The analysed data are collected mainly from ASE’s International Relations Department, the Rector’s Annual Reports (2016-2019), but also from various pages of the institutional website. Next, the paper illustrates the measures taken since 2016 in four priority areas, where constant progress has been recorded: in-house internationalisation internationalisation abroad internationalisation of research and consolidation of international prestige. We first briefly refer to key national and international literature on the internationalisation of higher education, and to the University’s international dimension since its establishment in 1913: the enrolment of foreign students, the presence of study programs in foreign languages, the existence of student exchange programmes, cooperation agreements with universities from abroad etc. The present paper aims to provide up-to-date information on the internationalisation endeavours undertaken in the last five years by the Romanian topmost economic university – the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE), based on ambitious goals set by means of its “Internationalisation Strategy” launched in 2016.
The efficiency of the blended learning approach to teaching Romanian as a Foreign Language will be discussed by reference to the successful integration of graduates on the educational market in Romania, which will be briefly referred to in the article. A one-of-a kind digital support is provided through the Oportunidance platform, developed through an international project that was awarded the European Language Label 2016 for innovation and creativity in foreign language teaching and learning.
Teaching and learning activities have been based on a combination of classroom techniques and digital media resources that will be described in the article. Since the launch of the program, it has been attended by more than 250 students from all over the world, who have benefited from a blended learning instructional approach. The aim of the current paper is to present the experience The latter program was initiated in 2014 and is the first such program accredited by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) in 2017.
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