Socrates programme

Participating Institution nr. 43 Cardiff University
Type: University;

Size: 895 teaching staff; 9784 students

Expertise: Expertise in the School covers various aspects of History in European and other countries, e.g. UK (Wales, Scotland, England and Ireland), Italy, France, Russia, Spain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, etc.;

Experience: The School has a long-standing involvement with Erasmus and Socrates. Members of staff in the School have wide experience in co-ordinating international exchange programmes and the University itself has a highly experienced International Office.
Participating Institution nr. 44. University of Edinburgh
Type: Public University;

Size: a. 5800 (all staff), b. 20293 students;

Expertise: The areas of History which are taught are: Medieval and Renaissance, Modern British History; Modern European History; African, Asian, Australasian History; American History; Economic and Social History; History and Art;

Experience: The Department of History is involved in numerous Erasmus staff and student exchange arrangements, in curriculum development programmes and in an Intensive Programme.

Participating Institution nr. 45. University of Wales, Swansea

Type: University. Subject areas: Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences; of Business, Law, and Economics; of Education and Health Studies; of Engineering; and of Science. It is expected that ECTS will be implemented in all subject areas shortly.

Size: Approximately 10,000 students, including some 800 postgraduate students.

Expertise: Relations with European universities and other institutions are co-ordinated by the University's European Office. Most departments in the University participate in the Socrates exchange scheme and several are involved in co-operative teaching and research projects with European partners. The University is hosting a national conference on Tuning and the Bologna Process in March 2004.

Experience: the History Department of the University of Wales Swansea has been involved in the Erasmus (now Socrates) Exchange scheme from the outset and in 1999 hosted a conference for its Socrates group. The History Department has participated actively in the Tuning project since its inception and in 2002 joined Cliohnet.Research and teaching expertise of members of the department extends from early medieval to contemporary history; covers American as well as European history; and includes all main branches of the discipline - political, military, intellectual, social, economic, urban, art. Among the departments members are specialists in French, German, Austrian, Italian , Soviet, Welsh, and Netherlands history and co-operative projects and conferences are constantly being organized - most recently the 15^th Anglo-Dutch Historical Conference, held at Swansea in August 2003.
Participating Institution nr. 46. Primrose Publishing
Type: Publishing House specialised in books and software for language learning.

Size: Proprietor, experts and consultants according to need.

Expertise: Now actively engaged in educational training, running courses for training tutors and teachers in the use of computers, and the Internet, for teaching and learning languages; the languages covered now exceed 50, including most languages of Eastern Europe. The software is marketed under the name “Tick-Tack”. It is used extensively in universities, colleges and schools throughout Europe. Primrose has built up a closely-knit, world-wide team of over 100 dedicated linguists, many in senior university posts. These guarantee the accuracy and high quality of all the language material. Key members of the team also take part in the training courses.

Experience: Established in 1975 by Anne and David Sephton (MA Oxon), Primrose Publishing has been, and is, a partner in a number of EU projects, creating advanced software. These include two Leonardo projects for developing complex programs on CD and the web for training teachers and students preparing for professional examinations in English, French
Participating Institution nr. 47. University of Iceland (Reykjavik)
Type: University;

Size: a. 862, b. 9046 students;

Expertise: The Department of History has an academic staff of 13 full time teachers, in addition to temporary experts that are hired to teach individual courses. The program is divided into three cycles; (a) BA cycle of three years, where the students take general courses covering Icelandic and World History, in addition to methodology in the first three semesters, and more specialised elective courses in the last three semesters; (b) MA cycle of two years, with one year of specialized courses and one year thesis project; (c) PhD cycle of 4-5 years. The general research capacity of the academic staff is primarily in Icelandic history, but most of the teachers are active in international debates in their fields of expertise.

Experience: As the only university faculty of History in Iceland, the Department of History at the University of Iceland has a leading role in research and teaching cooperation both at national and trans-national levels. On the local/national level, the Department is now running two large research projects on commercial history (funded with government grant and grants from banks and a number of companies) and on the construction of Icelandic national identity (funded by national research funds). On the trans-national level, the Department organized recently the first general conference on Arctic and Sub-Arctic history, with the participation of over 60 scholars coming from 13 countries, and it has been involved in Nordic projects on the history of child and infant mortality through time, and on the history of the welfare state, just to name a few. The Department of History has been active in ERASMUS/SOCRATES cooperation since 1992, or the same year as Iceland became a member of the program. In that year, the department was selected to represent the university in the ECTS pilot project, and it has been an active member in the various activities organized by that group in recent years. The Department organized, for example, an Intensive Programme on Nations, Nationalities and National Identity in Historical Perspective in May 2000, with participation of students and teachers from 17 universities in 13 countries.

