International Cooperation

International cooperation has been recently one of the priorities of Tomsk Polytechnic University activities. The University's goal is the enhancement of teachers’ professional development in the advanced world universities; speeding up the research activities in common with the foreign partners; strengthening international relations between different organizations and companies of the world; expansion of the variety and amount of educational services; speeding up students and teachers exchange.

The important part in a system enlargement of international academic contacts and applying the international experience in order to modernize the University plays cooperation with international organizations, funds and programmes, namely: TEMPUS, TACIS, DAAD, INTAS, Marie Curie Fellowship, FP6 (INCO), SABIT (Special American Business Internship Training Program), RUSERA (Supporting the Russian Participation in EU-RTD Programs), SITE (Siberia, Information Technologies and Europe), British Council.

TPU is a member of:

• International Association of University Presidents (IAUP)
• European Association for International Education (EAIE)
• European Association of Research Managers & Administrators (EARMA)
• International Network for Engineering Education and Research (iNEER)
• World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO)
• European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE)
• Internationale Gesellschaft für Ingenieur Pädagogik (IGIP)
• European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
• Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research (СESAER)
• Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research (CLUSTER)
• European University Association (EUA)
• Top Industrial Managers for Europe (T.I.M.E.)

Participation of TPU in EU projects:

• NEPHH Project

TPU partners

1		Australia
		• Curtin University of Technology
2		Austria
		• Technische Universität Wien • Management Center Innsbruck • Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) • Fachhochschule Salzburg
3		Belarus
		• Belarussian National Technical University (BNTU)
4		Belgium
		• Université catholique de Louvain • Arteveldehogeschool • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
5		China
		• Shenyang Institute of Technology • Shenyang Polytechnic University • Ji Lin University • China University of Geosciences • Dalian University of Technology • Chirus High-Tech Incubator (Dalian) Co., Ltd • State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science • Jiangsu Polytechnic University, Changzhou • Shenyang Ligong University • GT Semiconductor Materials Co.
6		Cyprus
		• Frederick Institute of Technology
7		Czech Republic
		• Czech Technical University in Prague • Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague • Brno University of Technology • Tomas Bata University in Zlin • VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava
8		Denmark
		• Engineering College of Aarhus • Aalborg University
9		Egypt
		• Egyptian Russian University
10		Estonia
		• University of Tartu
11		Finland
		• Lappeenranta University of Technology
12		France
		• Université Paris-Sud 11 • École Polytechnique • Institut polytechnique de Grenoble • Université d’Orléans • École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrotechnique, d'Électronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique et des Télécommunications • École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées • Université Nice Sophia Antipolis • ParisTech - Institut des Sciences et Technologies • Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) • École des Mines • Université d'Angers • Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble • Coopération Scientifique et Technologique pour la Lorraine • Université Louis Pasteur
13		Germany
		• Technische Universität München • Universität Karlsruhe (TH) • Universität des Saarlandes • Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal (FH) • Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg • Technische Universität Ilmenau • Technische Universität Dresden • Fachhochschule Aachen • Goethe-Institut • Hochschule Wismar • Universität Kassel • Technische Universität Berlin • Technische Universität Chemnitz • Georg-Simon-Ohm Hochschule Nürnberg • Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen am Rhein • Technische Universität Darmstadt • Universität Stuttgart • Engineering Dobersek GmbH Anlagenbau • Lapp Kabel • Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg • Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg • Technische Universität Kaiserslautern • Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen • Smiths Heimann GmbH
14		India
		• NEO ECOSYSTEMS SOFT WARE PVT.LND
15		Israel
		• Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
16		Italy
		• Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" • Politecnico di Milano • Laboratory Nazionali di Frascati • Università degli Studi di Firenze • Università degli Studi di Salerno
17		Japan
		• Hiroshima University • Nagaoka University of Technology • Kure National College of Technology • Kinki University
18		Jordan
		• Philadelphia University, Amman
19		Kazakhstan
		• Kazakhstan National University • Karaganda State Technical University • Turan University, Almaty • East Kazakhstan State Technical D. Serikbayev University, Ust Kamenogorsk • North Kazakhstan State University named after M. Kozybaev, Petropavlovsk • Kazakh National Technical University named after K.I. Satpayev • Buketov Karaganda State University • Pavlodar State University named after S. Toraigyrov • Almaty Institute of Power Engineering & Telecommunications • Eurasian National University • Innovative University of Eurasia • International Business Academy
20		Kyrgyzstan
		• Issyk Kul State University named after K.Tynystanov • Kyrgyz National University • Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University • Kyrgyz State Technical University named after Iskhak Razzakov
21		Malta
		• University of Malta
22		Mongolia
		• National University of Mongolia
23		Netherlands
		• Tilburg University
24		Norway
		• Trondheim University
25		Singapore
		• National University of Singapore
26		South Korea
		• University of Ulsan • Ajou University • Kyung Hee University • FAS Technology Co., Ltd.(FASTECH Co., Ltd.) • Bucheon Industry Promotion Foundation • Intelligent HCI Convergence Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University
27		Spain
		• Universitat Jaume I • Donostia International Physics Center • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
28		Sweden
		• KTH - Royal Institute of Technology • Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
29		Switzerland
		• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) • Université Louis Pasteur
30		Taiwan
		• Feng Chia University
31		Thailand
		• King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
32		Turkey
		• Hacettepe University
33		Ukraine
		• Institute of Technical Thermophysics of Ukraine National Academy of Science (Kyiv) • Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
34		United Kingdom
		• Heriot-Watt University • University of Sheffield • SKOLA Group of Schools • Newcastle University • JME LTD
35		United States of America
		• Wayne State University • Jefferson Science Associates, LLC / Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Hall A • Iowa State University of Science and Technology • Polytechnic University Brooklyn • Try Alpha Energy, Inc.