 PARTNER UNIVERSITIES
AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Aalto University School of Science and Technology located near Helsinki forms the heart of the unique Otaniemi Science and Technology Park (www.otaniemi.fi ). This university is the largest, the most diversified and the oldest university of its kind in Finland. TKK has 15 000 students and a staff about 3 000 people. It was founded in 1849 and achieved university status in 1908. High-level scientific research, postgraduate education, close contacts with industry, and interdisciplinary cooperation in research and education (e.g. between technology and biology, medicine and economics) are strongly emphasized. TKK also contributes to one fourth of all Finnish Centers of Excellence in Research.
Academic departments and research domains: - Architecture
- Automation and Systems Technology
- Chemical Technology
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electrical and Communications Engineering
- Engineering Physics and Mathematics
- Forest Products Technology
- Industrial Engineering and Management
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Surveying
Joint research and teaching priorities: - Energy and environment
- ICT and its applications in basic engineering areas
- Health care and medical technology
- Materials science and nanotechnology
- Technical infrastructure of the society
- Wood, paper and pulp technology
Contact person on Baltech issues: Mauri Airila, Professor Link:
KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
The largest university of technology in the Baltic States...
Lithuania is a country located at the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea with a population of 3.4 million inhabitants. Its neighbouring countries are Latvia, Belarus, Poland, and Russia. In 1922 the University of Lithuania was established in the very centre of Lithuania, city of Kaunas. Then the Faculty of Engineering gradually developed into an independent institution, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), which today is the largest university of technology in the Baltic States. At the moment 13 faculties of the university (comprising 17 research fields in total) offer studies for 20,000 students and 500 doctoral degree students. The University awards Bachelors’, Masters’ and Doctors’ degrees as well as a professional qualification. University offers 41 bachelor, and 65 master study programs. Having acquired the master degree one may choose postgraduate studies in 17 different fields. Graduates of KTU are very successful in getting a job according to their specialty. One may find a fair number of KTU graduates taking the high posts in national authority institutions: 100 000 students have already graduated our University. The university is proud of 100 post-docs and 800 PhD graduates.
The University has decisively outlined its vision for becoming a strong research and innovation university, where the studies are based on a symbiosis of study and research, a university that seeks excellence in fundamental and applied sciences, where doctoral studies conform to international standards, a university that is a partner of industry, business, government organizations, and society both in Lithuania and the EU. The university, seeking top quality education, plans to set the optimum number of students as well as their well-proportioned share in each stage of studies (Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate studies). KTU is competitive in a lot of high technologies, including mechatronics, chemistry, process control, non-destructive testing, food sciences, environment protecting technologies, information technology and telecommunications, etc.
Kaunas University of Technology is notable among other universities in Lithuania for its income from industry contracts – it alone earns as much as all other 19 Lithuanian universities taken together. KTU takes an active part in EU projects: participated in 33 6BP projects, seven 7BP projects were started in 2008. It also takes part in the international nuclear energy R&D projects ITER FUSION and MYRRHA. As many as 148 patents of employees of KTU are registered abroad. Scientists publish more than 1000 peer reviewed journals, more than 100 scientific articles in TR WOS (ISI) listed journals, tens of monographs, actively participate in scientific conferences and large international projects, carry hundreds of projects with local companies that bring at least 10 million Litas to the University budget annually, etc. Five scientific journals issued by KTU have been included into the database of ISI Master Journal List. The university is a member of numerous international associations and organizations, such as EUA, EUA-CDE, SEFI, CESAER, and UICEE. Several subdivisions of KTU are known worldwide in their respective fields. These include the Institute of Environmental Engineering, the Prof. K. Baršauskas Institute of Ultrasound, and the Faculty of Chemical Technology. A significant stage in further activities of KTU started on 12th November 2008, when the government of the Republic of Lithuania approved the foundation of an integrated centre of research, studies and innovation, the Valley ‘Santaka’ in Kaunas. KTU partners in this project include Kaunas University of Medicine, the Lithuanian Institute of Energy and some large industrial groups. Total investment in the Valley amounts to about €85m; the project will be developed during the period of 2009-2013 with main R&D areas of sustainable chemistry and pharmaceutics; mechatronics and electronics technologies and biomedical engineering; future power engineering; information and communication technologies. 
