Erasmus+ Guide for the Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Erasmus+ destinations of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Here is a list of all Erasmus+ destinations available through the Faculty of Mathematics and Science. As you can see, there are many options, so it’s important to consider which courses you would like to take during your exchange, as well as your existing background knowledge. Most students are accepted to their first-choice destination. However, keep in mind that the number of available scholarships may limit the options.
Most destinations offer courses in English at the Master’s level, with only a few offering courses at the Bachelor’s level. Some universities also accept PhD students as exchange participants. The courses available to you will depend on the regulations of the destination university, and they may differ from those offered at the University of Jyväskylä.
We recommend discussing your course options with your Study Councelor (HOPS-ohjaaja) and adding them to your study plan in SISU as a study draft.
How to choose your destination?
Every student has their own idea of what they would like to study abroad, and our faculty offers a wide range of destinations to choose from. Many students begin by considering destinations from their own perspective - for example by reflecting which studies, countries, cultures and languages interest them. We recommend you to start by exploring the available options, then visiting the websites of the universities to learn more about how the academic year is organized and what courses they offer. After that, it is easier to reflect on which destination would be the best fit for you.
Once you have a few options in mind, you can contact the International Coordinator to discuss your ideas further. Don’t forget to also consult with your study counselor (HOPS-ohjaaja) and add the courses you would like to take to SISU as a study draft.
Keep in mind that you can complete your Master's or Bachelor's thesis abroad, or undertake practical training. There are also destinations that offer only these types of exchange opportunities.
Be sure to check the language requirements of each destination as well.
Austria
Universität Wien
Available spots: 2
Study field: Biology and Environmental Science
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Study field: Biology
Course catalog
Good to know of the exchange
You are required to provide a proof of German proficiency. It might be difficult to find student housing or accommodation, so it’s important to start looking well in advance. Please note that you cannot take courses from the EMJM Master’s programs.
Belgium
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Available spots: 2
Study field: mainly for Physics students, especially those in the RADMEP program
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master
KU Leuven is one of the most well-known universities in Europe. The university has multiple campuses, and RADMEP students will study at the Geel campus.
Course Catalog (RADMEP students choose their program courses)
General Information about Exchange
Croatia
Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
Available spots: 2
Study field: Biology and Environmental Sciences
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Bachelor/Master
Course catalog Marine Biology is particularly recommended. More courses are offered in English during the spring semester.
Good to know of the exchange
Students have appreciated the small town of Pula, and the courses offered there are quite different from those at JYU.
Czech Republic
Vysoká Škola Chemicko-Technologická V Praze
Available spots: 2
Study field: Chemistry (Applying possible to students of all fields of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Bachelor/ PhD
It is a large university and offers many courses in English.
Masaryk University
Available spots: 2
Study field: Chemistry
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master/PhD
Course Catalog
Academic Calendar
The university is an long-standing partner of the faculty, specializing in NMR courses.
Palacký University
Available spots: 3
Study Field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master/PhD
Good to know of the exchange and Erasmus+ Exchange Studies Information
Univerzita Tomáse Bati Ve Zlíne
Available spots: 2
Study field: Chemistry
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master/PhD
Infromation about traineeships
Information about courses
Especially polymer courses are recommended.The university is located in a small town.
Estonia
Tartu Ülikool
Available spots: 2
Study field: Biology
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Bachelor/Master/ PhD
Good to know of the exchange
Tartu is the most important student city in Estonia, and multiple higher education institutions are located in the town.
Eesti Maaülikool
Available spots: 2
Study field: Biology
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master/ PhD
Course catalog and virtual tour: https://virtuaalne.emu.ee/
Good to know of the exchange
The university is quite small, under 2800 students. Tartu is the most important student city in Estonia, and multiple higher education institutions are located in the town.
France
Université Bourgogne Europe - FORTHEM Partner
Available spots: 10 (open to students from all study fields within the Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Study fields: Biology, Biology and Environmental Science, Nanoscience, Naturals Sciences, Mathematics and Statics
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Most of the courses are available in French, and the course selection in English is much more limited.
Good to know of the exchange
Université Grenoble Alpes
Available spots: 4
Study fields: Biology, Biology and Environmental Science, Nanoscience, Naturals Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
The university offers multiple degree programmes taught entirely in English.
Good to know of the exchange
National Graduate School of Engineering (ENSICAEN)
Available spots: 4 (open to students from all study fields within the Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Study fields: Biology, Biology and Environmental Science, Mathematics, Nanoscience
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Information for International students
University also offers a possibility to do an internship at a research group.
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon)
Available spots: 4
Study field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
You can choose courses from the English-taught Master’s programs. Remember to specify in your Mobility Online application which program you prefer, as we need to nominate you for that specific program. It might be difficult to take courses from different programs due to likely timetable conflicts.
Course Catalog
University also offers a possibility to do an internship at a research group.
Université de Limoges
Available spots: 2
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
University offers interesting master degree programs, more information here.
Good to know of the exchange
Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne (UJM)
Available spots: Only for RADMEP+ students
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Master
The RADMEP courses are the same as those in the program curriculum and are fully taught in English.
