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International Relations Office

International Relations Office. Former main building of TTU (1932 – 1968); Faculty of Economics and BA. The main building of TTU since 1968. IRO staff. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE Ms Madli Krispin , He ad of IRO madli @edu.ttu.ee.

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International Relations Office

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  1. International Relations Office Former main building of TTU (1932 – 1968); Faculty of Economics and BA The main building of TTU since 1968

  2. IRO staff INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE Ms Madli Krispin,Headof IROmadli@edu.ttu.ee Protocol and Agreements Service Dept. of European Educational Programs Ms Anu JohannesHead of Department anu.johannes@ttu.ee Ms Kristel VirulaCoordinator kristel.virula@ttu.ee Ms Maret HeinHead of DepartmentErasmus Coordinator International Student Advisermaret.hein@ttu.ee Ms Kadri AlverLeonardo da Vinci Coordinator kadri.alver@ttu.ee Educational AdvisingCenter (USA) educentr@edu.ttu.ee Ms Eha Teder,Head of the Center, eteder@edu.ttu.ee MsEpp KirssEducational Adviserekirss@edu.ttu.ee MsKadri SädeIT Specialist kadri@edu.ttu.ee

  3. IRO Spheres The office is the central coordinator of international staff and student exchange. Information about studies abroad and services to students, researchers and staff. IRO gives advice on project management, also protocol activities. • S p h e r e s • Participation in international organisations • Participation in international programs • Co-operation agreements • Scholarships and advising • Exchange of students and lecturers • International staff training • Student placements abroad • Protocol activities (delegations, visitors, information exchange with embassies)

  4. IRO Summary Founded:1968 Number of employees:8 (since 2001, 7 full time) Total budget in 2003:EEK 4 261 000 1 211 000 including salaries, travel expenses, office costs 0 TTU input for student exchange 50 000 Delegations and protocol activities 582 000 Erasmus programme 1 933 000 Leonardo programme 485 000 USA donation for the testing centre 720 000 VISBY project finances 2002-2003 Student Exchange:outgoing 77, foreign 23 (and 3 student groups) Staff Exchange:6 lecturers + 2 (Erasmus) to abroad Delegations (2001):41 delegations, 1100 persons from abroad 4 delegations to abroad

  5. Themes on our web page www.ttu.ee/external/ • IRO Spheres • Organisations • Programs • Partners • Networks • Studying at TTU • Contact • Photo Gallery • Useful Links

  6. Important International Organisations • Relating to our tasks we have close contacts with several organisations: • CIMO - The Centre for International Mobility www.cimo.fi • Swedish Institute www.si.se • The Nordic Council of Ministerswww.nmr.ee • British Councilwww.britishcouncil.ee • IVA – Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Scienceswww.iva.se • NAFSA - Association of International Educators www.nafsa.org • OSEAS-Europe - OverSeas Educational AdviserSwww.oseas.nafsa.org • SEFI –European Society for Engineering Educationwww.ntb.ch/SEFI/ • EUA - European University Association www.unige.ch/eua • IAU - UNESCO International Association of Universities www.unesco.org/iau • EAIE –European Association of International Educationwww.eaie.nl • WITEC – Women in Science and Technologywww.hh.se/witec

  7. Participation in International Programs 2002 - 2003 ERASMUS64agreements (2003/2004) with 11 countries LEONARDO da 13 projects VINCI- TTU as coordinator – 5 projects (2 pilot projects + 3 mobility projects) - TTU as partner – 8 projects (5 pilot projects + 3 proposals (Nov. 2002)) NORDPLUS 1 project EU1 project

  8. ERASMUS 2003/2004 • 64agreements with • 55 partners • launched with universities in 11 different countries: France,Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spainand Sweden