Participating Institution nr. 48. University of Bergen
Type: A modern university, which from the very start in 1948 focused on research and dissemination of academic knowledge, in addition to higher education. It is organized in seven faculties and some 90 departments and specialized centres.

Size: 17 000 students and more than 3300 staff members.

Expertise: The History Department has a teaching staff of ca. 20 members (professors and associate

professors). All epochs are included in the degree course: Ancient history, Medieval history, Early Modern history and Modern history. The department offers special courses in Middle Eastern history. Most of the medievel historians are presently located at a Centre for Medieval Studies. Important research fields are: health- and welfare state history, gender- and family history, demography, local history, history of the modern state, migration history, and economic, cultural, and political globalisation.

Experience: The University of Bergen has now formalized bilateral collaborative agreements on research and teaching with institutions on every continent. Norway: University of Bergen collaborates with other universities and colleges of higher education in the Norwegian Network. Scandinavia: student exchanges via the Nordplus programme. Europe: Erasmus-Socrates, Leonardo and Tempus (Eastern Europe) programmes. IV. Queries about your role in CLIOHNET organisation

Participating Institution nr. 49. University of Sofia
Type: University. Education;

Size: a. approx. 2000, b. approx. 20000;

Expertise: Over 110 years of practice in teaching history at university level;

Experience: No previous Socrates expertise. Numerous previous and current bi-lateral international projects at university level. Partner in CLIOH PROG; has proposed a SOCRATES IP on Federalism for 2004

Participating Institution nr. 50. Masaryk University of Brno
Type: University. Faculty of Arts, Science, Medicine, Law, Economics and Administration, Informatics, Education, Social Studies;

Size: a. 1195 teaching staff, 1301 administrative staff, b. 14191 full-time students, 3564 part-time students;

Expertise: the University of Brno is the second Department after that of Prague in the Czech Republic. History is taught both from Western and Eastern viewpoints;

Experience: No experience in coordinating EU projects; partner in CLIOH PROG programme.

Participating Institution nr. 51 Charles University of Prague
Type: University, classical type (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, law, medicine, education, theology, sport and physical education, mathematics and physics, pharmacy);

Size: a. 4238 full time teaching staff, 1565 part time, 9497 administrative staff b. 41 045 students in all programmes.

Expertise: the three Institutes of History (Czech, World, Economic & Social History) of the Faculty of Philosophy & Arts of Prague are the first in size and in importance for the teaching of History in the Czech Republic.

Experience: Advanced experience in co-operation at national and trans-national level in students and teachers exchanges, research projects, conferences.

a) University has worldwide net of cooperation contracts. Historians alone have Erasmus/Socrates contracts with 25 universities in 8 European countries and professional contacts with many European and American historians.

Participating Institution nr. 52. University of Tartu
Type: University. Main areas: 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16;

Size: a. 1500 teaching staff, ca 1500 administrative staff, b. 17550 students (that is all together in whole university);

Expertise: History;

Experience: The University of Tartu participates in TEMPUS, ISEP (International Student Exchange Program) and the SOCRATES programme with co-operation agreements between the universities as well as in the frame of the contracts between Estonia and other countries: partner in CLIOH PROG programme.

Participating Institution nr. 53. University of Cyprus
Type: University: 4 Faculties;

Size: 3200 students;

Expertise: The Department of History and Archaeology focuses primarily on the Eastern Mediterranean World, from Southern Italy and Eastern Libya to the fertile crescent, and its connection with the rest of Europe and the Middle East from prehistory to the present day. Special emphasis is on Cypriot history and archaeology;

Experience: A young university, aiming to be a regional Greek-language teaching centre and an international research institution in the humanities and sciences, and, in the future, law, medicine, and fine arts.


Participating Institution nr. 54. University of Latvia
Type: University

Size: a. personnel: 1994 , b. learners: 29 672

Expertise: History and Literary studies including Women’s Studies;

Experience: The University of Latvia has taken an active role in the CLIOH PROG Project and in CLIOHNET. It has carried out the self evaluation process using CLIOHNET/Tuning criteria in the framework of TEEP 2002 Pilot Project organised by ENQA . It has successfully proposed an IP on "Religion and Political Change: Past and Present" which will be held in Riga in May 2003. It will also host the CLIOHNET spring plenary meeting in 2003.

Participating Institution nr. 55. University of Vilnius
Type: EDU.4 University. Main areas: 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16;

Size: a. 1365 teaching staff, 126 administrative staff, b. 11854 full-time students, 3331 part-time students;

Expertise: International conference "Historiography and Open Society" was organized by the Faculty of History in 1996. The conference was organised in co-operation with George Soros Open Lithuania Foundation, Kulturwissenschaftlischen Institut im Wissenschaftszentrum des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (Essen) and George Eckert Institut für die internationale Schulbuchforschung (Braunschweig). Materials of the conference were published in 1998.

