The goals of the program were to adopt the way of working in an international team for the purpose of transferring technology and knowledge, encouraging interaction with a specific business environment, and developing and validating innovative project ideas with a special focus on Transylvania. Students were grouped into international and multidisciplinary teams in which they developed their own opinions and abilities through cooperation with other teams with regular feedback from teachers involved in the Program. Upon successful completion of the Program, students received certificates and earned an additional 3 ECTS credits.
The program was held in a mixed format. Online classes were held from July 3 to 7, while the physical part of mobility took place from July 9 to 15. The organizer of BIP was the Faculty of Economics and Law, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, Targu Mures (Romania). While the partner institutions, in addition to the host and FOI, were the Louis Pasteur Institute of Technology of the University of Strasbourg (France) and the Alec Russo University in Bălți (Moldova).
The teachers who participated in the implementation of this BIP from FOI were Associate Professor Iva Gregurec, Ph.D. as head of the Program and Associate Professor Martina Tomičić Furjan, Ph.D. while our students included in this program were Katarina Dora Kepić, Elena Luna Pavlović, Karla Hlebec, Petra Gladoić, Ana Novak and Luka Kemenović.
The students' feedback is positive, and the teachers will continue cooperation with all partner institutions in the future.
Due to her experience in organizing combined intensive programs, prof. Martina Tomičić Furjan was a guest on the podcast of the University television that coordinated the program, the podcast is available here.