  9. Outgoing ERASMUS students

  10. Outgoing ERASMUS students 1999-2003

  11. Number of ERASMUS partners

  12. ERASMUS partners, mobility2002/2003

  13. ERASMUS partners, mobility2002/2003

  14. EUCEET (European Civil Engineering Education and Training) TNP-55779-1-98-1-FR-ERASMUS-ETN, contact person Prof. Karl Õiger, Faculty of Civil Engineering, from 1998, ended. • Enhancing European Engineering Education (E4), contact person Prof. Toivo Pappel, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, from 1999, ended. • IFOREA : International Forum On Resources Engineering and Administration, contact person Prof. Kaido Hääl, Faculty of Civil Engineering, from 2000. • FOOD NET, 55792-CP-3-00-1-FR-ERASMUS-ETN, contact person Prof Margus Friedenthal, Faculty of Chemistry, from 2000, ended. • 5.ECET – European Computing Education and Training, SOCRATES 213871-CP-1-2001-BG-ERASMUS-TN, contact person Prof. Aleksander Sudnitsõn, Faculty of Information Technology, from 2001. • 6.ISEKI-Food (Integrating Safety and Environmental Knowledge Into Food Studies towards European Sustainable Development, 104934-CP-1-2002-1-PT-ERASMUS-TN, contact person Prof Margus Friedenthal, Faculty of Chemistry, from Oct. 2002. ERASMUS thematic networks

  15. LEONARDO da VINCI LEONARDO DA VINCI I In 1996-1998 TTU participated in 7 Leonardo projects as silentpartner. Projects launched by partner universities in 1999. TTU as equal partner with EU universities. Total 16 projects, 8 approved ln 1999 launced 1 project, TTU in contractor role. LEONARDO DA VINCI II In 2002-2003 13 projects TTU as a coordinator – 5 projects(2 pilot projects + 3 mobility projects) TTU as a partner – 8 projects(5 pilot projects + 3 proposals (Nov. 2002))

  16. Project QUEST FOR EUROPE Leonardo da Vinci student mobility 2001/2002 Project QUEST FOR EUROPE, Qualified University Educated Students in Technology for Europe, Student Placement Program,Contractor Madli Krispin, EE/2001/PL-010 Partners: ESTONIA Tallinn Technical University SWEDEN Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (BTH) FRANCE Universite´ d´Angers ITALY Politecnico di Milano GERMANY Hochschule Mittweida IRELAND Cork Institute of Technology Outgoing students (from TTU) – 14 Incoming students (to TTU) – 12

  17. Projects accepted in 2002 • TTU in contractor role: • Quality Assurance in LSP – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - QUALSPELL; LANGUAGE project • Student Placement within European Wood Processing Enterprises in the field of Chemical Engineering - SPEWEC Student MOBILITY • TTU participates as a partner in following projects: • SWEDENPreparing Female Students for Academic Entrepre- neurship – PREFACE; PILOT project • LATVIAImproving Vocational Education in Electrical Engineering and Electronics” (IV4E);PILOT project • HOLLANDSearch tool for Useful cases in Problem Oriented Learning in Engineering curricula – LOUPE; PILOT project

  18. Project SPEWEC, Student Mobility 2002/03 Project SPEWEC, Student Placement within European Wood Processing Enterprises in the field of Chemical Engineering 2002-2003;Student Mobility,Contractor Kadri Alver, EE/2002/PL-B-019 Partners (19): ESTONIA (2)Eesti Inseneride Liit (Estonain Association of Engineers), Eesti PuutööLiit (Estonian Woodworking Federation) AUSTRIA (4)DANUBE in Wien, APS Office in Graz, ATTAC in Innsbruck, CATT in Linz BELGIUM (2)Katholike Hogeschool Zuid-West Vlaanderen, Katholike Hogeschool Kempen GERMANY (4)KOOR/BEST in Karlsruhe, Leonardo Kontakt- hochschule-Wirtschaft Rheinland-Pflaz/Saarland, ComEAST in Magdeburg, Technische Universität Berlin SPAIN (1)Fundación General de la Universidad de Salamanca

  19. Project SPEWEC, student mobility 2002/03 FINLAND (1)Keski-Pojanmaan Ammatikorkeakoulu in Kokkola NORWAY (1)Norwegian University of Technology in Trondheim HOLLAND (3)TU/e Regional Leonardo Bureau in Eindhoven, Regional Leonardo Office TU Delft, University of Twente in Enschede SWEDEN (1)University of Kalmar STUDENT MOBILITY from TTU to: Austria 4 Finland 2 Belgium 1 Norway 1 Germany 3 Holland 2 Spain 1 Sweden 1 TOTAL: 15 students

