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Strategic Management of Masters Programmes in European Universities: Approaches, Frameworks and Tools for Success book cover

1st Edition

Strategic Management of Masters Programmes in European Universities Approaches, Frameworks and Tools for Success

Edited By António Ferreira Copyright 2027
266 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This ground-breaking book offers a compelling exploration of how masters programmes are shaped, managed, and transformed across Europe, revealing them not as neutral administrative units, but as key sites where the future of the university is actively negotiated.   Bringing together institutional accounts and critical analyses, the book examines how masters programmes are designed and... Read more

Acknowledgements

Abstract

List of contributors

Foreword: Contemporary challenges in the design of education provision. Authors: Cristina Sin and Orlanda Tavares

Introduction: The strategic management of masters programmes – towards the establishment of a research field. Author: António Ferreira

 

Part 1: Rethinking the Strategic Management of Masters Programmes in European Universities

1. Strategic purposes and stakeholders. Author: António Ferreira

2. Strategic political economies. Author: António Ferreira

3. Strategic organizational models. Author: António Ferreira

4. Strategic change approaches. Author: António Ferreira

 

Part 2: On Institutional Diversity and Convergence at the Master Level

5. Defining institutional diversity beyond the social inclusion debate. Author: António Ferreira

6. Voices from the universities. Author: António Ferreira

7. Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. Authors: Victor L. Knoop and Gonçalo Correia

8. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. Author: Pierre Dillenbourg

9. Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain. Author: Julio A. Soria-Lara

10. Technical Superior Institute, Portugal. Authors: Alexandre Francisco and Francisco Melo

11. Technical University of Denmark. Author: Carlos Lima Azevedo

12. Technical University of Munich, Germany. Author: Mark Michaeli

13. Exploratory and critical perspectives across Europe. Author: António Ferreira

14. Objectifying the Diversity of Master's Students: A Pedagogical Tool. Authors: Rebecca Strebel, Laurent Audétat and Gaële Goastellec

15. Towards Third Cultures in European Higher Education: Examining questions of language and internationalisation in European Master’s programmes. Authors: Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld and Wendy Tan

16. Still Lost in Translation: 35 years of master’s programmes in Estonian higher education. Author: Voldemar Tomusk

17. A critical reflection on the evolution of the masters degree in Spatial Planning and Urban Design at the University of Porto. Authors: Paulo Pinho, Isabel Breda Vazquez and Sara Cruz

18. The Master of Civic Design at the University of Liverpool. Author: Alex Lord

19. Synthesis and concluding thoughts. Author: António Ferreira

 

References 

 

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Biography

António Ferreira is a senior researcher at CITTA:  Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment; and an assistant professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Georesources, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal.

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