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International Contacts and Networks
IInternational co-operation and collaboration is becoming increasingly important for all universities. In addition to personal contacts and scientific associations different institutional linkages play a crucial role in providing a platform for voicing universities’ opinions as well as creating opportunities for joint activities.
Institutional Organisations
The University of Helsinki is a member in two key institutional organisations.
Institutional Networks
Compared to the organisations above institutional neworks are more strongly geared towards co-operation and collaboration among the member universities.
- League of European Research Universities (LERU) The University of Helsinki is a founding member of LERU
- Universities in the Capitals of Europe (UNICA)
- Utrecht Network
- Europaeum
Other forms of Institutional Co-operation
In addition to institutional organisations and networks the University of Helsinki has an extensive list of co-operation agreements and projects. In Europe most collaborative activities are realised within the European programmes, including the 7th European Framework programme for research and the Erasmus programme in mobility and educational co-operation. The University has more than 350 exchange partners in Europe. Beyond European programmes the University has some 80 bilateral agreements with leading universities throughout the world. These include University of California, Berkeley (USA) Tokyo University (Japan), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Peking University (P.R.China), Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and the University of Melbourne (Australia).