  20. Project No S/01/B/F/PP-127030 • Is a pilot project that aims to develop a common European tool for supervision of project work and work placements, conducted at companies abroad. The tool will • Guarantee academic quality. • Rationalise supervision. • Facilitate contacts between supervisors and students. • Partners:Universities from Sweden,Ireland,France,Estonia(TTU),Italy • Firms:EESTI ENERGIA and SCANIA • Prior to creating a model for the instrument, analyses and synthesise of the situation today will be made in order to establish a frame of reference for the work ahead. Project SUPERPRO • Coordinator at TTU - Madli Krispin,madli@edu.ttu.ee • Contact person (faculty of Power Engineering)-Tiit Metususalatiit.metusala@ttu.ee • Contact person at Eesti Energia - Ave Randpõldave.randpold@energia.ee • Long-term goals: •    The project in closely connected to QUEST and other LEONARDO projects •    Helps to administrate and support student placement •    Creates links between university-community cooperation • Develops open communication and dialogue for future

  21. Exchange program of students and professors supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers. • The time spent in partner university will be 1 semester. • NORDPLUS scholarship covers the accommodation and travelling costs. • Unfortunately there is no financial support from the Nordic Council of Ministers for Tallinn Technical University for academic year 2002/2003. NORDPLUS program Partners: DENMARK - Herning Institute of BA and Technology FINLAND - Lahti Polytechnic ICELAND -The Islandic College of Engineering and Technology SWEDEN - Mälardalen University • In 1999/2000 - 10 students from TTU • In 2000/2001 - 17 students from TTU • In 2001/2002 – 5 students from TTU

  22. Country Scholarship Number of outgoing students Total FINLANDErasmus 6 CIMO 8 University of Turku 317 DENMARKErasmus 4 Danish Rectors Conference 48 SWEDENErasmus 5 A. Ots Foundation 14 Visby Individual Scholarship 221 GERMANYErasmus 9 Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft 1 Weidmüller Scholarship 1 FH Kiel Scholarship 1 FH Stralsund Scholarship 1 TU Darmstadt (Scherer Stip.) 1 DAAD 216 Outgoing students 2002/2003

  23. Country Scholarship Number of outgoing students Total SWITZERLANDEidgenössische Stipendienkomission für Ausländische Studierende11 JAPAN Japanese Government Scholarship (AIEJ), The Univ. of Electro-Communications, Tokyo 11 CHINAChina Scholarship Council 11 GREECEErasmus 33 ITALYErasmus 66 FRANCEErasmus 33 SPAINErasmus 11 IRELANDErasmus 11 PORTUGALErasmus 11 Outgoing students 2002/2003 TOTAL: 77 students

  24. About 15-20 students stay at TTU annually for diploma work or thesis at different faculties. Every summer international students come for work placement under different EU programmes and student activities. Foreign students at TTU, Jan. 2003 • Armenia 1 • Bangladesh 1 • Bulgaria 1 • China 1 • Denmark 1 Erasmus student • Egypt 1 • Finland4+1 visiting student • Germany 1 • Israel 1 • Korea1 • Lithuania 2 • Nigeria 1 • Peru 1 • Russia 1 • Russia, Republic of Mari El 2 • Serbia 1 • Ukraine 1 • TOTAL: 23 students

  25. BILATERAL agreements have served different aims at different times like being used actively for student and staff exchange in the 90-ties and now from 2000 more for project cooperation, curricula development and EU project participation. There are active and passive agreements due to different financing and other reasons. TTU has bilateral agreements with55 universities and institutes abroad from 1989: Cooperation agreements Canada 2 Japan 1 China 2 Korea 1 Denmark 3 Norway 1 Finland 15 Poland 1 France 1 Sweden 4 Germany 13 The Netherlands 2 Gr. Britain 1 USA 5 Hungary 1 Ukraine 1 Italy 1 1 TRILATERAL cooperation agreement betweenTTU- Helsinki University of Technology - Budapest University of Technology and Economics

  26. Networks • Baltic Technical Universities Rectors’ Conference • University-Consortium in Science and Technology “BALTECH” • Networking of International Relations Offices – IROBALT • The Baltic Sea Region University Network • The Baltic University Programme • UNICA-Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe, www.ulb.ac.be/unica/ • WITEC - Women in Science and Technology • The Swiss Baltic Net, www.swissbaltic.net

  27. Our Estonian partners • Estonian Ministry of Education • Estonian Academy of Science • The Foundation "ARCHIMEDES“ • Socrates Estonian National Agency • Estonian Leonardo Centre • Estonian Labour Market Board • Our travel agencies, • Baltic Tours • Estravel AS • hotels • Hotel Hermes • Hotel London • Hotel Metropol • Hotel Pallas • Reval Hotel Group Ltd. • Hotel Tähetorni • and companies: • Eesti Energia AS • OÜ ITT Group

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