Experience: ECTS pilot project in history since 1992, student exchanges, CDI: “The History and Reality in Europe” and “Refounding Europe: Creating Links, Insights and Overviews for a new History Agenda”, IP’s in Bologna, Gent, Reykjavik, Roskilde, Pisa (2 times).

Vilnius University and the Faculty of history participated in the Tempus project in 1996. Faculty of History prepared the first in Lithuania ECTS Information Package 1997-1999. This booklet was the first attempt to present Vilnius University and the curricula of the Faculty of History in ECTS terms. This Information package was published under the TEMPUS CME project No 01524-95, funded by EU Commission.

Faculty of History took part in the project "Memoria Mundi" financed by UNESCO. The whole project "Memoria Mundi" emphasized the importance of collective memory of the nations and their cultural identity. The Faculty of History submitted an application concerning the implementation and funding of the project "Visual Memory of Lithuania" to the UNESCO Commission in January 1998. The compact disk "Memory of Lithuania and Ancient Maps: was a part of the project "Visual Memory of Lithuania" carried out by our Faculty and was its firs real product.

Faculty of history also participated in the World Exposition EXPO 2000 which took place in Germany (Hanover) in October 1-31st, 2000. We prepared two information terminals: "Lithuania and the World", "History of Lithuanian - History of Tolerance" and also took part in the information terminal called "Still Unknown Vilnius".

Centre of Stateless Cultures which is in the Faculty of History organized international conference "The Weakest Minorities: Stateless Cultures and Intercultural Respect in the New Europe" on the 7-9th of November, 2000.

Several international courses were organised by the Faculty of History, Chair of Theory of History and History of Culture (Centre of Ethnology and Social Anthropology). 1996 - doctoral level course "Nordic-Baltic Research Course: cultural Identities in Social and historical Context" was held and sponsored by NORFA. The course was oriented to the PhD students from Scandinavian and Baltic countries. In 1999 - a doctoral level course "Main Issues in Contemporary Anthropology" was held by Prof. Jonathan Friedman from Department of Social Anthropology, Lund University. In 2000 a doctoral level course "Political Anthropology and Anthropology of the Transition" was held by Assoc. Prof. Steven Sampson from Department of Social Anthropology, Lund University.

2000-2001 starts NORFS supported co-operation between Lund-Vilnius-Copenhagen Universities. Join project - "Higher Education and Research on the Globalisation Process and its Consequences".

Starting from 1999 Vilnius University and the Faculty of History participate in the SOCRATES Erasmus (Higher Education) programme.

Faculty of History takes part in the Baltic Sea Region Studies programme funded by the European Union, the Finnish Ministry of Education and the University of Turku.

Participating Institution nr. 56. University of Budapest
Type: University; Education, Teacher training, Geology, Geography, Humanities, Languages, Philological Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Natural Sciences, etc.;

Size: a. 1887, b. 18400 full-time students, 7500 part-time students;

Expertise: Prime University in Hungary for teaching and research;

Experience: Socrates exchange programme (OMS/TS).

Participating Institution nr. 57. University of Debrecen
Type: University. Main areas: Agricultural Sciences; Architecture, urban & regional planning; Art & Design; Management; Education, Teacher Training; Engineering, technology; Geography, geology; Humanities; Languages & Philological; Sciences; Law; Mathematics, Informatics; Medical Sciences; Natural Sciences; Social Sciences; Communication and Information Sciences, Economics;

Size: a. 1617, b. 13482 full-time students, 6783 part-time students;

Expertise: Erasmus agreements:

University of Pisa, Italy (2000/2001, 2001/2002)

University of Rostock, Germany (2000/2001, 2001/2002)

Experience: Bilateral agreements:

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

University of Rostock, Germany

Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand II, France.
Partecipating Institution nr. 57 University of Miskolc

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Participating Institution nr 58 University of Miskolc
Type: University. . 11 faculties including all principal subject areas except architecture and medicine, with a strong emphasis on mining and heavy industrial (metallurgical) traditions

Size: a. 800 teaching staff; 1,200 administrative staff, b. number of students: 15 000

Experience: The Department of World History is a rather new department that works in combination with two further departments of history (dealing with the history of Hungary). Since the Faculty of Arts started to work only in the academic year of 1992/93, and the department only in 1996, the department has no long lasting tradition of domestic and/or international cooperation. The small-sized department tries to utilize the personal relations and organizational expertise of its members and to become involved in larger (possibly European) projects, like CLIOH. The last couple of years the department was involved in the academic and teaching activities of the Civic Education Project and it established links with Creighton University (USA). Though its members are involved in different and diverse research project, the main profile of the department is Western European intellectual history and social theory.

