The internationalisation of higher education: a challenge for Universities

Abstract

In this article, the authors deal with the internationalisation of higher education after the signing of the Bologna Declaration. Among other issues, they cover student and staff mobility within the new member states of the European Union (EU), international mobility at a technical university, the tools for implementing the Bologna process, key activities of Bologna promoters, the beneficiaries of the Bologna process, as well as the difficulties and obstacles that may hinder the implementation of the Bologna process. Also presented and discussed is the present state of the internationalisation of technical university higher education in the new European Union (EU) member country of Lithuania.