure that its employees have the opportunity to expand their teaching and research skills by sharing the results of their research work not only with students of the Academy, but also with our partner universities as part of the Erasmus+ program mobility. The importance of such activity of university employees is reflected both in regular incentives to participate in the program addressed to all employees, as well as in treating mobility as an important element of their periodic assessment. In its internationalization and modernization strategy, the Academy also emphasizes the development of international cooperation in the field of research, both by conducting research projects in medicine and social sciences as part of strategic partnerships, and by seeking opportunities to get involved in research on necessary changes in the methods of action in the field of education.