Apply for exchange studies in the spring 2009

APPLICATION PERIOD 8  - 22 September 2008

The degree students of the University of Tampere currently enrolled as present may apply for exchange studies in the following bilateral partner universities of the University of Tampere:

- IVANOVO STATE UNIVERSITY, Russia 2 students

- NATIONAL TARAS SHEVCHENKO UNIVERSITY OF KYIV, Ukraine 1 student

- TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY, campus Ciudad Juárez, Mexico3 students

- ST. PETERSBURG STATE POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Russia3 students

- UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG, Austria 2 students

- UNIVERSITY OF TARTU, Estonia 1 student

The applicants must have studied at the University of Tampere for at least one year. Postgraduate students may apply for places at the Universities of Salzburg and Tartu. Students cannot apply to study abroad for a period for which they do not have the right to study at the University of Tampere (N.B. Students studying at the master's degree programmes organized by the ISSS have a time limit for their studies, i.e. the right to study covers two years. The Dean of the Faculty can prolong the right to study upon application.)

Language requirements:

Austria: a good command of German. 

Estonia: a good command of Estonian if studying in Estonian in Tartu or a good command of English if studying in English 

Hong Kong: a good command of English. Students applying to Hong Kong should also have taken at least an elementary course in Chinese.

Mexico: a good command of Spanish and English

Russia: a satisfactory command of Russian

Ukraine: a satisfactory command of Russian or Ukrainian

The places are confirmed finally when the host universities accept the students.

Applicants fill in an application form, which is obtainable from 8 September onwards at the International Office A129 (Main Building). The application form is also accessible online at: http://www.uta.fi/opiskelu/opiskelu_ulkomailla/index.html.

Please return the application form and its enclosures (a transcript of academic records in Finnish or in English, a motivation letter, study plan and Curriculum Vitae in the host country's language of studies) to the International Office A129, by 3 pm on Monday 22 September. In addition to the enclosures mentioned above, students enrolled in Master's degree programmes (the separate two-year Master's programmes, not 'ordinary' Master's degrees) should enclose a statement from a supervisor of her/his Master's thesis in which the supervisor supports student's application to the given host university. Those selected to the exchange programmes receive a travel grant from the University of Tampere.

To see the descriptions of the exchange universities, please refer to the "Ulkomaille opiskelemaan? Perusasiat pähkinänkuoressa" guide or the website  http://www.uta.fi/opiskelu/opiskelu_ulkomailla/index.html (both in Finnish).

Additional information and consulation 15 - 22 September 2008:

University of Salzburg: Kaisa Kurki, (03) 3551 6234, Kaisa.Kurki@uta.fi Room A114 (Main Building)

Technológico de Monterrey: Terhi Kipinä, (03) 3551 8353, Terhi.Kipina@uta.fi, Room A113 (Main Building); available also 8-12 September 2008.

Hong Kong Institute of Education, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, University of Tartu and universities in Russia: Sirke Mäkinen, (03) 3551 6039, Sirke.Makinen@uta.fi, Room A115 (Main Building).