Université Montpellier (UM)
Available spots: Only for RADMEP+ students
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Master
Université de technologie de Troyes
Available spots: 4 (open to students from all study fields within the Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Germany
Please not that the academic calendar in Germany differs from that of JYU. German Universities typically have Winter Semester and Summer Semester schedules. Make sure to check the details from each university individually. Going to Germany for only one semester might be easier to execute during a summer semester.
RWTH Aachen University
Available spots: 2
Study fields: Biology and environmental sciences
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Courses
Good to know of the exchange
Augsburg University
Available spots: 2
Study fields: Biology and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Good to know of the exchange
There i no option to complete thesis or internship during your exchange.
If you wish to study in German, a B2 level German proficiency is required.
Universität Bielefeld
Available spots: 1
Study field: Physics
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Carl Von Ossietzky-Universität Oldenburg
Available spots: 2
Study fields: Biology, Biosciences
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Course Catalog
Good to know of the exchange
Universität zu Köln
Available spots: 1
Field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Available spots: 2
Study field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Courses in English
Good to know of the exchange
Humbold-Universität zu Berlin
Available spots: 1
Study Fields: Biology and Environmental Science
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know about the exchange
The university is located in the center of Berlin. Finding accommodation might be challenging, so start to look for accommodation well in advance.
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz - FORTHEM Partner
Available spots: 2
Study fields: Mathematics, Physics, Biology
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know about the exchange
The university also has an accelerator laboratory.
Universität Kassel
Available spots: 6
Study fields: Nanoscience, Biology, Biology and Environmental Science, Nanoscience, Physics and Chemistry
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know about exchange
At the Master's level, teaching is conducted in English.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Available spots: 2 (open to students from all study fields within the Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know about the exchange
Osnabrück University
Available spots: 2
Study Fileds: Biology, Biology and Environmental Science
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master ( only master level courses in English).
Good to know about the exchange
TU Dortmund University
Available spots: 2
Study field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know about the exchange
Universität Potsdam
Available spots: 2
Study field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know about the exchange
Course Catalog
Universität Des Saarlandes
Available spots: 2 (Physics)
Length of the exchange: term/academic year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Hungary
Eötvös Lóránd Tudományegyetem (ELTE)
Available spots: 3
Study fields: Biology, Chemistry
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Bachelor/Master
Course catalog
Good to know of the exchange
Finding accommodation in Budapest might be challenging.
The Faculty of Science has its own campus.
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Available spots: 2
Study fields: Biology and Environmental Science (open to students from all study fields within the Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Bachelor/Master/PhD
The university also offers internship positions. This university works closely with a nearby medical sciences university, which could provide opportunities to work in research groups conducting research in medical sciences.
At the Bachelor’s level, there are no courses in English in the areas of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science. However, there may be opportunities for work placements, research group training, or internships.
An interesting Master’s level program is the Bioinformatics MSc (ITK.PPKE.HU), fully delivered in English, combining biology and computer science.
The academic year differs from the academic year at JYU. The autumn term starts at the beginning of September and ends before Christmas, but the exam period is in January and February.
The university is located in Budapest, and finding accommodation may be challenging.
Italy
Università degli Studi del Molise
Available spots: 2
Study fields: Biology and Environmental Science, Nanoscience, Naturals Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Bachelor/ Master/ PhD
The course offer will be send to you after JYU nominates you. The university should offer at least Biology and Statistics courses in English.
Good to know of the exchange
Università degli Studi di Padova
Available spots: 2
Study fields: Biology, Chemistry, Nanoscience, Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master/PhD
Università degli Studi di Palermo - FORTHEM Partner
Available spots: 4
Study field: Chemistry
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master/PhD
Good to know of the exchange
Università di Pisa
Available spots: 2
Study field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master/PhD
Course catalog
Good to know of the exchange
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Available spots: 1
Study field: Chemistry
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master/PhD
Located in Rome, so remember to start to looking for accommodation well in advance.
Ireland
University of Galway
Available spots: 3 (open to students from all study fields within the Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Study field: Biology and Environmental Science
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know of the exchange
Please notice that you need to choose courses from the School of Science.
Latvia
University of Latvia - FORTHEM Partner
Available spots: 2 (open to students from all study fields within the Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Study fields: Biology, Chemistry
Length of the exchange: term/year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Lithuania
Vilniaus Universitetas
Available spots: 2
Study field: Physics
Length of the exchange: term/year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know of the exchange
Netherlands
Rijksuniversitet Groningen
Available spots: 2
Study fields: Chemistry, Physics
Length of the exchange: term
Level: Master/PhD
Good to know of the exchange
Practical info of the exchange
There are many study options available, including larger course packages focusing on specific subject areas.
Finding accommodation might be challenging.
You need to have an official English language test, such as IELTS, TOEFL, or the JYU Movi test. The latter is only offered a few times a year, so be sure to plan ahead.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Available spots: 3 (particularly suitable for students in Biological and Environmental Sciences)
Length of the exchange: term/year
Level: Bachelor/Master (no PhD)
Good to know of the exchange
The university also offers minors.