Rector: Prof. Dr. Raimundas SIAUCIUNAS Baltech board member from KTU : Linas Svilainis, Director of Office of Study Affairs Contact person on Baltech issues: Neringa NARBUTIENE, Senior coordinator of International Office, Phone: +370 37 300036, Fax: +370 37 300039 Link: Kaunas University of Technology K. Donelaičio str. 73, LT-3006 Kaunas, Lithuania
Tel.: (+370~37) 32 41 40, 30 00 00, 30 00 99
Fax (+370~37) 32 41 44
E-mail rastine@ktu.lt
LINKöPING UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Linköping Institute of Technology (LiTH) has created a unique profile through the introduction of disciplines such as Industrial Engineering and Management, Computer Science and Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. The Institute continues to develop engineering education in accordance with current needs, most notably through the venture of applying a problem-based learning approach in the M.Sc. programme in Information Technology. Linköping Institute of Technology offers 26 study programmes, 19 of which lead to the Swedish equivalent of a Master of Science degree and seven of which lead to a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Engineering. The Institute also offers five Master's Programmes in English, each encompassing one and a half years. The language of instruction is English. Contact person on Baltech issues: Ulf Nilsson , Associate Dean Links:
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (KTH)
The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan), KTH, is responsible for one-third of Sweden’s capacity for engineering studies and technical research at post-secondary level. Our university has over 11,000 undergraduate students, 1,500 active postgraduate students and a staff of 3,100 people.
KTH conducts top-notch education and research of a broad spectrum – from natural science to all branches of technology, including architecture, industrial economics, urban planning, work science and environmental technology. Apart from research performed at our departments, a large number of competence centres are housed here at KTH and we contribute to another three national ones. Strategic research foundations are also funding other research programmes or graduate schools.
Studies at KTH can lead to a number of degrees – Architect, Master or Bachelor of Science, or Doctor/ licentiate in either science or philosophy. Continuing education is also an important part of our activities.
KTH is a public university, mainly funded by government grants.
It was founded in 1827 and is the largest of Sweden’s universities of technology. Since 1917 KTH has been housed in central Stockholm in beautiful buildings which today have historical monument status, and associated colleges etc. are also found in various places in the Stockholm surroundings – Haninge, Kista, Södertälje.
In Kista, the main Swedish resource centre of information technology, KTH co-operates with Stockholm University, other research centres, and with industry.
Extensive co-education schemes are also carried out with a number of regional university colleges, where many of the MSc engineering students may complete their first two years before going to KTH in Stockholm.
KTH is an international institution with established research and educational exchanges all over the world, especially in Europe, the USA, Australia and Southeast Asia. Cooperation schemes with the Baltic states and Russia are on the increase. It is KTH’s ambition to play an even stronger role in the EU research programmes than today. Various joint efforts with the Swedish International Development Agency and other development bodies abroad are also part of our international programme. Beginning 2005, KTH will be organised into nine ��?Schools��? in order to create a more clearly structured and flexible university for both in-house operations and external cooperation partners. - School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE)
- School of Biotechnology (BIO)
- School of Computer Science and Communication (KOD)
- School of Electrical Engineering
- School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM)
- School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- School of Chemical Science and Engineering (CHE)
- School of Technology and Health (STH)
- School of Engineering Sciences (SCI)
During the last five year period the number of educational programmes on offer has increased at a far more rapid pace than was anticipated in1999. A major part of the explanation for this lies in increased internationalisation, primarily among undergraduate courses. Today’s students regard all of Europe as their natural work market, a trend clearly reflected in the steadily increasing number of overseas students applying to KTH courses.
Globalisation of technical research and education injects a dynamic into KTH’s development which can be clearly observed, not least through the new English medium master’s programmes. KTH currently runs fifty such programmes and many new proposals are in the pipeline. The number of Bachelor and Master of Engineering programmes on offer has also increased during the last five-year period. Consequently KTH will be working with a considerably greater and more diversified range of courses within engineering and the natural sciences.
Within the engineering sciences, development is towards large scale, strong research environments due to the fact that multidisciplinary technical areas such as IT, biotechnology and nano technology require such environments. Research managers who can run these major research projects in cooperation with other researchers will be the foundation on which future research will rest. The opportunity to collect KTH’s operations into focus areas and to create a number of multidisciplinary metacentres - as is the intention of the development plan - is therefore of vital importance. Reorganisation into nine schools will provide preconditions for the creation of a critical mass within research and education which will make it possible to build up strong research and educational environments and to strengthen KTH’s global position.
Contact person on Baltech issues: Folke Snickars (interim) Link:
TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TUT)
Tallinn Technical University has a number of assets. TTU is the only university of engineering and technology in Estonia. This fact contributes to the University's strategic positioning. Secondly, through its development (founded in 1918), TTU has established a well-rooted engineering education tradition. Thirdly, TTU's alumni compose a large portion of decisionmakers in Estonian businesses. Last but not least, our geographical position, the heart of the Nordic Baltic on the coast of the Baltic Sea, provides a good exposure to advanced technology markets. Academic faculties: - Chemical and Materials Technology
- Civil Engineering
- Economics and Business Administration
- Humanities
- Information Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Power Engineering
- Science
Research and development activities are arranged through departments, research centres and through five R&D institutions.
The University's strategic research areas include
- innovative industrial technologies of the information society
- chemistry and materials sciences,
- bio- and gene technology
- energy saving and sustainable environmental technologies
- socio-economic research
Contact person on Baltech issues: Jakob Kübarsepp , Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Link:
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