The third visit at UKIM (P11), as part of the Special Mobility Strand (SMS) program of the KFORCE project, took place in the period January 27 – February 2, 2020. The training mobility was organized within two institutions: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Institute for Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology.
The aim of the training was to provide the trainees involved in the mobility with international experience on the education system and teaching methods for PhD education at UKIM.
The trainees and institutions involved in this mobility were:
- Mirjana Laban, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad
- Vlastimir Radonjanin, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad
- Mirjana Malesev, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad
- Ivan Lukic, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad
- Olivera Bukvic, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad
The training visit was opened by the welcome note of the local coordinator of the K-FORCE project, Professor Meri Cvetkovska and the Director of the Institute for Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, prof. Vlatko Sheshov.
The options for organizing double diploma PhD studies with UKiM (Institute for Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology) were discussed.
Other important topics were external accreditation process and self-evaluation protocols at UKiM, as well as open science promotion. Sustainability of study programs in the Disaster Risk Management and Fire Safety area was also the subject of common interest.
The training visit was very positively evaluated both by the trainees and by the host professors, as indicated by the evaluation forms filled on the last day of activity. From the review of the evaluation forms it is possible to state that the content of the visit was deemed very relevant to the field of DRM&FSE and K-FORCE goals. The expectations of the trainees were met and the event fully succeeded in achieving the main goals of promoting open-science, internationalization, and cooperation among the participants.