Finding accommodation might be challenging.
At the Master’s level, you are required to provide a proof of English language proficiency. In addition, you must have a Bachelor’s degree completed before you can be accepted into Master-level courses.
Wageningen University & Research
Available spots: 4 (open to students from all study fields within the Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Length of the exchange: term/year
Level: Bachelor/Master (no PhD)
The university offers English courses at the Bachelor’s level.
Norway
University of Agder - FORTHEM Partner
Available spots: 3
Study Field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Course Catalog
General of the exchange
The university offers applied courses in many fields. At the Master’s level, many courses are taught in English.
University of Stavanger
Available spots: 3
Study fields: Physics and Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know of the exchange
The university is young and small, and offers Master-level courses in English.
Poland
Opole University - FORTHEM Partner
Available spots: 3
Study Fields: Chemistry, Environmental Science
Length of the exchange: term/year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Good to know of the exchange
Much of the teaching at the university is in Polish, but a wide range of courses also offered in English. There may be opportunities to do an internship in a research group in English, but this would need to be arranged separately.
Romania
Lucia Blaga University of Sibiu - FORTHEM Partner
Available spots: 4
Study Field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/year
Level: Bachelor/Master
Course Catalog
General of the exchange
The university offers interesting majors that are different from those at JYU. If you would like to study something other than Mathematics, the topic may be discussed with the partner.
Spain
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Available spots: 2
Study field: Biology and Environmental Science, Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Course Catalog
General of the exchange
At the Master’s level, courses are offered in English in English-taught Master’s programs (e.g., Nanoscience, Cell and Molecular Biology, Mathematics).
Remember that the language is Catalan, not Spanish. In Barcelona, finding accommodation can be difficult and expensive.
Universitat de Barcelona
Available spots: 3
Study field: Biology and Environmental Science, Chemistry, Nanoscience
Level: Bachelor/ Master
General of the Exchange
Information of programs of UB
At the Master’s level, courses are offered in English in English-taught Master’s programs.
Remember that the official language is Catalan, not Spanish. In Barcelona, finding accommodation can be difficult and expensive.
Universidad de Cadiz
Available spots: 3
Study Fields: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
General Info
https://internacional.uca.es/informacion-academica/?lang=en
Universitat de Jaume I
Available spots: 1 (Chemistry and Nanoscience)
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Course catalog
General of the Exchange
In English-taught Master’s programs, the courses are offered in English. NMR courses are particularly available.
Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerif
Available spots: 1
Study Field: Physics, renewable energy
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Course Catalog
General of the exchange
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Available spots: 2
Study Field: Biology and Environmental Science (Courses offered in Marine biology)
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Master
Academic Calendar
Genral for the exchange students
Teaching is primarily in Spanish, but at the Master’s level, courses are also offered in English. There is also a research center, and it might be possible to do research training or internships. Be proactive and contact them well in advance if you are interested in this option.
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Available spots: 1
Study field: Mathematics
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
General of the exchange at UAM
Courses in English
Universitat de València - FORTHEM-partner
Available spots: 6 (All studenst of Faculty of Mathematics and Science)
Study Fields: Biology and Environmental Science, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Nanoscience, Naturals Sciences, Mathematics and statistics
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Course Catalog
General of the exchange
Teaching at the Bachelor’s level is mainly in Valencian/Spanish. Half of your studies must be in your major (the field you have been nominated for at UV). The Bachelor’s degree takes 4 years in Valencia. First-year Master’s degree students are considered the final-year Bachelor’s degree students.
Universidad de Zaragoza
Available spots: 6 (Physics and Mathematics students, both have bachelor degrees offered in English)
Study fields: Mathematics and Physics
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Course Catalog
General of the exchange
Teaching at Bachelor level in English in Physics and Mathematics.
Interesting master degree programs in Nanoscience and Biotechnology: https://internacional.unizar.es/en/international-degrees-and-masters-0
Switzerland
Universität Basel
Available spots: 1 (Nano-science)
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Course Catalog
General of the exchange
They offer many interesting courses in English. Switzerland also provides scholarships for students. However, Switzerland is a very expensive country.
Sweden
Umeå Unversitet
Available spots: 1 (Physics)
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Course Catalog
General of the exchange
Slovenia
Univerza V Ljubljani
Available spots: 2 (Chemistry)
Length of the exchange: term/ year
Level: Bachelor/ Master
Training or working in a research group would be a good option. It is easy to get around by bike in Ljubljana.
United Kingdom (UK)
Sheffield Hallam University (yliopistotasoinen)
Vaihtopaikkoja: 4 koko yliopiston tasolla - ei tiedekuntakohtaisia kiintiöitä
Vaihdon pituus:: lukukausi
Taso: kandi/maisteri
Sheffield Hallam Universityn kanssa tehty sopimus kattaa kaikki yliopiston alat. Jyväskylän yliopistosta valitaan vaihtoon yhteensä neljä opiskelijaa.
Löydät kohteen Mobility-Onlinesta seuraavilla valinnoilla:
- Study area: All areas of study
- Study field: Generic programmes
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