The Triple I - Integration, Interaction and Institutions is a consortium of nine European and ten Russian universities. The Consortium is coordinated by the University of Turku. Triple I mobility scheme awards grants to students and staff of Russian and European Partner Universities, but also to Russian nationals not linked with the Partner Universities. Triple I is funded within the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window. EM ECW is a co-operation and mobility scheme launched by Europe Aid cooperation Office and implemented by the Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture.

The objective of the Triple I (Integration, Interaction and Institutions) Project is to create an active network of Russian and European universities who cooperate multidisciplinarily and multilaterally and promote innovation through joint research, education, and exchange of experience and good practises. In particular, the Triple I mobility scheme forms new connections and links between partner universities and increases their capacity for international and interdisciplinary cooperation. Triple I also contributes to better recognition of studies through ECTS system.

Triple I partners

• University of Turku Finland (coordinator)
• University of Algarve Portugal
• University of Bologna Italy
• University of Deusto Spain
• University of Göttingen Germany
• Humboldt University Berlin Germany
• University of Leuven Belgium
• Middle East Technical University Turkey
• Pultusk Academy of Humanities Poland
• Higher School of Economics Russia
• Immanuel Kant State University of Russia Russia
• Irkutsk State University Russia
• Kazan State University Russia
• Petrozavodsk State University Russia
• Russian State University for the Humanities Russia
• St. Petersburg State University Russia
• Udmurt State University Russia
• Ural State University Russia
• Yaroslav-The-Wise Novgorod State University Russia

Call for applications will be launched in March 2010 for grants in all mobility levels. Grant awarding is conditional to the result of project's Partnership proposal to European Union (Ref. EACEA/29/09).

Download 2010-2011 Call for application (print version)

Further details at the Project Coordinator.

Information for incoming students and academic staff