University of Helsinki Faculties, units and degree programmes are encouraged to actively participate in developing teaching and education by taking part in international cooperation projects. University of Helsinki has set internal guidelines for taking part in externally funded education projects. The guidelines are used as the starting point for preparing for new project initiatives or taking part in external project proposals.
Project funding applications need to be well prepared in cooperation with the project participants and enough time has to be reserved for the preparation of the project funding application. University of Helsinki can only take part in projects for which the funding application and budget have been prepared in cooperation.
If a partner wishes to invite us to join a project proposal, all documentation related to the project proposal must be submitted to the University of Helsinki for revision well in advance before the application is submitted to the funder. Project proposals sent close to the application round deadline will be automatically discarded.
Contact for all education project related matters is educationprojects@helsinki.fi
Cooperation partnerships in higher education, since 2021
Cooperation partnerships in school education, since 2021
Cooperation partnerships in youth, since 2021
Small-scale partnerships in vocational education and training, since 2021
Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness, since 2021
Strategic Partnerships for higher education, funding granted in 2014-2020
Strategic Partnerships for school education, funding granted in 2014-2020
Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training, funding granted in 2014-2020
Strategic Partnerships for youth, funding granted in 2014-2020
Strategic Partnerships for adult education, funding granted in 2014-2020
Strategic Partnerships addressing more than one field, funding granted in 2014-2020
Gender-Sensitive Teacher Training in STEAM Education 2024
Empowering pre- and in-service teachers to harness the potential of AI for designing creative and ethical
digital education ecosystems 2024
Teacher Academy for a Future-oriented steam EDucation fOR A Sustainable world 2024
Alliances for Innovation
Care4Skills, Long-Term Care Sectoral Cooperation on Skills 2023
Knowledge Alliances
NEMHESYS, Establishment in Multidisciplinary Healthcare Education System 2019
VIRAL East African HEI Network for Regional Digital Plant Pathology Study Modules 2024
PROGRESS Promoting reforms for a growth and modernization of the higher education system in Burundi 2024
MINNAGAN Enhancing skills and competences of local actors to promote sustainable development of plant-based
remedies and phytomedicines in Benin 2023
MIMIN, Good Hygiene - Improving Skills and Hospital Practices of Healthcare Professionals to Prevent Maternal and Neonatal Infections in Benin 2022
PRESS, Promoting Relevant Education in Science for Sustainability 2022
SEBA, Strengthening expertise and bioinformatics to control antimicrobial resistance in West Africa 2020
FRAME, Forests, climate change mitigation and adaptation: Higher Education Cooperation in Mekong region 2020
CLIMED, Multilevel Local, Nation- and Region-wide Education and Training in Climate Services, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation 2020
CBHE-STEM, Integrated Approach to STEM Teacher Training 2019
Modernization of Doctoral Education in Science and Improvement of Teaching Methodologies 2018
FORHEAL, Forestry Higher Education Advancement in Laos 2017
PISAI, Participatory and integrative support for agricultural initiative 2017
Jean Monnet Chair
Jean Monnet Module
Jean Monnet Thematic Networks in Higher Education
Developing the Artificial Intelligence of Things
Digital Humanities: Ensuring university teaching in times of crisis
Intensive courses for state-of-art atmospheric measurement and analysis in India 2023
Inclusive education in co-teaching teams: collaborative teaching practicum by Finnish and Southeast Asian teacher education students 2023
Museums, morphology, and molecules: new ways of evolution education 2023
Digital learning in STEAM pedagogy for the Equity of Education 2023
Oral and maxillofacial surgery training - experts of medicine in combining virtual 3D design and facial reconstruction 2023
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: Finland-Brazil Partnership for Education and Awareness 2023
From Toxity to Safety 2023
NDDS, New Directions in Development Studies, and Sustainability: Reconsidering global challenges and local realities 2022
Indigenous Cultures in Evolution: Governing Rights and Responsibilities through Sustainable Law and Ethics 2022
Finland-China collaborative course on Global Food Safety: An approach to enhance global sustainability 2022
Cultivating pharmaceutical expertise within Taiwanese –Finnish cooperation 2021
Approaches to Digital Language Typology 2021
Microbiology from the One Health perspective 2021
Finnish-Russian Network on Area studies and Methodologies 2021
Pan-Eurasian EXperiment –Finnish-Russian Earth System Research Network 2021
HEP-TED: Higher Education Pedagogies for Teacher Education 2024
FoodLeader: Empowering Tomorrow's Food Security Leaders: Strengthening Higher Education Capacity for Sustainable Food Systems in Kenya and Mozambique 2024
TOTEMK Training Trainers for Teacher Education and Management in Kenya 2020
PARFORM Partnership for Forestry Higher Education Cooperation in Mekong Region 2017
HEFSESE Higher Education for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability in Eritrea 2015
The Higher Education Partnership Programme (HEP) and Higher Education Institutions' Institutional Cooperation Instrument (HEI ICI) support cooperation projects between higher education institutions in Finland and the developing world that are designed to enhance higher education provision in these countries. The projects support the higher education institutions in developing their subject-specific, methodological, educational and administrative capacities.
Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs provides funding for the programme through its development cooperation funds and the Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) administrates the programme.
University of Helsinki has been actively participating in the HEP and HEI ICI programmes for several years as a coordinating institution in many projects.