THE IMPACT OF ERASMUS MOBILITY ON MILITARY TECHNICAL HIGHER EDUCATION

At European level, we witness an increasing emphasis on the internationalization of higher education. The most important universities have as objective the development of student, teaching staff and researchers’ mobility, as well as the compatibility of bachelor, MBA and PhD study programs.

In this context, crossing national borders by universities and their presence on the world market represent an important step in achieving European quality standards.

Although the functioning of the technical military higher education is subject to further limitations imposed by the rigors of the military system, its connection to the quality requirements of the European system is a necessity as well as a reality. Therefore, the implementation of the internationalization concept is a priority target in technical military higher education institutions.

Military higher education acquires greater international dimension as a larger number of students, teaching staff and specialists get involved in mobility and international projects. National cooperation in military higher education is an important area that contributes to improving the quality of teaching, learning and research processes, being beneficial for the generation of new skills and knowledge.

While for the students of civil universities Erasmus represents an opportunity to increase their employability chances, for military students Erasmus mobility represents the chance to gain international experience which, along with the new skills and knowledge acquired, provide them a better adaptation to fit into a new, international and multicultural environment.