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International activities
The objective of international activities is to
create international, high-quality, competitive
studies and research development and services
through interaction.
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International activities

• Network
• about 70 international partner institutions in
  Europe, Asia, North America and Africa
• co-operation within networks and programmes
• European Unions educational programmes, e.g.
  Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci
• Magellan network in the USA
• national Asia and Africa co-operation networks
• member of the University of the Arctic and
  Circumpolar Universities Association

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International activities

• Figures
• long-term student and staff mobility in 2004
• 125 outgoing exchange students
• 63 incoming international exchange students
• 85 international degree students
• 14 outgoing staff members

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Student mobility
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International activities

• Development through internationalisation
• R D project activities
• curriculum development
• international perspective in curricula
• focal areas Barents region, European Union,
  North America and Asia
• strategy span 2000 - 2010

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Education in English

• selection of courses (each semester over 100
  ects credits)
• degree programmes
• Tourism (210 ects credits / 3,5 years)
• Information Technology (240 credits / 4 years)
• International Business (210 credits / 3,5 years)
• specialisation programme
• International Project Management (60 ects credits
  / one year)

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International Relations Office Head of
International Relations Office International
Relations Administrator International
Secretary Ounasvaara Campus Rantavitikka
Campus Viirinkangas Campus International
Coordinator in every campus
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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES Erasmus
Erasmus Mundus Leonardo North2North
Nordplus North South First RAMK total
budget (International Relations Office)
annually 316 000 (includes salaries for
three persons)
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