Exchange studies in the academic year 2009-2010

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:

AUSTRALIA
• UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, Brisbane
2 students for one semester or 1 student for a calendar year 2010

AUSTRIA
• UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG
5 students for one semester or for the academic year

BRAZIL
• CENTRO UNIVERSTÁRIO FEEVALE, Novo Hamburgo
2 students for one semester or 1 for the academic year
 
CHINA
• HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
3 students for one semester or 1 for the academic year and 1 for one semester
• CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
2 students for one semester or for the academic year
• SUMMER COURSES AT FUDAN UNIVERSITY, Shanghai (Please see a separate announcement)

ESTONIA
• UNIVERSITY OF TARTU
4 students for one semester or 2 for the academic year

GERMANY
• UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG
5 students for one semester or for the academic year

JAPAN
• DAITO BUNKA UNIVERSITY, Tokyo
1 student for the autumn semester 2009 and 1 student for the
calendar year 2010
• OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY, Tokyo
1 student for the autumn semester 2009 and 1 student for the
calendar year 2010

KOREA
• AJOU UNIVERSITY, Suwon
4 students for one semester or 2 for the academic year
• SOGANG UNIVERSITY, Seoul
4 students for one semester or 2 for the academic year
• SOOKMYUNG WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY, Seoul
2 students for one semester or 1 for the academic year

MEXICO
• BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA, Puebla
2 students for one semester or for the academic year
• INSTITUTO TECHNOLÓGICO DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES MONTERREY, campus Ciudad Juárez
4 students for one semester or 2 students for the academic year

RUSSIA
• IVANOVO STATE UNIVERSITY
2 students for one semester or 1 student for the academic year
• MOSCOW STATE LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY
4 students for one semester
• MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
2 students for one semester or 1 for the academic year
• PETROZAVODSK STATE UNIVERSITY
1 student for one semester
• RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF ECONOMICS, Moscow
3 students for one semester
• ST. PETERSBURG STATE POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
2-4 students for one semester or for the academic year

The applicants must have studied at the University of Tampere for at least one year, except those who apply to the University of Leipzig who must have studied for at least two years. Postgraduate students may apply for places at the Universities of Leipzig, 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:

Australia: a good command of English -  a TOEFL test might be required.
Austria and Germany: a good command of German
China/Hong Kong: a good command of English  and at least an elementary course in Chinese taken before the start of the exchange period. 
Estonia: a good command of Estonian if studying in Estonian in Tartu or a good command of English if studying in English 
Japan: a good command of English and an elementary course in Japanese
Korea: a good command of English. Those having at least an elementary knowledge of Korean will be given priority.
Mexico: a good command of Spanish and English (Ciudad Juarez); a good command of Spanish (Puebla).
Russia: a satisfactory command of Russian, except for the Plekhanov Academy: a good command of English and an elementary course in Russian

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

Applicants fill in an application form, which is also obtainable from 19 January onwards at the International Office A129 (Main Building).

Please return the application form and its enclosures (a transcript of academic records, 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 9 February. 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. However, the students who are accepted in the University of Leipzig will only receive the grant if the host university does not offer a grant.

For the descriptions of the exchange universities, please refer to our website (in Finnish). Please see also the website with links to the exchange universities' websites, where you can find more information on the universities.

Additional information and consultation:

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

Fudan University, universities in Brazil and Mexico and University of Queensland
Leena Uski (03) 3551 8353, Leena.Uski@uta.fi, Room A113 (Main Building)

Universities in Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, University of Tartu and universities in Russia
Sari Hyttinen, (03) 3551 6039, Sari.Hyttinen@uta.fi, Room A115 (Main Building).