Grant agreement no.: 2012-2948/001-001Grant Agreement • February 4th, 2015
Contract Type FiledFebruary 4th, 2015University-business cooperation (UBC) is currently one of the key strategic challenges facing higher education in Europe. It holds implications for support for graduates’ career success, international mobility, modernisation of curricula and the more practical orientation of higher education in general. In a survey among 700 enterprises and enterprise associations in Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and other countries, the EMCOSU consortium sought answers to three interrelated questions: i) which are the most relevant modes and results of cooperation; ii) what determines cooperation; and iii) which are the future developmental needs? While at the moment many countries are developing university- business cooperation policies there is still room for improvement in terms of more efficient communication, legal support and better integration of various stakeholders. Although some economic sectors, such as information and communication technology, already have a long established t