The application round is open for FORTHEM collective and individual short-term mobilities that take place between September 2025 and February 2026

Isn't going for a semester-long student exchange a feasible option for you but you still would like to study abroad? Short-term mobilities are a good opportunity to internationalize in a shorter time.

Published

14.3.2025

Collective Short-Term Mobilities

FORTHEM collective short-term mobilities are intensive programmes organised by our FORTHEM partner universities. The selected students will receive a FORTHEM grant for mobilities that take place outside of Finland. You can also apply for collective short-term mobilities that is organized by JYU but it is not possible to receive a grant for participating to these. It is however an excellent opportunity to get international experience on your home campus!

Individual Short-Term Mobilities

Students can also go on an individual short-term mobility to a FORTHEM university. The programme enables students to carry out an individual research stay of five days at a FORTHEM university. During the individual mobility, the student will be supported by a mentoring professor from the host university. Students have to organise their stay themselves, from develop the topic of their visit, finding a mentoring professor to organising their travel and accommodation. Note that finding a mentor is a prerequisite for the application but it does not guarantee that you will be selected for the iSTM.

FORTHEM grants to help covering the approximate costs of your travel, accommodation and living expenses while abroad are also provided to students who go on individual short-term mobilities.

General information

- You can apply for a maximum of two mobilities during the same application period.

- You can participate to a maximum of two FORTHEM collective short-term and two FORTHEM individual short-term mobilities per degree level.

- Those who have not participated in a FORTHEM mobility previously will be given priority.

- It is not possible to participate to a short-term mobility while you are on a student exchange.

- You must be an attending JYU student during the mobility. After graduation, it is not possible to attend the mobilities.

- It is also possible to get credits for the FORTHEM short-term mobility courses or to apply for recognition.

Application form and deadline

The application deadline for both kind of mobilities is 21 April 2025.

Further details (course listing, grant amount, etc.) on the collective short-term mobilities and application form: https://www.forthem-alliance.eu/get-involved/students/collective-short-term-mobility

Further details on the individual short-term mobilities, grant information and application form: https://www.forthem-alliance.eu/get-involved/students/individual-short-term-mobility

Students employed by the University of Jyväskylä

Student mobility grants cannot be paid to a person who has a full-time-, part-time- or hourly-paid employment contract with JYU due to the Finnish Income Tax Act and the instructions by the tax administration.