1. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION & MOBILITY

2. International students 2015
1 373 international students (31 May 2016)
from 102 countries (10% of all students)
465 visiting & exchange students
531 undergraduate & graduate students
377 doctoral students

3. Exchange students at JYU in 2015
NORTH
AMERICA 18
Popular student exchange destination
EUROPE 356
ASIA 51
AFRICA 20
SOUTH
AMERICA 19
OCEANIA 2

4. Erasmus 2009–2016

5. International degree students studying at JYU in 2015–2016
EUROPE 424
ASIA 298
OCEANIA 4
AFRICA 93
NORTH
AMERICA 60
SOUTH 28
Among the world top 400 universities

6. 30% of students study or work abroad
JYU students abroad 2015
30% of students study or work abroad
NORTH
AMERICA 36
EUROPE 311
ASIA 33
AFRICA 8
SOUTH
AMERICA 23
OCEANIA 6

7. STUDENT MOBILITY PROGRAMMES
+ 60 University-level student exchange agreements
ISEP (International Student Exchange Program)
US & ISEP International
NORDPLUS – Nordic Programme for the Mobility
of University Students and
Teachers
FIRST – Finnish-Russian Student and Teacher Exchange Programme
BECAS Chile
ERASMUS+

8. University-level partnership agreements with universities abroad
Belgium
Europe
Bosnia Hertzegovina
Croatia
Estonia
Germany
Hungary
Kosovo  
Russia
Montenegro
University-level partnership agreements with universities abroad
+ some 400
Erasmus+ agreements

9. University-level partnership agreements with universities abroad
Japan
Australia
Barbados
Botswana
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Ethiopia
India
Kenya
Peru
South-Africa
South
Korea
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Uruguay
USA
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Mexico
Argentina
Eritrea
Ghana
Malavi
Mali
Saudi
Arabia
Singapore
United Arab
Emirates
Vietnam
OTHER CONTINENTS
Extensive international networks

10. Master´s Programmes conducted in English
Applied Language Studies
for the Changing Society
Banking and International Finance
Biological and Environmental Science
Biology of Physical Activity
Computational Sciences and Engineering
Corporate Environmental Management
Cultural Policy
Development and International
Cooperation
Digital Marketing and Corporate Communication
Educational Leadership
Educational Sciences
Information Systems
Intercultural Communication
International Business and
Entrepreneurship
Nanoscience
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Sport and Exercise Promotion
All 6 faculties offer Master’s programmes in English

11. Other programmes and modules (with 15 ECTS credits or more)
Business and Economics
Communication
Deutsche Kulturstudien
Education and Teacher
Education
Etudes françaises
History and Ethnology
Information Technology
Intercultural Communication
Languages (e.g. French and German)
Living with Globalization
Mathematics and Science
Psychology
Social Sciences and Philosophy
Sport and Health Sciences
Courses at Bachelor & Master level

12. Summer & Winter Schools
Summer School Sciences and Information Technology
Summer School in Human Sciences
Summer School in Information and Communication Technology in Guidance and Counselling
Winter School in Ecology
Winter School in Sport Sciences
Unique possibility to utilize semester breaks

13. Services for International Students
Excellent International Student Satisfaction
Study Portals Award 2016
Services for International Students
Arrival service
Accommodation in
student apartments
Orientation programmes
Student tutor
(mentor) system
Domestic item kits
(’survival kits’)
Friendship family programme
Finnish language courses on elementary, intermediate and advanced levels
Academic English courses
(Erasmus Student Network)
Free time activities

14. Further information www.jyu.fi/study International Office