Participating Institution nr 59. University of Malta
Type: The University of Malta is a Higher Education Institution composed of 11 faculties, 16 centres and institutes, 2 international institutes and 19 Central Services. It is recognised as one of the oldest established higher education institutions in the Mediterranean. Entrusted with the awarding of degree and diplomas at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level, acts as one of the most important research and learning bases at a national and regional level;

Size: a. 758 academic staff, 625 administrative staff, b. learners 7322;

Expertise: Prof. Mallia Milanes is currently working on “Communal Care and Social Welfare” before and after 1530, that is, in late Medieval Malta and during the early modern period. What will be focused on will be the system introduced by the Hospitallier Order of St. John – how it worked and how it developed. The origins of Malta’s Social Services can be traced back to the Knights.

Prof. Mallia Milanes and his team at the History Department have been involved in the organisation and implementation of various projects with other universities. The Socrates Office will also be offering its assistance in technical matters.

Experience: The University of Malta has been recognised as one of the oldest established higher education institutions in the Mediterranean. It has acted as a highly active participant in major networks and groupings (Utrecht, Compostela, Santander, Mediterranean, Commonwealth, etc.)

The University started participating in the Socrates Programme a number of years ago as a silent partner in a number of projects. However, in 1999, the University submitted its first Socrates Institutional Contract. Over the last two academic years participation in Socrates and other EU Programmes has been on the constant increase. Enormous benefit has been gained through participation in Socrates and FP5 projects, particularly in areas where local research resource was limited. Over the past two years the Socrates Office at the University has assisted in the presentation of Thematic Networks, Curriculum Development Projects and Intensive Programmes coordinated by departments/institutes at the University itself.

During this academic year the University has welcomed a total of 500 new foreign students on international and European Exchange Programmes.

The Department of History has been very actively involved in the implementation of the Socrates Programme, was a leader in the signing of bilateral agreements and in encouraging students to proceed abroad on Erasmus exchanges. In fact, it was one of the first departments to send and receive students under this Action.

Members of the History Department conduct extensive research and have been invited to deliver papers and presentations at prestigious institutions and conferences abroad. The latter are also highly involved in Teaching placements abroad and welcome foreign academic participation in their programme.

Participating Institution nr. 60. University of Krakow
Type: University; 11 Faculties;

Size: 3049 teaching staff, b. 29201 students

Expertise: European History;

Experience: Ample international contacts.


Participating Institution nr. 61. University of Torun
Type: The Nicholas Copernicus University is the biggest university located in northern Poland and is outstanding in terms of scientific potential, courses of study on offer, forms of education, and number of students. It was set up on the 24^th of August 1945. In the academic year 2003/2004 almost 35,000 students are studying 88 specialisations in 33 different subject areas, out of whom over 14 000 are full-time day students. There are the following faculties at the Nicholas Copernicus University:

1. Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences,

2. Faculty of Chemistry,

3. Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management,

4. Faculty of Fine Arts,

5. Faculty of History,

6. Faculty of Humanities,

7. Faculty of Languages,

8. Faculty of Law and Administration,

9. Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,

10. Faculty of Physics and Astronomy.

11. Faculty of Theology

For two years it has been possible to study Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities. In 1998 the new area "History of Art" was open to students. Students can also choose from specialisations which are rarely represented at other universities such as Medical Physics, Chemistry with Elements of Marketing and Management. Apart from special studies and BA and MA studies, NCU offers almost 40 kinds of postgraduate studies. Also provided are doctoral studies in which over 260 students are engaged. 

From 2004 is possible to have in English a special course for foreign students Poland in East Central Europe. Past and Present - (history, law, economics, sociology 77 ours, 15 ECTS credits.

Apart from units within the faculty structure involved in teaching activity, scientific research and organisational activity, there participate interfaculty units, university centres, and interdisciplinary teams such as the University Library, the Language Centre, the Physical Education and Sports Centre, the Information Technology Centre, the Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies, the Juliusz Schauder Centre for Nonlinear Studies, the International Centre for Information Management, the Interdisciplinary Group for Optical Methods in the Early Detection of Cancer, the Interdisciplinary Task Force for Methods of Absolute Dating, Regional Multiprocessor Systems Laboratory, the Alliance Française Centre, and the British Council Library.

Size: a. 1380 teaching staff, 1458 administrative staff, b. 35 000 students;

Expertise: Institute of History and Archives Studies (Instytut Historii i Archiwistyki) 70 lecturers, 1700 students of all courses "A" (highest) level (with very few other history departments) in national classification- the Institute is in the course of the accreditation process

Experience: large SOCRATES/ERASMUS cooperation - 30 stable partners. bilateral projects with German universities (i.e., cartography of old towns with informatic means of reconstruction).