UNITBV provides support to institutions of Mongolia for the development of dual education

2021-2024

The Erasmus+ project “Based on jobs in the higher education system Implementing training and increasing employment of graduates” (MONGWBL), in which Transilvania University of Brașov is a partner, offers consultancy and expertise to institutions of Mongolia for the development of work-based learning in this country. 

Recently, representatives of Transilvania University of Brașov attended the dissemination conference of the Erasmus+ project “Based on jobs in the higher education system Implementing training and increasing employment of graduates” (MONGWBL), organized in Ulaanbaatar, from 5 to 6 October 2023.

For three years (January 2021 – January 2024), Transilvania University of Brașov, along with Université Lumière Lyon 2, Berlin University of Economics and Law and University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, have provided support to their Mongolian partners (Ministry of Education, five universities and three companies) in developing the national system for work-based learning (work-based learning), within the project coordinated by Otontenger University of Ulaanbaatar. 

During the dissemination event, the documents prepared with the support of the European partners were presented; they consist of policies and guidelines for the implementation of work-based learning in the higher education system, flexible dual-system education models, respectively directions for the development of work-based learning in the Mongolian higher-education system over the period 2024-2030. Moreover, the students participating in the pilot project for the implementation of dual education in the fields of banking and tourism presented their experiences and formulated opinions on how dual education could improve during its next stages of development in Mongolia.

The participation of Transilvania University of Brașov in this project has been, in addition to the satisfaction of sharing with the Mongolian partners the experience and expertise accumulated over the years in the collaboration between the academic environment and companies, a valuable exchange of best practices with colleagues from France, Germany and Greece.