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Tampere University of Technology (TUT) joined the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) at the beginning of 2017. ECIU promotes the internationalization of its member universities and represents their interests at the EU level.
ECIU is a growing consortium that currently comprises 12 research-intensive universities. It has a goal to bring members on board from each country... in Europe.
TUT was invited to join ECIU, as the University enjoys a strong reputation for industry collaboration and has been steadily climbing up global rankings. The fact that ECIU is more than a loose partnership between like-minded universities was an important consideration for TUT.
“ECIU is an active and well-organized international consortium established in 1997. All the member universities are expected to serve on its working groups,” says Minna Haka-Risku, ECIU"s local coordinator at TUT.
“Judging by the number of international students and staff and the volume of English-taught courses and programmes, TUT is one of the most international universities in Finland. While our professors and researchers maintain close collaboration with colleagues from around the world, it is also important to be involved in cross-institutional networks,” says President Mika Hannula.
Hannula believes that ECIU membership will help strengthen TUT"s international profile.
“We’re looking to promote the international mobility of our teachers and identify potential partner universities with which to establish long-term research projects. After international tuition fees are introduced in Finnish universities, we’re going to see even more competition for talented foreign students, so their recruitment is also a priority,” says Hannula.
ECIU’s coordinator is placed in the University of Twente in the Netherlands. The practical work is undertaken by working groups, which are made up of employees from the member universities. TUT is well represented and has a seat on both of ECIU’s largest working groups. One of them focuses on innovation in teaching and learning and the other on entrepreneurship and societal impact.
“As ECIU aims to increase the exchange of students within the consortium by 20 per cent, the member universities are developing customized programmes for exchange students. TUT could, for example, offer a tailored package of currently available, English-taught bachelor’s courses to students from the other member universities,” says Haka-Risku.
The members are also working on international double degree programmes and an online course on entrepreneurship. In addition, ECIU has launched a development programme for teachers and education developers. The first implementation round of the programme is currently underway, with two representatives from each member university.
“To increase international recruitment, we’ve agreed to advertise all positions that become vacant in the member universities on ECIU’s website.”
TUT has experience of previous collaboration with all of ECIU’s member universities. Exchange agreements remain in place between TUT and almost all the members in accordance with ECIU’s regulations.
“UK universities have been reluctant to sign bilateral exchange agreements in the past. Thanks to ECIU, we now have the University of Nottingham as part of our network of potential host universities."
Haka-Risku says that a key part of ECIU’s mission is to influence EU policies that are relevant for the consortium. To this end, ECIU recently hired an employee to represent its interests in the EU.
The sharing of good practices is an important aspect of all collaboration.
“When universities come together to share experiences, we gain new insights and ideas for developing our University. We only have to make sure that the insights are put into action,” says Hannula.
TUT is located in Tampere, the Nordic countries’ largest inland city, some 170 km north of the capital Helsinki. TUT’s campus in the suburb of Hervanta is a community of 10,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students and close to 2,000 employees. Internationality is an inherent part of all the University’s activities. Around 1,500 foreign nationals from more than 60 countries work or pursue studies at TUT.
Tampere University of Technology (TUT) is an active scientific community of 1,600 employees and 8,300 students. The University enjoys a reputation as a sough-after collaboration partner in industry and academia and maintains close ties with some 200 universities around the world. Internationality is an integral part of all our activities. TUT is a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU).
The most extensive and established of our international leading-edge fields of research are signal processing, optics and photonics, and intelligent machines. We aim to be counted among the world’s foremost research institutions in these fields.
TUT was established in 1965 and has operated in the form of a foundation since 2010. Our compact and welcoming campus is located in the city district of Hervanta and is easy to reach by public transport or by car.
The Kampusareena building (photo) stands in the middle of the campus and is a vibrant meeting place for students, researchers, staff, companies and alumni. The building was completed in autumn 2015.