Nordic Five Tech education co-operation

NPC Board MeetingAugust 23rd 2007

Sirkka-Liisa Jämsä-Jounela, TKKMikko Vermasvuori, TKK

The aim of education co-operation

• To create study modules including courses from different universities for exchange students

• To inform students who are willing to study abroad about the possible courses. To this end a report of education in Nordic 5 Tech universities in the area of process systems engineering has been prepared using information on universities’ websites.

Courses and organisation of the co-operation

• Prior to this meeting, the course lists have been sent to professors Skogestad, Jørgensen, Breitholz and Jacobsen, who have checked the validity of the courses in their field of expertise.

• As the course lists and modules will be updated in the future, a contact person responsible of taking care of the co-operation should be named in all participating universities.

Forms of co-operation1. Master level

• At the master level, the common modules will be the most significant form of co-operation

• In addition to the normal courses, summer courses in varying topics could be included.

• Maybe master thesis works could also be done in any of the universities?

• Funding for this kind of co-operation could be raised from Erasmus exchange programme and the participating universities. Companies’ support??

Forms of co-operation2. PhD level

• At the PhD level, the co-operation could include student and teacher exchanges and organising PhD courses on various topics.

• Funding for this kind of co-operation could be raised from Erasmus exchange programme, Nordforsk (e.g. Researcer networks, research training courses, course scholarships), and from the participating universities. Companies’ support??

Future plans

• Preparation of the co-operation format

• Task force– members– meeting