The 2nd International Week at Ural Federal University is a great chance to establish new partnerships, promote collaboration between universities, exchange experience and discuss the most topical issues of global higher education today. Let’s build the bridge between continents together!

Perhaps they’ll call it Ingalangaittuqsiurvik – an Inuit word meaning “standing in an elevated place where you can see far distances.” (Source: Globe and Mail)

Yegor Gaidar Foundation and the New Economic School opened the call for participation in the Summer School for economics teachers. Applications are accepted  until 31 May 2015. 

Participation in the competition is open for graduates of Russian universities with proper knowledge of English who wish to improve their research skills in postgraduate study and learn German as the second foreign language.

Russian Foundation for Basic Research announces calls for projects

Registration is now open for the 2015 Arctic Circle Assembly, held on October 16–18, 2015 in Reykjavík, Iceland. The Arctic Circle highlights issues and concerns, programs, policies and projects, and it provides platforms for dynamic dialogue and constructive cooperation.

Doctoral Programme in Environment, Society and Technology in the North (Aurora DP) at the University of Oulu invites applications for five four-year doctoral student positions.

Northern (Arctic) Federal University invites exchange students to take part in the autumn semester program “Russian Studies” starting from September 2015.

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Excellent Science will shortly be inviting proposals for its H2020-INFRAIA-1-2016/2017 integrating activities for advanced communities call. The expected opening date is 10 December 2015 and the expected closing date is 30 March 2016.

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges, under the climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials work programme, will shortly be inviting proposals for its H2020-2016 contribution to cross-cutting call – blue growth - demonstrating an ocean of opportunities. 

Get a grant to fund your exchange experience! Ural Federal University is pleased to announce its new initiative – Grant for Exchange Students from Partner Universities

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges will shortly be inviting proposals, under the Europe in a changing world work programme, for its H2020-CULT-COOP-2016 understanding Europe: promoting the European public and cultural space call. 

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges, under the climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials work programme, will shortly be inviting proposals for its H2020-2017 contribution to cross-cutting call – blue growth - demonstrating an ocean of opportunities.

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges, under the climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials work programme, will shortly be inviting proposals for its H2020-SC5-2016 call on specific priority areas.

The UArctic Day provided information about UArctic activities and introduced possibilities for research cooperation and education, and for student exchange. The Day was organized on the 11th of May 2015 by the Thematic Networks and Research Liaison Office located at the Thule Institute, University of Oulu.