Dare to Discover at the University of Alberta Sydney October 2009 Claude Couture University of Alberta AIEC Conference Introduction The population in Canada: 33,803,000 1 out in 5 Canadiens is foreign born Highest per capita immigration rate in the world 23% of the Canadian population is French speaking 1
88% of the population outside of Québec speak English at home Almost 40% of the population was French speaking in 1867 and the British North America Act 50% of the population in Vancouver and 48% in Toronto is visible minorities Outline Brief presentation of the University of Alberta and Dare to Discover International students at the University of Alberta Strategy 2
OECD results for Canada:OECD Pisa 2006 database Maths Science Reading 7 3 4 Canadian universities in the world Top 200 by country: United States: 104 Germany: 16 Canada: 16 United Kingdom: 12 Australia: 6 3
Percentage of international students (OECD 2006) United States: 20% United Kingdom: 11,3% Germany: 8,9% France: 8,5% Australia:6,3% Canada: 5.1% Japan: 4,4% Russia: 2,6% The University of Alberta in the world (Times Higher Education 2009 in Dare to Discover 2009) Over all ranking: 74 Engineering: 46 Life science and biomedicine:45 Natural Sciences: 51 Arts and Humanities: 88 4
International Proportion of Undergraduate Enrolment (headcount), University of Alberta and Selected Peers, Fall 2008 (Dare to Discover, 2009) McGill: 15.6% UBC: 10,4% Montreal:7,9% Toronto:7,6% Illinois: 7,2% Alberta: 5,7% UCLA: 4,5% Washington: 4,4% Wisconsin: 4,3% Texas (Austin): 4,1% Minnesota: 3,5% Arizona: 3,0% 2008 FTE Enrolment (Dare to Discover, 2009) Toronto: 65,775 Texas (Austin): 47,047 Montréal: 43,348 Minnesota: 41,332 Illinois: 40,812 Wisconsin: 39,602 UBC : 39,206 UCLA: 38,772 Washington: 36,872 Alberta: 33,674 Arizona: 33,942 McGill: 28, 153 5
Undergraduate Student Numbers Growth (#s) Growth in undergraduate student numbers international vs. non-international (Britta Baron, October 2008) Total Non-International Student Numbers Growth (#s) Total International Student Numbers Growth (#s) 1400 1200 1000 800 600 1076 400 432 200 283 0 164 147 119 105-200 -156-215 -316-400 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Fall Semester Source: Registrar s Office 1 December 2008 New International Undergraduate Applicants by Faculty with highest applicant numbers Faculty Applications for admission in 2008 New Only Eligible to register New Only Registered ALES 100 (+15) 25 (+4) 19 (+5) Arts 1261 (+234) 537 (+99) 298 (-9) Augustana 137 (+18) 20 (-15) 6 (-11) Business 96 (+23) 29 (+7) 17 (+5) Engineering 606 (+135) 169 (+17) 83 (-10) Saint-Jean 46 (+20) 20 (+10) 7 (+4) Science 594 (-64) 200 (-34) 77 (-50) TOTAL 3017 (+381) 1055 (+88) 545 (-66) 6
International Students International Undergraduate Applicants By country, top 9 application sources (J. Soltice, UAI December 2008) Applicants Admitted* New Registered Country of 1- yr 1- yr Last school 2008 chang e 2008 chang e 2008 China 989 198 679 679 254 13 Canada (Maple Leaf) 956 114 397 397 159-30 Malaysia 104 31 90 90 13-11 Saudi Arabia 104 12 71 71 2-17 Nigeria 103 25 11 11 2 2 United States 99-1 29 29 7-5 India 46-7 28 28 5-2 Pakistan 35 6 13 13 4-2 Mexico 30-4 20 20 9-2 Exchange and VSCP excluded *Admitted includes conditional and final admissions 1- yr chang e Total international student enrolment Fall 2008 (J. Soltice, UAI, December 2008) Undergrad Total Graduate Total Grand Total 4000 3500 341 3000 2500 2000 1821 1873 1500 1000 930 1538 500 891 0 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Fall Intake Year 7
International student numbers as a percentage of total student numbers (J. Soltice, UAI December 2008) Undergraduate Graduate 30.00% 23.93% 20.00% 19.53% 19.80% 20.32% 20.56% 21.78% 10.00% 6.17% 3.67% 4.24% 4.66% 4.87% 5.78% 0.00% 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Fall Entry Term Top International Undergrad student numbers plus target countries (J. Soltice, UAI December 2008) UofA Rank in 2007 Citizenship 2007 (sort) 2006 UofA growth rate IIE Undergrad Growth Rate over previous year IIE* source country rank 1 China 754 571 32% 64.70% 3 2 Korea 104 71 46% 16.70% 1 3 Hong Kong 99 102-3% 12.20% 9 4 Japan 47 46 2% -6.40% 2 5 Malaysia 43 24 79% 0.70% 18 6 Taiwan 30 31-3% 2.70% 7 7 Mexico 24 22 9% 7.80% 6 8 India 23 27-15% 8.40% 4 9 Nigeria 21 22-5% 4.90% 14 10 Pakistan 20 10 100% -8.30% 21 8
U of A International Roles (Britta Baron, October 2008) Lead coordination, planning and reporting on central level progress on international engagement strategy UAI Regional Managers Deliver central services (e.g. recruitment, education abroad, global education) Provide support to Faculties UAI Model for International Strategy (Britta Baron, 2008) International Relations Partnerships Office of the President Vice-President (External Relations) Alumni Global Development VP Research Internationalizing Curriculum Education Abroad Visibility Reputation Faculty Graduate Studies and Research Faculties Regional Studies Languages Recruitment Retention Office of the Registrar 9
International Relations and Partnerships (Britta Baron 2008) Focus on key countries Focus on limited priority partners Strong interface with Presidents Office Strong interface with Faculties Advisory groups and annual work plans for each country Data Collection, databases Community Building Consulting, Information Sharing Recognition for faculty leaders International Relations and Partnerships ( Britta Baron, 2008) Focus on Key Countries Tier I: Comprehensive engaging all areas, key role for senior administrators, flagship activities USA, Mexico, China, India, Germany Tier II: Focus in 2 or more areas, e.g. research and recruitment, limited role for senior administrators Korea, Japan, Singapore, Brazil Tier III: Priority on recruitment, some additional activity but mainly in support of recruitment, occasional role for senior administrators Vietnam, Malaysia, Gulf States, Egypt, Turkey, Iran Chile Emerging: Potential for recruitment Russia, Ukraine, Indonesia, Nigeria, Ghana 10